AIBU for getting the rage at people who walk through the (open) barrier?

[CustardLover]

My local tube station (London Zone 3) has only got two little gates which means that when the herd piles off the trains at 6.30/7, there are queues on the platform to get through. This means that the gates are often left open, although the scanner still registers your oyster card / travel card.

Now, as users of London Underground will know, if you fail to check out again after checking in at the beginning a journey, LU will default bill your card for the maximum possible journey price, even if you're not liable for it, so even though the gates are open, most people still want to scan themselves out, hence the queues.

So far, so annoying for us all. However, the thing that drives me batshit crazy is when we're all politely (and yet clearly tired and annoyed after a day at work and having to shuffle these tiny, slow beeping gates) taking our turn, some arseholes just ignore the queue and walk straight through, without scanning. No skin off my nose you might think, if they have a travelcard / didn't scan in / don't care about paying more then whatever. HOWEVER, when someone walks through the barrier like that, it freezes the scanner for the next person - the light goes red and you have to wait a beat of two seconds (which feels like 20 minutes with the bubbling crowd behind you) to then scan your card and proceed. Sometimes, while you're waiting for the light to go amber again, another joker walks through AGAIN and sets it off.

Obviously, I am terribly British and never say anything, perhaps occasionally tut under my breath, but AIBU to want to run after those people, grab them by the lapels and scream 'WHY DO YOU THINK YOU'RE SO BLOODY SPECIAL? Do you think the rest of us like queuing? That's we're too stupid to see that the gates are actually open? YOU FROZE THE SCANNER YOU SELFISH LITTLE PRICK.'

Or should I just go on holiday?

Yes, Londoners spend all their time looking for people to deliberately barge into. They use a special code to ensure they only barge into Yokels.

It's the special scanners Soup. They tell commuters who does it regular like.

I didn't say people only barge into yokels or that it was only Londoners doing it. No need to be rude and sarcastic! We all have busy lives, places to go, things to do. It would be nice if people could be polite though. I was actually hurt by someone knocking into me this week, it was a deliberate push. There is no need for it. I am one of those people at always let others go in front because I don't like to push myself forward, put other people out. As a result I get walked over - literally over this last week.

And have your ticket ready as you approach the barrier, instead of holding everyone up while you search for it. (especially remembering the man with a party of schoolboys at Victoria underground who was carrying the tickets for the whole party and didn't realise until they were actually at the barrier that each boy needed to put his own ticket through the gate and held everyone up while he handed them out.)