And, cue compaints

Why does everyone complain when their journeys to work are disrupted? Is it because it puts off that precious moment when people can complain about being at work, before they complain about the things they face outside of work when they leave at the end of the day?

The barrier was drawn across the entrance to the tube station at King's Cross, causing a long queue to build up. This whole process enabled only a single person to enter the station at any one time, provided they walked sideways and had only ever consumed slow food. One bright spark vocalised this as "even the animals entered two by two!" Nobody laughed. Grim-faced they were anticipating the next flood.