It’s that time of year again: we’re all sniffling into our sleeves, doing shots of orange juice and wishing our ill colleagues would quarantine themselves.
But our efforts to keep the germs at bay are futile as we all inevitably succumb to the common cold, made worse by experiencing it on public transport.
Girl sniffs on train. Incredibly posh man yells: "Even peasants can buy tissues." #southernstrike #TrainspottingLive
— Anna Roberts (@journoannie) January 12, 2017
The phlegm is strong on my train tonight. Sniffing, sneezing and throat clearing abound. 😷😫
— WelshGirlAbroad (@WGAbroad) January 11, 2017
What do you say when someone sneezes ? 'Bless You' is so 1666
— ohchrisburton (@ohchrisburton) January 1, 2017
Girl on train kept sneezing. I took out my LAST good tissue for her. She said "It's not mine." 2 hours later I still wonder what she meant.
— SarahDrama (@SarahDawood) December 22, 2016
I love a train journey. I don't love inane conversations, screaming children or sniffing plague carriers.
— Paul Ballard (@PBalOfficial) December 19, 2016
I'm not a violent person, but if the sniffing bloke on the train gives me a Christmas cold then I will not be responsible for my actions
— ndwillis (@ndwillis) December 19, 2016
Snotty dude on train examining his soiled tissue like it's modern art.
— Lost In Tokyo (@lostintokyoNQ) December 22, 2016
When no one believes you're sick except the woman on the train beside you who puts a tissue to her face and looks away from you 🙃 pic.twitter.com/digMR6wQYR
— Janine (@janiney182) December 22, 2016
😡Again on a train sitting next to another sniffing business man but this time eating a Croissant. Crumbs everywhere now, thanks for the mess
— Joshua Gray (@JoshDanielGray) December 13, 2016
The woman on the train next to me just used her hair as a tissue.
— Ashley Rae (@Communism_Kills) December 13, 2016
A man on the train just sneezed into the newspaper he was reading then used it as a tissue, what an innovator.
— joanna (@harbison2) December 13, 2016
When you're on the train and hear the lady right by you cough nonstop and you wish breathing was optional for the next 1/2 hour 😷🤧🤢🙄
— Monica Sap (@monicasap1) January 9, 2017
Next tube strike can Londoners plz refrain from having ill-hygiene so We can all breathe thnx #TubeStrike
— alice chadband (@AliceChadband) January 9, 2017
Stood on a train. About 9 million people on it. Hate anything to do with trains. Some fella is literally sniffing my eye.
— James Leather (@jimmyleather) January 11, 2017
Just offered a tissue to a boy on the train who was sniffing a lot. I have now made the full transition into grandma.
— Mol (@iPackWood) December 9, 2016
In the quiet zone of the train and there's a baby crying and someone sniffing their nose like a fucking elephant
— chaz (@charliedayx) December 20, 2016
Sitting next to some mofo on the train who's sniffing so much you could lay a drum & bass beat against it
— Jody Smith (@ToastMaster) December 20, 2016
if this woman on the train doesn't stop sniffing every 5 seconds and blow her nose real soon i'm literally getting off this train
— tat (@tatttharrington) December 20, 2016
On the train, turn around to see which old man was wheezing and sniffing loudly, was pleasantly surprised. pic.twitter.com/DDTCXXxMoj
— Ben Morse (@BenMorse) December 30, 2016