Snoring to be punishable offence

One of my teacher's from school once told " Travel Teaches Tolerance". It is true to a certain extent. But every one is sensitive to some aspects and there are certain things which I really cannot take. The primary of that is snoring.

I am a deep sleeper and can sleep in chaotic atmosphere. Like in a noisy classroom during break, in hostel with music on in other rooms etc. But I get very disturbed when someone is snoring within earshot. I was unfortunate to have some snorers nearby in all my recent overnight travels.

There is something sinister in the monotonous droning sound that drills into my head and keeps me awake. The droning sound beats the clanking of the train or the rattling of the bus and builds up anger inside. I spend extra money planning my travel in a/c compartments or a/c sleeper bus but that extra money doesen't give me its worth. There the train/engine sounds get muted and the snoring gets amplified. The fact that these people are peacefully resting oblivious to the disturbance they give to innocent people like me makes me furious. That too just when I am trying to catch some sleep so that I do not look tired when I report for work in the morning.

These days I have started to guess among the passengers as to who is gonna be the snorer who will disturb me even before they settle down to sleep. I have got the average snorer nicely figured out. The typical snorer is a 40-45 year old guy, one or two stones heavier than average and has that extra bit of fat under the chin and neck. I just hate to see someone fitting this description settling down near me on the travel occassions.

On a couple of occassions when the snoring got on my nerves I have employed some unconventional methods to rouse them from the slumber so that I get some respite before they commence their sleep again like dropping a water bottle on them and pretending to be fast asleep or pulling off their blanket as I make way to the loo or stepping on their foot as I climb down from my berth.

I really pity the plight of the spouses of the snoring types who have to bear the torment every day. I just wish that I never become a snoring type in future.