chating to the opposite sex on public transport.

Dublin_Andy · 21-04-2009 09:39PM #1

does anyone else find it very easy to talk to people you dont kno on the luas or bus, especially with the opposite sex?? i find going into college on the luas in the mornings or coming home a conversation sparks out of nothing with the person beside you or whatever...though in my case i never start the conversations. its interesting. maybe we are all gettin friendlier or something lol

Nevyn · 21-04-2009 09:46PM

Last time some guy started trying to chat me up on a bus a second one tried to out do him and they ended up trading blows while I moved to sit elsewhere, with the guy I had accompaning me. The easter weekend was certainly intresting.

21-04-2009 10:10PM

The only members of the opposite sex that chat to me on public transport.
Are the kind of people who want to distract me so they can eat clumps of my hair.

GirlInterrupted · 21-04-2009 10:17PM

Moonbaby wrote: »

The only members of the opposite sex that chat to me on public transport.
Are the kind of people who want to distract me so they can eat clumps of my hair.

:eek:

And with that I'll put the brother thing on hold....

Stheno · 21-04-2009 10:24PM

Moonbaby wrote: »

The only members of the opposite sex that chat to me on public transport.
Are the kind of people who want to distract me so they can eat clumps of my hair.

Urgh do you mean the drunk/drooling/slobbering/gropey one's who like to put their head on your shoulder and chew your hair? Whilst all the time the rest of the passengers snigger at your obvious discomfort?

/shudder

GirlInterrupted wrote: »

:eek:

And with that I'll put the brother thing on hold....

Ah jaysus, that's not fair, Moonybaby deserves to experience normality

GirlInterrupted · 21-04-2009 10:30PM

nouggatti wrote: »

Ah jaysus, that's not fair, Moonybaby deserves to experience normality

The assumption being that my brother is normal?

Okaaaay, I'll go with that....:D

lynsalot · 21-04-2009 10:31PM

nouggatti wrote: »

Urgh do you mean the drunk/drooling/slobbering/gropey one's who like to put their head on your shoulder and chew your hair? Whilst all the time the rest of the passengers snigger at your obvious discomfort?

/shudder

Ah jaysus, that's not fair, Moonybaby deserves to experience normality

There were two men on the luas this evening who stank from high heaven. They were reeking of sweat and one was sitting opposite me and kept trying to catch my eye... wish ppl wouldn't try talk to you lol he kept kicking off his sandals and his feet were stinking oh good god the thoughts of it.... bleurgh

21-04-2009 10:40PM

GirlInterrupted wrote: »

:eek:

And with that I'll put the brother thing on hold....

What Nouggatti said!

Stheno · 21-04-2009 10:42PM

GirlInterrupted wrote: »

The assumption being that my brother is normal?

Now now don't be getting above yourself there, I was posting that in the spirit of her experiences of hair chewing males. Most males would be within the "normal" range compared to that

And where are the photos of said brothers?

GirlInterrupted · 21-04-2009 10:57PM

Moonbaby wrote: »

What Nouggatti said!

Well, okay. But the drooly/sleeping on the shoulder/hair chewing stuff is normal to my brother...:)

nouggatti wrote: »

Now now don't be getting above yourself there, I was posting that in the spirit of her experiences of hair chewing males. Most males would be within the "normal" range compared to that

And where are the photos of said brothers?

Beat me at an arm wrestle and I'll post pictures of the lot of them, in swim shorts.:)

Stheno · 21-04-2009 10:58PM

GirlInterrupted wrote: »

Well, okay. But the drooly/sleeping on the shoulder/hair chewing stuff is normal to my brother...:)

Beat me at an arm wrestle and I'll post pictures of the lot of them, in swim shorts.:)

ok you've four brothers, is it just one who does the hair chewing escapades?

NP with the arm wrestle

, suggest Moony as the referee/adjudicator

Latchy · 21-04-2009 11:00PM

Thaedydal wrote: »

Last time some guy started trying to chat me up on a bus a second one tried to out do him and they ended up trading blows while I moved to sit elsewhere, with the guy I had accompaning me. The easter weekend was certainly intresting.

Now that I would love to see ,two blioke scrapping over Thaedydal on a Luas

But perhaps exchanging verbals instead of trading blows

21-04-2009 11:08PM

nouggatti wrote: »

NP with the arm wrestle , suggest Moony as the referee/adjudicator

Motion seconded and passed. Prepare to upload do battle.

Supervalu is where I get chatted up by relatively normal blokes.
I am worried that it is because they fancy, the contents of my shopping basket more than me though.

This weeks one did it chessily infront of the checkout girl who was unamused. He died a death as we all waited for me to get a chance to escape.

Stheno · 21-04-2009 11:14PM

Moonbaby wrote: »

Motion seconded and passed. Prepare to upload do battle.

Supervalu is where I get chatted up by relatively normal blokes.

Am prepared, will go into training from tomorrow by hauling a few servers around.

Am mildly fascinated by this whole chatting up in supermarkets thing, do people really do this? And how do they start?

Am also mildly fascinated that people talk to each other on public transport.

Latchy · 21-04-2009 11:20PM

Be prepared to get the old biddy and harmless drunk sitting beside you wanting a chat . In between the tanned blonde twenty something babe of course .

GirlInterrupted · 21-04-2009 11:22PM

Moonbaby wrote: »

Supervalu is where I get chatted up by relatively normal blokes.

I've noticed this trend recently. Never did before.

nouggatti wrote: »

Am mildly fascinated by this whole chatting up in supermarkets thing, do people really do this? And how do they start?

They wait behind you in the queue, and as soon as you turn your head a little, or catch their eye, they'll make some remark about something in your basket.

