Thank you to Hannah Ewens for her article (‘Do you mind listening to that with headphones?’ How one little phrase revolutionised my commute, 27 July). I agree 100%. The situation has become intolerable and travel on public transport is hell. Bus companies already ask people not to smoke, drink alcohol or carry on e-scooters. Can’t they add “No phones on speaker”? I have often felt like throwing someone’s phone out of the bus window, but I’m too scared to even say anything in case I get a mouthful of abuse, or worse. But something must be done so the rest of us can hold on to our sanity.
Bela Cunha
Greenford, London
• Hannah Ewens’s article must ring a bell with many a traveller. I am reminded of the wonderful account by Sandi Toksvig of an occasion when a group of young men were making thorough nuisances of themselves on a train. She approached them, saying in her cultured headmistress voice: “Now that will do!” It worked.
Bob Caldwell
Badby, Northamptonshire
