Advice for men on trains

It's been a while since I've ranted on my blog and tonight is the night 'cus I can't sleep (which is usually the way it goes with me and bloggy)

You wouldnt be a true Sydneyan if you didn't have some kind of negative opinion of our public transport system, especially our trains. This evening on my way home, Shitty-Rail seemed to be having a worse day than normal. My train was running a whopping 40 minutes late (4 minutes away from being a no-show train), there was some kind of funky urine/vomit smell lingering around on the platform, crap everywhere, and to top it all off it's as though guys think that girls who are by themselved on the train on a saturday evening are using the train ride to mask their desparate hunt for a not-so-good looking man to come and begin a random conversation about iPods....

Yes, while waiting the 40 minutes for a train to arrive, i was listening to my iPod - ear phones in as to block out annoying shitty-rail announcements and screaming babies. You'd think that if someone had earphones in it'd be stupid to try to speak to them unless absolutely necessary, correct? Or perhaps this is a view i stand alone on. Let me know.

Anyway, back to the story - so I had my earphones in listening to some kind of reggaetone that had shuffled itself onto play and (in my own little world) i was dancing to the dirty beats. That's when I notice two guys standing awkwardly close to me, and out of the corner of my eye I could tell they were talking about me. So i move to the other end of the station to get away from the weirdos.

42 minutes late the train arrives and I get on, get comfy, and settle in for the 50 minute train ride home. Perhaps I could squeeze in a power nap. But no. Guess who sits in the seat across from me. None other than weirdo #1 and #2.

"Nice boots" #1 says.
A slight smile and a nod was all i did to return to compliment, thinking to myself "if u keep the ear phones in they'll stop talking to you".
"What are u listening to?" asked #2... no reply. For all they know my volume is up and I can't hear them, and now they look stupid for trying to talk to me.
"iPods are cool"...a piece of wisdom imparted on the carriage by #2, supported by a "hell yeah man" from #1
"I bet you have an iPod and you're listening to Mariah Carey" - #2
"Mate, I dont think she can hear you" - #1

Advice to guys:

• Girls on trains don't want to talk to you.... and moving away from you and having earphones in should give you a hint.
• If we wanted to talk to you, we would look at you to get your attention. If we dont look at you, don't bother...especially if we have earphones in
• Don't ask for a girls phone number when she's obviously been ignoring your questions and comments about iPods and music. She will give you a male friends phone number instead, and alert said friend to the fact that he may be getting a call from a random, at which point he should act like her overly protective mobster boyfriend and threaten to break bones.