Public Transport - Your Happy Stories

To The North

that other thread about nightmares on public transport reminded me of a time when i had just moved up to dublin & i got the 11A instead of the 11, not knowing it didn't go as far as i needed it to.

when i started asking the driver about how to get to where i was going from where we had stopped he decided to just drive me to where i needed to go. champion! was a good introduction to the city

anyone else have good stories from public transport??

also does anyone rememeber that french bus driver on the 16 route who used to sing songs, dance and juggle at red lights?

builttospill

You'll be doing well if this thread gets past the 1st page and I'm doing you a huge favour by replying.

Wagon

To The North wrote: »

anyone else have good stories from public transport??

Not if i was going the same direction as your username

also does anyone rememeber that french bus driver on the 16 route who used to sing songs, dance and juggle at red lights?

Deported.

dr.bollocko

To The North wrote: »

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french .... juggle...

Too soon. :mad:

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

one time when I was on a bus, the driver braked suddenly and I managed to catch myself on the headrest of a chair before I fell to the ground.

Dudess

The 19A arriving.

minidazzler

A little old lady falling when the bus took off. I laughed quietly to myself when I realised she wasn't hurt (badly).

Getting a childs fare on Dublin Bus when I had a good beard on me!! Made my day!!

Having a quiet pleasent journey with no major noise or distractions.

To The North

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Too soon. :mad:

it took me a while to make the connection, but i see what you mean

To The North

minidazzler wrote: »

Getting a childs fare on Dublin Bus when I had a good beard on me!! Made my day!!

that used to happen to me a lot too, except for the beard thing. for years i was able to get those under 16 tickets on the trains too, one benefit of looking so young :pac:

Archeron

I once found a real Ruby under a seat on a 33 to Skerries. that was cool.

Poor Uncle Tom

Dudess wrote: »

The 19A arriving.

The posh way of saying...
"the lovely 19 year old came...."

big_show

Sitting on the top deck of the bus heading into town one night when a group of

old ladies at the very back of the bus took into an Acapella version of "do run

run" Every one of the bus was beaming after it! great moment!

stovelid

Boarded a bus to Tallaght one Christmas eve and the driver was wearing a big Santa hat and shades. And in great humour.

The only trifle I had was that he may have had a bit of drink on him.

partyatmygaff

The happiest memory I have of the bus is the day I got on for free because I helped the driver with directions (It was his first day or something).

Thats the only happy memory I have, I guess that shows what my general opinion is.

Dudess

To The North wrote: »

does anyone rememeber that french bus driver on the 16 route who used to sing songs, dance and juggle at red lights?

Oh yeah, he was great - and managed not to cross the line into being annoying (well I only got that bus once).

ScumLord

Using any public transport in just about any mainland European country is a happy story when compared to here.

Pygmalion

Childs ticket on the train with a big beard many times (stopped risking it now for the student ticket, and usually get bus instead), once I got stopped and asked about it by a guy in the station but my mother happened to be there and did the whole "Are you saying I don't know what age my own son is?" routine. Was great.

To The North

Dudess wrote: »

Oh yeah, he was great - and managed not to cross the line into being annoying (well I only got that bus once).

one night on the 16 we'd stopped at the lights just before o'connell bridge and he started juggling, then this drunk old guy in the back seat broke out into singing 'that's amore'. it was gold

InKonspikuou2

I had just got caught in a thunderstorm and jumped straight on a bus that was a 6 hour journey. Somehow my runners weren't wet but my socks were soaking. I fúcking hate wet feet. Then some fella jumps on selling socks. Twas brilliant cause usually they sell pens, sweets or some magic powder that cleans out your hole or something. Gold star for José.

To The North

InKonspikuou2 wrote: »

I had just got caught in a thunderstorm and jumped straight on a bus that was a 6 hour journey. Somehow my runners weren't wet but my socks were soaking. I fúcking hate wet feet. Then some fella jumps on selling socks. Twas brilliant cause usually they sell pens, sweets or some magic powder that cleans out your hole or something. Gold star for José.

they sell magical hole cleaning powder & socks on busses these days?? man i've been missing out since i moved near the luas line!

InKonspikuou2

To The North wrote: »

they sell magical hole cleaning powder & socks on busses these days?? man i've been missing out since i moved near the luas line!

Forgot to mention an important word. Colombia.

