Loud cell-phone talker removed from quiet car by police

Yahoo! News ^ | Liz Goodwin

[Allegra]

A woman who was escorted off an Amtrak train by police this weekend after she allegedly refused to stop talking loudly on her cell-phone has the Internet cheering her fate.

Civilians and quiet-car champions are supporting her ejection for violating policy at high volume during the 16-hour journey. It doesn't help her cause that she became belligerent when confronted about it by one of her fellow passengers.

KOMO News reports that Lakeysha Beard says she felt "disrespected" by the incident, though passengers said it was Beard who was being rude by refusing to stop yapping while sitting in one of the train's designated quiet cars.

[Flightdeck]

Stories like this make me want to be a cop.

[humblegunner]

GET OUT!

[Vaquero]

I think she was behind me in a movie once...

“you can kick me off of no train...Obama is my President”

[Signalman]

Can you imagine having to listen to some loud mouth yenta blabbering on the cell phone for 16 hrs. Someone offer me a gun to put to my head...I’ll thank them for it.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Guilty!

[Hardraade]

Yeah, well.. Lakeysha has her beliggerent champions on FR, including moderators. Go figure.

[plangent]

Oh, My!

This creates such a graphic image in my brain I could be thoroughly chastized by the PC police for having such thoughts.

But, it sure rings true to form.

[Wicket]

Somehow I knew that she would be an Obama voter . . .

[JustaDumbBlonde]

"Yeah, well.. Lakeysha has her beliggerent (sic) champions on FR, including moderators. Go figure."

Woo hoo ... here we go!!!

[Allegra]

Yeah, well.. Lakeysha has her beliggerent champions on FR, including moderators. Go figure.

Seriously?

People who think it's OK for someone to yap incessantly on a cell-phone for 16 hours in a designated quiet car?

I hope they'll come on here to explain and debate.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Lay-key-sha should wear more flattering colors, like orange. White makes her look ever so slightly overweight. :)

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Blacks are NOT inferior, but it is RACIST to hold them to the same standards as everyone else.

[JRios1968]

[bcsco]

People who think it's OK for someone to yap incessantly on a cell-phone for 16 hours in a designated quiet car?

Well, what better place to gab for 16 hours without interruption than in a quiet car. There's too much noise in those other cars, doncha know...

[WayneS]

This is UNACCEPTABLE.

Sure, they booted her off, but they stopped the train first.

Why did they stop the train first?

[humblegunner]

That makes me laugh.

I say HO HO HO.

[70th Division]

white is definately not her color. I keep seeing the commercial with two guys on a chair lift and one is talking to the otherone’s X. LOL

[humblegunner]

“Throw Lakeysha From The Train” coming from Disney/Pixar 2012.

[knittnmom]

I want to know who makes that cell phone and the battery!!

[Lurker]

The cop should have used his baton.

[Tigerized]

Well, it could’ve been worse.

She could’ve been naked as well. An ongoing assault on the ears AND the eyes at the same time!

Seriously, though, the news has become full of these stories about people who have no concept of any social contract to behave in public.

Another predictable outcome from the “Great Society”.

[OB1kNOb]

Fat, belligerent, and stupid is no way to go through life, Lakeysha.....

[Carling]

KOMO News reports that Lakeysha Beard says she felt "disrespected" by the incident, though passengers said it was Beard who was being rude by refusing to stop yapping while sitting in one of the train's designated quiet cars.

Oh, I see. So yapping loudly on a phone in a designated quiet car it isn't disrespectful to the people who paid for the quiet car, but throwing her loud ass out of the car for not following the one simple rule is disrespectful to her.

At least she hasn't cried racism ... yet...

[LasVegasMac]

Sure, they booted her off, but they stopped the train first.

Lol

Think of the ground damage.........

[rollo tomasi]

"Radios, MP3 Players, Computers, and More

Electrical outlets are provided at every seat for powering a variety of electronic devices. You may use electronic devices, including cell phones, during train travel. Please use discretion when talking on the phone. Speak softly to avoid disturbing other passengers. For any devices requiring sound, please use headphones and keep the volume low. Free WiFi is currently limited to Pacific Business Class passengers. If you would like to upgrade to Pacific Business Class while on-board, contact your conductor."

