Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2006 18:00:16 GMT
Pick up my 2nd half one day in January 2006. It's bleddy cold, so I am dulled up with a hat and gloves... Minor delays are occuring and the witch-hunt for a suitable member of staff is well in motion... Who but happens to be the chosen one? Yes...you picked right candidate.... Walking briskly along the platform as my eastbound swings into view, I pass a few disgruntled folk. One happens to glance at me, so avoiding eye contact, I pretend to look for my J key in the bag as I am walking along... a few seconds later, I 'find' it and look towards the front of the train... About twelve steps later, one woman steps back and points in the direction of my cold sore on my upper lip, mutters about our disgusting personal hygeine and stomps on the train.... Hey Ho... I take Gilbert & Sullivan off the cab, advises me of a defect and I get in... the cab is lovely and warm so I waste no time in closing the door.... I close the doors, make a PA and set sail for the Eastern Shores.... Casually I glance through the spy hole, looking for 'that passenger'... Eye Spy.... No doubt she's off to Fortnums in Regent Street.... The tea so expertly prepared earlier was allowed to stew so, I opens the door and extracting the teabags, flick them out onto the track, just ahead of the train... I just happened to notice, that woman, casually standing by the 2nd set of doors, out of the corner of my eye... Finally get a non-restrictive aspect, so I close the doors and we get moving. Notting Hill Gate.... I arrive and just before we stop, notice an SA standing by the headwall... stop, open cab door, then open saloon doors, mutters summat about there being a fault with the tunnel lights, and then asks me if I've just started or just finishing. Appropriate answer given.... Spy that woman, she quietly talks to the SA, then points at me... SA glances over at me, winks and gives a reply to the woman.... She went as white as a sheet, looked quickly at me, horrified, the dissappeared round the passageway.... We had a good giggle at each other, so much so, I had to kick myself not to laugh when making a PA to stand clear of the doors!
