Originally Posted by
MNManInKen
Well, you either misunderstood what I said (and I apologise if I was unclear) or you deliberately were sloppy wit the facts in which case you can feel free to apologise to me.
As I have explained above, I don't feel the world revolves around me, which is why, when I use public transport, I will quite actively seek not to impose on others. I keep myself to myself and I very much try to be considerate to others. I think it's very good if no one really notices me and I would very much like not to have to notice others because of their boorish, selfish or otherwise inconsiderate behaviour.
I have nothing to apologise for. I stand 100% by my response to you. While you travel by public transport you have to accept that you will sometimes be inconvenienced by those around you. It is part of travelling with others, so I see no need for people to receive compensation in this circumstance. Perhaps those who travel in a Quiet coach on the trains should seek compensation when someone uses their mobile or talks loudly and let us know how they get on.
I think it is unreasonable and unrealistic to expect all people with babies and infants to not travel until they are a certain age. In my view babies and infants are preferable to some older children and many adults. I have been travelling very frequently for the last 5 years and many of my flights are overnight ones. I have rarely been disturbed by babies on flights and have been disturbed far more frequently by the devil may care selfishness of fully adult (though not necessarily grown up) passengers around me. And no, I never once asked for compensation, even when one passenger on the upper deck of a LAX - LHR flight spent much of the night kicking the back of my seat for no apparent reason.
In the case of crying babies, I don't see them (unlike you) as misbehaving. Provided they are doing all in their power, the parents are being considerate to their fellow passengers. Parents have as much right to travel as anyone else.