because of the snow and trying to not use the car i've been using the train and bus, for first time for many years and i have a question
is it just my route but are all passengers called Daz, Shaz and Gaz? as they all greet each other by grunting these names and is it a requirement to be drinking lager (one woman and a man) and red bull (another woman) at 07:00?
and the free metro paper? where is the mail or guardian? 😉
You live in Essex? 😆
Guess in that case, Morning rOck, pass ya redbull.... I cant stand the bus, Its full of people who smell like they havent washed for a week and most of the are in tracksuits.... say no more 😆
I hate public transport also. I only use it when absolutely necessary.
if anyone is reading this on the bus on one of the 'Smart' phones, can you have a quick count of how many people look they are enjoying a free life, i.e 'Jobseekers' or in tracksuits and report back? Cheers
My kids love going on the bus, but for me, its just travelling with the proles. 😯
Rocket, do you not think that it's this sort of attitude that stigmatises bus travel, thereby discouraging 'nice' people from taking the bus when it might otherwise be convenient, and who then clog up our towns and cities, one person per car, polluting and killing cyclists and pedestrians as they go?
Did you get the number of the bus ?
It might have been one of ours. 8)
Oh, and isn't the correct term "unwaged" ? 😉
Depends where you live I think.... my Commuter bus is not too bad for that, although sometimes a few sneak on if the red bus is late, but it helps to equip yourself with:
1. Young persons' music playing device of some description to shut out the inane conversations, older ladies are the worst for this, long long discussions about what the bus timetable was 25 years ago, I'm not joking
2. Perfume if you are a lady in case somebody smelley sits next to you
3. Gloves to help not catch germs off the proles
4. Tissues to helpfully hand said proles when they start coughing and sneezing all over everybody, and your bog standard constant sniffers. You might have to explain how to use them.
Oh, and isn't the correct term "unwaged" ?
No ,it's dolescum!
Do it for a few days more and you'll heve them speaking about their upcoming court appearances or how so-and-so is doing in nick and how he's not bothered by it and he'll be out in half the time.
Enjoy!
taking the bus when it might otherwise be convenient
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I hate public transport.
I hate people coughing and sneezing on me.
I hate listening to the disrespectful manor in which people speak to each other.
I hate the smell of unwashed, unclean, unhealthy people.
I hate the fact that people stand next to me when the bus is full breathing on me, digging me in the head with their oversized handbags.
I loved public transport in Korea though, nobody would sit next to the horrible scary wa-gu-kin.
What a bunch of snobs.
Get over yourselves FFS.
It is an ACTUAL FACT that if you travel on buses you WILL catch leprosy and your hands will fall off.
You just need to adjust your attitude. You will need the following
a) to be attired heaad to toe in the latest 'quilted leisurewear'. you need to be Air Maxed up bra, innit?
b) A Greggs pasty in hand
c) A free newspaper where the word 'news' is used figuratively (what? some people pay for newspapers. What a mad idea)
d) A can of white and frightening (thankfully repreived from additional tax by a tory party who REALLY know how to keep the proles happy)
e. A manic grin! Essential to radiate that sign to strangers that you could go postal if provoked
Enjoy 🙂
TJ and mansonsoul in "not getting the joke" shocker. 😉
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I cant stand the bus, Its full of people who smell like they havent washed for a week
That'll be people like my wife then 🙄 - she travels 20 miles to work and back by bus.
Oh, we're joking are we? Sorry, I'll delete my post.
b) A Greggs pasty in hand
How dare you besmirch the good name of Greggs!
I'm not dissing Greggs fella. Far from it. As a regular bus traveler, I find the idea of one without the other simply frightful. And working in the North West ensures there is a suitable sausage roll emporium every fourth shop 🙂
How dare you besmirch the good name of Greggs!
Where I work, i'm teaching third generation Pasty Babies.
What a bunch of snobs.Get over yourselves FFS.
Yes I am a snob. Why would I travel with the plebs unless forced to?
Do you not have some nonsensical trivia to post about public transport and how healthy it is?
TJ and mansonsoul in "not getting the joke" shocker.
The thing is, I know it was all just jokes, but really it's just rehashing stereotypes, it's damaging, it's not fun. I'm sorry for being boring, I just think it's a shame.
lol@the poor people!!!! roflmao!!!
Bus <word I'm not allowed to write but you'll know what it is if you watch the Inbetweeners>!
Doesn't really work, does it...
Last summer we had our hols in Devon. We foolishly decided to be good citizens & catch the bus into the town. Only 15mins late the stupid mini-bus type affair rolls up. Nowhere to put the kids buggy, no ****er would give up a seat for the kids to sit down. Full of tutting pensioners, tracksuit tramps etc. Even with the £5 all-day parking charge, the car would have worked out cheaper, & easier. So after a day in Brixham its back to the bus-stop. Bus is late, again. No chance of getting on. Aforementioned pensioner/ginster-tracksuit shod types spy us approaching with the kids & huddle closer round the door to get on. Had to give up on getting on this one. Next bus an hour later. Two hungry kids. So back into town to eat. Same scrum for next bus. By now kids are tired, & its getting on for 8pm.
