Wednesday, 24 September 2008
A memorable first day
September 17th was my first day at work. And I made it a day to remember. Or better - they made it a day to remember.
In the morning, I was almost late because in the tube station at Nothing Hill Gate they stopped us for about 5 minutes, I don't know the reason.We were not allowed to go to the platform and I was to far to hear the explanations. Finally I made it.
In the evening I took the tube to take me to the Central Line. I changed trains and got a central line one and after 5 minutes the train stopped in a station and the driver said that there is a signal failure and we will depart as soon as that is fixed. So I waited for about half an hour. Then I decided to got off the train. In the station there were a lot of policemen, I don't know what they were doing. They could have signalized one every 100m - if the system is not reliable - and the train could have departed.
I asked at the station what bus could take me home and the driver said "W14" and for a couple of seconds I could not figure out what number was "W". My mind was repeating "double u fourteen", I could see the 1 and 4 but W was not in the group of natural numbers.
So I decided to take a bus which would take me closer to home. I waited 45 minutes for a convenient one.
On its way, a man got on and the driver told him something like to get off, because he was last night with a woman and I don't know what the problem had been.The man went: "I beg your pardon?"The driver went: "You were with a woman last night and you got on and [I don't know what he said, because English is a foreign language to me]"The man: "I beg your pardon? I am with no woman. I am single."If I had been him, I would have added: "I masturbate" or "I am abstinent" for a complete picture. I mean I wanted the problem solved and more evidence was needed for that. Oral evidence. Finally they made peace, the driver apologized and the show ended to my disappointment.
The bus's destination changed on our way, so instead to take us closer to home, we had to get off one tube station away. And I waited there for another 30-40 minutes for a second bus. Then I walked home and finally got there. It took me 3 hours to get home. Usually it takes me 1 hour to travel from work to home.
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