[LasVegasMac]

I keep seeing the commercial with two guys on a chair lift and one is talking to the otherone’s X. LOL

I am soooooooo sick of that commercial.........

[kitkat]

LOL! Thanks for the best laugh I’ve had in a week. She said she was “disrespected,” LOL!

[Osage Orange]

Never heard of Lake Ysha Beard.

Is it a big bass lake?

[knittnmom]

That explains that! Thanks!

[Emperor Palpatine]

I bet Amtrak had to add another locomotive to haul all or THAT!

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Lakeisha meaning and name origin

Lakeisha \l(a)-kei-sha\ as a girl's name is pronounced lah-KEE-shah. Possibly variant of Hebrew Kezia meaning "cassia tree", via Keesha and Keisha. Lakeisha and its variant forms are also rhyming variants of Leticia or from the combination of La- with Aisha (Arabic) "alive and well". The French prefix La- was first added by free people of color in Louisiana and has become a popular naming trend among African Americans. Also possibly (Swahili) "favorite one".

Lakeisha has 14 variant forms: Lakeesha, Lakecia, Lakesha, Lakeshia, Laketia, Lakeysha, Lakicia, Lakiesha, Lakisha, Lakitia, Laquisha, Lekeesha, Lekeisha and Lekisha.

Baby names that sound like Lakeisha are Laquesha and Lacacia.

View a list of the 3 names that reference Lakeisha.

[KCengineer]

Unruly Amish ALERT!!

Come to the ATL and see who likes to hang out in the HOV lanes.

Hands down, unruly female Amish

[Emperor Palpatine]

More like a big a$$ flake.

[trapped_in_LA]

Eh, anyone dumb enough to buy a Amtrak ticket to spend 24 miserable hours going from LA to Portland deserves this kind of experience. It will teach them that it’s much better to spend 5 minutes being groped by a homo TSA agent and 2 hours of flying time packed in like sardines. Plus it’s much cheaper to fly so there! Thank God we can still drive our cars, for now.

[stompk]

Blacks are NOT inferior, but it is RACIST to hold them to the same standards as everyone else.

as someone on here once said so brilliantly, "ah, the soft bigotry of lowered standards".

[Osage Orange]

Yep.......

[Revolting cat!]

The perils of e·gal·i·tar·i·an·ism.

[Mr.Unique]

Go figure.

Tell us the entire story first...

[Emperor Palpatine]

Actually, I kinda enjoy traveling by train.

The “Keystone” from NYC to Pittsburgh through Horseshoe Curve and the Zephyr through the Rockies are unforgettable rides.

The food in the dining cars is primo, too.

[willk]

I was in the waiting room of a doctors office and there was some guy talking really loud on his phone for at least 20 minutes. When his name was called and he walked off everyone started clapping.

[Hardraade]

Tell us the entire story first...

Lol. I wasn't entirely blameless, since I called that behaviour "jungle drum culture", which drew immediate and hysterical charges of "racism". And no, I wasn't nice about it. In the deathless words of JC Clarke, "I don't wanna be nice".

[Hardraade]

This particular segment of the public wouldn’t knowingly reference Hebrew is their life depended on it. Come to think of it, I just yesterday came across one of the MOA rituals which sort of spells out the distance between anything Hebrew and those folks. I’ll put it up when I get around to it :).

[dljordan]

“Lay-key-sha should wear more flattering colors, like orange. White makes her look ever so slightly overweight. :)”

You mean like an orange jump suit?

[Conan the Librarian]

Yes! And they should KEEP her off the train.

[Noumenon]

On her way to participate in a fast-food restaurant beat-down?

[Noumenon]

“Lakeysha Beard”, huh? Probaly accompanied by her sisters Linoleum, Urethra, Yomama.

Where do they get these names?

[Chode]

somebody should splain to the ugly sow that respect is a TWO way street...

[rawhide]

[Noumenon]

Yes! A three pointer!