themodelcommuter

My circumstances changed recently and I was catapulted from the world of being a commuter to the strange world of, well… not being a commuter. I still use the trains almost every day but the routine is gone. I find myself having to look up train times, having to check for platform numbers. Where before there was a certainty borne out of repetition and familiarity there is now uncertainty, and that is not all. The people I travel with are different too. Gone are the stoic, grim faced corporate travelers who, along with me, were enduring another trek too and from their place of employment. Now I travel with families, children, day trippers, all excited about their journey into London, or wherever they are going. All loud. All completely unaware of any form of train etiquette. If you thought commuting was bad then try not commuting for a while. It’s worse. Hopefully soon I’ll either not have to travel to London as much or will be back to commuting regularly again. Until then I shall just retire into my iPod and shut the world out until I reach my destination.

~ by The Model Commuter on May 14, 2008.