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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/adhdgf on 2024-10-18 10:46:27+00:00.
This is bad, I feel VERY awful.
I was on the train this morning, I was still sleepy, very irritable and trying to read an article for university in a language that is not my first and I get distracted very easily.
There was a man making some random noises, at first it sounded like he was just chewing a gum with his mouth open (which is something that I really can’t stand), then he kept clicking his tongue, whistling and so on.
I commented out loud to my friend how annoying it was and how those sounds were distracting me, I didn’t expect this person to hear me because at some point he was making a phone call and he was speaking a foreign language so I assumed he was a tourist or something.
And I was right, he did not speak my language, but he was there with a friend who did, he got to my seat and apologised if his friend was bothering me, but he has Tourette Syndrome and he really can’t help it.
To say I wanted to disappear would be an understatement, I got up and went sit somewhere else where I couldn’t hear him.
And that’s the reason why I rarely complain out loud and I probably will keep it that way.
tl;dr: I was on the train, a man was making noises that I now know where tics, I complained out loud and this man’s friend told me he has a tic disorder and can’t help it.