File under: London

Waiting at Waterloo

Men in black woollen 3/4 length coats and checked shirts yelling into their mobile phones: 7
Women with sparkly handbags: 9
Men smoking but not really smoking (i.e. putting the cigarette to their lips and sucking smoke into their mouths and then blowing out): 1
Announcements about unattended luggage within a 9 minute timespan: 3
People who looked really, really French: 5
Yoofs in hoods looking menacing: 2
People dressed as giant teddybear with a hurty ear: 1
Men carrying washing up bowls containing several packets of cheesy Wotsits: 1
People in suits drinking cans of Fosters: 3
People in suits drinking cans of other brands of beer: 4
People who asked me directions to the Eurostar terminus: 3
Couples clearly embarking on a dirty weekend in Paris/Brussels/Lille/etc: 3
People with white earbuds: 8
People with other colours of earbuds: 7
People subconsciously and subtley grooving to whatever music was playing in their ears: 2
Women in bright pink coats: 6
Women in furry gilets and pashminas (darlings, that’s so passé): 9
Women in woolly hats which really didn’t suit them: 1 (me)