Train/bus friends

wolf moon

AH's - just wondering, have you got any train/bus "friends"? I travel quite a lot every day using public transport and I have few. They always get on on the same stations, sometimes I catch one looking at me, girls who smell the same perfume, etc. These are the people I don't know and I have never spoken to but at the same time it seems like I knew them for years.. I know they will be there next week, at the same time, at the same station, wearing the same tie or dress.. Is it possible that others may think of me like of a "train friend"? And most important: is this normal?

RacoonQueen

Has the recession reduced your number of train friends?

subway

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wolf moon

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Has the recession reduced your number of train friends?

Not really, less folk in brand new BMW's = more using Dart :rolleyes:

hbert

I know exactly what you mean. Then I moved house. I wondered did other people miss me off the bus or even notice I wasn't on it anymore. Saw one girl looking at me funny in Tesco and realised she used to be on my bus so she obviously recognised me too.

Same with people working in the local shop isn't it?

El Weirdo

*thumbs up

Oooh train friend... friend friend...

Whippersnapper

It's bizarre that we don't speak to other passengers on our commute. I've been in other countries where chatting to people you meet in public is completely normal. It seems a bit strange when you stand beside the same people every day for years and never even say hello to them.

pushki

BUS ****!!!! :P

orourkeda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1V_qz9I1Nk

pushki

orourkeda wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1V_qz9I1Nk

AAAh you beat me to it !!!!

af_thefragile

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Kevin Duffy

I had a bus-girlfriend for about 4 years. Thought she was gorgeous and we spent all that time making eye contact and smiling, but I was with someone. After I split up with my real gf, I met my bus-gf out on the town - result! 'til she opened her mouth and I found i couldn't listen to a word she said.

So disappointed that I started driving to work after that.

gargleblaster

I used to sure, when I used to ride the bus every day. I loved it.

Don't you ever talk to them though? I used to have nice chats with the other passengers and the driver too. In fact years after I stopped riding the bus every day I had to take one again, and what do you know it was my old driver driving it. And he recognized me too. That was nice. A bus friend reunion.

Redlion

By the sounds of it, I bet a lot of your bus/train friends have a bus/train stalker.

starlit

Did and do have a few bus friends alright when I used to go to college and now maybe sometimes but these are people I know very well! Never really had a train friend though unless a friend of mine came with me!

By what you mean OP, I have had a few alright getting on the bus/train the same time as me on occasion but not knowing them.

Alan b.

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

I had a bus-girlfriend for about 4 years. Thought she was gorgeous and we spent all that time making eye contact and smiling, but I was with someone. After I split up with my real gf, I met my bus-gf out on the town - result! 'til she opened her mouth and I found i couldn't listen to a word she said.

So disappointed that I started driving to work after that.

did you at least lob one in?

Jess16

gargleblaster wrote: »

I used to sure, when I used to ride the bus every day. I loved it

Trying reeeally hard not to make an immature comment about this!

whubee

do these people know that theyre your friend?

gargleblaster

Jess16 wrote: »

Trying reeeally hard not to make an immature comment about this!

:pac: Sorry, I keep not thinking about what ride means over there.

wolf moon

gargleblaster wrote: »

Don't you ever talk to them though?

No, I'm a shy lad. And I'm afraid that chat could ruin everything. It's 20% of what I see and 80% of what I imagine. I imagine names, age, who they are, what they do, what books they like and what music listen. It's fun and harmless though I wonder if it's normal. Maybe I should think of tits/money/blast with ****/go out/drink/money/tits/money instead?

Jess16

gargleblaster wrote: »

:pac: Sorry, I keep not thinking about what ride means over there.

Lol it's ok, I'm just easily amused this evening

parker kent

I have made friends via public transport. Normally all you need is some sort of ice-breaker to start conversation. Then you realise both of you would actually love a chat to make the journey go a bit faster.

Kevin Duffy

parker kent wrote: »

I have made friends via public transport. Normally all you need is some sort of ice-breaker to start conversation. Then you realise both of you would actually love a chat to make the journey go a bit faster.

Or it turns out you have nothing to say to each other and you're stuck in an uncomfortable silence with a stranger aaaaaallllllllll the way to your stop.....

gargleblaster

wolf moon wrote: »

No, I'm a shy lad. And I'm afraid that chat could ruin everything. It's 20% of what I see and 80% of what I imagine. I imagine names, age, who they are, what they do, what books they like and what music listen. It's fun and harmless though I wonder if it's normal. Maybe I should think of tits/money/blast with ****/go out/drink/money/tits/money instead?

I dunno, I think your way sounds more imaginative. And chances are it's more interesting too. People can be very boring and you can't tell before talking to them, and once you've started chatting to them, you run the risk of having them feeling free to come annoy you on a regular basis since you see them regularly. :pac:

parker kent

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

Or it turns out you have nothing to say to each other and you're stuck in an uncomfortable silence with a stranger aaaaaallllllllll the way to your stop.....

I find grabbing their tits and saying "wobble wobble wobble" is an excellent method to prevent that happening.

Kevin Duffy

parker kent wrote: »

I find grabbing their tits and saying "wobble wobble wobble" is an excellent method to prevent that happening.

Cool, I've printed off your post and will bring it with me in the mornings to alleviate any potential misunderstandings with new friends. Thanks bus fwiend!

brummytom

About 2 or 3 weeks ago, I got talking to a lad in Dublin Busaras - turns out I knew his brother!

Ended up getting the bus, ferry and 3 trains back to Birmingham with him. Small world.

parker kent

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

Cool, I've printed off your post and will bring it with me in the mornings to alleviate any potential misunderstandings with new friends. Thanks bus fwiend!

Well my word is legally binding. So you should have no problems :pac:

Jammyc

I do see it.

There's one I call the snap neck sleeper. Middle aged man, gets on at the same stop as me, if he gets a seat, he puts on his earphones and he's asleep within 3/4 minutes. Despite the DART stopping and starting at stations, he never wakes, just bounces around and snores quite loudly sometimes.

Also see the same people and realise that they've finished a book they were reading or don't have their kids with them this week etc.

Kevin Duffy

parker kent wrote: »

Well my word is legally binding. So you should have no problems :pac:

Your username is the product of the alter-egos of two superheroes, so you are obviously above reproach and totally honourable. What could possibly go wrong?

Skerries

i'm an unsociable bastard in the mornings so i like my alone time on the Dart
i usually read the Metro in the morning and watch a tv series that i've loaded on my phone
and don't even think of talking to me!

i just realised that i think the cause of this was a very boring neighbour that i ended up getting the same train with every morning and boring the fúcking hole off of me
it got to the stage where i used to try and take different routes to the station or different trains just to avoid him
and some days he would be ahead of me getting off the train and he was a slow walker so i would have to try and slow down or give him a good head start so as to avoid him

Aoifey!

I actually do know what you mean. When I used to get the bus to college every day I'd recognise everyone, notice when they weren't there, and notice when they had people with them. I always wondered if they noticed the same things about me, or if they noticed if I was in a bad mood etc.