As an occasional commuter travelling into London twice a week. I am pretty used to some of my fellow travellers ways but I had the misfortune to travel off peak into London Waterloo this morning and a few annoying things happened.
1. I approached the door on a class 444 there were a number of people around including these two cyclists who took it upon themselves to go through the door first if anyone knows the stock well there is this small cycle storage area to side of the door there was already a cycle there so they had to muck around to secure their cycles whilst the non bike passengers had to stand outside waiting for them to clear the area as they were blocking the entrance. Common sense dictates they get on last so they can fiddle around and not delay the train.
2. Whilst walking through the aisle to find an available seat this guy virtually was sat with his legs stretched out and glared when I said excuse me. I felt like saying this train service is not for the exclusive use of yourself!
3. On the way back the train was a 450. I had to go right up to the front of the eight coaches to get a seat. Getting near to my destination. I walked a few coaches back to be near the station exit on my way I walked through the disabled area with the large toilet and flip down seats there was a women with a pushchair she had taken the child out and postioned the empty pushchair so it was blocking access through apart from a clearance of less than a foot as it was across the width of the train she had a changebag/handbag/shopping bags on the handle the person before me went through and knocked on of the bags and she sharply said to him 'excuse me'. Did she leave her brain at home :roll:, or I am wrong to thing she should have put the pushchair lengthwise as so to not cause an obstruction or perhaps she is one of these smug parent types that you can meet that think they are ever so important and the moral majority. To add I not anti children as I have two children under 5 one of which is still in a pushchair but I would not want to inconvenience other people. Sorry rant over
1. I approached the door on a class 444 there were a number of people around including these two cyclists who took it upon themselves to go through the door first if anyone knows the stock well there is this small cycle storage area to side of the door there was already a cycle there so they had to muck around to secure their cycles whilst the non bike passengers had to stand outside waiting for them to clear the area as they were blocking the entrance. Common sense dictates they get on last so they can fiddle around and not delay the train.
2. Whilst walking through the aisle to find an available seat this guy virtually was sat with his legs stretched out and glared when I said excuse me. I felt like saying this train service is not for the exclusive use of yourself!
3. On the way back the train was a 450. I had to go right up to the front of the eight coaches to get a seat. Getting near to my destination. I walked a few coaches back to be near the station exit on my way I walked through the disabled area with the large toilet and flip down seats there was a women with a pushchair she had taken the child out and postioned the empty pushchair so it was blocking access through apart from a clearance of less than a foot as it was across the width of the train she had a changebag/handbag/shopping bags on the handle the person before me went through and knocked on of the bags and she sharply said to him 'excuse me'. Did she leave her brain at home :roll:, or I am wrong to thing she should have put the pushchair lengthwise as so to not cause an obstruction or perhaps she is one of these smug parent types that you can meet that think they are ever so important and the moral majority. To add I not anti children as I have two children under 5 one of which is still in a pushchair but I would not want to inconvenience other people. Sorry rant over
