The Anonymous Widower

An Incident On A Bus

I was on a bus this morning, when a couple tried to get on without paying. They seemed to produce an old ticket claiming it had been issued earlier. But obviously, this didn’t fool the driver and he said no.

After a minute or so everyone on the bus started to get a bit impatient ringing the bell and rumbling about moving on. But the couple stood their ground.

it was then that the two biggest passengers on the bus moved forward to try to support the driver and sort the impasse.  One was a stockily-built, fifty year old or so,  white man in a suit and the other was a much younger, tall black man in jeans and a cotton jacket.

Faced with this irresistible force, the couple got off and possibly waited for another bus.

I was sitting next to a rather slight young lady and remarked that luckily you don’t see that too often. She agreed and we both wished each other well, as we got off a couple of stops later.

Perhaps we should have all cheered, but I think we thought that discretion was the better part of valour.

So, in the end, no-one or nothing was hurt, except perhaps the couple’s pride.

October 9, 2012 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Buses, London, Race