Bus Rage

Deadly Ferret

Deadly Ferret

Deadly Ferret

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I have to use the 149 London bus for work. Well, alternatives include riding a moped or getting a taxi for £30+ each way, neither of which I wish to do.

The examples of humanity on that heap of junk simply stagger! No manners. No awareness of surroundings. No perception of when they're tempting an ordinarily polite and genial sort of fellow to perform an 'Arnie on the plane in Commando' back-handed punch on their dozy faces!

They overfill the legspace afforded them by their own seats, resulting in thighs pushing against mine. Now most of these people are foreigners, and perhaps where they come from it's more normal for men to sit like that, but I dislike having a man's thigh touching mine, especially when there's tension between the two thighs, vying for space which is mine by rights. (I push back a bit, as I shouldn't have to suffer from squashed marbles because I can't keep my legs open enough!)

Similar story with their shoulders or elbows quite often. I get really wound up by this, but have managed to bite my tongue until today. Today was the last straw. Some berk was resting his elbow on my arm as though it were an armrest. I gave him a verbal lashing about how out of order it was. I saw one or two grins on the faces of other men nearby, and I think it was due to them having been long-suffering victims of this behaviour themselves.

Fortunately, it didn't end up in anything serious. He removed his elbow, kept a reasonable distance, and said nothing. He did give me a look though as I was speaking. Thought he might want to take it further, but fortunately not. I was worried I'd have to nut him on candid camera and with a bunch of witnesses.

I'm starting to reconsider the moped option. :(
 
Get there early, sit in the aisle seat with a scowl on your face, and have something like a bag to put on the window seat. :D


Car not a feasible option?
 
Not with £8 congestion theft per day, going upto £10 shortly. Plus all other running costs, such as road theft, MOT, insurance extortion, BP profit contributions etc.
 
My thoughts are with you. Its 2 hours a day, 5 days a week that I wish never had to be. im 6 foot 5 and try and stand up whenever possible cos of no leg room and being crushed in.

Ive developed an aggressive posture nwo using busses and trains, that gives me a much needed 3" comfort zone. Anyone that dares enter it gets full on death stares.
 
I don't know what the london buses are like, but I can't actually fit my legs in the seats on the buses here.

I'm quite tall but still, it would be nice to have enough space to get my legs in. I have to sit with my legs open, or have them in the aisle.

Thank god I don't have to go on them daily, you'll never get me out of my car if that's what I have to put up with.
 
Efour2 said:
My thoughts are with you. Its 2 hours a day, 5 days a week that I wish never had to be. im 6 foot 5 and try and stand up whenever possible cos of no leg room and being crushed in.

Ive developed an aggressive posture nwo using busses and trains, that gives me a much needed 3" comfort zone. Anyone that dares enter it gets full on death stares.
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And mine with you, as I have problems at 5'11" with wide shoulders. I can barely imagine how much worse it must be for you.
 
The thought of having to use busses again has prompted me to start learning to drive :eek: :D . I hate them for so many reasons, and then it physically hurts my mind when I think about the fact i'm paying to use them :mad:
 
Thing that puts me off taking a bus ever is that red Ken decided it was a good idea to let teenagers ride for free. Now I'm sure there are plenty of nice, well-behaved teenagers on this forum, but sadly the only sort you seem to see on London buses are of the degenerate variety.
 
Definitely reconsider the bike option. I haven't been happier since I ditched public transport and whever I have to use it I am reminded why I hate it so much.

Here are some reasons: the noise, delays, dirt, graffiti, vandalism, other people, noise from cheap personal stereos, BO, fatties taking up all the space, huffing women, kids, engineering works, having to stand up, pitiful journeys taking an age to complete, the price... I'm sure the list will go on
 
I feel for ya, man.

