Is there anything more aggravating than having to listen to someone else’s TikTok feed on the Tube? I thought technology was meant to make our lives better, but improving the phone signal on the London Underground this year has not improved my mood. On the Richter scale of annoyance this ranks well above someone reading the newspaper over my shoulder. 

Do I ever say or do anything about it? Don’t be ridiculous. I stew. 

I do it a lot — I sometimes wonder if modern life is more annoying than it has ever been: 20mph limits on roads where there shouldn’t be; daily standing charges for energy that bear no relation to usage; temporary traffic lights; bins only being emptied once a fortnight. I can’t do anything about any of these: a shrug of the shoulders is as good a response as any.