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Completely 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?
( , Thu 29 May 2008, 15:13)
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When I was in college I used to be in line with a bus pass at least 4 times a day, what with having 3 hours between lectures and the city centre only 10 minutes away.
One particular afternoon I'm on a double-decker bus which is just starting to make it's way up a steady hill towards the college. Downstairs is pretty much full of students, all pretty much minding their own business. We get two stops towards our destination, when the bust stops for two eldery people to get on. Now there was only one set of seats left downstairs on the bus and they ran perpendicular to the rest (so we could see them side on). They were raised up a bit too, for all to see.
Firstly a nervous old lady gets on, shows her pass to the driver then sits on one of these seats without saying a word. No-one battered an eyelid at this, as it was just completely normal. What happened next was a bit different. An elderly bloke gets on, shows his pass to the driver who lets him on. The guy stumbles towards the only seat available which is next to the woman. Just as he's about to sit down the woman slides across the seat to block him while in a stupidly high pitched voice "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Now obviously the guy is taken aback at bit, plus with about 35 students now looking and trying not to laugh at this he tries to politely ask the woman to sit.
"Awww, don't be silly love I need to sit..." so he edges himself to the other side of the seat. If she did;
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" and she slides back like lightning, a look of pure terror on her face.
So...the old man FAKED to the right; she slid across and he dived into the left, much to the cheers of the students. She didn't take it too well though; she started screaming and crying her eyes out. One of the female students went up to help her and she cried on her shoulder, while the rest of us tried to hide the laughter.
Turns out that just past the college and also on that bus route was the local nut-house (Cefn Coed Hospital in Swansea), and she was on her way for her weekly appointment. Oops.
( , Thu 29 May 2008, 16:45, Reply)
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