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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Toe traumaI fell asleep on a nighttime flight from Zürich to Bombay, and when I woke up, my wife was nowhere to be found. (This is before we were even dating, but that's not relevant to the story). The flight was fairly empty, so I glanced around at the nearby seats and found that she had moved one row up, and across the aisle. I stretched my leg out, and tapped her on the shoulder with my big toe. At that moment, I looked up and saw her walking down the aisle towards me, returning from the lav. Cartoon style back-and-forth of the head...if...she's walking down the aisle...then...who did I just tap with my toe...in the middle of the night...on a flight to a place where feet are considered quite offensive?
The old Indian woman who I had woken was not pleased.
Surprisingly, though, my wife has never given me the slightest bit of grief for mistaking an old woman for her.
(, Fri 30 May 2008, 19:35, Reply)
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