Tube ettiquette
Some Glaswegians would say it’s bad ettiquette to call it the tube. The clockwork orange, even worse! But ever since that nefarious sandwich shop arrived on our shores I’ve gone with ‘the tube’ over ‘subway’ just to avoid confusion. Whatever you want to call it, I love travelling on it. However, there are a few things that get on my wick from time to time. The usual, one circle is off so everyone has to pack in like sardines and go round more stations than they wanted, the up escalator is off so you need to climb the stairs…these are annoying but unavoidable. What really gets me is the behaviour of some passengers.
There’s the folk who see people coming up from the platform & decide to rush down to try & catch the train, even though it’s very likely the train will be gone by the time they get there. They barrel through everyone without an ‘excuse me’ or a ‘sorry’ then looked surprised when they see the train already halfway out the station.
Then there’s the people who get on & stand in the doorway even though there’s plenty seats. They then have the gall to glare at anyone who wants to get on or off as if they’re the ones getting in the way! And let’s not forget the in-a-crazy-rush people who just can’t wait to get on the train & so force their way on before most people have had a chance to get off. It’s bad enough at the busiest stations, St Enoch & Buchanan Street, but Hillhead is by far the worst for it. It doesn’t get you anywhere quicker, so why do it?! A bit of common courtesy goes a long way!