tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78785591655844542932024-03-05T01:19:17.545-08:00Underground Misanthropy Tube BlogA cynical London Underground blog to celebrate and lament the strange, stupid and sometimes rude creatures that frequent the Tube.CommuterXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825428182237136811noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878559165584454293.post-56234718130797494522014-05-23T01:41:00.001-07:002014-05-23T01:45:13.618-07:00Ding Ding Ding!So this morning an old gentleman got onto the train, and naturally everyone was suddenly attacked by a vicious bout of narcolepsy or found something incredibly interesting in whatever they were looking at. I was in the middle of the carriage and got up to let the fellow sit down. As he ambled over, a pregnant woman suddenly appeared and I realized we had a seat-off!<br />
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A hush fell over the train, and I think some doves took flight. No one moved a muscle.<br />
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His eyes narrowed behind his specs, and the pregnant lady steadied herself on the her feet, delivering a steely gaze as she fiddled with her badge. With a flick of her wrist she suddenly flung it at the gentleman who, with lighting reflexes, dodged it without taking his eyes off her. Somewhere in the back someone was decapitated.<br />
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Now it was his turn. He calmly took off his tie, and began to whirl it until there was nothing but a blur in front of him. He jumped forwards and whipped it at her, but a slight miscalculation caused it to wrap around a pole instead.<br />
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The train suddenly shuddered to a stop - we were at Euston - my stop. I wanted to stay, but unfortunately I had to get to work. As the train pulled away, the last thing I saw was the pregnant lady dive at the gentleman with her copy of the Metro. The train was shaking and the screams could be heard well into its journey down the tunnel.CommuterXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825428182237136811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878559165584454293.post-4174614290804111392014-04-17T07:58:00.001-07:002014-04-17T08:00:19.911-07:00Here we go again!Bob Crow has barely been buried and we have another tube strike on our hands. I have fond memories of the last strike, where it took me double the time to get to work and I saw the true face of humanity. People crammed from floor to ceiling on what precious trains there were, long walks between stations and a general air of desperation and body odour.<br />
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To be honest, there was an odd sense of camaraderie among those who were foolish enough to try and get to work instead of doing the decent thing and staying at home.<br />
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The strikes are said to happen on the 28th of April. In preparation, I will start my training and secure a kevlar vest from those dodgy kids from the estate down the road.<br />
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<br />CommuterXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825428182237136811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878559165584454293.post-78065206382294751112014-03-25T03:15:00.001-07:002014-03-25T03:15:09.587-07:00Hold on tight! Tube driver caught drunkHey, if we had a choice, we would all be drunk on the tube. How else would we deal with the arduous and overly-long journeys? Well, this Jubilee Line tube driver took the high road and was caught drunk on the job. Must be quite good fund, whizzing through the tunnels with a drink in your hand, playing chicken with ongoing trains and making lewd comments over the intercom.<br />
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Story here - http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/tube-driver-arrested-for-being-drunk-in-control-of-train-on-the-jubilee-line-9212636.htmlCommuterXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825428182237136811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878559165584454293.post-20170892169242059202013-10-25T05:11:00.001-07:002013-10-25T05:11:09.998-07:00Hahahahahahhaahh<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good to see that TFL has a sense of humour! Whoosh indeed.CommuterXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825428182237136811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878559165584454293.post-91999286220194519452013-10-04T08:44:00.004-07:002013-10-04T08:44:54.500-07:00Trains of tomorrowAn article over at <a href="http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/10/is-the-inspirio-the-air-conditioned-future-of-the-london-underground-tube/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gizmodo </a>on a new concept tube train. Looks good although unfortunately it will still undoubtedly contain stupid people.<br />
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<br />CommuterXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825428182237136811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878559165584454293.post-4846252796255097782013-09-27T07:17:00.001-07:002013-09-27T07:17:45.415-07:00TFL lost me a bacon sandwich, now this is personalSo the Northern Line was fucked this morning, proper fucked. The platform was full of people huffing and puffing with no train in sight. The tannoy rings, we might get a train in 15 minutes and one 20 minutes after that. People tense up, ready for battle and all I can think of is bacon.<br />
<br />Every now and then, my workplace provides bacon rolls for breakfast, and now I was going to be late for work with the very real and frightening possibility of arriving after the last bacon roll has gone.<br />
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Alas, this is what happened. My world is dark and my eyes are sad. No bacon for me. TFL, you have made a powerful enemy. No one fucks with my bacon.CommuterXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825428182237136811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878559165584454293.post-48725246716721823572013-09-12T09:32:00.004-07:002013-09-12T09:32:31.704-07:00The Paper PhenomenonI think free papers on the tube are a great idea. We can read about the latest rapes and murders, not to mention seeing a picture of a dog or cat sitting around doing nothing. What gets me is how people are so desperate to read the paper, they will do whatever they can to keep reading, no matter how busy the train is. Ladies and gentlemen, there comes a time when you just have to stand up like a normal person and not try to spread out an entire newspaper in a carriage that's full as hell.<br />
