Why do people take so long to get on trains?

I think this should turn into a 'why do people take so long...' Thread.


Here's a couple of mine:

Why do people take so long at cash machines?

Why do women take so long in the toilet?

Why is it that the majority of people step onto a train and then take about 10 seconds to decide where they are going to go in the carriage? Over 25 years of observation says this is a widespread problem (obvs excluding those who can't help it like the elderly) and incredibly irritating / rude for everyone behind them. We see the same thing happen at the bottom of escalators.

So I put it to you TSR: why does this phenomenon exist and how do we solve it? Is it indecision? Lack of spacial awareness? Most people are massively inconsiderate of others?

(Disclaimer: I just missed my train to work because people were dawdling in a train doorway )

Because people want empty seats seats of thir own and refuse to sit next to anyone untill they have checked the entire train.

I have to say after working in consulting for a year when my life was spent predominantly on trains all over the country I have never noticed this.

But perhaps that's because I was always in first class

I can imagine this is the kind of thing that happens down in cattle class

I think this should turn into a 'why do people take so long...' Thread.


Here's a couple of mine:

Why do people take so long at cash machines?

Why do women take so long in the toilet?

The last one should be "Why do women have to take someone else with them to the toilets?"

It is definitely only in cattle class this happens.



Good shout. Why do people take so long to choose what to eat?

Having used the London Underground, almost weekly for the last 12 years, can confirm this happens. But really during rush hour, people tend to well rush onto the train, dawdling is rare. And luckily, at my home station, people are sensible and care more about the actual seat rather than sitting next to someone.
I usually stick by the doors, or at those weird seat things at either end of the carriage, as it gives you some personal space...

But we shall see this July! I'll be using the tube daily at rush hour like a big boy

Why is it that the majority of people step onto a train and then take about 10 seconds to decide where they are going to go in the carriage? Over 25 years of observation says this is a widespread problem (obvs excluding those who can't help it like the elderly) and incredibly irritating / rude for everyone behind them. We see the same thing happen at the bottom of escalators.

So I put it to you TSR: why does this phenomenon exist and how do we solve it? Is it indecision? Lack of spacial awareness? Most people are massively inconsiderate of others?

(Disclaimer: I just missed my train to work because people were dawdling in a train doorway )

Have you ever used the Waterloo and city line at rush hour ?

First time I did I thought something was majorly wrong on the tube. Turns out people queue for miles like sardines every morning.

Oh what a life.

Zulu the concept is why do people take so long ?

Your example doesn't fit into that.

Stop going off topic please.

No...
It's the most pointless line IMO because it just goes from Bank to Waterloo...
Honestly the Central line is probably a contender for the worst line. From Newbury Park all the way to Sheperd's Bush, it's packed.

Why do people take so long to reply and still be bitchy? (Not hinted at you or anything)

@Ethereal World
What about at the ticket gates?
Any normal, sane person prepares their Oyster Card well before getting close to the ticket gates, but their are always these people who insist on looking in their bag for the Oyster, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE GATE?
Why?
Why do they do this?
It's especially annoying when it's in a small station that only has like three gates.