Public Transport stories

[Cruyff14]

Gave my seat up on the train for a pregnant woman on the train - no problem with that.

The guy sitting opposite me got off at the next stop. Silently raged. FFS.

Then there was another woman who thought it would be a great idea to shout into her phone when she was having a conversation. Terribly obnoxious.

Then there are the giggling school girls who don't shut up.

I'm sure people have many to share.

/rant

 

[TheFreshBanana]

Suffered a terrible back injury at work, an absolute pain to bear while standing on the train.

Luckily I sat on a seat across a man wearing a Bruce Springsteen outfit. Looked nothing like him.

A pregnant lady got on and I was subtly hinting at Fake Bruce to give her his seat. Eventually he got the message.

Then I just realised the next stop was where I got off.

As I left, I heard a lady shouting into her phone and giggling school girls.

Then I burnt my myki and took out a loan to buy a car.

And booked driving lessons.

 

[FootyJunkie]

2004-ish.... Saturday Night train, late.... St.Kilda just won some game at Docklands... there was an absolute feral old lady screaming "goooooooooooo Sainteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerss" and "go Riewoldt, go Riewoldt, go Harvey, go Harvey", rinse and repeat up until about Box Hill

 

[rdhopkins2]

Junkies in the train are always fun. The ones on ice usually talk to themselves or make no sense or rage abuse to randoms.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

I once saw a cow on officer station.

 

[TheFreshBanana]

Yeah, I've been on a few trams where there are guys who absolutely stink so bad.

Usually it's because they're homeless.

Not great, as their waft legit takes up at least a third of the tram. Feel sorry for whoever gets stuck sitting near him, with nowhere to move.

Wonder how ticket inspectors handle the situation

 

[TheFreshBanana]

Oh, and I've always wondered this but thankfully hasn't happened to me yet...

Has anyone been late for a train so you quickly jump on the train without time to swipe your Myki (or whatever other ticketing system) but then get busted on the train with no valid ticket?

I mean, it's a pretty valid excuse, isn't it?

Or if you get off and it's a train station with barriers. What do you do?

 

[Cruyff14]

There was also the school girl last week who ried to squeeze down the aisle past someone, with her schoolbag on her back. I actually laughed in disbelief at her effort and shook my head.

It seems people's brains turn to mush once they set foot on a train.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

I once sat down on a peak hour train

 

[JUBJUB]

Junkies in the train are always fun. The ones on ice usually talk to themselves or make no sense or rage abuse to randoms.

So Bigfooty late on a saturday night ?

 

[Mofra]

I once got into a van in Tanzania (Dala Dala) which doubles as the public transport system and at one point we had 33 people on board.
I was the only muzungu

 

[ioppolo]

An Aboriginal chick got arrested for having Jim Beam on the train coming out of Northbridge one Saturday night. She tried the policy brutality against black people card.

 

[Gough]

I once got into a van in Tanzania (Dala Dala) which doubles as the public transport system and at one point we had 33 people on board.
I was the only muzungu

VW Combi with 21 on board was the worst I travelled on in South Africa.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

I once sat down on a peak hour train

That's because you went to Flinders Street and got a train from there.

 

[GreyPower]

I hate it when I get stuck sitting next to someone, who's breath smells like a combination of cigarettes and s**t.

 

[KardiniaPark]

My wife was on a tram, a deadshit houso/smackie got on with his shopping. He somehow trips over his feet and steps on his bag spilling the contents. He looks down '* me ricotta' his huge tub of ricotta was all over the ground.

So he does what any normal person would do, he starts scooping it up into his hands and eating it while muttering to himself.

 

[ChappyUK]

I once got drunk at the casino and jumped on the first Frankston line train. Fell asleep and woke up at Bentleigh which was my stop.

It was only when I got off that I realised the train was heading back into the city and it was 2 hrs since I got on.

 

[Silent Alarm]

I catch the 86, 96, or 11 (is the 11 formerly the 112?). Every trip is a story. If it doesn't stink like something, that something is probably unfolding in front of you.

 

[Cruyff14]

I catch the 86, 96, or 11 (is the 11 formerly the 112?). Every trip is a story. If it doesn't stink like something, that something is probably unfolding in front of you.

When I used to get the 86 back in 06, there was a bum who would get on somewhere near the Hospital on Nicholson St who would smell like piss and talk to himself.

 

[Silent Alarm]

When I used to get the 86 back in 06, there was a bum who would get on somewhere near the Hospital on Nicholson St who would smell like piss and talk to himself.

Just the singular?

 

[Quivorir]

When I used to get the 86 back in 06, there was a bum who would get on somewhere near the Hospital on Nicholson St who would smell like piss and talk to himself.

Was probably Silent Alarm.

 

[Cruyff14]

Just the singular?

From what I remember, long time ago haha.

I bloody hate trams.

 

[Shell]

2004-ish.... Saturday Night train, late.... St.Kilda just won some game at Docklands... there was an absolute feral old lady screaming "goooooooooooo Sainteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerss" and "go Riewoldt, go Riewoldt, go Harvey, go Harvey", rinse and repeat up until about Box Hill

Reason why I never EVER go somewhere on PT without my ipod. To drown out the crazies and teenybopper dicks.

I bloody hate trams.

Trams are slow, but for some reason I prefer them over trains.

 

[Mr_Bojangles]

When in Melbourne a few years was getting the tram from Port Melbourne to St Kilda with my brother. Teenager gets on and goes up to the back seat huffing paint and getting high by himself making a few people nervous. Next stop an old lady is trying to get on with her bag on wheels thing and struggling a bit. The teenager gets off the back seat and asks if she's okay and helps her and her cart up on to the tram asking how her day is. Nan is on, her cart is on, old mate goes back to the seat at the back to continue huffing paint.

 

[FootyJunkie]

When in Melbourne a few years was getting the tram from Port Melbourne to St Kilda with my brother. Teenager gets on and goes up to the back seat huffing paint and getting high by himself making a few people nervous. Next stop an old lady is trying to get on with her bag on wheels thing and struggling a bit. The teenager gets off the back seat and asks if she's okay and helps her and her cart up on to the tram asking how her day is. Nan is on, her cart is on, old mate goes back to the seat at the back to continue huffing paint.

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