This hilarious video of commuters trying to avoid a huge puddle may be one of the most British things you’ll ever see.
Rush hour travellers were forced to clamber over chairs to leave a station this evening after heavy rains flooded the road outside.
People leaving Hammersmith tube station in west London were provided with the makeshift ‘bridge’ by staff at a nearby branch of Pret-a-Manger, who later tweeted to say "we chair-ish our customers."
Transport for London urged passengers to avoid the station after inches of rain fell in under an hour as the rush hour got underway.
Underground staff eventually decided to shut the station due to fears of overcrowding as so many people were trapped in the exit by rising water.
Thunderstorms swept across south east England on Tuesday, bringing an abrupt end to Britain’s month-long heatwave prompting a severe weather warning from the Met Office.
The “be aware” alert warning of frequent lightning, heavy rain – up to 30mm in an hour in some places – large hail and strong gusts was removed in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
But heavy rains battered London for most of Thursday, causing flash flooding in several parts of the capital.
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Shak Siyya Tweeted a video of Pret staff bringing chairs out of their branch to stop people getting their feet wet.
He Tweeted: "Thought Hammersmith Station was closed…Nope, just flooding.
"Thanks to @pret for lending commuters a chair."
Responding to the Tweet, Pret replied: "We chair-ish our customers."
Jack Peat added: "A makeshift bridge has been fashioned outside Hammersmith station after a burst pipe trapped commuters inside the station."
Hannah Steedman said it was a sweet sight to behold, Tweeting: "So Hammersmith station is currently hilarious (and ingenious! And kind!)"
And Margherita added: "Desperate scenes on today’s commute as quite a bit of flooding at Hammersmith station leave people scrabbling across a makeshift bridge of chairs and cones."
A spokesman for TfL said: "There was extremely heavy rain, which lead to flooding, so the station was shut for a short period of time for safety reasons."
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