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yes my sister in law is pregnant and gets offered a seat every day on the tube - however - I can see if your traveling with a pushchair it makes it all the more complicted as the only seat you can have is the one next to the door...
I to always help people with push chairs as well
LOL I wouldn't say this but they are totally different. It seems to be each man for himself in London! Friendly to strangers they are not.
My mam was in London and a lost tourist asked her for directions. She helped them and they said 'you're not from London are you?' She said how do you know, because the directions were right. The tourist said 'because I've been asking people for ages and you're the first person that's stopped to help me!'
No, this is only partly true. We are generally a reasonably friendly city, we're just not over the top and we dont like poking into other peoples business.
Trust me, its the rush hour on the Tube, it would take a saint not to get a bit competitive about it.
I wouldnt dream of travelling in london in rush hour with children. Im talking about last sunday afternoon is my example im using, but i dont live that far from London, im not a stranger to it. My boyfriend lived there for seven years and was quite amazed at the difference in attitudes just less than an hour outside the place when he moved here, You probably dont notice because youre so used to it
Me neither. Its all the time. I don't set foot outside in London in rush hour! :nervous:
:yes: Its quite a shock for people that don't live in London. You think, everyone hates me in London! It's just a different culture
Blimey, well if I come across you at some point I will make a point of offering you my seat if I have one. I'm surprised you've had such bad experiences, we're not all bad.
Even rush hour is fine as long as you know exactly where to go, move quickly, dont stand on the left of escalators and dont stand in the way of people getting off tubes.
lol im sure youre not, but as kangoo said, its just a different culture
I can see what you mean, its largely because no one knows anyone else, everyone I know has friends all over London, there isnt really a community as such.
We share the same problem!
But don't worry, we'll get by. As for me, I am running through the London Tube Map to help lessen the chances of me getting lost.
Ah don't worry about it. I managed it on Tuesday, both by myself on some tubes and with someone else and it really is simple. The tubes are cheap to use AND they stop like everywhere.
I was impressed by London's transport and laughed at my worrying! :razz: