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[venta]

Day 220: additional

Yesterday was the first day, since the accident in February, that I went to work without a stick.

I was a bit sore and limpy on the way from tube to car on the way home. And I had to peel a snoozy suit off the handrail so I could get off the tube on the way in. But mostly successful, I think.

Comments

[motodraconis.livejournal.com]

Woot! Sounds good and how's the tube badge working?

[venta.livejournal.com]

Hard to be sure, actually. The instructions for the trial are to "use the badge". I've been wearing it, but I haven't been saying "can I have a seat, I've got a badge, look!"

I think the chief problem is that people don't look around themselves much - people who don't see me with crutches (either because they're reading or because they Don't See) won't see a badge either.

So I still have to ask for a seat, but it makes me feel more justified asking! No idea if people who give up a seat saw the badge. I'm not aware of it having affected anyone's behaviour.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

"Not seeing people" does seem like a highly practised skill on the Tube - but it is also something of a British tradition, I suppose - pretend that one is alone on one's conveyance, even if it's a crowded tube train.