As a regular commuter,
I feel strongly that there is a special place in hell reserved for people who are happy to delay 600 other people by fucking about with the doors because they think they are too important to wait for the next train.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 8:38, 3 replies)

That special place is Glasgow

(CactusZack Shaved his coin purse on, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 9:32, closed)

hahahah

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 9:37, closed)

I disagree
try Paris...
(bat_fudgie, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:10, closed)

yeah, those 15 second door related delays are a bitch
they really spoil the whole unreliable, badly run, filthy, uncomfortable and dangerous public transportation system for everyone. you're right, i deserve a special place in hell. (if it's still running and a tramp hasn't pissed on the fires)
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:48, closed)

But it's indicative of a far wider problem.
The utter self absorption and selfishness, 'me first, fuck the rest of you' attitude so depressingly prevalent, 0f which you are so clearly a shining example.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:15, closed)

possibly, but i'd personally rather bend a few rules and cut a few corners here and there...
than become a sanctimonious pompous drone.

Clearly you are a shining example of moral perfection. I'm happy for you, enjoy your croissant.
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:41, closed)

That's very kind of you.
I hope you have a good breakfast too. And, if I may add, a fine lunch and a wonderful dinner.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:59, closed)

i accept your lunch and dinner
And raise you a once upon a time when, in glasgow central no less, i was directed by the board and an announcement to my train. I boarded like a good little commuter and waited for departure. instead the power in the carriage died and i was left there with a dozen or so other train proles locked on the train. Then through open windows we hear an announcement explaining that our delayed service would be leaving from 2 platforms along in five minutes. Everyone else was resigned to their fate before the end of the announcement. i on the other hand gave it three minutes. When nobody came to free us I hit the emergency door release and caught my train.

Now, the detective part comes when you investigate why i should give a fuck what your personal commuter manifesto says.

People fucking about with doors for kicks. Yeah, sure, feed them through a mincer. People trying to get from a to b against the odds. One does what one must.
(OTT, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 16:32, closed)

When I commuted for a while last year, someone did this and managed to fuck the doors up, delaying everyone for 20mins while an engineer did some magic to them - on a packed commuter service. Given the delays it causes to following services, easily 1000 people had 20mins of their life wasted. So one bloke trying to save himself 7mins, manages to trash around 14 full days of human life. Good work!
(TheJacksonSixth, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 13:54, closed)

for fucks sake, i cant believe what this forum has turned into
an anecdote about an isolated incident where some doors were closing on a train, they were briefly stopped from closing then train left on time. no one died.

maybe we should all just sit at home all day cocooned in bubble wrap wearing tin foil hats.

i suppose you drive everywhere at the speed limit, have never downloaded copyrighted material and have a fucking halo as well.

get a fucking life
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:07, closed)

I'm sorry, I forgot how incredibly edgy and cool it is to have no regard for the possible consequences of your actions on others, sorry for being so square.

In future I'll read more Bukowski and model myself on James Dean to inject the same devil-may-care swagger into my life
(TheJacksonSixth, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:30, closed)

so you do drive everywhere at the speed limit then?
and have never done anything mildly irresponsible, spontaneous or illegal in any way.

does your holier-than-thou attitude not become slightly dented by being so judgemental and pious?

or are you just a hypocrite
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:38, closed)

I got the train into London last week.
Arrived on time and boarded the train without incident.

Is that the sort of story you were looking for?
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 19:20, closed)

I liked it

(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 10:25, closed)

Maybe this would have been a better approach for me to take.
Just giving an example of why people who do this annoy me so much, rather than being as abrasive as I was. I mean, only someone pathetically thin skinned who is taking their internetting far to seriously could possibly give a narky dismissive reply to you, couldn't they?
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:37, closed)

blimey, competitive smugness

( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:39, closed)