Constant trauma
I have to take the Waterloo and City line every day to get into work. Its packed. Constantly.

The vast majority of people who take that train, during the morning rush hour, are people who also take that train every single working day. When the train stops at Bank, about 2000 people run to the 10 ticket barriers to go up the travelator and get out of the station.

The process for getting out of the station should be as follows
1. Get ticket out BEFORE you get to the barrier
2. Get to the barrier
3. Swipe/insert ticket
4. walk through

Every day, the person directly in front of me in the queue does this;
1. Get to the barrier
2. Act surprised that the barrier is still there
3. Check every pocket for ticket
4. Check caravan sized bag for ticket
5. Find chewing gum, spend a few seconds getting one out of packet
6. Find ticket
7. Look around all smug because they have found their ticket
8. walk through…slowly…getting that fucking stupid laptop-trolley-bag-thing stuck as you go

Why are you wasting five minutes of my life because your too fucking stupid to plan ten seconds ahead of what your doing.

You may think that five minutes wasted is not a great deal, but, it works out to about (5 * 5 * 48) 1200 minutes a year. You time robbing cunts.

They are the same people that act all surprised when they are asked to pay for their food at the checkout in Sainsbury’s.

I think that the ticket barriers should be electrified. If you spend more than 30 seconds near them you get electrocuted. To death. Slowly. Then have your head removed and placed on a spike to warn any other idiots what will happen if they waste my time

*stands off soap box and lights a ciggie
( KISS.ME.WHERE.I.POO Signed the sex offenders register on, Fri 30 May 2008, 10:07, 7 replies)

Yes, agreed
I don't know why people can't be prepared for this sort of thing. I had a rant about a similar issue a few weeks back.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 30 May 2008, 10:17, closed)

I always make sure that I start looking for my ticket before I get to the barrier,
but if I can't find it I always go and stand to the side whilst I look instead of infront of the barriers. I seem to be the only person I've ever noticed doing this.
(Belgaer is, Fri 30 May 2008, 10:23, closed)

Muppet
I always have my ticket to hand as I approach the barrier. Casually stroll up to it, tutting and shaking my head at the idiots fumbling about for theirs, while holding up a queue of people.

Then do something stupid like drop my ticket on the floor and spend an age scratching at the concrete in a vain attempt to gain some purchase on the edge of the ticket.

I'm a muppet sometimes.
( Moey, Fri 30 May 2008, 10:27, closed)

Yup
As seen in my pet peeves the other week.

Stupid wankers.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 30 May 2008, 10:28, closed)

What annoys me
is when I put my ticket (which I got out in plenty of time) through the barrier and it doesn't work, but the person behind me has already piled straight on and is trying to vigorously bum sex me through the non opening gates.

Maybe I just have a nice bum.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 30 May 2008, 10:37, closed)

God, I'm in two minds about this one.
On the one hand, yes, it's people being inconsiderate and somehow thinking that a cash till / ticket barrier is a big surprise...
On the other hand, what the fuck is wrong with all of us that a 30 second delay is so awful that it gives us The Rage ?

Yes, life is short, but I'm sure all of us waste time on a daily basis (b3ta doesn't help !). And yes, it's our decision to waste that time, not someone else making it for us, but something is wrong, isn't there, with the amount of rage we can feel (for I'm as guilty as anyone on this) for such small inconvenience. It's not really proportional is it ?
( I_Was_Mordred, Fri 30 May 2008, 10:47, closed)

A bit like the idiots
who wait twenty minutes for a bus (exact fare only) then start fumbling for change.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Fri 30 May 2008, 11:14, closed)