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To want to tell this woman to fuck right off

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grumpasaur · 13/10/2014 18:03

I grant I am cold and wet and not in the best spirits. However I seem to have a habit of attracting annoying folk whilst going about my business.

Just now- standing at bus stop- no room in shelter so standing in rain. Check the bus times on my phone. An older lady eagerly catches my eye and asks when the 249 comes. I tell her it says 8 minutes. Then she says, what about the 432? I say it says two mins. Go back to listening to music on my phone. She catches my eye again- I stop music just so she can point out that it's been a "long two minutes", looking at me as if I have any control over the buses whatsoever. I check the times again- and tell her now the 249 says four minutes, the 432 says 11. She crossly tells me "so your information isn't infallible then?!". Well obviously not you stupid woman, have you never taken a bus in South London before? Instead I say "no- they often change". Then the 432 comes, she isn't paying attention. So I tap her and point out the bus. She snarls at me "well it's the 249 I really need". Then glares at me.

Honestly.

Why do I bother?!

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grumpasaur · 15/10/2014 22:48

Deathraystare- don't tell them about our cunning plan to throw everyone's commute off by MINUTES!!

Chipping- you aren't wrong. This is mad!

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grumpasaur · 15/10/2014 22:55

Alice / RiverTam- there are two kinda of notifications. Those dot matrix screens which are electronic, attached to some bus stops, and update themselves regularly. Most of the stops I use don't have them but when they are there, they are super handy. I just use that text message service, where you text the code of the bus stop to a number, and it texts you back immediately with up-to-date bus information. Again they are normally pretty accusative- but they certainly aren't infallible!

On related news- I am shocked at how many people can't possibly extend their imaginations to include a scenario where someone in real life has a good vocabulary. Honestly folks- that is what she said.

Maybe I live in a parallel universe to some, though- as I have encountered well spoken people in public before! Even the rude ones!

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TheLastThneed · 16/10/2014 18:49

Just hid my phone so I could check for the 432/249 Grin

catsofa · 16/10/2014 19:24

When hassled I sometimes (fluently, London accent) tell people that I'm sorry, I don't speak English. I really really don't sound foreign so people sometimes still try to talk to me, in which case I say something like "I'm sorry, I don't speak any English so I don't understand you. Maybe you could try asking that member of staff over there? But I'm not going to be able to help because I don't speak English and can't understand anything you're saying, sorry."

They do then tend to back away slowly from the crazy lady.

peasandlove · 16/10/2014 20:05

They do that to me in Paris

Slugsonmypeasgrr · 16/10/2014 20:29

Oh god catsofa I am dying laughing!

One time I was on the Victoria line at Green Park in rush hour and it was rammed. People couldn't get in the doors and then someone started shouting 'move down', so everyone shuffled a bit but there really wasn't much space. The voice managed to get on the train and it was a (possibly) Russian woman in a big fur coat shouting about moving down because people need to get home. Being Londoners, people mainly ignored her or shuffled a bit more and as the train was pulling away she shouted in a strong Russian accent 'you people have no souls. You are all dead inside!'. It was brilliant. Especially because everyone just sort of looked at each other and smirked.

Pilgit · 17/10/2014 08:01

Why do people think it odd that she used the word 'infallible'? For her grump it was clearly the most appropriate word. (Her grump was not appropriate though).

Old ladies on buses frequently talk to me - it happens so much I think I havery a sign above my head inviting it! One lady even showed he X rays of her gall stones (at least I think that's what it was). It's certainly not dull......

catsofa · 18/10/2014 01:35

Oh that's brilliant, I need to try the dead souls line next time I'm in London.

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