56. Three of the most annoying things in Shanghai

3.        People crowding on to trains

I know this has been mentioned before in a previous blog '10 worst things about the subway’. But it just deserves to be extra emphasised how one will force their way on to a bus or train instead of waiting for the next one. 

This situation reached breaking point for me when for the first time ever the subway line that I use every day was down at rush hour. Within 20 minutes the platform was crowded and people were trying to get on the stationary train that I had already boarded. In the end, it got a bit chaotic as everyone was trying to get to work and there was no blatant fix for the situation but stress out.

2. Dancers in clubs

However desperate my life is, I wholeheartedly promise that I will never do a nightclub-dancing job.

In Shanghai’s club scene, I have seen some strange performances. Paid girls to mill around dancing on the stage when everyone is sitting down, horrendous Chinese sung cover performances of club tunes and then just this workout style dancing which leaves everyone watching it feel a sense of awkwardness.

The Western dancers are bizarrely dressed and often surround the main Chinese singer who is really no crowd pleaser and dressed like an idiot. What’s worse is that they are usually kicking us off the stage for their cringeworthy performance.

1. ATM’s

I’m a patient person. But not when it comes to ATM’s.

The process involved in using an ATM should really be quick one. But for some unknown reason, the majority of people here seem to take a disproportionate amount of time doing this.

What makes it so infuriating is that the person will go about their business in a lockable compartment. Some people take this liberty to take their dear old time as the queue outside grows.

There have been many times where I’ve just been standing there waiting, wondering what these people are doing inside. Its for these minutes which have been needlessly wasted that I rate it as the thing which gets under my skin the most.