Commuting Thread

srsly tho, very kind of you.

Woman who came WAY after me this morning pushed her way in front of me in the getting-on-the-train stampede. I very nearly pushed her under the train.

I'm always suspicious of people who offer to give up their seats tome on public transport. I just want to shout I AM NOT PREGNANT, I AM JUST FAT, OK?!?!?!? Though I don't. I just take the seat and smile.

I just realised I was sitting amongst a bunch of iPodded suited men who had their noses poked firmly into their papers/books/PSP's and I felt guilty. Yeh, people treat each other like pigs on the trains.

more amusing is the quizzical look seated people give to people in their late 50s/early 60s who board the bus - "you are old but are you old ENOUGH for me to move?"

Buses to work this morning were all nearly empty... :-)

hah, that advert is possibly the most annoying in the history of adverts.

Daily Express ad - I'd say nuclear holocaust in two seconds.

There's a 60 year old man in my office who came in the other week complaining because some "cheeky wee bastard" offered him a seat on the bus.

Plus, why did they feel they needed to have the only token black guy in the ad giving up his seat?

UK TO BE HIT BY RUSSIAN WINTER IN JULY

Sometimes what looks like good manners is just trying to score points with a hottie (or milf.)

I used to enjoy my commute, I don't drive but 99% of others in my building do. My bus was virtually empty until about six weeks ago when a factory opened next door to my work.

Now when I leave to walk to the bus-stop I have to speed-walk in a race against forty Polish folk to ensure I get a seat. And by god do they know how to power-walk.

I once refused to give up my seat. I had a bad knee and it sucked having to stand. There were loads of other people on the tram so why did the old bag (sorry, lady) have to moan about me not standing up? I really did want to say to her: Well, let's swap my crap knee for your age?

OH AND WHAT ABOUT THAT IDIOT? I always make sure I put my hand out when I'm on my bike and will turn in a side-street. Does the idiot notice this? No,he still speeds up to me and nearly runs me over! I mean, FOR FUCKS SAKE! I always make sure I show that I'm going to change position but do they give it a thought? Fuck no.

*sigh*

I think in maybe a decade, they'll attempt to make Bruges like Venice: no cars at all. Would be coolio for me cause I don't drive a car! :-)

For the most part, I agree, but I got a very timid, brely-audible "bless-you" from a stranger on the subway the other day. After I sneezed, I mean. Never happened before.

Not that I've been fined for momentarily putting a wheel in one, oh no.

yeah i wasn't sure how she'd react really. was it on ilx that someone witnessed a young guy give up his seat to a woman in her late thirties, who retorted "I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW I AM IN MY SEXUAL PRIME, FUCKBAG!" at him.

Did I reply "I know, I'm standing up because I want to have sex with you"?

As I say... ;-)

Then the enigmatic rumble under Bridgeton, then the dramatic emergence into the picturesque daylight of Dalmarnock!