Tube Etiquette

I am just back. Back from the glorious, beautiful north devon, where the scenery is breath taking and the locals are interesting and friendly. Back in London. Back to work.

The way I travelled back was by train and then by tube and there is no more shocking way to return to the busy bustling city of London. I honestly felt like I saw more people on my tube journey than I had in my whole weeks trip.

It was quite hot on the tube and a saturday, which meant the carriage was full of Weekenders. I dont mean to sound like a knob but seriously, during rush hour its horrible, sweaty and packed but tubes at the weekend can be almost equally infuriating. People just dont seem to know what they're doing or where they're going. And no one is in a rush. I know being in a rush is supposed to be a bad thing but when Im on the tube I spend the whole time wanting to get off. Its not a place I want to be. So rushing seems more logical to me and therefore groups of people that walk all together in a line blocking anyone from getting past annoy me. Its part of tube etiquette to have spacial awareness and to think of others. For instance not all people have the day off. A lot of people work weekends, therefore they may be in a rush!

Another part of tube etiquette is noticing how your way of standing/sitting in the carriages may be affecting others. There was a very inconsiderate person who, while on a particularly hot carriage, decided to stand in front of the door with the window, blocking any breeze that may have been able to flow through the carriage. Not only this but he spread his whole mighty frame across the window and then allowed a look of serene pleasure to affect his sweaty face. It felt as though he was doing it for a joke.

Lastly, and maybe one of the most common offenders of tube etiquette is the way some people sprawl across the seats. Sat between two men who need to assert their man hood by spreading their legs as wide as possible is not only uncomfortable, but also feels somehow demeaning, as though I am less of a person because I need or perhaps deserve less space. Why do they do it? I cannot understand, the only reason I can imagine plausible is not physical but mental, must be something to do with the ego and therefore the best way to look at it is with pity. Ah that feels better!

On a different note, I took 6 rolls of film while I was on holiday with my brand new Diana F+ Lomo camera and they shall be developed by tomorrow so that is very exciting. I will put some up, hopefully some of them will come out ok!