We’ve heard of road rage, but rail rage?!
An Irish Rail train travelling from Dublin’s Connolly station to Sligo earlier this evening experienced delays after a woman contacted Gardaí over issues concerning pre-booked seats.
The female passenger was outraged when a male asked her politely to move from the seat he had pre-booked online.
Passengers, including Shane Gillen who live tweeted the events, looked on in disbelief as the woman became “aggressive” and argued with the driver.
On @IrishRail train.
Announcement comes on:
"There'll be a short delay here as we await the Gardai to attend the train"
So,there's that.
— Shane Gillen (@GillenShane) February 6, 2015
The train stopped at Maynooth and an announcement confirmed a delay to those on board.
“There’ll be a short delay here as we await the Gardai to attend the train”
Here’s how things unfolded…
A passenger STOPPED our @irishrail train & called the guards because a man asked her politely to move out of the seat he had PREBOOKED.
— Shane Gillen (@GillenShane) February 6, 2015
She is now arguing with the driver. Everyone in the carriage backed up the man who she had claimed was aggressive. We are still stopped.
— Shane Gillen (@GillenShane) February 6, 2015
Train is still sitting in Maynooth. @IrishRail staff dealt well with her. She was moved to another seat. Elephant in the room much…
— Shane Gillen (@GillenShane) February 6, 2015
Like,she did it sneakily without any1 knowing.1st the passenger knew of it was when train was stopped&she pointed him out.He was gobsmacked.
— Shane Gillen (@GillenShane) February 6, 2015
