For those of you that use public transport to commute to work / college, you'll understand the struggles encountered on a daily basis. Life is hard.
1) If you are one of the lucky ones, you may actually get seat on the bus /train. However, there’s a trade off. In exchange for one measly (sometimes sticky) seat, you sacrifice ALL rights to leg room. If you are over 5ft 5, you can wave goodbye to comfort. You’re squashed in like a little sardine, with your legs pushing violently into the back of the person in front of you. It’s a jungle out there.
2) The seats on the bus and train are fairly snug. Throw in a pushy seat buddy and suddenly, you’re hanging off the edge, holding on for dear life. It’s like a rollercoaster. Except, it’s no fun.
3) Public transport comes with its own ‘beautiful’ fragrance - a mixture of joyous unmentionables. Okay, we’ll mention them; farts, sweat and general wet dog smell. You get stuck beside the wrong person first thing in the morning; you’ll end up praying for mercy. Or, if you are like me, you’ll spend the entire journey paranoid that people think the smell is YOU!
4) You might be one of those people who judge the PTMUA (Public transport make up appliers) but on the other hand, you may be one of PTMUA. I say NO JUDGEMENT. Life is hard enough, if you want to put your make up on the bus and if you can do it without looking like a clown, I say do it.
5) There is actually nothing worse than getting onto a packed, sweaty, warm, cold, condensation filled, damp train or bus on a miserable December morning. The air is wet, the windows are wet and you’re wet. But, here comes the science bit, to add to the horror of this mix, you are ALSO sweating because you ran for the bus. You get off feeling like you need a shower. And, to be fair, you do.
6) If you are one of those people who try grab 40 winks on the bus / train, good luck to you. You’ve got nowhere solid to rest your head and so, you end up resembling a head banger at a Slash concert with a bad case of whiplash from your head flying back and forth. Obviously, you are asleep so you don’t notice, but you do provide entertainment to all around you.
Also, to the people on the 7am train / bus, who think it’s acceptable to talk, DON’T. No one wants to talk. No one wants to hear you. Everyone is secretly willing you to be quiet.
