Public Transport TraumaCompletely Underwhelmed writes, "I was on a bus the other day when a man got on wearing shorts, over what looked like greeny grey leggings. Then the stench hit me. The 'leggings' were a mass of open wounds, crusted with greenish solidified pus that flaked off in bits as he moved."
What's the worst public transport experience you've ever had?
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chthonic, Thu 29 May 2008, 15:13)
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Mrs Liveinbin has reminded meof when I worked in the city centre. As an early starter, I was on the bus around 7am. The route went past the main entrance to the Prison (known hereabouts as the Saughton Hilton) and the recently released used to catch a bus right outside.
They're given a travel warrant to get them to their home slum, oops I mean town, and that means everyone knows where they've come from.
One or two were very scary, but most were actually quite funny.
One guy entertained the whole bus telling an older man how he'd been up in court for not having a TV licence, which he couldn't afford. They fined him. He couldn't afford to pay that either, so ended up in the nick. He made a valid point - he was a hard working father of four who'd never been in trouble until then, and ended up in the clink for not buying a licence to watch shite on the BBC. He'd been sentenced to one month but was out after two weeks, and had persuaded his boss to keep his job open. What a way to use your annual leave!
(, Thu 29 May 2008, 15:30, 1 reply)
Unlikely..."They fined him. He couldn't afford to pay that either"
Magistrates take ability to pay into account when setting and scheduling fines - if the guy hadn't got any disposable cash, then he'd've been told to pay the fine at a quid a week for a decade.
[wonder if the chap in question was unlucky, if he wound up the judge, or if he made up the TV story to cover a short prison stay for something less salubrious...?]
(, Sat 31 May 2008, 18:33, closed)
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