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[h=1]The 12 worst kind of people you'll encounter on public transport[/h]
Campaigners against the Women eating on the Tube Facebook group will next week stage a lunchtime sit-in on the Circle Line to make their feelings known.
The response is a public backlash to an online forum which photographs female passengers eating on the Underground.
Picking on women eating on public transport seems hurtful and unnecessary. However - people do plenty of genuinely infuriating things on the Tube, trains and buses.
After some heated debate in the Yahoo office, here are 12 travel grievances which really grind our gears.
1. SPACE INVADERS
Whether its the alpha males insistent on spreading their legs as wide as possible, the out-of-towners with luggage everywhere, or the dozing commuters with limbs all over the place, those with little spatial awareness are always a huge annoyance.
Have a word with yourself. (http://i.imgur.com/UtgKoHP.jpg)
Bags on seats: Rage....building (Twitter)
Buses and Tube carriages arent blessed with space - backpack wearers who keep their massive luggage on their backs for entire journeys would do well to keep this in mind. And bags on the seat next to you? Dont even get us started .
2. PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION
Youre in a loved-up relationship and cant keep your hands off each other. Sure. But get a room, eh? Were not prudes, but we are British and we dont want to see you sucking face on the Northern Line in the rush hour.
PDAs: Get a room (Twitter)
3. NOISY EATING
Commuters - especially Londoners - are always in a rush, and we have no real objection to eating on public transport per se. But that doesnt excuse loudly chowing down like a neanderthal. More prevalent on late-night tubes and buses when people are more drunk and less inhibited.
4. DOOR-DWELLERS
Referred to by one Yahoo colleague as goal-hangers, theyre the rage-generating passengers who step on to a busy train, avoid the spacious aisles of the carriage and instead plonk themselves next to the door for maximum annoyance.
You heard the woman: PLEASE MOVE DOWN INSIDE THE CARRIAGE. (AP)
They cause a chain reaction of fury - you feel obligated to squeeze past them into the space they shouldve taken themselves. Seconds later, a latecomers anger will boil over and a passive-aggressive, Can you move down please?! will echo through the carriage. All because of the door-dwellers. On the subject of which...
5. NOT WAITING FOR ME TO GET OFF BEFORE YOU GET ON
A personal favourite. As the carriage grinds to a half and the hoards are huddled at the exact spot where the doors open, you prepare to shuffle on to the platform. But hang on, whats going on here? The Law Of The Tube dictates you MUST wait for people to leave before you get on (Underground announcer lady even says so), but some are so fist-clenchingly impatient they barge onto the Tube before youre even close to exiting. I dont want to exaggerate, but this should be a criminal offence.
6. SHOULDER SLEEPERS
You work long hours or you've had a heavy night. Youre exhausted and you cant keep your eyes open. But if youre going to nod off, do you have to do it in my personal space? The worst case scenario is the dozing commuter who falls asleep on your shoulder - truly a cringeworthy experience form which theres no easy escape.
7. OVER-THE-SHOULDER VOYEURS
Whether its the strangers you can feel reading your half-composed text message or the commuter too lazy to bring their own reading material, this lesser-spotted form of personal space-invasion can be equally as annoying.
8. SUNGLASSES WEARERS
A niche selection this, but still valid. Youre 30 metres underneath the nearest source of natural light - take off the sunglasses. Youre not Bono.
Sunglasses on the Tube: Not Bono (Twitter)
9. MUSIC BLARERS
Many of us love a bit of travel music to pump us up for the working day, but the number of commuters with poor volume control is staggering. Sometimes theyre suited twenty-something execs pumping out trance from their overpriced Beats, other times theyre sulky teens whose Metallica can be heard throughout the carriage. Either way, theyre serial journey-ruiners.
10. NOISY PHONE CONVERSATIONS
Continuing on the noise theme, those who just dont seem to have an indoor voice really are utterly intolerable.
You - yes you. Pipe down. (Getty)
Theyve been around since the dawn of the mobile phone, but even after all this time some never learn. To the middle manager loudly rearranging their 10am office meeting for the whole carriage - pipe down.
11. ESCALATOR ETIQUETTE
Seasoned commuters know its the unspoken rule: stand on the right, walk on the left. But that doesnt stop people with a common sense bypass from constantly parking themselves on the wrong side of the escalator. Yes, it only delays us by a few more seconds. Yes, it's still on the list.
Standing on the left: Why would you do this? Why?! (Twitter)
12. DOING YOUR MAKE-UP
A contentious one. Some have no issue with women putting their face on on public transport, but for others its a constant source of rage. In the words of one Yahoo college: Get up earlier.
