02-09-2021, 09:02 AM
In the age of Covid I have perfected the art of contactless travel on public transport, touching nothing, using hand gel and pressing the button to open train doors with my elbow.
However, my newly found fluidity of movement hit the buffers on a train last week. Nonchalantly standing (masked) by the door as the train arrived in the station I carefully "bumped" the green door opening button on the panel to my side and waited. Imagine my dismay as the toilet door next to me gracefully slid open, and another passenger, frustrated at the delay reached to the press the correct button.
However, my newly found fluidity of movement hit the buffers on a train last week. Nonchalantly standing (masked) by the door as the train arrived in the station I carefully "bumped" the green door opening button on the panel to my side and waited. Imagine my dismay as the toilet door next to me gracefully slid open, and another passenger, frustrated at the delay reached to the press the correct button.