In today’s heightened security we are becoming less aware of what’s going on around us, people wearing headphones and walking along looking at their phones. Everyone on the train is completely oblivious of what’s going on around them, people don’t notice when an elderly or pregnant person boards and may need a seat, how are we going to notice a suspicious bag or unattended baggage?
Could Parsons Green have been avoided if someone had noticed the bag and asked the question ‘whose bag is this?’ and got everyone to move away? We’re far too British to dare ask and too engrossed in tech to even notice.
Things need to change, we need to be more aware, look up from your phone and look around the carriage someone might need your seat, someone may be acting suspiciously or a bag that’s been left, there could be a commotion nearby that if you’re aware of could save your life.
Wake-up Londoners your life may depend on it. See a bag alone? Shout out whose bag is this, if no-one answers get well away and encourage others to aswell. See it, say it, sorted.
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