On Sun, 7 Aug 2016 02:28:40 -0700 (PDT), CJB
wrote:

I am sure that many (most?) here have had experiences of smart phone users being so engrossed with texting / Facebook / whatever that they stop just after getting off an escalator causing others behind to pile into them. Or maybe they suddenly stop in the open doorway of a train to read or send a text whilst everyone else is trying to get on or off.

On Friday at Feltham a SWT service to Waterloo stopped there. SWT guards always wait a few minutes before releasing the doors. And there was this guy on the platform totally engrossed in making a phone call. He then stood right in front of the door opening button. When the guard released the doors he still stood there. He made no attempt to open the doors. No-one was getting off so they remained closed. And we couldn't reach the button - he was in the way. We asked him to move, he ignored us. Eventually we were the only ones left still trying to get onto the train. He still stood there. The guard blew his whistle. Someone roughly pushed him aside and opened the doors. We remarked that he could have opened the doors since he was nearest to the button; he responded by saying we could have opened them ourselves.

Clearly his parents did a great job of teaching him the Golden Rule.

On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 12:05:23 +0100
e27002 aurora wrote:

On Sun, 7 Aug 2016 02:28:40 -0700 (PDT), CJB
wrote:

I am sure that many (most?) here have had experiences of smart phone
users being so engrossed with texting / Facebook / whatever that
they stop just after getting off an escalator causing others behind
to pile into them. Or maybe they suddenly stop in the open doorway
of a train to read or send a text whilst everyone else is trying to
get on or off.

On Friday at Feltham a SWT service to Waterloo stopped there. SWT
guards always wait a few minutes before releasing the doors. And
there was this guy on the platform totally engrossed in making a
phone call. He then stood right in front of the door opening button.
When the guard released the doors he still stood there. He made no
attempt to open the doors. No-one was getting off so they remained
closed. And we couldn't reach the button - he was in the way. We
asked him to move, he ignored us. Eventually we were the only ones
left still trying to get onto the train. He still stood there. The
guard blew his whistle. Someone roughly pushed him aside and opened
the doors. We remarked that he could have opened the doors since he
was nearest to the button; he responded by saying we could have
opened them ourselves.

Clearly his parents did a great job of teaching him the Golden Rule.

What a bunch of whining ******s. Get a ****ing life.