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Hello again
As of about two years ago i found myself a regular user of public transport, mostly trains and tram network in and around Melbourne And outer suburbs.
I have a perfectly good car but found for mainly economical reasons and not wanting to Fight traffic congestion and paying exorbitant parking fees its just as easy to walk down the street and jump on a train get get going.

But in this time i have seen some ( real weird s**t ) and had the usual hold ups and could probably tell many story's.

So i post here so you may share any of these odd happenings, or complaints etc etc.
Things like how you find your service/things that s**t you and any Venting you may like to post.
Thanks
 
One time on the train home from the footy this guy gets on and starts pissing on the seat as if it was the most normal thing in the world. Train was pretty full and not one person said anything lol.
This chick got on a few stations later and sat in it and screamed almost instantly haha
All of this really did happen
 
Only really use it during footy season and have done so twice this year, I wont be bothering to again but. It probably doesnt help I live on the Frankston line but the amount 20-30 year old, dole bludging drunks that think its their right to walk up and down the carriage terrorising people is on the sharp rise. And this was Friday afternoon at 5pm.
 

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Yep i can certainly believe these first two posts as i happen to live on the same line.
Got no idea what the third post is.
 
I've been on a train with pretty much no one on it to which a guy in his mid 40's walked on with a deck chair and opened it up and just sat in the middle of the isle.
 
benchwarmer5 said:
One time on the train home from the footy this guy gets on and starts pissing on the seat as if it was the most normal thing in the world. Train was pretty full and not one person said anything lol.
This chick got on a few stations later and sat in it and screamed almost instantly haha
All of this really did happen
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appropriate username is appropriate
 
I've only really started being a frequent user of the public transport system this year when I started Uni but the Pakenham/Cranbourne line seems kinda seedy from what I've seen so far.

Aside from the general buffoons and drunk idiots that frequent the line I saw a discarded steak knife underneath one of the seats afew weeks ago. I sat across from it and eyed it off for most of my trip and once I reached my destination slowly backed away from it while facing it.
 
Was sitting innocently on the tram when a woman passenger starts up a conversation with the woman tram driver. Apparently a group of drunk French backpackers were on the tram the night before. One decided it'd be perfectly normal to take a piss out of the tram door onto the oncoming traffic. Tram driver waits patiently for him to finish his business before going on his way.

Does not surprise me in the least, unfortunately.

A couple years back I was sitting on the train when a guy clearly under the influence of some queer substance or other sat front and left from me. Was playing with a lighter the whole trip and threatened a couple of brash teens with "I fire you".

Fair to say I was a nervous as I edged past him on my way off the tram.

We've got the friendly Maori chromer who inhabits the Upfield line. Been known to dance about the stations at times. Big bloke and can be disconcerting at times but seems relatively harmless.
 
benchwarmer5 said:
One time on the train home from the footy this guy gets on and starts pissing on the seat as if it was the most normal thing in the world. Train was pretty full and not one person said anything lol.
This chick got on a few stations later and sat in it and screamed almost instantly haha
All of this really did happen
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For some reason this line made me laugh more than the actual story.
 
savagelunchbox said:
I've been on a train with pretty much no one on it to which a guy in his mid 40's walked on with a deck chair and opened it up and just sat in the middle of the isle.
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LMAO-Pure gold this one:D



And Space cow i can remember having to take a journey to pakenham.
First boarded the train to caulfield and changed, then had to get off at dandenong to take the rest of the trip. Couldn't help thinking Geez am i ever going to get there. I think the whole trip took nearly an hour. Dam long way out and pity anyone who has to travel to and from the City each day.
 
Was going to a Freo game a few years ago. As per usual, my dad and I got on at Fremantle station. We usually get to Subiaco at about lunchtime, so we can go to a cafe and grab some lunch. This guy is on the train. He's evidently coming down off of something. He proceeds to ask me if I'd like a swig of his beer, if I was in school, and every other question under the sun. He basically asked my dad, or forced him, to call up his dero girlfriend and tell her that boyfriend dearest was indeed on the train.

Aside from that, there's not much. When in Melbourne, I usually catch the 86 tram or ones around the CBD. There's not a huge amount of trouble. The same goes for Perth, as the Fremantle line is (in my opinion) undoubtedly the best, least-scabby line.

