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What would you do...

...in the following circumstance? 

You're on a crowded train, on your way into London, in the morning.  Sitting opposite you is a woman, on the phone.  She is talking to her boss. You hear her say the following: "I am on my way in to work, but I am not feeling very well.  I think I might have picked up measles from my son.  I am going to get off the train at Charing Cross and get the first train home again". 

What would you do?
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  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,741
    Chizz said:
    ...in the following circumstance? 

    You're on a crowded train, on your way into London, in the morning.  Sitting opposite you is a woman, on the phone.  She is talking to her boss. You hear her say the following: "I am on my way in to work, but I am not feeling very well.  I think I might have picked up measles from my son.  I am going to get off the train at Charing Cross and get the first train home again". 

    What would you do?
    Absolutely nothing
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,850
    edited April 2019
    What can you do, burn the witch?
  • Rock Spectacle
    Rock Spectacle Posts: 1,441
    Is that how you diagnose measles? 
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,561
    Chizz said:
    ...in the following circumstance? 

    You're on a crowded train, on your way into London, in the morning.  Sitting opposite you is a woman, on the phone.  She is talking to her boss. You hear her say the following: "I am on my way in to work, but I am not feeling very well.  I think I might have picked up measles from my son.  I am going to get off the train at Charing Cross and get the first train home again". 

    What would you do?
    Tell her the train is going to Cannon Street?
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    Is that how you diagnose measles? 
    Dr Mehmet 
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Ask her why she made that call on the stopping train from Dartford before it had even got into Crayford.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    Try and look up her skirt
    Wow . There’s no topping that answer ! 👏🏻
  • Wonder who's looking after her ill son?
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  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    Make a note.

    You never know when you need a good excuse, plus of course one that gives you 3 days minimum is absolute gold dust.

    Suprised she actually got on the train, but perhaps has a suspicious boss and needed the sound effects. Like the style though.

    Glandular fever is another good one by the way.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    Nothingus atallus.

    Your discussionus are getting moreos weirdus by the dayus.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,851
    Chizz said:
    ...in the following circumstance? 

    You're on a crowded train, on your way into London, in the morning.  Sitting opposite you is a woman, on the phone.  She is talking to her boss. You hear her say the following: "I am on my way in to work, but I am not feeling very well.  I think I might have picked up measles from my son.  I am going to get off the train at Charing Cross and get the first train home again". 

    What would you do?
    Suggest she gets off at London Bridge instead as its nearer? Followed by a long discussion about the station rebuild, and how inconvenient it was, going to Charlton matches during this time when they ran trains through non stop...
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,338
    Some brilliant answers so far!
  • Throw away the rest of my pepperoni pizza.
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,256
    This is the sort of thread I expect to see in the close season, not when there’s still some of the season left to play 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,338
    cabbles said:
    This is the sort of thread I expect to see in the close season, not when there’s still some of the season left to play 
    I'll bump it in June for you
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    I’d get as far away from her. Might not be measles - it could be bad aids
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,655
    edited April 2019
    She's showing classic signs of zombie infection. I'd stab her in the head just to be safe.
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  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,856
    Shoot the anti-vaxer bitch
  • I wouldn't make a rash reaction to that spot.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,741
    Swisdom said:
    I’d get as far away from her. Might not be measles - it could be bad aids
    That would be ok then. You can’t catch bad aids twice. 
  • 3blokes
    3blokes Posts: 4,610
    Measles On A Train. As a film, it’s got it all.
  • Advise her not to get the first train from Charing Cross as it might go down another line and make it difficult to get home
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    I would ignore it, it’s none of my business!
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,892
    I’d get on the phone to her boss to tell him/her the truth that just before making her call, she’d been on the phone to her hoolie mates bragging that she couldn’t wait to get the next train to Plymouth to get there early doors, get on the lash and prepare for the upcoming battles with Portsmouth, Millwall, Spurs and West Ham fans who are all visiting Plymouth on the quiet so they can have a tear up but are not interested in Charlton, who, in any event don’t have a firm.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    I'd stop listening to peoples private conversations if it made me want to share such futile information with others. 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,338
    So... 

    What prompted me to open this thread is that this scenario was something I heard on the radio yesterday.  And I didn't think anything of it.  I imagined that, if it happened to me, I would completely ignore it.  

    The programme then went on to discuss anti-vaxers and the increase in measles infection across the UK and, in particular, in Kent.  And at that point, it dawned on me that the scenario is actually about someone with a dangerous, infectious disease, in public; but someone who has obviously not vaccinated her kids.  

    I think that would be a dangerous and selfish thing to do.  But, as I have had the MMR jab, it wouldn't effect me personally.  The question is - would anyone want to intervene and put her right? (I guess not).  Or would anyone take any steps to make others safer?