Catching a tube in the morning is often an unpleasant experience as one reason or another causes minor to severe delays. Of late, I’ve frequently let 2 to 4 trains go by because there wasn’t enough room to get on.

When these delays occur, passenger numbers at the station increase by the minute resulting in a huge influx of people wanting to board the next train. As passengers try to cram on, personal space decreases and tempers begin to rise. Don’t ask me how many dirty looks and under-breath mutterings I’ve encountered in the last week.

I find it shameful that some on-board passengers choose to express their discomfort by aiming negativity towards other passengers. Why should they be the only one allowed on this particular train? Yes, it’s uncomfortable and we all don’t like having our face buried in someone else’s armpit but everyone has a right to get where they are trying to go. Not just them!

We can’t blame the London Underground for every delay but we can stop being annoyed at our fellow passengers and lobby together to attack the problem that actually causes the majority of these delays. Let’s harness the negative feelings and campaign against the London Underground as they are running a profitable business off our custom, but are too stingy or incompetent to build redundant, fail-safe, systems to avoid the many frequent signal failures.

My 2c.