Bus I was on held up this morning by the driver getting the hump at some poor woman who'd made the mistake of putting her suitcase in the luggage rack. You know – the one that's annoyingly always got a box of waste paper in it.
Apparently she wasn't standing or sitting near enough for to be obviously hers and he was afraid it could be a bmb, cos that's obviously what he's been told is policy. But leaving it around the corner where he can only see it on CCTV is perfectly ok. Could still be a bmb, but now it's fine. And the Metro (owned by the Daily hateMail) is fully available for all to see and litter London with. And all is well again in bus-driver land and we can continue on our way.

by Oddnessandcharm

18 comments

  1. Note to self: Use of asterisks not encouraged in the modern world either.

  2. The metro box on London buses is infamously (and correctly, imo) used as a trash bin amongst staff. It’s a good space to dump all the trash in there and it gets picked up by the cleaning staff at the end of the day 😆

  3. If the Thameslink is anything to go by, no one ever uses the luggage racks – just hold on to it, blocking the corridor, because apparently there is a thriving market for stollen, dirty, holiday underwear…

  4. You know you won’t get in trouble for saying “bomb” right?

  5. Of all the things / annoyances I’ve seen on the buses, this is probably pretty low down on the list.

  7. Oh, darling, the luggage space is for the bourgeoisie’s designer handbags and the proletariat’s hopes and dreams.We mustn’t clutter it with mere luggage!Let it be a sanctuary for the whimsical and the extravagant.

  8. ‘oh you’re sitting close to it? It’s clearly not a bomb then. Thank god noone has ever committed suicide while bombing somewhere ever. Could you imagine? What would you ever call that? Suicide-by-being-near-your-own-bomb? Doesn’t have a ring to it at all.

  13. In the times I’ve been on the bus in London, those bins were always perfectly fine with fresh newspapers. I don’t understand where the problem is. If you need to take your luggage with you, it should be clearly and obviously with you. That’s not just London, that’s everywhere.. It seems you’re just frustrated at being scolded on somebody else’s behalf, which I understand, but it’s not a real argument

  16. Little tip;
    Put your suitcase the other way round and put the handle up through the hand rails so it doesn’t roll away

  17. Could do with being a vertical paper holder, something or somewhere else, or just not existing. Because it makes people put luggage in the disabled space, or a trip hazard in the aisle. It’s all lols, until you’re weak, old, or disabled.

  18. Pretty sure the Metro paper is paying for this space. Stuff like this is the reason that if you miss your bus, you only have to wait 10-20 minutes for the next, and not 30min-1hr 🤷🏼‍♂️ I’m sure you’ll agree that is more important/beneficial to more people than a bit more luggage space for you.

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