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Then there's the paper-poking. If the train is full and you have a paper reader standing behind you, the pages will poke and rest on you at every opportunity. A few times, people have actually rested the paper on my back. From now on, I will set fire to any paper that touches me.CommuterXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825428182237136811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878559165584454293.post-68235566514378121802013-09-02T08:15:00.001-07:002013-09-02T08:15:42.515-07:00Carry the kid!Ah, is your little one learning to walk? Look at it, waddling along on the brink of falling on its face any minute. That's nice.<br />
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So here we are; its rush hour, you're trying to get to the next platform to carry on your miserable commute. You go through gates, through the tunnels and do what you can to avoid <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjg-3ESK2pNKhfO4zJkVmZqsgfHaZdAGXKjAaJ43lHmc5hbdxm3_u_4NpCN8zXwX-LEfBfJ175XUSmEddsfg6tWQLQcdfD6BTdw5rKGa-yI5HRPjGlwejeS-NyOmb0pTQBiQlD1-MKGAzi/s1600/tube_drawing_smohawk.jpg" target="_blank">Smowhawks </a>when you're suddenly slowed to a crawl by a parent and their tiny child ambling up the stairs and blocking everyone behind them.<br />
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It's simply wonderful, heartwarming and life-affirming to see a parent and their small child having this learning experience together, but in the case of a very busy staircase, pick the damn kid up and get your ass up the stairs. No one care, no one has time. If you want them to practice stairs, do it at home.CommuterXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825428182237136811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878559165584454293.post-23007383133705710342013-08-16T09:26:00.000-07:002013-08-16T09:26:09.344-07:00Magazine lady disapproves of your massive bag blocking the aisle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />CommuterXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825428182237136811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878559165584454293.post-762861765497356062013-08-07T06:00:00.001-07:002013-08-07T06:52:13.235-07:00The stumblers...<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">So here's a little physics
lesson for you all. 'What!!', you cry 'I want to read about tube stuff you might
giggle'. Well my intrepid friends, this pertains to an incident we see all too
often on those hellish trains to nowhere.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Every single day, on every
single train, at every single stop someone either stumbles or nearly falls as
the train starts or stops moving. Normally, this would.be fine and probably
quite funny were it not for the fact that it's usually into another person, sometimes me.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">So, it appears that some
people don't understands the basic principles of physics or inertia. I'm not to get into the nitty, but basically, when the train starts moving, you
will move with it. Shocking, I know but work with me here. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Now, if the train were to start and stop randomly, it would be disconcerting; the trick here is that its actually very predictable when you might want to brace yourself. The amount of people who get caught off guard is worrying. I once witnessed a woman almost fall over 4 times in row. That truly is something special.</span>CommuterXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825428182237136811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878559165584454293.post-81277772563975184612013-07-29T06:28:00.001-07:002013-07-29T12:10:47.026-07:00Species of Tube Traveller #12 - The TechHeadThe TechHead is a relatively new creature and has only started to infest the Underground within the last three years or so, which is why our studies are not as conclusive as with other <a href="http://www.undergroundmisanthropy.blogspot.co.uk/p/species-of-tube-traveller.html" target="_blank">species of commuter</a>. No one really knows there they came from - our scientists hypothesize that they are actually some form of alien race that landed, somehow got onto the Underground system and never managed to find their way out.<br />
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This is largely due to the fact that they don't look where they are going, instead electing to walk really slowly during rush hour and looking at their tablets or phones so that they don't miss a precious second of Dexter or in one case, a grown man watching Spongebob Squarepants.<br />
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A more widely believed theory is that they evolved from the newspaper/book readers who display similar levels of incompetent obliviousness, so wrapped in their paper that they walk up and down stairs or through the tunnels without the slightest hint of spatial awareness.<br />
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No one really knows why these digital doofuses don't simply pause their media and carry on with it the next time they are seated on a train. Even more amazing is that no one has even seen one stumble, fall or trip up whilst keeping their peepers locked on the tiny screen in front of them. Perhaps there is some form of peripheral vision that we are not aware of? Maybe some kind of sonar?<br />
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If you ever come across a TechHead, we recommend that you try and get in front of them as soon as possible. They will not speed up, they will not look where they are going and although no one has been brave enough to snatch away their screen we remain hopeful that our prototype electro magnetic pulse pointers will rid the underground of these pixel-praising prats.<br />
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<br />CommuterXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825428182237136811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878559165584454293.post-41336632097482551902013-07-16T01:32:00.001-07:002013-07-18T08:21:22.290-07:00Tube rageJesus Christ, seems that trains cant handle the heat and get themselves into a tizzy. The Northern Line was literally hell this morning and even Satan himself looked uncomfortable. I had managed to find a spot in the aisle which is about as good as it can get really.<br />
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The train was completely crammed and whenever it stopped at a station, no more people could get on. I locked eyes with a desperate woman who was unlucky enough to be near the door and the wild desperation I saw as more people began to cram in will stay with me until the day I die.<br />
