I was actually working on a blog about facial hair this evening and the controversies regarding it, however during todays comute back from work I had a lot of time to think about commuting and trains and it struck me that actually there are a number of issues regarding the trains and my commute that anger me more than almost anything else in the world.
What began my rant today was the fact that the trains were all cancelled or delayed this evening so my usual 15 commute took upwards of two hours to complete. Now I don't know what caused the trains to all be cancelled whether it was failed trains, the wrong kind of wind or caribou on the line I'm not sure and to be honest I don't much care, it simply meant that I was going to be delayed. But actually delays don't bother me all that much (Unlike one gentleman who I though was going to have an aneurism he was getting so stressed) what did get me a bit angry was when two cyclists turned up on the crowded platform with their bikes and started tutting. WHAT??? You have your own transport why do you need to hijack ours? turning up on a crowded platform of commuters with a bike in hand would be like me going to a Jewish orphanage with a huge chicken but saying "Oh this? No no I can't eat this it's not kosher, I'll just have some of your watered down gruel!" And then, and this really did get my goat, when the heaving train finally pulled into the station they got on with their bikes! Now I am all for exercise and a healthy commute but come on! That's rather like me driving a car with a bike strapped to the roof down a cycle path, it's just taking the piss!
Along with my bike anger goes over-friendly commuters, anyone who has a regular commuting journey like I do and gets the same train each morning and evening will soon realise that the same group of people tend to get the same train every day and after a few months a sort of embarassed "I sort of know you, though I have no idea of your name or what you do" smile, but don't start talking to me like we're friends! If I wanted to socialise with you I'd ask you, no we just happen to work in the same part of town and start at roughly the same time of day, it's doesn't mean I want to know you...... well unless you happen to be an attracive twentysomething woman with a passion for the arts, maybe then I'd like to know you.
My final anger (And I'm certain I'm not alone in this) is reserved especially for those people who play music on trains. Now I'm not taling about those who wear headphones and you can hear a bit of bass line, that's fine, I refer to those who are using a mobile, without headphones and at a volume that is making the seats bleed! I don't want to listen to your music and even if I did I would download it and play it in the privacy of my own home not inflict it upon innocent commuters who are either very sleepy (first thing in the morning) or very exhausted (in the evening). I think maybe when I next see one of these oiks playing whatever the hell the crap they play is called I might just get out my own MP3 machine and turn it to max and blast them with a bit of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, that'd fix their wagon....... or, which is more likely, get me beaten horribly and make the very attractive girl on my commute a bit more scared of me!
Today Matt:
- Got his tickets to the Grand National in the post, whoop booze and gambling!
- Listened to extracts from the new "Steeleye Span" album, folk rock oh how middle of the road!
- Spent over an hour trying to remember the dream he had last night.... and failed.
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