Woman on Cellphone for 16 hrs straight gets kicked off train

[starguard]

How the hell can someone talk practically non-stop for 16 hrs straight on a cellphone. I mean, how did she re-charge her batteries

Woman feels 'disrespected' after being kicked off train

PORTLAND, Ore. – A woman who got pulled of an Amtrak train by police after passengers complained she was speaking too loudly on a cell phone said she felt “disrespected” by the entire incident.

Lakeysha Beard of Tigard was charged with disorderly conduct after police said she got into a “verbal altercation” with train passengers on Sunday. Passengers complained she refused to put down her cell phone and conductors had to stop the train in Salem, where police got involved.

Beard told KATU she was indeed talking on her phone, but said she didn’t understand why she had to be escorted off the train.

She made the comments during a brief phone interview. Beard declined a more extensive on-camera interview, saying she didn’t feel well.

An Amtrak official said a number of passengers complained Beard was being disrespectful during her prolonged phone conversations on the train. Salem police reported she had been on the phone non-stop since the train pulled out of Oakland, Calif. 16 hours earlier.

While this is an extreme example, social etiquette expert and instructor Jodi Blackwood said too many people don’t exercise basic courtesy when it comes to using their phones.

She said when people speak too loudly and have personal conversations in public places they don’t always realize the message they’re sending.

“What does that say to them? It says that you’re only thinking of yourself and that you are only aware of what you need and what you are doing and you are a less considerate person,” Blackwood said.

Amtrak does have a policy that riders can’t use cell phones in designated “quiet cars,” like the one in which Beard was riding.

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[eloisel]

If her phone is newer and all she was using the phone for was talking, the cell phone battery could last approximately 5 to 7 hours. With an extra battery or two for her phone, or an instant cell phone charger, or maybe a solar powered cell phone charger or access to an electric phone charger on the train, she could conceivably talk on the phone for 16 hours and longer.

However, the point is moot as she was in a designated quite car where cell phone use was prohibited. If she was not capable of going on such a long trip without being hooked up to familiar voice via her cell phone, then she should have purchased a private car or ticket to a section of the train where she could use her phone as much as she wanted.

She was given the opportunity within that 16 hours to stop being disrespectful to the other passengers who had to be near her. Her peaceable removal was not disrespectful to her but respectful to the other persons on the train.

 

[Imperium]

No one is stating the obvious that she was a big, fat, negro.

Even Yahoo closed down the comment section.

HA!

 

[Consumer]

Meh, the cultural/racial background doesn't matter. The fact she was doing it in the "quiet car" is the big deal here. I'm surprised they didn't pitch her off the train sooner.