Who is your "on the way to work" buddy

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There's a lollipop man on my route to work. I pass him daily, in my distinctly coloured car, and have begun to wave to say hello daily and he waves back. I know I'm running late as he leaves his "post" at 9am.

Love this thread. I used to have a lengthy train commute so had lots of nameless buddies then. Inc very funnily the train guard who lives in my village and naughtily used to get on the train with me because she couldn't be bothered to get to the town at the previous stop where the train starts from. She quite cheerfully told me this!

Now I cycle commute and leave at irregular times so no buddies.

Some years ago I worked 10 minutes walk from home, my route being all residential roads until I got to the main road where my office was. In the morning on road A was Florist On A Bicycle Lady (who worked from home), the pannier on her bike was decorated with plastic flowers, but she'd frequently be unloading masses of flowers from her estate car, obviously having been to Covent Garden Market very early; we ended up saying hello/nice day. On road B was Dog Walking Lady who was always returning to her house as I passed - again, 'hello/nice day'. On road C I always passed a woman at, more or less, the same point; we started by smiling, then she said hello so I said hello too and in the end we'd stop for a brief chat - she was a cleaner and had her first job of the day, every day of the week, at a house in road B.

I used to take an entirely different route home up the main road and passed Nice Looking Guy On A Bike every evening. Again, after a while we started acknowledging each other with a smile and wave and, if we were lucky, when the traffic lights at the crossroads were red I'd stop and we'd have a chat whilst he was waiting at the red lights!

I love this thread!

Mine is 'on my way home' buddy. When I used to commute to/from London, I would always get on the same tube carriage home as this guy. We'd lose each other moving through the station after but then always end up on the same (different every night!) carriage on our overground train home! It was coincedental but he must've thought I was a right stalker

When my DD's were school age we used to look out for "Timekeeper" lady - she used to be walking toward town as I was driving the opposite way to school - if she had got as far as the bridge we were running late, at the crossroads and we were on time, if we passed her near the Co-OP we would give a little cheer as it meant we were early! My youngest is now 22 but I still see this lady striding towards town occasionally and it makes me smile.

"bus enemy" utterclusterfluff brilliant!

Old lady walking an even older dog. Usually pass her near a bus stop. The dog looks like it won't last much longer!

Philippe Philopp - a guy that wears flip flops come rain or shine and walks to work reading Game of Thrones books

Poo lady & Poo boy - a lady who does nursery drop off the same time as us, and her DS always makes her wait till he's had a poo before she can leave. We could set a clock by them!

Carol Hoarderman - an annoying bloke who used to park a big horse trailer in the parking bays. He owned a junk shop so his flat and horse box were constantly filled with crap.

Mary Berry - a lady who lived on our street for many years, who once offered DH a plate of pavlova.

The Potts - (not actual surname) of our neighbours who constantly smoke pot!

Scary Old Rihanna - a scantily-clad older lady who stomps around by the bus stop each morning, dancing like she's being filmed for a music video.

Jack Sparrow - man who comes screaming past our work window each morning. Usually shouting SHUT UP!!! Or DIE!!! Has beads and braids in his hair and wears pirate-esque boots.

Mum Boob - an ex neighbour who was once so enraged about kids keep sitting on her garden wall, that she flew out of her front door and gave them the mother of all bollockings, with one boob hanging out of her top. She was a very pleasant lady tbf!

Me and oh need to get a life judging by this list were probably known as the nosey bastards or something haha!

Philippe Philopp We have a Phillipe in our memories.... Think idyllic Maldive island, waves gently lapping, sunshine shining... then:

"Philippe Philopp, Philippe Philopp, Philippe Philopp" as a fella tries walking across the beach in his massive flippers. I think I even took a photo of him

Oh there's also night shift paint guy.
He seems to be walking home around 9 am but always in clothes with paint on them. I wonder why, but not enough to ask.

We also have OutOfContextNeighbour. We see him as we leave every morning and have a brief chat. Then when I’ve dropped dc’s at school if I ever stop at Co-op on the way home he’s always in there. I thought at first he was ignoring me for some reason. Over the years I’ve come to realise that if he sees me anywhere other than our road, especially if I don’t have dc with me, he has absolutely no idea who I am. I’ve had several mundane conversations in the co-op queue with him and he doesn’t know me from Adam.

BikeRunSki So ‘tides a vibe’ isn’t an actual saying? I thought it sounded so cool .

“ That girls outfit is amazing, she totally tides a vibe”

I’m going to use this in a real conversation anyway at some point.

No, but it ought to be GlitterGlassEye, in just that context.