Weird people on public transport

[sasguru]

Was in an off peak tube carriage once with a posh-looking old girl, a businessman and a black lady.
All of a sudden the posh lady goes into an unprovoked racist rant at the black lady, "you f**** n*******" etc etc.
I'm sure my mouth was hanging open in amazement and shock.
The businessman to his credit told her to shut the fook up or he'd have her arrested at the next stop - and then he gave the black lady a hug and asked if she was OK.
Top bloke - I was too stunned to react and she got off at the next stop.

[doodab]

Winds me up no end on trains and buses where idiots are trying to wreck their hearing. I just wish I had her balls to go and tell them to shut up.

She probably doesn't have balls, technically speaking.

[craig1]

Not being a Londoner, I have fun on the tube with people. I try to make eye contact with as many people as possible (not outright staring but just trying to catch their eye). It's fun but I acknowledge I'll probably get stabbed one day by a coke addled investment banker who thinks I'm a tax man.

[doodab]

Not being a Londoner, I have fun on the tube with people. I try to make eye contact with as many people as possible (not outright staring but just trying to catch their eye). It's fun but I acknowledge I'll probably get stabbed one day by a coke addled investment banker who thinks I'm a tax man.

They probably think you're a coke addled investment banker who thinks they are a tax man. Or a tax man who thinks they are a coke addled investment banker.

Ironically all the coke addled investment bankers travel in taxis.

[NickFitz]

On the Northern Line one morning, and as usual things were a bit crowded once we'd got past Chalk Farm. In the priority seat by the door, there was a chap with his head tilted down, wearing a baseball cap. Some snooty-looking woman who'd got on at Hampstead tapped him on the shoulder and said loudly "You should give up your seat to an older person!"

He lifted up his head. As he did so took off his baseball cap, revealing a few wisps of grey hair, and in an injured tone said "I'm eighty-three!"

It's one of the few times I've seen most of a Tube carriage burst out laughing during the morning rush hour

[DodgyAgent]

On the Northern Line one morning, and as usual things were a bit crowded once we'd got past Chalk Farm. In the priority seat by the door, there was a chap with his head tilted down, wearing a baseball cap. Some snooty-looking woman who'd got on at Hampstead tapped him on the shoulder and said loudly "You should give up your seat to an older person!"

He lifted up his head. As he did so took off his baseball cap, revealing a few wisps of grey hair, and in an injured tone said "I'm eighty-three!"

It's one of the few times I've seen most of a Tube carriage burst out laughing during the morning rush hour

Was it Zeity?

[psychocandy]

Was in an off peak tube carriage once with a posh-looking old girl, a businessman and a black lady.
All of a sudden the posh lady goes into an unprovoked racist rant at the black lady, "you f**** n*******" etc etc.
I'm sure my mouth was hanging open in amazement and shock.
The businessman to his credit told her to shut the fook up or he'd have her arrested at the next stop - and then he gave the black lady a hug and asked if she was OK.
Top bloke - I was too stunned to react and she got off at the next stop.

What'd the black lady do to provoke this? Or just be black?

Seems a bit out of order to say the least...

[d000hg]

What'd the black lady do to provoke this? Or just be black?

Seems a bit out of order to say the least...

You don't say.

[sasguru]

What'd the black lady do to provoke this? Or just be black?

Seems a bit out of order to say the least...

She didn't say anything. The abuser was a obviously a mental case.

[doodab]

In the interests of balance I think it's fair to point out there are plenty of weirdos, anti-socials, ranting nutters and other loons in cars, and many more just sitting in their houses muttering under their breath. This is not a problem unique to public transport.

Modern life does this to some people.