Commuting into London is a necessary evil but MY GOD the evil aspect is certainly a prominent one. All that money you’re saving on living costs may be going towards more therapy session (read:wine) than you’d like but it’s not all bad is it? IS IT?!
1. If you drive, you meticulously plan where to park your car at the station for minimal searching time.
2. And always try to park in the shade but AWAY from the pigeon-bum danger zone.
4. Until someone searches around for their Ticket Reference.
5. And then you can’t help but seethe at their incompetence.
7. Even in the waiting room. In summer.
9. But at most you’ll smile meekly and garble something about it being ‘nippy’ today.
11. Except maybe all the coffee. Because god knows, you’ll need it.
13. Opening the door is either a push of a button or a desperate wrestle with a stiff handle.
15. And sometimes you worry about your resulting posture because of it.
16. Reading whilst standing up becomes something of an Olympic event.
17. Reading a newspaper? Good luck with that.
18. You’ve accidentally (on purpose) snooped on many peoples private text messages.
20. You’ll fall in love with someone new every journey.
22. Random animals are known to stop the trains whenever they please.
24. Because anything is better than a bus replacement service.
26. And secretly wonder what it’s like up there.
28. And guilty hand over £1.50 for a packet of Walkers (NEVER CHEESE AND ONION).
29. Opening and closing of windows is A. Big. Deal.
31. You consider the possibilities of ticket jumping far too often.
32. Because how can we pay so much and yet not get checked at all????
34. Because you’re paying wayyyyyyyyy less to live outside London.
35. And at the end of the day, that’s all we care about.