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Suddenly a loud knocking snapped me out of my thoughts and a woman on the platform was bashing the window with her fists. Everyone turned to look and she began (very angrily) motioning that those of in the aisle should move in.<br />
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I was already pretty much spooning the gent in front of me so I have no idea what she was talking about. I think that if the train had lingered any longer on the platform i'm pretty sure she would have fully hulked out and smashed her way in with her head.CommuterXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825428182237136811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878559165584454293.post-82737652895467208042013-07-09T09:30:00.003-07:002013-07-28T09:43:38.571-07:00Well, summer is here...and with it comes another dimension into the already-unpleasant journey that we make every day. I saw a fellow wearing a woolly hat the other day whilst everyone else grimly hung on to consciousness in the sweltering heat. People need to make an effort to hold onto something lower down as a collection of sweaty armpits is actually banned by the Human Rights Act and Geneva Convention. Section 3B, Chapter 2, Page 223. Have a look, its there!<br />
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My only recommendation is to read my super handy dandy tips on <a href="http://undergroundmisanthropy.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/please-change-here-for-sweatline.html">staying cool</a> and pray.<br />
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<br />CommuterXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825428182237136811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878559165584454293.post-48652186746633925842013-07-03T06:33:00.000-07:002013-07-03T06:35:56.198-07:00A seat with a viewMaybe you guys can explain something to me. When standing in the middle bit of the train, why do people
face those who are sitting down on the tube? It often feels very awkward when
someone stops in front of where you are sitting, leans forward slightly to grab
the pole and pretty much shoves their crotch in your face with the added bonus of the person opposite seeing their arse.<br />
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unwelcome display, but also means there is slightly more room on the inside of the carriage. Maybe I’m
missing something but having someone’s ballsack just inches away from my face isn’t
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Lovingly borrowed from <a href="http://londongrumblr.co.uk/">http://londongrumblr.co.uk/</a>CommuterXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825428182237136811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878559165584454293.post-27168607321204800402013-06-19T06:38:00.002-07:002013-06-19T07:24:21.952-07:00It's getting toasty down there!<div class="MsoNormal">
It’s getting seriously warm down there in the tubes and
coupled with lots of people in an enclosed space, it’s a real treat! It’s not
really anyone’s fault of course but there is something unsettling about being nasally assaulted by of 30+ people. It’s kind of like when your bin is full
of rubbish and it all ends up smelling the same, regardless of what the trash consists of. Even more baffling are the people who still seem to have sweaters
and coats on – it actually makes me feel hotter just looking at them. Here are
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<li>Freeze your underwear during the day and put them on just
before travelling</li>
<li>Think frosty thoughts</li>
<li>Hire Japanese geishas to fan you</li>
<li>Don’t go to work</li>
<li>Take off your winter wear</li>
<li>Stand at the end of the carriage and stick your head out of
the window (decapitation may occur)</li>
<li>Encourage everyone to blow on eachother throughout the
journey</li>
<li>Befriend a snowman and bring him on with you (unfortunately
he will die)</li>
<li>Listen to Prince. He’s pretty cool.</li>
<li>Pass the time by raising tropical plants and marsupials.</li>
<li>Don't board a train that is on fire (see below for example)</li>
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There’s nothing quite as infuriating then walking down a
tunnel and getting stuck behind one of these ambling assholes who are
completely unaware they have about 50 people behind them. There is no escape
from The Smowhawk as they populate tunnels, stairs escalators, tickets halls,
platforms and even the surface. Their high numbers can only be attributed to
a spore-like reproductive cycle (in theory) and their diet consists of anger and fustration.<br />
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instinct to know when you are about to attempt an overtake so that they can
suddenly saunter over your new path to thwart you. The Smowhawk is the number one most hated species of
commuter and with such high numbers, something needs to be done.<br />
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backing we can petition the government for some inhumane culling, preferably
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Huge-ass delays on the northern line. There were probably about 5 trains between these two stations.CommuterXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825428182237136811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878559165584454293.post-14803517886310840962013-05-18T03:31:00.001-07:002013-05-18T03:33:20.353-07:00Idiot of the Day - Escalation<div class="MsoNormal">
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such little a fuck it can only be measured in nanometers. Not only is he having
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Our researchers have a number of theories regarding this increasingly ubiquitous oddity, the most popular of which is that it needs extremely close human contact to survive, either due to extremely low body temperatures loneliness, or an insatiable urge to spoon and share body odour. Fortunately, defeating this unwelcome traveller is fairly simple as compared to other species of commuter. Sometimes all it takes is a steely gaze and a slow shake of the head, whereas sometimes a more severe deterrent such as a spiked umbrella or flaming boot does the trick quite nicely.<br />
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I have put together the following design (professionally done by an engineer in the most advanced design software) to demonstrate my solution - The Platform Trampoline. It's quite self explanatory really, but can cut platform crossing time by up to 70%. Of course you need to watch for oncoming trains, but I really don't see any reason why this can't be implemented I have already emailed TFL and Boris Johnson about this, but with your support we can make this a reality.<br />
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