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[rule_britannia]

Over Christmas it became clearer to me than ever before that Muggles seem to spend a great amount of time waiting in places, for vehicles to take them to other places.

I have no idea how they tolerate it.

Comments

[arrogantalloy]

You'd be surprised what muggles can put up with when they don't have magic to do everything for them. They're funny like that.

[rule_britannia]

Yes, I'd noticed. Not that it isn't all fascinating in its own way.

[arrogantalloy]

Fascinating is definitely a way to put it. Certainly can't wait till I'm old enough to start working on all their things myself.

For the funny backward things we seem to think they are they make some hilarious engenius thing.

[rule_britannia]

I won't deny that.

Though for all this supposed ingenuity they seem utterly incapable of having a public transport system that runs on time.

[arrogantalloy]

Wouldn't know anything about that, I'm chauffeur driven in muggle places.

Wait? You've been on a bus or a train? Oh I'd like to see that.

[rule_britannia]

I made a point of avoiding the buses. I had no interest in subjecting myself to that.

[arrogantalloy]

Why were you even out in muggle public anyway?

We're you dared?

[rule_britannia]

No, I was visiting Alfred.

I wasn't dared to do that, either, before you ask.

[lefilschanceux]

Lack of choice does a lot of things to you.

[rule_britannia]

I can only imagine. It seems quite inconvenient.

[lefilschanceux]

The waiting is the usually the worst of it, really. Everything else is pretty nice to have.

[rule_britannia]

The waiting wouldn't be as much of an issue to me personally if anything actually reliably arrived on time.

[bubblingover]

So let me get t)(is, muggles sit around waiting for ve)(icles to take t)(em place???

...Muggles just seem to make t)(eir lives more complicated t)(en it already is.

[rule_britannia]

It seems to be necessary if they want to get anywhere beyond walking distance and lack their own transport.

What I didn't understand at all were the people waiting for 'public transport' when they could have clearly made the distance on their own two feet. Muggles are strange, Feferi.

[bubblingover]

Times like t)(is i am so glad i am not a muggle! I mean, t)(is transport doesn't seem reliable! w)(at if it doesn't get you t)(ere on time or you miss it?? You are kinda stuck t)(en

T)(at's anot)(er good point!! T)(ey must just be really lazy, but i would be too if i didn't )(ave magic!

[rule_britannia]

My thoughts exactly. Not to mention that the entire system seems to utterly fall apart if there's a little snow.

Do you think so? Magic is a convenient thing, you'd think the lack of it would press them to be more proactive about things.

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[ihaveanappforthat]

Why are you wasting your time watching muggles?

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[rule_britannia]

I was doing no such thing.

I spent time at Alfred's over the holidays. When you're spending time around muggles it's a little difficult to not notice the things they do.