The early bird catches the etiquette tube

Last week was a rather strenuous week at work and as a result I found myself catching some really early tubes. 

This is always a nicer experience than rush hour of course, but I was surprised to find that my fellow travellers had real manners pre 6.30am.

As I embarked at Woodford, there were plenty of seats available but noone had their bags on them - all were tucked away neatly by their feet. 

It was quiet: people were reading their newspapers without any invasive music pumping away and no mobile phones incessantly beeping or ringing with their ridiculous 80s style tv theme show tunes, and there were no hugely irriating loud and inane conversations to try and ignore. 

When a pregnant lady got on the tube at Liverpool Street to find that by then all the seats were occupied, a friendly gentleman to my right jumped up immediately to let her sit down, no shifty eyes around the other sitters waiting for someone to give in first as per normal journeys.

I even found myself smiling as I soaked up the last few minutes of me time before I got to work - something that is usually impossible on the daily commute.

As I disembarked at St. Paul's, people waited patiently on the platform before getting on the carriage and I was able to walk up the escalators to the station without having to ask people to move out the way and stand on the right.

When I arrived at my desk I think I felt the most relaxed ever after a commute to work.  As a result, my boss will be pleased to know, I will be travelling much earlier in the morning. 

Except for the odd occasion of course, when I need more ammunition for my blog!