Tuesday 19 July 2011

The Shanghai-Beijing High-speed train

Getting to the train station and on to the train was a bit of a nightmare due to the cumbersome bike that I was carting around. I had to drag the bag along the floor of the train station, and by the time I got onto the train, my hands were red and sore.

The train itself was a bit of a letdown. For some odd reason, they have the TVs at high volume for the entire trip! I was so irritated by this auditory intrusion that I complained to the attendant, who did nothing. I don’t understand why they bother. No one was watching the TV. Don’t they realize that they are just irritating people? It’s best to just mute the damn TVs and have head phone inserts. That’s what they do on planes after all.

No comments: