Public Transport

29 Jun 2008

When on a bus, train or any forum of public transport are the sort of person that will talk to the person next to you or to you sit there with your music player in your ears and blank everyone till you get off?
I tend to sit there with music playing but I'm the sort that of person that has the local idiot come sat next to me lol

29 Jun 2008

I expect this to vary with which part of the UK you're in. If I'm on a long journey on a train or more likely a coach then I would strike up conversation, depending on who the person was of course! In London you wouldn't even blink...

29 Jun 2008

So true Darkside.. when I go back oop north, everyone talks to you and if you smile, they smile back.. In Oxford where I am now, depends on which part of Oxford.. the estates are ok.. but town.. no way!
Me and my other half go to London every Wednesday so totally understand what you mean!

Quote by Dark_side72
I expect this to vary with which part of the UK you're in. If I'm on a long journey on a train or more likely a coach then I would strike up conversation, depending on who the person was of course! In London you wouldn't even blink...

29 Jun 2008

local idiot

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

29 Jun 2008

I'll smile, but won't strike up conversation.
I'm the type that only speaks when spoken to (on public transport of course not real life, as people often have a hard job shutting me up!!)
x

29 Jun 2008

If you have an empty seat next to you - make eye contact with anyone walking up the aisle, give them a big smile and pat the seat next to you. Keeps it free every time smile

29 Jun 2008

:laughabove:
I know someone who used to pour a little of thier soft drink on the seat next to to make it look as though it had been pee'd on :lol2: worked the same.
W**** was a bad bad man! :lol2:

29 Jun 2008

:laughabove: :laughabove: :giggle: :giggle: :giggle: :giggle: :laughabove: :laughabove:
With have to try that dark_side72 and lost lol

29 Jun 2008

well as fr me in the type of person who sit there with music player on and people wathcing at the same time..

29 Jun 2008

I prefer to keep myself to myself... not that I travel much by public transport these days but if I do I want to appreciate and enjoy my 'quiet time' without someone bleeting on about owt or nowt to pass the time of day.

29 Jun 2008

iPod on maximum volume and no eye contact here. I managed it for a full 16 hour flight once... until the batteries gave out then it was keep the silent headset on to drown out the noise of the plane, and the possibility of conversation.

29 Jun 2008

the last time i went on public transport i sat down only to be greeted by the overwhelming smell of cat pee coming off a lady with two cats in a travel box :fuckinghell: if it hadn't have been raining i would have got off. but saying that i am the type who will speak if spoken too and i always seem to attract the local loony :silly: dunno

i must have an aura about me

29 Jun 2008

The local loony being Mr Wade :twisted: :twisted:

Quote by Mrs-wadefun
the last time i went on public transport i sat down only to be greeted by the overwhelming smell of cat pee coming off a lady with two cats in a travel box :fuckinghell: if it hadn't have been raining i would have got off. but saying that i am the type who will speak if spoken too and i always seem to attract the local loony :silly: i must have an aura about me

29 Jun 2008

heres a tip, if your on a crowded train / bus whatever, and you would like to keep the seat next to you empty, everytime someone see's it, just tap the seat with the palm of your hand and smile at them! Never fails to keep em away!

29 Jun 2008

What's public transport ?

29 Jun 2008

if you use public transport,why should you object to someone sitting next to you ?if it`s a problem for you take the car or a `re really not that special if that`s the way you think of fellow travellers.

29 Jun 2008

I once had an orgasm on a double decker bus... now that's public transport for ya! lol.... tight jeans, bumps mmmm wink

30 Jun 2008

If I am alone I may talk to someone, if I have nothing else to do.
Once, last year? We did have something to do, we never talked much!

30 Jun 2008

It depends on my mood!. I don`t very often get on public transport these day but when i do, if im in a good, happy mood i`ll chat with anyone if not I just keep myself to myself.

30 Jun 2008

i use public transport a fair bit these days...
its i-pod all the way for me too. Sometimes a pair of very dark (one way) shades.

30 Jun 2008

Quote by Dark_side72
If you have an empty seat next to you - make eye contact with anyone walking up the aisle, give them a big smile and pat the seat next to you. Keeps it free every time

gosh, I do that... I thought that I was being helpful. I just thought that people saw a better option further down the train. confused

It does keep the seat free though. :)

30 Jun 2008

I only seem to use public transport for longer journeys. I have a sneaky suspicion I am the village idiot as I seem to strike up conversation without even trying. I've even managed to get a whole tube section chatting. I didn't want to get off at my stop biggrin

2 Jul 2008

Having come from the north and half irish by ancestry chatting is second nature - oh and I did kiss that stone thingy in the 'castle'.
I was pleasantly surprised recently when taking a bus and three trains to get to Norwich just how many people spoke to me first or responded when I spoke to them. Of course it was not the saaf-eest was it?
Perhaps public transport is a great leveller and doesn't contain people who need to be in a car for egotistical or coccooning reasons?
No doubt we will all be going back to public transport as our oil continues to run out? That would negate my trip to Norwich, which was to buy a car! Must go to the 'sexual things to do list' thread as sex in the back seat of a car is something I have missed out on for some unknown reason!
Shay