This may seem silly but its bugging me!?

Question

OK! this is a bit childish i guess and stereotypical maybe but........i was on a train the other day to London, i booked the quiet zone so as not to be disturbed whilst working quietly or sleeping! anyway i was writing away and i had my ipod on very quietly ....and before you say i always check the volume first to see if it can be heard! so there was no noise coming from me!

anyway this old priest father dude gets on the train and sits opposite me! i smile and think to myself ahhh i'm in the presence of somebody pleasant and caring! anyway almost at london after 4 hours on the train my phone rings, it's only silent but i hear it buz, i pull it out and answer and say sorry i can't talk i'll call you later, i hang up and switch my phone off and smile awkwardly at the father or what ever he is! and he glares at me and taps his finger abrasivly on the window on the picture with quite zone! well i appologised and he went off on one saying i should get out. more below!!!!

Answer 1

Thats rediculous. If you bother to turn your ipod doen and put your phone on silent its ok! And you didnt carry on the conversation. That man is just a miserable old git. I would be hurt aswell. He obviously has never heard of a normal life not just sitting doing nothing. You shoud listen to your ipod and just keep it quite. If they have a problem they should leave!

Answer 2

Geesh. At least you were quick about it. Some people are just rude. You did the right thing. Just ignore it, if he was a priest, he should have known better.

Answer 3

I really don't understand why you care so much about what this grumpy old man did.  He was wrong for being so childish and grumpy, but why are you obsessing so much over it?  Do you realize that this man has forgotten all about you by now and will never think about you again, but you're sitting there all hurt and gong over and over the event.  There are some people in this world who are just plain mean, and that's just a fact of life.  The less you let them get to you, the better off you'll be.  LET IT GO!!!

Answer 4

I wonder why you care so much about what he thought of you. Just because he's a priest or whatever, doesn't mean he's a nice person. Do you think it would have bothered you so much if he had just been a regular old man?

Answer 5

Theres a saying "Theres nothing as q***r as folk".  It doesn't matter what walk of life people are from a lot of them can be down right prats for the sake of it.  If I were you I'd forget about him hes the one with the problem lol

Answer 6

I think you need to let it go. It has been days you said. If he is a priest think of all that he puts up with, no wife or children, no intimacy with another human on levels most of us take for granted. Maybe he had a bad day and took it out on you. Maybe he prayed to God for forgiveness or prayed to God for you. If you are going to hold him to high standards then hold yourself to the high standards of the quiet zone. You made the mistake of not turning your phone off.

Seriously if this is the worst of your day or life then you need perspective because you don't have it that bad. There are people lost, suffering, and everything else. Think to yourself if this is as bad as it gets its not that bad. I do that and its pretty amazing the perspective it brings. Also I remember what all priests put up with, always dealing with deaths, problems with their members, and all the sacrifice. It takes a special person but they aren't perfect all the time. It is a week from holy week, why not go ahead and forgive?

Answer 7

If you agree to be in the quiet zone that assumes you are willing to be quiet.  If your phone rings in such a situation don't answer it.  He was within his rights to be irritated.