Getting to work today was a nightmare. This morning I recieved a text message (of course i did) from Transport For London - TFL, as I do every morning when there is a delay or something going on with the Tube. Normally it is something like 'minor delays on the Victoria line', but today it was 'SEVERE delays on the Victoria Line due to signal failure at Brixton'. In seeing that, i decide to go an alternate route to work on the Northern line to Waterloo, then the on the Waterloo and City to Bank, and then from Bank to St. Paul's. May be a little more out of the way but at least i wouldnt be sitting at a tube stup for a long time, right? WRONG!
My first stop on the tube was Clapham Common - Clapham is an area known for its young professionals who commute into the City. To make a long story short, i was at this station for about 30 mins. Each train that passed by, one every 3 mins had commuters packed in tight like sardines, nearly burst out of the door as soon as it would open. Sad thing is that they probably had another 5/6 stops to go until they could actually get off. As for the people, like me, waiting to get on the tube witnessing it and waiting to get on themselves, it was the ultimate waiting game. As each tube passed by, we would hope this one would be less crowded but to no avail. It was actually pretty funny to see only one or two people actually able to get on the packed subway as many many more waited it out.
I finally got on after moving further down the platform and squeezed myself on the tube. You would actually think this a good way to meet people as you are literally so close to them you can tell them what they had for breakfast (and maybe even dinner in some cases), but everyone is so angry about the situation they angrily read their paper and try to make it seem as if no one else is going thru the same thing with thme. Bollocks I say. I had a smile on my face the whole time. To me its hilarious. What we do to make a buck. Unbelievable!
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