26 APRIL 2008, Page 71

Q. On a train the other day the man sitting

next to me had an alarm on his mobile which maddeningly went off every five minutes, yet he slept through it. It was a nonstop train so there was no question of his missing his stop, but how could I have woken him without physical contact?

M.W., Wiltshire A. You should have raised the volume of the alarm by setting your own ring simultaneously.