Snob...I dont think so. Its just not a viable enough alternative to using the car. Our experience was that it was late, expensive, overcrowded & simply not worth the extra effort & cost.
Errr, I don't disagree with your last statement but at points you seem to imply that:
a) Pensioners should give up seats for children
b) The last people to get to the bus stop should get on the bus first
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Bus <word I'm not allowed to write but you'll know what it is if you watch the Inbetweeners>!
Haha, yes this thread is full of those.
I'm all for puerile humour, but some of you lot really need to stop watching Top Gear.
Did anyone give their seat up for you? 😉
I have to say I've found the bus excellent, on time even in the bad weather And cheap, I was just making an observation. LOng may buses continue, I'm even considering using after the snow has gone
I got a "megabus" from London to Leeds once because it was £1. I was a broke student but still quite happy to stump up £60 for the train after that. I still shudder at the memory.
Hurrah. If you want to conceal your middle class-ness you could always pour a gingerbread latté-mochaccino into a an empty Special Brew can and hide the Independent inside a copy of Nuts magazine.
Sorry, I got that the wrong way round 😕
And working in the North West ensures there is a suitable sausage roll emporium every fourth shop
There's now a Greggs at Manchester Airport T1 arrivals. I kid you not; get your bags, clear customs, burst into the arrivals lounge, turn right and replenish yourself with lardy goodness!!!
Where I work, i'm teaching third generation Pasty Babies.
Where I live, kids are weaned on Greggs sausage rolls.
I'm a semi-regular public transport user, and it has surprised me how many people hop on using travel pass type tickets, some I know will have paid for weekly travel tickets, but some are proper laminated type jobbies - would these be the jobseekers?
Got to admit I hate using the buses, time keeping is shite, around here even new buses feel like the seats are sticky (red bull spillage??) and the routes are crap, I need to get from A to B, not tour the local housing estates. Only benefit of working within the local hospitals is that they're well served by bus routes, but last time I used the bus to get between site 1 & site 2 took three buses, and they all stop stupidly early so I can't use them to get home from evening clinics. Wife & son have to come & collect me then, or I rely upon charity from colleagues to get me on my way.
Errr, I don't disagree with your last statement but at points you seem to imply that:a) Pensioners should give up seats for children
b) The last people to get to the bus stop should get on the bus first
a) No, not at all. Was reffering to perfectly able-bodied tracksuit wearers. One old dear actually gave up her seat for them, but I sat them on my lap. (My kids, not the old dear).
b) No, an observation of the scene as soon as the bus door opened. The queue turned into a scrum. Seemingly made worse by us approaching with a kids buggy. Perhaps we looked menacing.
We use the train a lot, but buses...no thanks.
Buses in Edinburgh are great!
I'd rather walk than catch a bus
horrible things
from my memories of catching the bus to work they are too hot, too slow, dirty, full of condensation when its cold outside, full of plebs, smell of diesel and send you to sleep because of the rocking motion
felt like I'd got a hangover by the time I'd reached my destination
Bus! I'd rather shove wasps up my .... Horrible.
I can't imagine why anyone would choose a bus over driving, riding, running, walking or crawling
If you can't manage any of them, maybe or maybe not
Ah, the same arrogant snobbery that makes politicians think it unreasonable for them to travel anything other than 1st class, or best still in a publicly funded helicopter.
I think the smug superiority of some of these replies is pathetic.
I worked with someone who has told me he was a big fan of 'self achievement' and saw people at the bottom of the heap as scum. Until he was made redundant. He said how that made him change his mind about other peoples lives after he had been struggling himself for a few months, never mind struggling on years of low pay. Remember folks, it might be you being spat on next by the 'socially superior' you once thought yourself on a par with.
If i need to go somewhere that the train doesnt go & I cant drive for some reason, I dont go, Hate the bus!
Not really snobbery, loads of social retards on the bus is an observation
Ah, the same arrogant snobbery that makes politicians think it unreasonable for them to travel anything other than 1st class, or best still in a publicly funded helicopter.I think the smug superiority of some of these replies is pathetic.
I worked with someone who has told me he was a big fan of 'self achievement' and saw people at the bottom of the heap as scum. Until he was made redundant. He said how that made him change his mind about other peoples lives after he had been struggling himself for a few months, never mind struggling on years of low pay. Remember folks, it might be you being spat on next by the 'socially superior' you once thought yourself on a par with.
Yes, but getting the bus is still rubbish. Every bus I get on round here is slow, busy, expensive and completely filthy.
Yes, but getting the bus is still rubbish. Every bus I get on round here is slow, busy, expensive and completely filthy.
Maybe so, but most of the comments have been about the socially inferior scum who use them and how any self-respecting STWer would rather die than sit next them.
The next debate on eugenics should be interesting.
