Bus Stunt lady police Swoop

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the OP hasn't shown up here yet, but it all makes perfect sense to me.

 

Bollocks, I thought I'd cancelled the fucker [1].

Anyway....

I've received a witness statement request thing with regards to crazy
door lady. I get the impression that it's been done with a view to
prosecute the bus driver. In my view wrongly.

I was on a bus, with darsy, stood by the front doors. As the bus started
to pull away mad stunt lady attempted to force the doors open to get on.

Unfortunately she was about as effective as a pissed seal holding a
millstone trying to jump through hoops. She sort of got stuck, flailed
about a bit and then fell under the bus, as it picked up speed (ftv of
bus speed).

Shouting and confusion then ensued. We decided it would quicker to walk
the 500 yds to the last stop.

IIRC darsy commented "don't worry, I've never seen a corpse sit up"


[1] After hitting return instead of backspace, which had the unfortunate
effect of sending it before I'd written anything.

 

I agree, though I didn't get as good a view as you...

....as I was looking the other way until I noticed her sort of stuck
half in the door and half under the bus.

I think, in retrospect, our decision was the right one.

something like that. I take the view in such situations that, as:

a) there are lots of other by-standers getting involved &
b) I know nothing about first-aid[1]
c) the person was moving around and making moaning noises and hence
not actually dead yet

that it's best to get off-scene before situation (c) changes and legal
shit starts to happen.

Call me a callous fucker if you like, but if I thought there was
actually any point in hanging around I would.

shoddy news clients, eh?


[1] and b2) <fx: mod=Hog> she didn't look British and hence probably
was a single mother with AIDS.

 

[snip stuff]

Yes, yes - but what the **** were you doing on a _bus_
in the first place?

 

going from one place to another, saving a 20min walk. I know, it's a
bit pikey, but we were just walking past the stop when the bus came
along so we hopped on it.

 

Perhaps it was the "other" bus.

 

Woo.. dangerous. Last-minute buses always *look* like they're going up the
very obvious main road that you're walking along - until they dart off down
some side street to spend half an hour picking up old ladies for the weekly
catfood-and-pension run

 

Or not. As in this particular case.

 

sure, but this is the bus that runs down the street on which I
actually live - I know exactly where it goes (at least in the one
direction in which I'd care to go on it) so we were fairly safe.

Unlike the stunt woman dragged beneath the wheels...

 

what, with mine and Sweller's reputation?

I think *not*.

I'll have you know we'd spent all afternoon fixing motorbikes, and
were on our way for few manly pints of Guinness and a motherfucking
hot curry.

 

Ah, a Renaissance Man's afternoon off.

 

I avoid this by never, ever going to Slough

 

Well, you were there, allegedly

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darsy wrote

You don't have to justify it to us, we understand you well enough.

 

no, I was there, actually.

 

I used to work freights up there, I think you'll find the service from
H&H is the same as W-Drayton. More stop at Slough though.

Of Slough signal box - "the only thing that runs through Reading is the
fucking Thames"

 

Bloody long bus journey to get to Didcot - have you tried the train? [2]

Seriously though, wouldn't it be faster (and a lot more comfortable) to go
to Paddington and catch a FGW train instead?

Having commuted on Thames Trains for a year, and now 6 months on FGW I'd
rather wait 30 minutes and get a FGW then get on the pikey-infested shit
heap that is a Thames Turbo [1]. Be interesting to see what happens now
they're being run by the same company though.


[1] especially one that goes through Hayes,Iver,Langley or anywhere else
that allows groups of yobs with petrol and lighters to climb on-board.
[2] What are you doing in Didcot these days? Studying the locals? Can I
volunteer and get paid?