As part of a writing course that I was taking, we were given a link to an article that had 31 quotes overheard on the London Underground, from which we were supposed to pick one and write a descriptive scene.

I don’t usually use people I know as an inspiration, in fact after a friend asked me “am I in your book,” I made a video explaining how and why the answer is ‘No.’

But this time the third one just fit so well. As soon as I saw our one of the prompts, I knew exactly who this was, an old co-worker.

Here’s the prompt:

You know why British people don’t talk to each other on the Tube? There’s no weather down here to discuss.

And here’s my submission: