End of the line for cups and saucers on trains - Telegraph:

The move comes after passengers in the First Class dining car complained that they were being annoyed by the noise of spoons making tinkling sounds as they sit on saucers. 

If only rattling tea cups was the worst thing to assault our ears in standard class. You’d be lucky to hear a teacup over the cacophony of mobile phones, clattering keyboards and leaky MP3 headphones.