tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post5892325380644309865..comments2023-10-30T08:58:17.723+00:00Comments on Simplicity: You don't have to shout to be 'heard'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post-31303322066501108522008-01-15T08:55:00.000+00:002008-01-15T08:55:00.000+00:00Hi anonymous - Thanks for your view – always good ...Hi anonymous - Thanks for your view – always good to be challenged.<BR/><BR/>We are all entitled to our opinion. And actually I don’t feel ‘old’ <BR/><BR/>As a father of three children I remember very well travelling on trains when my kids were tiny and I’m sorry to disappoint you but I actually always saw it as important not to disturb other passengers through the behaviour of my children. That to me is good manners - nothing more, nothing less. Yes sometimes they were less than well behaved but I still tried hard not to disturb other passengers. <BR/><BR/>The family on the train last week were brilliant in occupying their child. <BR/><BR/>As regards the man five rows back, you might not think he was the ‘ugly bore’ but you were not there (I presume) and I will stick with my opinion.Trevor Gayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01148705981847576706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post-6452469649060540712008-01-15T08:31:00.000+00:002008-01-15T08:31:00.000+00:00Honestly, there is nothing more tiring than old me...Honestly, there is nothing more tiring than old men going on about the behaviour of other people's kids. So these ones kept their child occupied and the little girl wasn't a nuisance to you? And what of they hadn't? What if they had a normal child who occasionally got tired and stressed?<BR/><BR/>The ugly bore here is not the gentlement a few rows back who spoke too loudly for your comfort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post-44340727656287129472008-01-14T13:52:00.000+00:002008-01-14T13:52:00.000+00:00Hi Mike - I am sorry to hear that about your heari...Hi Mike - I am sorry to hear that about your hearing problems and you have my sympathy.<BR/><BR/>One gets a feeling about the difference between someone who has some form of disability and someone who likes to hear the sound of his/her own voice. <BR/><BR/>I still have a feeling the man on the train was in the latter category but of course you are right - I may be making a misjudgement. Thanks for pointing out that possibility.Trevor Gayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01148705981847576706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post-26638870035582594812008-01-14T13:45:00.000+00:002008-01-14T13:45:00.000+00:00Trevor, I suffer from approximately 50% loss of h...Trevor, I suffer from approximately 50% loss of hearing in my right ear due to several severe infections a number of years ago. I sometimes have to remind myself that others hear my voice better than I do, especially in settings where there is a high ambient noise level. Please do no judge the speaker on the train too harshly. His voice volume may not have been ego driven, but physical impairment driven.Mike Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09510642077813476873noreply@blogger.com