Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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Urgh. As flood damage goes I think that still counts as getting off lightly but still a PITA. It's really difficult stuff to dry out, being a layer of MDF with a plastic laminate on the top.
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Going on holiday with an ill partner. It’s not trivial but it does annoy me. Worst part is having to keep positive.
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Yeah, had that for over two years and even felt guilty going for rides when we were at home (even though she rarely wanted to go out before), then I joined the long covid bandwagon. Now we're both ill!
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I would have hit a “like” but that seemed inappropriate. 😉
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People who don't understand that when locals get annoyed that the next tube train is 4 mins away, it's not because of impatience, but because they know that the longer the wait, the busier the train will be, and the difference between a 2 min wait and a 4min wait, at rush hour, is the difference between a civilised journey or one with your nose unwillingly buried in some man's armpit.
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Too many Londoners would happily pay to walk down some stairs and back out again at the other end of a hot and crowded half hour in preference to covering two miles on foot. I've never quite understood why.
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Just called the insurance company to start a claim for the flooding. They checked with their weather system that says there was no qualifying event of reports of flooding in the area so I have to go through a triage team. No-one there was available so they'll call back in 2-3 days. Glad we've got photos of the rain coming down and the level rising outside.
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So, you prefer being underground?
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Depends how much time it's saving. a 2 mile walk say from Kings Cross to Moorgate takes around 40-50 minutes. It's about 15 on the tube. How much do you value your time?
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Tourists are not the majority during rush hour.
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My time isn't all that valuable.
Can you really get there in 15 mins including all the faffing around to get to the platform. Plus the 4 minute wait, plus the fact you have to get to and from the station to wherever you are going and coming from?
Am going to guess it's more like half an hour at least.
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Yeah. Ever heard of Citymapper? Have a play yourself. It's pretty good at calculating real time journey times. It will tell you if it's quicker to walk or not. It rarely is for any distance over a mile through central London.
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Okay, a mile then. Rather than two.
What's the average journey distance on the tube?
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If it's only 15 minutes on a tube, I'm not sure I'd get all huffy about armpits, given the choice to go on the tube rather than walk or cycle.
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It's the difference between 15 minutes and 19 minutes though, because of the tourists.
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This tourist spent a large chunk of yesterday walking from London Bridge to Bond Street (I did use the Jublilee Line from Stratford to London Bridge though). I'm much happier walking than catching the Tube and even though I could never live in London I quite enjoy wandering around other than when you get into the busier areas of the West End.
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A bit too far to walk - 9km according to this.
I tend to walk up to 30 minutes, although i would probably get the tube a shorter distance if it was a direct route. I get the train into waterloo and walk to Holborn currently (about 2km), Google maps seems to think I should get a bus but screw that.
I'm happy to walk further but if I'm commuting that involves getting up earlier or getting home later
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Why are you classing yourself as a local? You're just another hick from the sticks who happens to go there a few times a week.
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Sounds about right. Not knowing where I am going is a general impediment to using the tube for me, so on the rare occasions I am in London I apply a similar threshold.
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A lifetime ago, if I went to London on a brief visit (I had a friend in Whitechapel), I'd quite enjoy just getting a day ticket, going a few stops on the underground to a place-name I recognised, wandering around for a while, then disappearing back underground at another station to go to the next slightly random place.
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When I first moved to London I was staying in Clapham and popping in to town for job interviews, meeting friends etc. my general rule was that I'd get the tube in the morning but then walk everywhere during the day and get the tube home again at the end. As a result i had a pretty good grasp of the geography of it within a couple of weeks.
People i know who've lived here for years struggle getting across town on foot because they default to getting the tube everywhere.
There's a Bill Bryson book were he describes some excellent tube journeys for tourists which are a 2 minute walk or a 20 minute tube journey with multiple changes.
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Got to swerve round all of the tourists trying to find the nearest tube station.
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Go on a strike day then there's no issue with hordes of tourists using the tube.
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Walk in the road, you'll be faster than motor traffic, but have to watch out for those pesky cyclists 😂
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You implied it when telling us why locals get upset.
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shrugs I lived in London for 8 years tbf. A good 5th of my life.
But look, locals are locals. Whether I am one or not.
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I'll give that a go on the Marylebone Road tomorrow 😮
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