While sitting on the tube

[MyBlueFinch]

What have you observed while sitting on the tube.
I have seen people applying full make up, a mother using her saliva to wipe her child's face, a large dog sitting upright on a seat, back pack placed on a seat etc

Robin Askwith. He of the "Confessions..." series of films. He was fully clothed.

Someone eating spaghetti and meatballs out of Tupperware on the central line. It was 8.30am

I’ve seen someone puke on their feet on the tube in the morning 😱

I felt so sorry for them.

I’ve fainted on a packed tube and it’s awful knowing it’s going to happen and not being able to do anything about it.

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That is impressive 👏

These things are just totally normal that you see daily on any kind of public transport, though?

Things I've seen on the Tube that I'd consider less normal were a woman eating a whole iceberg lettuce like an apple, a child with a pigeon on a lead, and a man having a wank. Not all in the same carriage, though.

A dog sitting on any seat where people sit is rank, as are feet on seats - both totally scummy behaviour from owners of dog and human feet.

on the Circle Line, someone with a fluffy black and white cat on a lead, sitting on the seat next to them

on the Northern Line, a teenager, clearly looking for trouble, who lit matches, every thirty seconds or so and dropped them on the floor.

children using the grab rails as a play park, while ignored by their parents

TFL actually ask people to remove large backpacks on board now. I’ve been whacked in the face by a huge rucksack because the carrier have no spatial awareness of its size especially in close proximity with other people.

As reported on the Walthamstow Guardian in 2016 …

“Repeat offender, Justin McCarthy, was jailed for 21 months for exposing and touching himself on the London rail network.

On six separate occasions between February and March, the 37-year-old homeless man boarded a train and sat next to a woman before touching himself under his clothing.

He would stare at the woman and attract their attention by tapping their legs with his feet if they attempted to look away.
McCarthy was also in breach of a suspended sentence and has served 16 weeks in prison.

Following McCarthy’s sentencing at Blackfriars Crown Court on Tuesday (April 25), British Transport Police has said how a man’s witness report helped them bring McCarthy to justice.

The witness, who wishes to remain anonymous, intervened on August 8, 2016, when he saw McCarthy trying to talk to a woman while touching himself on an eastbound Central line train”

I was always told very firmly that applying make up in public was COMMON. Likewise brushing hair. Anything seems to go now. Eating in the street used to be considered rude too. Why does no one seem to keep anything private any longer?

Girl shaving her legs on the Piccadilly line - complete with foam! And she was with a friend who totally accepted this as a thing to do and carried on chatting!

I saw someone open a small Tupperware box, take out some cucumber sticks and then feed them to her dog. That was a new one!

I saw someone on the bus clean their ears with cotton buds and them drop them on the floor. Yuk!

Why is it mad for someone to feed their dog some veg? Ear cleaning absolutely rank though.

About half of these incidents are people attention seeking though. Obviously the wankers and flashers, but probably also the toe nail clippers, leg shavers, sex chair removals.

The exhibition elements seem to be more London Tube than elsewhere, the other stuff is just general public transports.

A man masturbating. Two occasions, two different men.

Recently I've seen someone with a cat on their shoulder on a lead and also someone lay out their breakfast on top of a clipboard, lots of little pots.

A gentleman in a suit got on, sat opposite me and proceeded to drink a whole 2 pints of milk straight from the bottle without pausing for breath.

I used to be so scared of that happening to me when I used to do the London commute. The worst I had happen was a massive nosebleed and I didn't have tissues. Luckily a kind lady noticed eventually and got me tissues and someone else rubbed a cold water bottle on the back of my neck which I'm not sure helped but it felt nice.

How do people do their makeup? I’m usually squashed into someone’s armpit while clinging to my bag and trying not to get bumped into the track when the doors open

I wouldn't even clock those examples as anything out of the ordinary.

I did see a very well dressed chap with an enormous, and very well-behaved, scarlet macaw on his shoulder get on at Earls Court once. That certainly had people glancing up from their Evening Standard.

Central line, White City, a nun, opposite me on the seats along the carriage, knitting. As we pull into the station the ball of wool drops off her lap and, as the doors open, rolls out of the train.

She glances at it and keeps on knitting. No one goes to get it! My friend and i were about 13 at the time and were
a)too scared to get off and fetch it in case the train went without us and
b) laughing too hard to see or breath properly

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This is so utterly disgusting. There must be something that can be said or done to utterly embarrass them.

Around the same era as nun knitting i glanced up to see the gentleman opposite me reading the paper had - clean shaven face, neat hair, perfectly pressed white shirt, black tie and jacket, black socks, shiny black shoes and a black leather mini skirt ....

Nowadays maybe less surprising ? - but early 90s - quite a thing!

I can’t manage it standing up. Fine if I get a seat though. It’s a gamble…