The colleague on a train protocol - what would you do?

Posted by badgerandcheese@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 81 comments

Hey gang! You’ve had a *long* workday. It’s blisteringly hot. You’ve had to get through an away day with a knockoff Olly Murs doing a live music quiz. So you manage to pop on your headphones on a train home, great! Then all of a sudden you hear your name pierce through the latest Men I Trust album. You look up and two colleagues are chatting - one calls out “oh, just saying hello!” I say “Hey!” and they get back to their conversation. Funnily enough this is the third time it’s happened. The last time one of the two left and the other said to me, “oh, so we’ll sit in silence then?” And it was a fun 30 minutes of awkward silence. Tried to make conversation. It was awkward. So this time I just went back to my phone and didn’t bother making small talk. Am I being rude? I’ll probably give them a wave when I get off the train.