What’s the strangest thing you’ve encountered on the Tube that left everyone you told in disbelief? A few years back, I witnessed a man on the Central Line munching on raw spaghetti straight from the box as if it were a bag of chips. Not a single person acknowledged it. Londoners are a unique breed, for sure.
What’s your “wait, did that really just happen?” moment while underground?
That’s a great story! I once saw a woman on the Piccadilly Line bring a whole shopping cart on board. She had it filled with bags of flour, pasta, and what looked like a giant bag of potatoes. It was completely packed, and she wasn’t just sitting with it; she was trying to negotiate her way through the crowd and even stopped to help an old lady find her way. Everyone was just staring, trying to figure out if this was part of some alternative shopping experience. London really does bring out the unexpected! What was even weirder was that nobody seemed phased by it—just another day on the Tube!