Public Transport

Olishi4

When I first started seeing my husband, he lived in another county. I would travel to see him every weekend. When I was going home, he would wait with me at the train station. Once we were sitting on a bench at the station, holding hands and a group of lads, who were a little drunk, got off another train. They started slagging us and started singing "it must be love" by madness! We went red but it was funny

When I used to go to visit my OH, once on the train, a man, a good bit older than me, sat across from me and he was a bit tipsy. He started conversation with me, something about his love for the Irish language and that he met people in groups to talk Irish. Anyway, that train sold little bottles of wine and he insisted on buying me one. I hate wine but it was a nice gesture and I enjoyed his company and conversation throughout the journey.

I use to get the bus into college and one day, I left super early because I had an exam. Can't remember if there was an issue with the buses at the time but two buses didn't show. Loads of people were arriving at the bus stop and I was starting to worry that I was going to end up late for the exam. I got chatting with this lady and we were giving out about the buses. She was really nice and could see that I was worried that I'd miss the exam so she hailed down a cab and said "c'mon" and then asked a few at the bus stop where they were going and if they wanted to share and we filled the cab and got where we needed to go on time.

So any nice or unusual public transport stories?

Gunslinger92

I was on the train once and it was late enough so I had a table to myself. Was working away on college stuff on my laptop.

This lad sits on the other side of the train, opposite me, if that makes sense.

Eventually he comes over to my table and sits across from me and the following all happened:

1: he started ranting about technology and how humans don't interact with one another anymore.

2: he then asked me to look up some book for him on amazon (after his rant and all :pac:)

3: he told me that I have "good strong looking nails, you should donate them to Africa" :?

4: he also told me I have great hands for playing piano.

5: he eventually took a tin whistle out of his jacket and went to start playing me a tune, but at this point I got up, took my things and legged it to the next carriage :pac:

Definitely my strangest public transport experience

RayM

I was on a 39a yesterday, and it crashed into a set of traffic lights at the Pembroke St/Leeson St junction.

Four Phucs Ache

Too many to list really.

Most memorable was a train commute I did years ago from portlaoise to Dublin every day.

Breakdowns were the norm and for no reason or other you would stop in the middle of the sticks for up to 30 mins without any info as the speakers never feckin worked.

One evening on the return journey we were stopped outside Monasterevin with fields left and right.10 -15 mins had passed and people were getting restless and looking around.This was around 2006 so no smartphones back then to occupy sir or madam.

The train started to inch forward at about 2 mph and we passed a length of hedges and stopped again with a view of just fields.Everybody moaned again and sighed.

Someone shouted "Look, they splashed out on entertainment for us"

Every one looked out until they copped out the left side there was about 12 cows riding the box off each other.The same fella pointed and shouted that 2 other cows were pulling themselves off at the side looking on.The whole carriage erupted with laughter.We were all at one with each other and all worries and anger were absent for a few mins.

Nearly wet the seat laughing.

Edups

Olishi4 wrote: »

When I first started seeing my husband, he lived in another county. I would travel to see him every weekend.

A gentlemen would have traveled to you, OP. *polishes monocole*

Dr Turk Turkelton

Bus w@nkers.

Olishi4

Edups wrote: »

A gentlemen would have traveled to you, OP. *polishes monocole*

Oh no, if I was to give anyone that title, it would be to my father, my husband and my brother

We were only 19/20 at the time and my oh had his own place so it made sense for me to go there to visit but it was more so in the first 5/6 months of our relationship, then we made a decision and he moved up to my county

Edups

Olishi4 wrote: »

Oh no, if I was to give anyone that title, it would be to my father, my husband and my brother

We were only 19/20 at the time and my oh had his own place so it made sense for me to go there to visit but it was more so in the first 5/6 months of our relationship, then we made a decision and he moved up to my county

I was being feciois

Randle P. McMurphy

I jumped on a bus to Dun Laoghaire one day and a drunk told me how to get rich. I was glad we weren't going too far.

Senna

Walking to catch a tube in London many years ago, had headphones in and I was in no rush to get wherever I was going that day, came down the steps to the platform and my train was there, walked into the carriage and BAMB, I got a wack to the shoulder that kind of spun me around, it was the doors closing.
The door closed and my arm was jammed in the door, I quickly reached for the "open door" button on the inside, but of course that done nothing, then this guy outside on the platform stopped and shouted was I OK, I started to panic a bit as I though the train was going to start to move, but I just used some force and eventually pulled my arm free.
As it came free there was a man behind me who was trying to help, once free I turned around and the two of us started laughing, me probably from shock, so we just laughed and then I turned further around and looked up the cartridge, it was full, with maybe 30 people staring at me, all soloum faced and not one person even cracking a smile.
I hadnt been in London long at that stage but I remember thinking that the London tube turns everyone into dull bastards who will ignore you at all costs, had that of been Ireland, people would have laughed or smiled along, someone would probably have taken the piss out of me for it too.

Stigura

Olishi4 wrote: »

So any nice or unusual public transport stories?

Back around 1975, I'd think? I was on a train, approaching London, with my younger brother. For some reason, we were hurrying through a carriage where they had those little, doored compartments.

Completely out of no where, as he dashed along ahead of me, he called back;

" For gods sake, Michael! Will ya trow da bomb!!! "

I almost f**king wet myself laughing! I still am, remembering it!

F**ked up sense of humour, he has!

punisher5112

Peggy that pisses all over the seats or floor..,..

The phantom ****ter.


Bio man.


Sir ****s a lot.


The cabbage patch kids and so

RayM

punisher5112 wrote: »

Peggy that pisses all over the seats or floor..,..

84?

punisher5112

RayM wrote: »

84?

