Tube (or mass transit system of choice) behaviour poll

[lovingboth]

You're on a crowded tube train, carrying heavy bag and, optionally, a baby in a sling. The train arrives at your stop, and you clearly start to get off.

However, a woman on the platform, busy talking into a mobile phone, starts to push her way onto the train.

[Poll #40478]

Comments

[sultrylady.livejournal.com]

what on earth prompted this?

[lovingboth]

A journey on Thursday.

The District line had just restarted after failing over ('trespasser on the track' over five miles away) so the train was absolutely packed, but she had to start pushing on rather than wait for about ten people to get off.

Quite amazingly stupid, particularly as if you have a sling on, not only do you risk having baby crushed but it is usually difficult to see where your feet are going, and there is a risk at some stations that you'll end up in the famous 'gap'. Fortunately(?) the bit of platform I could see included the toes of her trailing foot...

... and the person also getting off behind me laughed when she heard the 'not very'.

Normally, I am more polite than this, honest.

[aegidian]

I find "Excuse me please" an extremely useful and polite turn of phrase.

[lovingboth]

Normally, yes.

But sometimes, just sometimes...