Things you noticed while waiting on or using public transport today

[The_Tipping_King]

:lol:

[Rintintin]

Forever more I’m going to chance this in the hope I get a free fair from a Taxi driver, thanks for the tip Rocko.

[turfcutter]

Dublin Buses have become filthy, the smell of piss was worse than a cattle mart

[Watch_The_Break]

@turfcutter

Dublin Buses have become filthy, the smell of piss was worse than a cattle mart

Most of Dublin smells of piss

[turfcutter]

I don’t remember it being quite so potent

@Watch The Break

Most of Dublin smells of piss

[Bandage]

That’s gas stuff out of old man Rocko. :lol:

[Flano]

What I want to know is if the play was any good. I’m thinking of going to it.

[myboyblue]

@Rocko

A taxi isn’t really public transport but I had an embarrassing moment earlier.

I went to Death of a Salesman in the Gate* this evening. I purchased a sandwich from a shop near my work, then got in a taxi and asked the driver to bring me to the Gate Theatre. Conversation went as follows:

“Gate Theatre please.”
“Sure thing. O’Connell Street way ok?”
“Yeah, that’s fine.”
“What’s on?”
“Death of a Salesman”
“Ah that’s right. It’s a good one.”
“It is alright.”
“…” semi-incoherent mumble with inflected tone at the end “…?”
“Sorry?”
“Are you…” followed by semi-incoherent mumble with inflected tone at the end “…?”
“Eh… yeah” (guess at the answer to a question I didn’t hear)
“Really? What part?”
“Eh just a small one.”
“One of the sons?”
“No, the friend.”
“And do you wear that suit in it?”
“Eh, no.”
“So what’s the suit for?”
“Ah I needed it for something earlier.”
“I knew you were an actor when I saw the sandwich.”
“Ah yeah. Eh why?”
“Just thought you’d eat the sandwich before you went on stage. Fill you up like.”
“Yeah that’s it.”
“Will I bring you to the stage door?”
“Eh no thanks. Main entrance will do fine.”
“I’ve an umbrella in the boot if you want it. Don’t want you going on stage wet.”
“Ah I’ll be grand. We have towels in the dressing room.”
“Great.”

Wouldn’t take the full fare and promised he’d go to see the play this week.

Lesson is: don’t guess the answer to a question you haven’t heard properly. I was terribly embarrassed in the taxi, I felt like I’d deceived him.

*thinly veiled, I’m such a wank.

Ah thats a belter of a story.

[farmerinthecity]

@Rocko

A taxi isn’t really public transport but I had an embarrassing moment earlier.

I went to Death of a Salesman in the Gate* this evening. I purchased a sandwich from a shop near my work, then got in a taxi and asked the driver to bring me to the Gate Theatre. Conversation went as follows:

“Gate Theatre please.”
“Sure thing. O’Connell Street way ok?”
“Yeah, that’s fine.”
“What’s on?”
“Death of a Salesman”
“Ah that’s right. It’s a good one.”
“It is alright.”
“…” semi-incoherent mumble with inflected tone at the end “…?”
“Sorry?”
“Are you…” followed by semi-incoherent mumble with inflected tone at the end “…?”
“Eh… yeah” (guess at the answer to a question I didn’t hear)
“Really? What part?”
“Eh just a small one.”
“One of the sons?”
“No, the friend.”
“And do you wear that suit in it?”
“Eh, no.”
“So what’s the suit for?”
“Ah I needed it for something earlier.”
“I knew you were an actor when I saw the sandwich.”
“Ah yeah. Eh why?”
“Just thought you’d eat the sandwich before you went on stage. Fill you up like.”
“Yeah that’s it.”
“Will I bring you to the stage door?”
“Eh no thanks. Main entrance will do fine.”
“I’ve an umbrella in the boot if you want it. Don’t want you going on stage wet.”
“Ah I’ll be grand. We have towels in the dressing room.”
“Great.”

Wouldn’t take the full fare and promised he’d go to see the play this week.

Lesson is: don’t guess the answer to a question you haven’t heard properly. I was terribly embarrassed in the taxi, I felt like I’d deceived him.

*thinly veiled, I’m such a wank.

Unlike your ridiculous minor/under 18 post yesterday, that is propah.

Laughed out loud at that.

:lol:

[Bandage]

It is indeed very funny, Farmer. But it’s yet more evidence of Rocko (and family) being ‘socially weak’.

[farmerinthecity]

‘So what’s the suit for?’

:lol:

[Fagan_ODowd]

Second time today. Grrr

[Spidey]

When there’s no ramifications why bother? It’s a pity their contract can’t get yoinked like Transdev

[Fagan_ODowd]

Third time in a week it’s happened to me actually.

[Juhniallio]

Ive been ghost buss3d 4 times in the last 3 times ive used/attempted to use buses

[Copper_pipe]

Bustimes .org is handy.

It uses the GPS and shows you on a map
how many buses are on the route and where they are.

N6 - Finglas Village - Naomh Barróg GAA

If you click the link and then tracking it’ll show you the live state of play for the N6 route.

[caulifloweredneanderthal]

It’s very accurate I find.

[Bandage]

TFI live app is a useful tool though. I was about to pack up my office belongings after a spot of coffee badging (cc @StoneCold) but noticed a late cancellation which will allow me to conclude some financial analysis.

[farmerinthecity]

There was a meet up of my wife’s family yesterday. I drove intending on driving back. The men on the family proposed going for pints to the local while the women stayed back chatting and minding the childer. Amazingly they agreed,

Anyway, there is a bus stop practically outside the house where the meet up occurred so I could leave the car and have a few. It dropped us a five minute walk from our house.

And it got me thinking.

For the most part Dublin Bus is a terrific service and often doesn’t the credit it deserves when Dublin’s public transport system gets hammered. The bus arrived on time, charged fuck all and the little lad loved it.

[Bisto]

@farmerinthecity

For the most part Dublin Bus is a terrific service and often doesn’t the credit it deserves when Dublin’s public transport system gets hammered

I know it pays ok but for me it Has to be one of the worst jobs about . Driving in traffic , dealing with a lot of tricky customers etc.