conversations that only bus people have

@Poppylicious I think it was on the X90 London to Oxford. You do hear some funny stuff on that route. I usually get stuck opposite some man who has turned the bus into his office and is loudly making deals and being very boring trying to look important. There is a whole army of this breed. I am not sure who they think they are trying to impress.

I haven't yet had the pleasure of that experience, to my knowledge. :)

@Jackalyn Oh, a commuter coach?? Folk like that are a lesser known breed on the buses arounnd here!

@Poppylicious I rarely use mine - I hate even having one

I hate how phone use ruins almost every event - including just walking down the street - although I am guilty of it myself.

@arthurchappell Mine is mostly used for playing games and checking emails and doing surveys at bus stops so that I don't have to talk to people!

I can imagine. It is my every day, but with noisy British people who appear to be taking on the mannerisms of noisy Italian folk!

@Poppylicious People always learn the worst from other cultures, it is so bad.

My trusty tablet, my phone, or a book help with that!

@Poppylicious The phone or book would most likely rescue me.

@Poppylicious I remember I much preferred skirting around Glasgow en-route from the north-east to Stranraer... Eaglesham, on my route, was described as a "Historic Conservation Village", which always raised a smile.

I may have made up the Quaint. Although it is on the tourist maps. However, the little town of my home declares, Welcome to *this place*, an historic market town. We have a three stall market once a week, there used to be an Abbey here until it got burnt down hundreds of years ago, and it's one of the many hundreds of places which lay claim to Boudicca, in one form or another. You would think that for a town mentioned in the Domesday Book, it would have a little more history, but no ...

I have no choice as I don't drive and Husband doesn't go my way. I don't mind though. I enjoy it, unless it's exceedingly late or ridiculously busy.

I love it, mostly. It's an interesting place to both people-watch and listen to conversations!

I know!