Rant for the morning.

[Olazz]

Was on the train this morning and there seems to be an explosion of commuters pulling Trolley bags to work.

Now I don't have a problem with trolley bags, its just the gormless dim-witted, Troglodytes that can't seem to control them. They get in the way, they knock into people, they take up room in carriages, they get stuck in the ticket barriers causing huge backlogs... oh and invaiably the stupid, incosiderqate owners, wait until they are standing at the ticket barrier to stop and then search for their exit ticket!!! FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, THEY DO THIS JOURNEY EVERY DAY; THEYKNOW THERE IS A BARRIER COMING UP!!!!

And while I'm at it, grown men who use the term "Oh My God" as a form of expression, FFS grow up!

Rant over.

 

[AndyCook]

I struggled to get past slow trolley bag pullers yesterday - they took up space of 2 people in the queues for barriers at station in Aberdeen..
luckily the invasion has past and none today

 

[wobbly]

Be careful, there's a dead body in each of them......

When I went on the train up to Stockport to pick up my LJ78, there was a guy sat opposite me who had a dead dog in a plastic bag. Taking it to be cremated apparently, but disturbing nonetheless.

Is it 'Oh my God' specifically, or the term 'OMG' that irritates? I find the use of text-speak in conversation very odd.

Pete

 

[Gary Stockton]

OMG - you can't be serious about trolley bags??

sorry - couldn't resist

The whole omg thing is such an indictment on poor use of English - along with my other gripe where every 2nd word is 'like'. My English teacher will be spinning in his grave!!

 

[BobMurphy]

along with my other gripe where every 2nd word is 'like'!!

Tell me about it - my elder daughter says that all the time (seems sending her to Mary Erskine's* was a complete waste of money ).

(* Posh private Edinburgh girls' school).

Bob.

 

[Crispin]

Of the overuse of "you know" when someone is talking to you. No, I don't bloody know which is why you're telling me.


Agreed on the trolley bags. Could you not see that it would not fit through the barrier.....

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

What's wrong with liking things?

 

[Crushers]

i can't help but really enjoy the OP post. well written. executed the rage, frustration and pain that he is suffering by these inconsiderate pack horses.

 

[Gary Stockton]

Olazz is probably still stressed with trying to arrange Mozambique visas and temporary import permit!!

Beware those socialist bods, Lollie - they'll drag you down to their level then beat you on experience!

Not long to go and you'll be enjoying fresh cashews, Manica beer and fantastic prawns! Not to mention the sunshine!!

 

[Hans]

Olazz

I can only agree and sympathize with you. I battle through Victoria Station every day to get to work. Yesterday I arrived at the station at 6:17 pm at my normal entrance (there are too many entrances at Victoria and I hate the place with a vengeance). I have 6 minutes to get across to the other side of the station. Depending on how often I have to swerve to avoid the trolleys, or get pushed, shoved, bumped into, stepped on or tripped by the masses I can make it to my platform in about 4 minutes. So, with 2 minutes to go and my train in sight I suddenly hear an odd sound like a horn and a voice coming through the loud speakers to evacuate Victoria immediately. You got to be kidding right? “Sir, you’ve got to leave”. ‘Hang on my train is there and is meant to leave in about 1 minute. Let’s get out of here on the train’. “No you can’t”. ‘But hang on’. “Sir, you’ve got to leave now?” ‘But it will take me several minutes to get out with all those people. One minute to go before the train has to leave. Quicker on the train’. “No!!”. ‘Ok’. So I battle for about a good 5 minutes to get out. Stand outside. Worm myself into the Tube. Face the sweat, the sneezing, the smell of unwashed commuters, packed like a sardine, make my way to London Bridge to get a train from there and try to get home 2 hours later than normal. I shouldn’t moan. Quicker than if I had waited for Victoria to re-open.
Oh, no, I’ve got no window seat, so need to sit along the aisle and have to endure the ‘leaning brigade’. My pet hate. The ones that think it is their right to screw up my miserable journey just because they have to stand!!! They lean against the side of the seats and constantly move my seat about or push their elbows in my face or read their newspapers 1 inch from my face....

Sorry I’ll stop rating now. I've got to prepare myself for 'Victoria' tonight

 

[Chas]

You're all turning into Victor Meldrews. Take early retirement, the best carreer move I made.

 

[fridayman]

I was teaching my 2yo about public transport last night

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

like it

 

[Annamarie]