I can often just walk to work, but when I feel like catching public transport, I just stand right in the middle of the metro (local train system) near a door and watch people intently as they get on - they always avoid me after that.
 
i hate buses in the winter, everybodys wet and its really hot, its even worse that you cant see out the window when its dark and have nothing to look at for an hour

I had a woman fall asleep on me :mad:
Students with their bags whacking you in your face.
People smoking upstairs, even drugs, and some man with a pipe.
Kids constantly opening the fire door and making the bus stop (auto stops when opened) with the driver not kicking them off :mad:
Some people think they smell so bad that they need to put deoderant on on the bus.
Women with too much perfume on.
Ive even been shot in the face with a bb gun on the bus :mad:
Had to play with some random kids thomas the tank engine to shut him up.
Babies screaming.
Loads of people standing up so you cant get off easily.
Getting half way down the stairs and the driver starts pulling off making me lose my balance and nearly falling, then having a go at me telling me i should be quicker (he only stopped for 2 seconds and i am not getting of while its moving)
People stepping on your foot making you lose a nail.
(not being racist but) People talking loudly in a different language gets annoying for me on the bus

on top of the usual shoulders and legs problems :(


all that quality service for just £2.50 a day :mad:
i refuse to use the bus anymore
 
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Flubble said:
i hate buses in the winter, everybodys wet and its really hot, its even worse that you cant see out the window when its dark and have nothing to look at for an hour

I had a woman fall asleep on me :mad:
Students with their bags whacking you in your face.
People smoking upstairs, even drugs, and some man with a pipe.
Kids constantly opening the fire door and making the bus stop (auto stops when opened) with the driver not kicking them off :mad:
Some people think they smell so bad that they need to put deoderant on on the bus.
Women with too much perfume on.
Ive even been shot in the face with a bb gun on the bus :mad:
Had to play with some random kids thomas the tank engine to shut him up.
Babies screaming.
Loads of people standing up so you cant get off easily.
Getting half way down the stairs and the driver starts pulling off making me lose my balance and nearly falling, then having a go at me telling me i should be quicker (he only stopped for 2 seconds and i am not getting of while its moving)
People stepping on your foot making you lose a nail.

on top of the usual shoulders and legs problems :(


all that quality service for just £2.50 a day :mad:
i refuse to use the bus anymore
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You missed out the walkman with cranked up volume so everyone on the bus can hear his/her drum 'n' bass mix tape.
 
oh yeah, lol, forgot the walkman, i usually have mine on to drown it out :D (i check to see if its too loud first, no need for full volume)
 
Travelling with the great unwashed is bloody awfull (I know that sounds snobbish, but it really is true). I cannot stand to be on a bus, there's just no code, no rules.. Loud mouthed 16 year olds smoking dope and throwing things, hurling abuse. Then you sit next to some guy who stinks like an old bin bag and so on.. I must have caught the bus less than 10 times in 6-7 years (in the UK, it aint like this everywhere!). In-fact, the only time I've ever caught it since I passed my test is when my car's busted or otherwise off the road..
 
I hate buses with a passion! Unfortunatley its the best way for me to get in to uni though.

I always walk further than liverpools main bus station so that I can jump on the bus before it arrives there, therefore the bus is empty, I pick a seat put my bag on the seat next to me and pretend to be asleep when 100 or so people get on at the bus station itself.

Im often suprised by the absence of members of the human race on buses though, instead comes an army of well.......god knows what.
 
I've only been using busses reallly for the past 2 weeks and I really do hate them. All the smelly people seem to want to sit beside me and even worse all the fat smelly people giving me zero room to breath or move. It's gotten so bad that I actually walk the second part of my journey when it's not raining which takes 45 mins instead of getting the second bus.

The best thing to do is put some music in your ears and block everything else out. Unfortunately driving a car or getting a scooter is not an option for me due to my eyesight so i'll just have to grin and bear public transport for the rest of my life. Such a depressing thought :(
 
Aren't you forgetting the worst culprit of all? School buses!

Seriously though, they're not that bad around here, I just put on some music and read a book/ magazine.
 
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