This is why its a good idea to hide anything of the feminine hygiene variety under something bigger. You don't want that brought up in small talk, really.

Stheno · 21-04-2009 11:30PM

GirlInterrupted wrote: »

I've noticed this trend recently. Never did before.

They wait behind you in the queue, and as soon as you turn your head a little, or catch their eye, they'll make some remark about something in your basket.

This is why its a good idea to hide anything of the feminine hygiene variety under something bigger. You don't want that brought up in small talk, really.

I imagine not, the most exciting experience I've had in the supermarket is being id'd buying booze

Scarinae · 21-04-2009 11:33PM

Nearly every time I get the Nitelink by myself some randomer tries to chat me up. I don't really take it as a compliment - how desperate do you have to be to try chatting someone up on the way home after a night out? It just reeks of "I am desperate and didn't manage to pull in a club, so any girl sitting by herself will do"

Interestingly, I found that reading a book on the Nitelink makes me a prime target for weird men. Now I just pretend to be asleep, but even that doesn't always work.

Dublin_Andy · 21-04-2009 11:35PM

lynsalot wrote: »

There were two men on the luas this evening who stank from high heaven. They were reeking of sweat and one was sitting opposite me and kept trying to catch my eye... wish ppl wouldn't try talk to you lol he kept kicking off his sandals and his feet were stinking oh good god the thoughts of it.... bleurgh

jesus... thats rough. very charming lol

you couldve started a conversation with them by saying " shower often?? " lol

yeah theres alot of smelly people on the luas, wel on the sandyford line anyway lol. coming home from college today the smell of sweat lol

21-04-2009 11:40PM

I have a theory that shopping for their own grub drives the Irish male to despair their singledom.

Give me an Eastern European who is more interested in acquiring his vegetables anyday.

Dublin_Andy · 21-04-2009 11:40PM

Fishie wrote: »

Nearly every time I get the Nitelink by myself some randomer tries to chat me up. I don't really take it as a compliment - how desperate do you have to be to try chatting someone up on the way home after a night out? It just reeks of "I am desperate and didn't manage to pull in a club, so any girl sitting by herself will do"

Interestingly, I found that reading a book on the Nitelink makes me a prime target for weird men. Now I just pretend to be asleep, but even that doesn't always work.

maybe they are just bored and want to just chat... just because a guy starts chatting to a girl, doesnt mean he s trying to get stuck into her you know... but if they are fairly tipsy on the Nitelink when doing this they probably are desperate lol

Scarinae · 21-04-2009 11:43PM

Dublin_Andy wrote: »

maybe they are just bored and want to just chat... just because a guy starts chatting to a girl, doesnt mean he s trying to get stuck into her you know... but if they are fairly tipsy on the Nitelink when doing this they probably are desperate lol

Ah but when they unsubtly ask you if you have a boyfriend, compliment your hair and ask for your number chances are they are trying to get stuck in

Dublin_Andy · 21-04-2009 11:48PM

Fishie wrote: »

Ah but when they unsubtly ask you if you have a boyfriend, compliment your hair and ask for your number chances are they are trying to get stuck in

tut tut... thats very retarded indeed lol

asking them questions is something you do when your in your teens lol

they are letting the side down big time

beks101 · 22-04-2009 01:15AM

GirlInterrupted wrote: »

They wait behind you in the queue, and as soon as you turn your head a little, or catch their eye, they'll make some remark about something in your basket.

A tad OT, but I really, really hate randomers of any description commenting on the contents of my shopping basket.

Otherwise, I kinda like being chatted up in the supermarket, although it doesn't happen near enough. It was a common thing when I was in the States, being stalked in the frozen foods aisle and followed to the check out and then the ploy for your number...unnerving, but ballsy!;)

Maddison · 22-04-2009 01:19AM

God yes....If I was in another country I would still talk to anybody....Its shutting me up thats the problem:D

shellyboo · 22-04-2009 10:03AM

I *hate* people talking to me on pubic transport. It's like, can you see these things in my ears? My headphones? There's music coming out of them, and I am trying to listen to it. Please go away.

Acacia · 22-04-2009 10:45AM

No hot men have tried to chat me up on public transport, I'm afraid. Unless they were drunk on the Nitelink, but then it's always something like, "You're one fine looking lady...hiccup..." .

Aside from that, the only strangers who talk to me are the token weirdos who everyone else has managed to avoid. *sigh*

Leslie91 · 22-04-2009 10:56AM

I don't think I've ever spoken to a stranger of the opposite sex on public transport.

I do however always offer members of the fairer sex have a seat ahead of me or allow her walk on/off before me (chivalry is not dead!).

All I want is a thank you and a smile. It makes my day when I get it.

Galvasean · 22-04-2009 02:05PM

Moonbaby wrote: »

Give me an Eastern European who is more interested in acquiring his vegetables anyday.

Oh my God how dare you compare Eastern European men to Irish men!!!! :mad::mad::pac:

Only people who ever talk to me on public transport are the crazy ones.
There was this one guy who was convinced he was 'the real Slim Shady'. He kept rapping at me. Out of abject terror all I could say to him was 'Very good' while smiling and nodding.

1huge1 · 22-04-2009 02:18PM

I love chatting to random people, be it on public transport or wherever, as long as they look friendly, makes the journey go faster.

Its always interesting coming up with ways to start talking to a stranger.

Ginny · 22-04-2009 02:44PM

People don't talk to me on public transport, but they do seem to zone in on my seat and basically sit on me even when there's empty seats nearer them, its bloody annoying.

chating to the opposite sex on public transport.

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