Random conversations on buses

A few years ago I overheard two ladies talking in the bus. One had obviously recovered from an illness.
Her friend asked 'How are you now that you're alright? Alright?'. The other lady replied 'Alright thanks'. It just tickled me for some reason.

Many years ago in Scotland we went past the cinema and the lady behind me exclaimed ‘GREASE’ How can they make a film about grease, is it about a garage? The word grease, was pronounced ‘greeze’ which did make it sound like the chip shop variety!

My mum and dad met on a bus in 1956. She was a conductress on the circular route. Dad got on and never got off!

I got talking to someone on a bus who disclosed they had met their husband on a bus! They just hit it off and ended up together and are happily married.

Overheard when a group of us were lunching in a carvery, " well, she does like having things shoved up her!"

Luckygirl your anecdote reminded me of when my daughter had her first baby. The morning following the birth a nurse came into her room. The nurse was very excited and said 'We have a consultants wife on the unit.' My daughter had to tell her that she was that wife.

Off topic. Before legal restrictions, on a long haul flight, my husband nudged me and whispered "well that couple just had fun in the loo" -- how he worked that out I've never discerned.

Not on public transport, but it seems I’ve the sort of face people can talk to from a lady on her way to visit her sister in St Nicks (psychiatric) Hospital to the middle aged (badly dressed) transvestite who sat next to me in an empty cafe to show me pictures of his grandchildren.
The DDs are used to finding me listening to the trials and tribulations of total strangers! It’s a good job I don’t mind.

I've been on a train where a man was having a loud conversation with his partner (I assume) about how far/much her cervix was dilated . After much squirming and exchanges of looks in the carriage, the man sitting next to him just said out loud "Mate! Really?"

In my first job I went to the loo and heard two other women come into the cloakroom. They started talking about me. I sat, frozen, in the cubicle until they'd done what they needed to and gone.

Luckily, they thought I was going to shape up ok!

MissAdventure

Germanshepherdsmum

What did you tell the lady who asked about FGM? 😱

I told her what it was, and she thanked me, once she'd recovered from the shock somewhat.

I never knew there was an acronym FGM.

I did know minimal facts to the offence. I learn a lot reading GN.

Luckygirl3

Overheard by me on the bus many many years ago in a village we had just moved in to:

"Have you seen that new young doctor at the surgery? Poor man is as thin as can be and looks as though he needs a good meal. Whatever must his wife be thinking to let him get like that?"

I was that wife!

I hope you rushed home and made that poor, thin young man a roast dinner followed by apple crumble and custard!
😁

Germanshepherdsmum

I hope you had smelling salts to hand MissA! Well done, that was brave.

Thanks.
It had obviously been on her mind, so I suppose I must have looked like the type that would know.

Just remembered, my one-sided conversation also covered immigration, racism, that immigrants and people on benefits should do community service eg helping old people with their gardens, the need for a limit on the number of children allowed, and how the Russians respect Putin!
All this and more on a 30 minute journey.

On a long flight back from America chatting to my neighbour about gardening. He said how much he enjoyed the gardens built by Serendipity Jones. I have looked but so far failed to find him!

I hope you had smelling salts to hand MissA! Well done, that was brave.

When I commuted by bus regularly I always had my knitting with me. I was invariably engaged in conversation thus…
No it’s not crochet, it’s knitting
Oh your gran/nan/ mum knitted too.
Then a 20 minute reminiscence about said relative. I never minded and they obviously enjoyed it.

Germanshepherdsmum

What did you tell the lady who asked about FGM? 😱

I told her what it was, and she thanked me, once she'd recovered from the shock somewhat.

I met a lady on a bus to the highlands, who had travelled from Uist to Glasgow to go to the pound shop!!!
She told me a lot about her life, and the fact that her husband had only ever travelled off Uist once, then said "I've been elsewhere, and it was very nice, but I'll not leave again"

What did you tell the lady who asked about FGM? 😱

We live in a rural area where the buses are sometimes erratic so in order to pass the time I usually strike up a conversation with anyone waiting at the bus stop (I hope I am not boring😀). It very much depends on age. I will talk to anyone but if I see a youngster I know they invariably will have headphones on and be on their phone. Shame!

I've had some interesting conversations on buses.
One elderly woman asked me what FGM was, as she had asked her daughter, who wouldnt tell her.

Then a lady seemed desperate to talk, and told me she had "just" lost her husband. (It was actually almost two years prior)
I didn't feel up to chatting at all, but we did, and I hope we both felt a bit better afterwards.

Overheard by me on the bus many many years ago in a village we had just moved in to:

"Have you seen that new young doctor at the surgery? Poor man is as thin as can be and looks as though he needs a good meal. Whatever must his wife be thinking to let him get like that?"

I was that wife!

I do not use buses anymore as I never know if they will turn up or not, but I have sometimes had unpleasant conversations with taxi drivers talking about the Koran, I just say, sorry, I am not interested. When I pay for a taxi, I want to get to my destination in peace and quiet.