Amiable drunk: Hey! Are you driving this train?

Me: Not at present. *continue walking up the platform*

Amiable drunk: Will you be driving me home?

Me: No, but I'll drop you off at the nearest station if you like?

Amiable drunk: Cool!

Sometimes it's like shooting fish. :-D

This week has been spent learning how to handle the trains and getting some idea of the routes. The first part is relatively easy as I am already accustomed to the ways in which different signals work and how to judge speed and distance and so on. There's still a lot of learning to be done in some areas. Not least of which is the different layout ( Read more... )

'I don't know, ask that guy over there ( Read more... )

"Excuse me! Excuse me ( Read more... )

I've mentioned before the concept of being customered. This involves customers of an establishment asking questions of other people who don't actually work there. This happens to passengeraction a lot for some reason. A really lot. It even once happened to him while I was standing beside him in uniform. I'd guess it's the jacket. It makes him look 'employed'. I ( Read more... )