The highs and lows of riding the bus every day. The adventures of a silent observer posing the question: Why does public transport have to be so... public?

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Awkward!

Thanks to the boom in social networking we can now see the intimate details of hundreds of people's lives at the click of a button... But what happens when those intimate and juicy details that we love so much become boring self interested statuses and millions of 'selfies'?
Personally... I'm a big fan of the unfriend option. A digital removal of the blot on your screen... I love it.

With the relief of clicking that button comes the the small dread of meeting the recent victim of your friend 'dead-heading' and answering the question... 'Why can't I see you on Facebook anymore??' Being an over-eager beaver with my favourite option, I have frequently been asked this to which I give honest replies. Generally 'Your last status really offended me' (usually something racist or small minded and judgmental that I refuse to associate myself with) to 'To be perfectly honest I can't see another picture of you pouting ever again'.

But there is nothing quite like being overtired, in pain (pulled my shoulder) and climbing the stairs to the top deck to find one of your dead heads... You smile and nod, sit away from them and engross yourself in something... But they just can't stand it. They have to know, so they move seats and they ask that question... To which I reply...
'I can't read how much you hate the government for not giving you benefits even though you think you deserve them anymore. Get off your bum and get a job!'
Safe to say that ended the conversation and led to a loaded silence for the next twenty minutes in an enclosed space...

AWKWARD!!

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Rainy Day Etiquette

Now you must be thinking surely this is going to be a moan... And you'd be right!! After being poked in the head and eye by people unwilling to put down their umbrella before they step on the bus his morning I am severely annoyed!
And it's not like these people are even protecting made up hair amd lovely clothes... One woman was in black tracksuit bottoms with a red stripe down the side, white trainers, a waterproof jacket and a PANDA hat, two sizes too small, crammed on her skull. This is the woman that poked me in the eye...
So I sit here bloodshot eyed and miserable and ask... Good people of Britain! We are so used to this abysmal weather we are a few years away from development of duck feathers! Relinquish your brollys for the thirty seconds in the queue for the bus!!
Not like they put them down in the shelter either... Now that really gets my goat...

Monday, 1 April 2013

Easter Monday Sunshine

Happy post for once... No moaning today!

Just thought I'd share the glorious view from the top deck. Lovely day for bus travel!