To The North

InKonspikuou2 wrote: »

Forgot to mention an important word. Colombia.

i thought it sounded a little too good to be true for bus eireann

Bonito

the day i knocked a scum bag out on the dart for lighting up a joint while kids where sitting with their mother the opposite side of the seats

went down like a sack of roosters :pac:

builttospill

Bonito wrote: »

the day i knocked a scum bag out on the dart for lighting up a joint while kids where sitting with their mother the opposite side of the seats

went down like a sack of roosters :pac:

Great example to set for those kids. Id rather have my kids see a spliff rather than violence.

Bonito

builttospill wrote: »

Great example to set for those kids. Id rather have my kids see a spliff rather than violence.

Dont comment on something you dont know full details to thank you very much

FYI i first politely asked him to put it out as it was illegal and there was kids beside him and he got aggressive, so I think he got what was coming to him, if someone forced your kids to inhale second hand smoke from a spliff you'd be none too happy about it, and dont say she could have moved carriage if she didn't like it, she shouldn't have to!

builttospill

Bonito wrote: »

Dont comment on something you dont know full details to thank you very much

FYI i first politely asked him to put it out as it was illegal and there was kids beside him and he got aggressive, so I think he got what was coming to him, if someone forced your kids to inhale second hand smoke from a spliff you'd be none too happy about it, and dont say she could have moved carriage if she didn't like it, she shouldn't have to!

LOL. I commented on exactly what you said in your previous post. That's fair game. If you didn't want me to pick holes in it you should have stated exactly what happened in said post because in all fairness you came across as some sort of vigilante who took offence to some guy smoking a spliff on a train so you knocked his lights out all because you were thinking of the children...

Bonito

BINGO that's me :pac:

Always stick up for the little ppl

dr.bollocko

Bonito wrote: »

BINGO that's me :pac:

Always stick up for the little ppl

Unless they're stoned. :pac:

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Received a hand shandy on a Bus Eireann bus from Drogheda to Dublin once.....true story.

Bonito

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Unless they're stoned. :pac:

if he's stoned before i get there its all good lol

dubtom

Once on the subway in NY an old black guy came into the carriage and started singing,he sounded like John lee Hooker, what a voice. He continued down the carriage with his hat in his hands looking for handouts,I ignored him and enjoyed his singing for free.Splendid.

minidazzler

benwavner wrote: »

Received a hand shandy on a Bus Eireann bus from Drogheda to Dublin once.....true story.

Not public transport, but same story on my way back from Bere Island with the RDF in 2007! Dropped the hand as well, good times.

bnt

I rode a few buses in and around Houston, Texas in August. There's a LUAS-type light rail system covering the downtown Houston area: the buses might not run as often as Dublin buses, but they keep to the schedule. The website actually has friendly maps, not just a list of place names.

I had some trouble finding fare information on the website, since they didn't give a table of fares like I was used to: a single fare of $1.25, and a free transfer if you use a smart card, covers the whole of Harris County, an area almost 5x the size of Dublin. We are talking Houston, a city that runs on oil, so you have to be pretty down-and-out - or a tourist from Europe - to ride the bus there. :pac:

PS: if you want an actual story, though: the weirdest situation was when I was waiting for a subway train in Toronto, and this huge African guy took one look at me and started crying his eyes out. I have no idea why, and didn't want to go and ask, in case he hugged me to death or something. I noticed an inordinate number of emotionally unstable people on the streets of Canadian cities, such as the people sleeping rough in Calgary, in January, when the temperature can hit -40C. :eek:

dubtom

-40C. in fairness I'd cry too.

oppenheimer1

You people give out about dublin buses and their drivers, try london bus! Being rude and ignorant is a necessary qualification

smegmar

I miss the last 29A bus home, and didn't realize it had gone, luckily another bus was going that way en route to the garage, he picked me up at no fare, went well out of his route and dropped me pretty much at my front door. What a champion. All the way there we were talking about how management in Dublin bus can be assholes

angeldelight

I was on a nite link home on my own and it was raining - I asked the bus driver if he'd mind letting me off at the top of my estate rather than at the stop as there was nobody else getting off at my stop anyway - instead he drove into my estate and dropped me near my house It was mostly to do with me being on my own and a few lads on the bus making comments to any females on the bus I think. I had a giggle to myself thinking of the neighbours looking out their window and seeing a double decker bus going round the green in the middle of the night

ElaElaElano

Any time Dessie O' Toole is driving the bus is a happy time. Small lad, late 40s, curly hair. What a hero.

There was one time at a red light and a backlog of traffic, he got out of his seat, stuck his head upstairs and screamed 'I DON'T KNOW WHAT A TRACKER MORTGAGE IS'. On an off day he'll just sing ballads and try it on with aul ones.