Someone unplugged my phone from the hill-train socket mid-charge — share politely or guard the outlet?
Kandy toward Ella, one working socket under the seat. My power bank died; phone at 8%. Plugged in; twenty minutes later a guy pulled the cord for his tablet without a word. Almost snapped. What is the actual etiquette — rotate time, bring a multi-USB, or pretend sockets do not exist?
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Train sockets are scarce and unofficially shared. The calm script is a short rotation: smile, say you need twenty more minutes, then offer the outlet. A multi-USB splitter or charged power bank prevents most fights. Guarding the socket like property escalates faster than a polite timer. If someone yanks without asking, a firm excuse me and a proposed swap time works better than volume. Do not block the aisle arguing. Assume the outlet may die at any stop anyway.
Stopped relying on train sockets. Two power banks in the daypack. Carriage stayed friendly.
Offered him fifteen minutes after mine. He nodded. Still buying a splitter in Ella.
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