The other day whilst I was stood waiting for the tube, I had an epiphany. Londoners see it everyday during rush hour, the odd person shouting ‘Can you move down the carriage please!’, the city worker who huffs and puffs before cramming himself on to an already full to the brim train, as if he were partaking in a world record attempt. The self-proclaimed MacGyver Tetris King who truly believes that they can fit in to the 2×2 inch space by slipping through the closing doors and trapping his bag at the same time. And the backpacker who refuses to move from their chosen spot, leaving an inaccessible void allowing no object to fill.

They all have something in common… Sassiness!

The attitude of, ‘I’m so important that the world isn’t gonna tell me what to do!’ The, ‘I don’t care what you think, I’m getting on this train, for I refuse to wait 2 minutes for the next one!’ And the, ‘You must make space for me, but I won’t move an inch as I need the space to read my paper’

And it’s because of these people that we are late. Trains fail to leave on time due to trapped bags and body parts. They run slower because Mr/Miss Sassy UK has been trapped against the doors and trips the failsafe, which cuts out the engine (‘Please move away from the doors’, is often announced by the driver in the morning).

And all because of one or two commuters have… Attitude.

Sassiness causes congestion, cut out the sass and we’ll all be so much happier.