Rant Of The Day is where I get to mouth off about whatever I feel like for however long I like. Theoretically, I'll update my whinge/opinion piece every weekday; in practice, maybe not so often.
Public transport: laying down the law
I'm an enthusiastic (not to say fanatical) user of public transport, esecially trains. On the whole, I quite like them. But the bits about them that annoy me really annoy me. Here, in no particular order, are the things which really bug me about my fellow train passengers:
People who line themselves up with the doors of an arriving train and remain immovable, although they're not planning to catch the next train coming in, or even the one after that;
People who wander mindlessly onto the platform and try and barge their way onto a train before everyone on it has got off, ignoring the patiently queueing commuters at the side;
People who let their children scream for more than 10 seconds at a time;
People who think that my collar is an acceptable substitute for a handrail;