Today was a train strike day. My line, thankfully had trains but only one an hour, the first one at 8.21 so I didn't get into school till 9.20am and went straight into Singing assembly. Twas all a bit frantic.
The 8.21 was UNBELIEVABLY FULL!
What made it more tolerable was the hilarious train driver announcements which he made at every station.
I thought I'd share them:
"If you can't get onto the roof of this train, there's another one in 15mins..." .
"Please make every effort to move as far along the train as is inhumanely possible."
"Please remove all obstructions from the door- arms, coats, legs, sleeves, bags, bicycle wheels so I can shut the doors!"
"I think we can safely say that this train is full. There is another one in 15 mins and if I can't shut the doors, we are not going anywhere!".
"Please note if that if the doors can't shut, they will break and we are definitely going no where and the train that is 15mins behind will be 20mins behind."
" Bored of this announcement! If you can hear me on the platform, this train is full. There's no way you're getting on this train as everyone has moved down as far as possible. There's another one 15mins behind. If you block the doors we'll be here for even longer so please don't try it!"
"We'll try that one again: please stand clear of the doors!"
By the time I reached my interchange station, I had no idea how I'd get off but miraculously, the other commuters parted like the Red Sea so I could make an exit. I thanked them profusely!
It made a stressful journey not so bad!