Commuting

[Dave the OAP]

I have read every thread on here and agree with everything that has been said .
One of my pet hates (and there are far too many to go on about here) is the way that people treat the bastard train as though it is their private bloody office, immediately they get on the train out comes the crackberry and the mobile and possibly the laptop too and then they all get "synchronised". If someone hasn't sent them an e-mail they get twitchy and have to ring someone about effin' WORK for Chrissakes. I leave my work firmly at the door of my office - it don't come home with me and I don't think about it till I get in in the bloody morning. So why can't other people. And all their ring tones are so so bad especially when they don't realise that it's their phone that's bleating out Mariah Carey and you hear most of one of her songs before they fumble in their hand bags. As if anyone else would have Mariah bleedin' Carey as a ring tone !
And, as someone said above, those bloody stupid little cases that they have to pull behind them as they go vacantly about the station and then stop directly in front of you and glare at you as you bang in to them when all they keep in there is sandwiches anyway.
But the worst is the rudeness - the way that everybody tries to invade your space. If I had a pound for every person that bumps into me during the day I would have enough to buy an Albion season ticket every week ! My absolute favourite is the twat on London Bridge (it's mainly London Bridge)who just has to be at his desk two seconds before yu and tries to insinuate himself into the very small space between you and the next person . Now there isn't enough space so he has to walk in this strange crab like posture just to get ahead of you as he has spotted a possible opening three people in front of you. This is though quite easy to deal with - as he gets in front of you just kick the **** very hard in the ankle - you almost have to anyway as that's the way your foot is going and why the hell should you stop but just give it that little extra impetus. However much it hurts they know they've done wrong so never complain. One of commuting's little pleasures !!!!

amen to that.

My pet gripe is LAP TOP MAN/WOMAN. They sit there taking up all the table space and HIT THE KEYS AS HARD AS POSSIBLE.

great if you are trying to read or sleep!!!!

 

[bhaexpress]

My main pet hate is mobile phones....they piss me right off...

Yeah....oh, I know....Seriously?...hmmmm.....yeah.....I know.....yeah......mmmm....mmmmm....hmmmmm.....yeah....mmmmmm

Too right, I had a mind numbingly dull journey from Charring Cross to Hayes with this woman going on about her plans for Christmas which sounded even duller that she did. Mind you, not that long ago I sat opposite a bloke who got on at Clapham Junction and proceeded to argue on the phone with what I presume was his girlfriend all the way to Preston Park, stopping only as we went through the tunnels.

Still another one I forgot but a ride on the tube tonight reminded me, the retards who can't wait until everybody has got off before they try to get on. Why ? it's not going to go without you tosser.

 

[willingdon_seagull]

I have read every thread on here and agree with everything that has been said .
One of my pet hates (and there are far too many to go on about here) is the way that people treat the bastard train as though it is their private bloody office, immediately they get on the train out comes the crackberry and the mobile and possibly the laptop too and then they all get "synchronised". If someone hasn't sent them an e-mail they get twitchy and have to ring someone about effin' WORK for Chrissakes. I leave my work firmly at the door of my office - it don't come home with me and I don't think about it till I get in in the bloody morning. So why can't other people. And all their ring tones are so so bad especially when they don't realise that it's their phone that's bleating out Mariah Carey and you hear most of one of her songs before they fumble in their hand bags. As if anyone else would have Mariah bleedin' Carey as a ring tone !
And, as someone said above, those bloody stupid little cases that they have to pull behind them as they go vacantly about the station and then stop directly in front of you and glare at you as you bang in to them when all they keep in there is sandwiches anyway.
But the worst is the rudeness - the way that everybody tries to invade your space. If I had a pound for every person that bumps into me during the day I would have enough to buy an Albion season ticket every week ! My absolute favourite is the twat on London Bridge (it's mainly London Bridge)who just has to be at his desk two seconds before yu and tries to insinuate himself into the very small space between you and the next person . Now there isn't enough space so he has to walk in this strange crab like posture just to get ahead of you as he has spotted a possible opening three people in front of you. This is though quite easy to deal with - as he gets in front of you just kick the **** very hard in the ankle - you almost have to anyway as that's the way your foot is going and why the hell should you stop but just give it that little extra impetus. However much it hurts they know they've done wrong so never complain. One of commuting's little pleasures !!!!

Yup - agree with all of that too. Also the ones who have to get a coffee before they board the train and having run to make the train it is spilling all over the cup and they put it down on the table and make a mess everywhere. The mobile phone calls talking about work at 6/7 am is a pain in the arse too, some people cant leave work at work. My absolute pet hate would have to be the people who inisist on sitting in the same seat day in day out... the ones who must get to the station rediculously early to ensure they get those seats and the little clicks of people who talk ra ra ra bo11ocks all the journey. I even saw them drinking champagne together one morning at christmas for their "christmas commuters drink" what a bunch of numpties!

 

[Marty McFly]

I catch that train from Lancing when i'm on early shift, Guaranteed seat and a nice bit of snooze time up to three bridges.

I normally have two or three 7am starts a week and then two or three 2pm starts. The 5.45am is bliss compared to the 12.30pm, where I encounter chavs, students, old people and the customary businessmen using the train as their office. Also, on the later trains I get well annoyed by the people who can't go an hour or so without eating....Damn those food trolleys!!!

 

[Billy the Fish]

I also hate people who get onto a packed train or tube with a MASSIVE rucksack and don't remove it from their back, thus taking up the space of two people. Ignorant selfish twats