Travel Tuesdays

a rare moment indeed.  A whole carriage for myself

If anybody has ever been to London and caught the tube, you would know how rare it is to get a seat.  I liken it to feeding time in the African Savannah.  

There are the lions who are quick to the seats.  If you get in their way prepare for their wrath as they will push and nudge you until you move out of their way.  These lions are the businessmen who have been sitting down all day and seem to believe that the money they have paid to use the tube is so much better than the money of anybody else - and therefore, they deserve a seat.

There are the vultures who stand in certain places just waiting for those lions to leave so they can swoop down and get a seat.  These people have most likely been standing up all day and were too tired for the initial push to get a seat.  However, once they have stood in the armpit of a tall stranger who has forgotten about deodorant, for a couple of stops, they are quick to get the seat leftovers from the lions who are only on for a couple of stops anyway.  They can’t be seen outside of zone 2 after all.

The herbivores.  They are happy to stand.  They will generally stand in the middle of the carriages, or right near the end.  They don’t want nor need a seat.  Even if there are seats available and no fight to the death is necessary, they just want to use their 2 feet and stand.

If you are pregnant or injured on the tube, you are a weak animal.  The lions wont stand for you and the vultures will make a big show about standing up for you.  So my advice is to find the herbivores and stay near them as they will always offer you the seat first (unless another vulture has swooped in and “doesn’t see you”)

The tube is a jungle and its a man eat man world. 

Good luck wild life warriors, and just remember, There is another tube in 3 minutes.

Aussie out

xoxo