Give that man a can of coke,.,.

punisher5112

Hazmat team needed after that one.

mzungu

When travelling a good number of years back, I was on a minibus, when some guy got hauled off it and beaten by a mob. That was...bizarre.

The driver told me it was because he had assaulted his girlfriend, so he was getting manners put on him. The journey continued as normal and nobody else on the bus seemed too bothered by it at all.

nice_guy80

was on the NYC subway a few weeks back.

two guys got onto the train in queens heading for manhattan, the carriage was almost empty

they put down a mini speaker and announced themselves
they proceeded to do the most amazing break dance to music, going upside down, sideways and spinning on the floor routine using the poles and roof hand rails. it lasted about 3 minutes

of course everyone in the carriage just ignored them

Olishi4

mzungu wrote: »

When travelling a good number of years back, I was on a minibus, when some guy got hauled off it and beaten by a mob. That was...bizarre.

The driver told me it was because he had assaulted his girlfriend, so he was getting manners put on him. The journey continued as normal and nobody else on the bus seemed too bothered by it at all.

That's mad. I saw two girls attack a woman at a taxi rank before. No one did anything and just stayed in line. People just don't know how to react sometimes in those situations. I think a taxi driver intervened in the end.

Lia_lia

A few years ago I was getting the bus from Killarney to Cork for college. About a km after the Killarney bus station someone noticed the door of the luggage compartment was left open! So the bus driver then closed the luggage compartment door and drove on. I thought to myself "my bag is definitely gone".

Lo and behold when we got to Cork we noticed the only bag that fell out was my rucksack. Some of my final year project was in there (mainly cables, sensors, and arduino boards...looked like a bomb). Also a video camera that I had hired from the college was in there along with my keys and various other stuff. I was cracking up as I thought there was no way I was getting it back. Or else someone would find it and call the bomb disposal unit. The poor bus driver was freaked, I'd say he thought his job was gone. Anyway, got it back about 5 days later. Someone handed it into my old gym as there was a fob on my keys. Phew!

Basically, the luggage doors were not operatin'!

mackeire

I've seen a lad fingering his girlfriend on the dart before. Very romantic.

Another time I was upstairs on the 144 going from sandyford ind est to Blackrock dart station and a lad got on and sat opposite me. He kept shouting at me and eventually got up and started whacking his head off the bars that go from the roof to the floor.
I'd say he had a headache when he came down off whatever he was on!

Public transport is the bomb!!!!

dd972

Senna wrote: »

I hadnt been in London long at that stage but I remember thinking that the London tube turns everyone into dull bastards who will ignore you at all costs, had that of been Ireland, people would have laughed or smiled along, someone would probably have taken the piss out of me for it too.

That's not the tube, that's the South East of England per se. A banter, wit and personality free zone.

HalloweenJack

Once me and my mate were on the Darr into town. I hadn't seen him for a while and I'd just come back from a long trip so we had lots to chat about. There weren't many people on the train but at some point this middle-aged came over and interrupted us and said "Where's the cameras?".

We hadn't a clue what he was on about but he insisted that we were talking such nonsense (don't know where he got that from) that we must be recording some kind of candid camera show. He then stormed off at the next stop. All very bizarre.

I also remember seeing two gangs of drunk teenagers from rival private schools squaring up to each other on the Luas but neither of them throwing the first punch.

diomed

I always remember the driver of a single-decker bus (63?) that went through Donnybrook / Ballsbridge about 25 years ago. He was about 40 and had a beard.
He was the nicest person ever, always helping passengers with luggage, waiting if people were running to the stop, every act of kindness possible.

gramar

On the train down from Dublin. There was a fella across the table from me who pulled out an orange and ate it. He didn't peel it, just munched on the whole thing like it was an apple.

Winterlong

When I was a teenager I was on a long-ish train journey to Dublin. Yhis girl that I had the hots for pulled in to the seat opposite. After some polite but awkward pleasantries she nodded off and slept for about 2 hours.
Must have been a deep sleep as she started drooling. Poor lass was mortified when she woke up. I stopped fancying her around about then.

Senna

HalloweenJack wrote: »

Once me and my mate were on the Darr into town. I hadn't seen him for a while and I'd just come back from a long trip so we had lots to chat about. There weren't many people on the train but at some point this middle-aged came over and interrupted us and said "Where's the campaign eras?".

We hadn't a clue what he was on about but he insisted that we were talking such nonsense (don't know where he got that from) that we must be recording some kind of candid camera show. He then stormed off at the next stop. All very bizarre.

So you're THAT person.

The flying mouse

gramar wrote: »

On the train down from Dublin. There was a fella across the table from me who pulled out an orange and ate it. He didn't peel it, just munched on the whole thing like it was an apple.

I do that

dublinman1990

mackeire wrote: »

I've seen a lad fingering his girlfriend on the dart before. Very romantic.

Another time I was upstairs on the 144 going from sandyford ind est to Blackrock dart station and a lad got on and sat opposite me. He kept shouting at me and eventually got up and started whacking his head off the bars that go from the roof to the floor.
I'd say he had a headache when he came down off whatever he was on!

Public transport is the bomb!!!!

Jesus the lad on the bus sounds like a total headcase. I suppose the young lad is a frequent troublemaker subjecting you to that.

The bus you were on is actually the 114 from Ticknock Hill to Blackrock Dart Station. I know it because it's also one of my local bus routes.

FizzleSticks

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The flying mouse

The flying mouse wrote: »

I do that

You eat the orange skin??!!

fleet_admiral

Was on the train alone to Cork years ago and got chatting to a girl on her way to a military base there. Ended up getting a footjob off for part of the journey

MilesMorales1

On the 15 bus from Dublin City to Clarehall last year, some old lad heard me on the phone (I have a British accent) and sat next to me to give me a lecture on the 'nobility' of British military service and maintaining the empire.