I missed my usual train this morning so had to get the next one, which at least had the advantage of a designated "quiet carriage," so I found a table and started to study.
At the next station, three (presumably) NT guys got on and sat at my table & started talking. So I pointed out to them that it was the quiet carriage. They said "it only says that you can't use mobile phones or MP3's, not that you can't talk!" And then went on. And on. And on.
WTF???? I thought it was us that were supposed to take things literally, not NT's! I mean, surely it's OBVIOUS that talking is just as annoying whether it is into a phone or not???
So I set out to annoy them as much as they were annoying me. I swore at them (which offended at least one of them), slammed my books shut & made a really big deal out of putting them away in exasperation.
I asked them why they couldn't sit in one of the other carriages & then they could talk as much as they wanted without annoying anyone.
They said that they always sat in the quiet carriage & no-one had ever complained before. I said that I would bet every penny I had ever earned in my life that they HAD annoyed people, but that most people were just too polite to say anything - but that I had Aspergers & always said what I thought.
In the end they agreed with me when I asked them never to sit anywhere near me again. I said "it's not a good idea to annoy an Aspie with PMS!"
They said "Too much info" & I said - "Well, you've been giving me too much info for the whole journey!"
In the end they said "This is all very sad," maybe trying to make amends, & my parting shot was "Yes, not being able to go for 20 minutes without talking is REALLY sad, isn't it?"