WW, we would put our colicky baby on top of the running dryer in her carseat and often times she calmed down. Give it a try. Or if that is bad parenting don't do it, I'm not sure.
Also WW, it's ok to have annoyed feelings towards those with "quiet" babies. One time when our 1st (the colicky one) was a baby we went out to eat with 2 sets of friends who also had babies and their babies were super chill and ours screamed the whole time and then exploded poop out of her diaper onto the floor at Texas Roadhouse. Horrifying at the time, now a hilarious memory.