Enough!

[maleghasty]

Before I say this, please let me make it clear that the vast majority of people who travel around London on their way to work or wherever in the morning and evening rush hours are decent, normal, considerate people...

To the incredibly fucking ignorant minority, please note:


The guy walking towards you with a CRUTCH is unlikely to be able to spring gazelle-like out of your way as you insist on ploughing on towards him regardless of the fact that your legs seem to be able to cope with the commute without a crutch, AND the fact that there is a shitload of space that you could be occupying instead of bearing down on a guy who is just about managing to go with the flow.

OK?

Honestly, what a bunch of graceless bastards!


There, I feel better now... Hope you all have a peaceful and pleasant Thursday :-)

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EOT

Comments

[renniek.livejournal.com]

When I needed to use a walking stick for a while last year, I found it had a very polarising effect on people. It made most people considerate - offering me seats etc - but it made the minority of utter twats (who at the time really didn't feel like a minority) more twattish, and I had more people than usual physically barge and shove past me in bus queues etc.

[maleghast.livejournal.com]

Blimey, that's a lot worse than the kind of thing that I am experiencing (thankfully), but I am somewhat mortified by my race that there is even a minority that would have treated you so shamefully.

[snorkel-maiden.livejournal.com]

Well how rude of them! You should get a Bond Baddie style secret razor sharp blade hidden in the end of your crutch and hamstring anyone who is inconsiderate!

[maleghast.livejournal.com]

This is incredibly tempting, and of course I __do__ have the little ice and snow crampon on the end of my crutch already, but it's not quick to deploy and I fear that I might end up in more trouble than it would be worth... Still I like the cut of your jib and all that ;-)

[yapman.livejournal.com]

I had to switch to the bus when I broke my ankle, the tube commute was physically impossible, people seemed happy to bowl me off the trains ...

[maleghast.livejournal.com]

You know, if I understood London buses __at all__ I would probably make the same change, if it were not for the fairly huge time differential as well - Paddington to SE1 by bus will take a LOT longer than the TUbe, unfortunately.

[reznorsedge.livejournal.com]

I hate London sometimes, a great vibrant city brought low by utter cockmongers.

Good luck Sir!

The guy I sit next to (ex-army) was in a tube station and waited at the top of the stairs whilst someone was coming up (so they could) and someone barged him in the back to make him proceed. Darren turned around and confronted the guy and this guy was so apologetic. It's like the fact that you're part of a faceless crowd strips them on their normalicy. Sort of like people in cars acting like 'the big man'.

Grr.

[jfs.livejournal.com]

To an extent.

It's also the case that for many people, when they get into their commute, their senses shut down to the bare minimum needed to get through the crowd from A to B. (I have literally bumped into a friend at Liverpool Street Station, apologised, and only realised it was him 4 hours later).

If your senses didn't shut down, you'd get overloaded.

Unfortunately, that does mean missing that someone is on a crutch or (again as I've done) that there's an OAP who's been standing in front of me on the tube when I could have quite happily given them my seat, had I noticed them.

[mr-h-r-hughes.livejournal.com]

That's awful.

[ammos.livejournal.com]

Hugs. Grr for people. Being on crutches myself oddly its been really Liverpool scaly lads who've been realy noce held doors open grabber their mates and shouted at the for nearly walking into me etc and little old ladies and people with buggies who have happily plowed through me. I'm to tired from rest of week to rant though. Feel free to giggle at the post I'm about to leave it may cheer you up :)

[lefin1.livejournal.com]

Nice rant!

[maleghast.livejournal.com]

Cheers - I __do__ feel better now, so that's good, and if it brought some satisfaction to others then I am even more pleased :-)

[lefin1.livejournal.com]

Live Journal is a great place to rant. It's nice to find out people have the same problems and complaints that I do. I regularly rant about people trying to run me over with their cars, when I have the right of way. If they get close enough, I have no qualms about kicking their vehicle and denting them. I consider it assault with a deadly weapon, so I have every right to defend myself.

[evilbun.livejournal.com]

Oh god- what a bunxch of cocks! When I'm lugging the brompton in one hand and the huge, full pannier in the other hand I have the same problem. Luckily it's a bit different, but I do always think about people with disabilites/ injuries.

Luckily, if they plough into my folding bike, they're most likely to come away with a big bruise.....