London Life

19 December 2007

It’s the small things that improve the quality of life for everyone in London. This could, perhaps, involve not throwing your McDonalds detritus from your car window (as I saw someone do yesterday), but actually bag it up and bin it at home. It could mean saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to a harassed Pakistani shopkeeper who’s probably had two armed robberies this week.

It could also mean GIVING UP YOUR F**KING SEAT ON THE TUBE to my heavily pregnant wife.

The lack of civility in our capital city often gets me down, but this time it’s personal. I know that a seat on the Central Line at rush hour is gold-dust, but surely that doesn’t excuse such selfishness? I also know chivalry is dead, but it’s inexcusable that it’s men who are least likely to give up their seat. Come on Londoners – sort it out!

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I concur with mr. guest blog re the distinct lack of chivalry towards pregnant women on the tube. After all, Londoners, you were once a foetus inside your pregnant mum's womb! When heavily pregnant at the beginning of last year and having gotten onto a packed train and spied a recently vacated seat, a woman swooshed in front of me to steal the seat from under my nose - and noone muttered a sound. I stood right next to her and when I fainted, made sure I fell right onto her lap (where her coffee sat). I felt no moral discomfort for my actions. And on this note I disagree with Mr Guest Blog - it's not just men but women too who don't care if there is a struggling pregnant woman standing beside their seated comfort. It's outrageous!

kt