Children, pushchairs and bicycles

Tonight was a great journey for people keeping the rules. At Woolwich we had both a lady with a pushchair and a guy with a bike get on, pushing their way on in front of everyone else. The guy with the bike places it by the opposite door and the lady  with pushchair put it lengthways next to the bike, while her child not in the pushchair ran to a seat. Meanwhile,

Everyone else was trying to get on but couldn't get to the seats because these two people had blocked the entry to the aisles. 

The two children then proceeded to scream and shout for the entire 15 minute journey, although to be fair some of the screaming I think was supposed to be singing!

The best bit though was when I came to get off. First of all I couldn't get past the pushchair. But the pushchair couldn't move (she also wanted to get off) because of the bike, which had been chained to one of the poles next to the door! Cue train being delayed via no-one could get off. The guy with the bike didn't like being told off by the platform staff either. 

So a big hats off to these two people for keeping the rules about noisy children and blocking access ways. 

Reading again

I know I've done a post on this subject recently but this morning's episode deserves a mention. 

I had just come out of Tesco having bought myself a chocolate croissant for breakfast (I knew it was going to be one of those days where a bowl of Special K just wouldn't hit the spot) when I came upon a woman walking slow in front of me. I was about to tut loudly and go round her when I realised she was reading. So I decided that the croissant could wait a few more minutes (hell I wasn't eager to get to work to tackle the mountain on my desk) and see how she coped with a busy London rush hour street. Oh how I wish now I'd had the guts to get my phone out and film her!

I'm guessing that she must do this most days as she seemed to be able to judge where a road was ahead and some street furniture. However, outside one of the phone shops an area had been sectioned off - I think it was going to have a pressure washer applied to it - with some cones and the type of poles that they use in showjumping. This lady was so engrossed in her book she nearly walked into it, only seeing it at the last minute. But did she stop reading? No, she just stepped around the obstruction and carried on, only to almost trip over the hose from the washer a few seconds later! 

These two incidents obviously put her off her stride as a minute later she nearly walked into a tree and then a bin. She did manage to miss the other pedestrians though. Unfortunately, she then crossed the road and I lost sight of her. I'd love to know whether she did jump into anything. I'll have to keep an eye out for her - and make sure my phone is to hand to film her!

Rule 22

This is a perfect example of Rule 22 being kept - takes the Commuting Sardines game to a whole new level!

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=557499700974136&id=201856253205151

It's a puzzle

Today's observation has beaten even the person doing their suduku. I got off the train at Bank - the second busiest London Underground station and there in front of me, casually walking along, was a man doing a Rubik's cube puzzle!  He was doing quite well and I only saw him bump into the wall twice before I lost sight of him in the crowd. I wonder how many bruises he got before he either put the puzzle away or completed it? Unfortunately I think he managed to miss walking into any other passengers