My Thoughts on Living in London (Part 2)

Why such a lack of manners?

The second part of this feature (yes, I'm making it a feature - it won't all be rants, I promise) is going to be about a big pet peeve of mine, manners.

Why don't Londoners have manners?! Don't get me wrong this isn't aimed at everybody who lives here, but unfortunately a huge percentage.
Coming from a small town where people greet you in the morning and queue to get on the bus, the post shocking revelation when I first moved to London was how rude a lot of people are!

If you've ever visited London from outside of London you will probably know this. I'll be walking around and be barged several times without acknowledgment let a lone an apology, men will barge past me to get on the train first, I literally don't understand it.
Drawing for my previous rant, I understand London is sometimes not a nice place to be, but please try to make it a little better for those you have to face day to day.

I understand that everybody has bad days, some have terrible days, on those days especially you do not want to be faced with a busy London train station or a bus full of people, but someone may just be in the boat as you are and that being said, try to be a little nicer, we need more nice people in the world.

My Thoughts on Living in London (Part 1)

Slightly different kind of lost today and probably not one anyone will bother reading. But I'm in the mood to write and rant and why not blog it. 

So I've been living in London for over two years now, I've formed my opinions on the place. I know where is good to avoid, where I like and a lot about the people. Today I'm just going to write a half rant half whatever of my thoughts on London. This could go on forever, so I'll just limit myself for today and come back another time.

Why are Londoners always in a hurry?

Coming from the countryside, where people actually sometimes argue for 5 minutes over who is letting who on the bus before them to going to a place where you get pushed for an empty seat even on an empty bus, I always find myself questioning the manners of Londoners and why people are always in a hurry to get somewhere.

I unfortunately have to spend a lot of time in busy tea on stations (namely Victoria) station, and let me tell you, Victoria is not the place to be at rush hour. People will walk into you no matter how much you try to avoid them. You will get pushed to the back of any queue no matter how hard you try and no one, I repeat no one, will acknowledge your existence. 

So why are Londoners always in a hurry?

Today it came to me. Nobody wants to be there. Nobody wants to be in this over crowded (sometimes smelly), place. Full of angry, stressed people. People want to get out as soon as they can and return home to their lives. (Or at least me anyway). I don't want to be in these horrible places as much as the next person. However fellow Londoners please try to use manners when you are barging me to get a bus seat next time. Please.