Have we missed out one of your public transport pet hates? Let us know in the comments below:
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/annoying-...ee-on-the-tube-and-bus-122757667.html#5iBzlZm
View PhotoYahoo News/Getty - The London Underground: Testing (Getty)
Campaigners against the Women eating on the Tube Facebook group will next week stage a lunchtime sit-in on the Circle Line to make their feelings known.
The response is a public backlash to an online forum which photographs female passengers eating on the Underground.
Picking on women eating on public transport seems hurtful and unnecessary. However - people do plenty of genuinely infuriating things on the Tube, trains and buses.
After some heated debate in the Yahoo office, here are 12 travel grievances which really grind our gears.
1. SPACE INVADERS
Whether its the alpha males insistent on spreading their legs as wide as possible, the out-of-towners with luggage everywhere, or the dozing commuters with limbs all over the place, those with little spatial awareness are always a huge annoyance.
Buses and Tube carriages arent blessed with space - backpack wearers who keep their massive luggage on their backs for entire journeys would do well to keep this in mind. And bags on the seat next to you? Dont even get us started .
2. PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION
Youre in a loved-up relationship and cant keep your hands off each other. Sure. But get a room, eh? Were not prudes, but we are British and we dont want to see you sucking face on the Northern Line in the rush hour.
3. NOISY EATING
Commuters - especially Londoners - are always in a rush, and we have no real objection to eating on public transport per se. But that doesnt excuse loudly chowing down like a neanderthal. More prevalent on late-night tubes and buses when people are more drunk and less inhibited.
4. DOOR-DWELLERS
Referred to by one Yahoo colleague as goal-hangers, theyre the rage-generating passengers who step on to a busy train, avoid the spacious aisles of the carriage and instead plonk themselves next to the door for maximum annoyance.
They cause a chain reaction of fury - you feel obligated to squeeze past them into the space they shouldve taken themselves. Seconds later, a latecomers anger will boil over and a passive-aggressive, Can you move down please?! will echo through the carriage. All because of the door-dwellers. On the subject of which...
5. NOT WAITING FOR ME TO GET OFF BEFORE YOU GET ON
A personal favourite. As the carriage grinds to a half and the hoards are huddled at the exact spot where the doors open, you prepare to shuffle on to the platform. But hang on, whats going on here? The Law Of The Tube dictates you MUST wait for people to leave before you get on (Underground announcer lady even says so), but some are so fist-clenchingly impatient they barge onto the Tube before youre even close to exiting. I dont want to exaggerate, but this should be a criminal offence.
6. SHOULDER SLEEPERS
You work long hours or you've had a heavy night. Youre exhausted and you cant keep your eyes open. But if youre going to nod off, do you have to do it in my personal space? The worst case scenario is the dozing commuter who falls asleep on your shoulder - truly a cringeworthy experience form which theres no easy escape.
7. OVER-THE-SHOULDER VOYEURS
Whether its the strangers you can feel reading your half-composed text message or the commuter too lazy to bring their own reading material, this lesser-spotted form of personal space-invasion can be equally as annoying.
8. SUNGLASSES WEARERS
A niche selection this, but still valid. Youre 30 metres underneath the nearest source of natural light - take off the sunglasses. Youre not Bono.
9. MUSIC BLARERS
Many of us love a bit of travel music to pump us up for the working day, but the number of commuters with poor volume control is staggering. Sometimes theyre suited twenty-something execs pumping out trance from their overpriced Beats, other times theyre sulky teens whose Metallica can be heard throughout the carriage. Either way, theyre serial journey-ruiners.
10. NOISY PHONE CONVERSATIONS
Continuing on the noise theme, those who just dont seem to have an indoor voice really are utterly intolerable.
Theyve been around since the dawn of the mobile phone, but even after all this time some never learn. To the middle manager loudly rearranging their 10am office meeting for the whole carriage - pipe down.
11. ESCALATOR ETIQUETTE
Seasoned commuters know its the unspoken rule: stand on the right, walk on the left. But that doesnt stop people with a common sense bypass from constantly parking themselves on the wrong side of the escalator. Yes, it only delays us by a few more seconds. Yes, it's still on the list.
12. DOING YOUR MAKE-UP
A contentious one. Some have no issue with women putting their face on on public transport, but for others its a constant source of rage. In the words of one Yahoo college: Get up earlier.
Have we missed out one of your public transport pet hates? Let us know in the comments below:
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/annoying-...ee-on-the-tube-and-bus-122757667.html#5iBzlZm