Now that I'm 18, I'm sure I'll have some issues soon...
 

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On my way back from the cricket one day (Boxing Day test day 3 or 4 I think) a few years back on the Pakenham line a guy who had a few cold ones at the game got talked into singing and dancing an entire song for our carriage. He actually sung really well and had very funny dance moves, mimicking people trying their best to ignore him and the such. I have been catching the train for 6 years and that is the single most funniest and unique thing I have ever seen. He also got a round of applause from the rest of the carriage, unique in itself trains are usually such anti-social places.
 
Silent Alarm said:
Was going to a Freo game a few years ago. As per usual, my dad and I got on at Fremantle station. We usually get to Subiaco at about lunchtime, so we can go to a cafe and grab some lunch. This guy is on the train. He's evidently coming down off of something. He proceeds to ask me if I'd like a swig of his beer, if I was in school, and every other question under the sun. He basically asked my dad, or forced him, to call up his dero girlfriend and tell her that boyfriend dearest was indeed on the train.
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And your old man just sat there and watched his son being led astray by an obviously shady individual? Sounds like a good father.
 
jiphoc said:
On my way back from the cricket one day (Boxing Day test day 3 or 4 I think) a few years back on the Pakenham line a guy who had a few cold ones at the game got talked into singing and dancing an entire song for our carriage. He actually sung really well and had very funny dance moves, mimicking people trying their best to ignore him and the such. I have been catching the train for 6 years and that is the single most funniest and unique thing I have ever seen. He also got a round of applause from the rest of the carriage, unique in itself trains are usually such anti-social places.
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On the singing issue i think at one time many years back that youths used to organise in carriage entertainment in the form of live bands. Yep that's right.
Live bands on the then Hitachi silver trains. Just walk on with a few drums under arms and Battery Amplifiers and play.
Not to sure how i would feel about this idea as i find i like to sit down and tune out and try get a window seat and watch the world travel by.
 
benchwarmer5 said:
One time on the train home from the footy this guy gets on and starts pissing on the seat as if it was the most normal thing in the world. Train was pretty full and not one person said anything lol.
This chick got on a few stations later and sat in it and screamed almost instantly haha
All of this really did happen
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So, of that whole carriage, nobody thought to warn her?

Rude. :thumbsdown:
 
Had a weird occurrence on a bus a few months back. This random guy gets on the bus a few stops after me, then proceeded to whinge about the volume level of the radio that was on the bus itself (not someone elses mp3 player or headphones being nearby).

The rest of us had no problem, but this guy was just looking for an argument. He kept on whinging about it, including going up to the bus driver several times, where i thought he was going to make an attempt to grab the steering wheel, or deliberately cause an accident. The bus driver manages to pull over and has a few stern words with the guy, the guy now realizing what a moron he was, turns the argument from music volume to passenger mistreatment and then threatens to ring the bus company. He returned to his seat, still complaining about the volume of the radio... and proceeds to make a phone call about the situation. While the bus driver took down the rest of our details as witnesses for his own complaint.



I love group sing alongs on public transport :D, particularly if everyone is into the same music and joins in. Great way to pass the time, if the trip is a long one.
 
Coming home from London some years ago after a particularly good evening, jumped on the train, promptly fell asleep, missed my station (Taplow) and ended up in Newbury, not the worlds busiest place at 2 am on a Sunday morning. Pissed and disorientated I found a cab driver and agreed a fee, 70 quid, to get me home.
 
Note that the two posters docker-Azza And Gough asleep and wake to find themselves at the end of the lines an interesting one. I've fallen asleep a bit but somehow just wake up in time to get off at my stop,must just have radar or something as i have been drunk but still make my stop?
Where i do get into trouble is when i get chatting with someone on the train.
Usually ( after a footy match ) and its a little or a lot dark outside. Get prattling on so much i have missed my stop by one or two stations at least.
Then by the time i get off and walk around the other side of the station another train had passed and I'm left sitting there another 25 minutes. Feel like a real D**k when that happens and worse, if some drunks turn up.
Nowadays the trains have a programmed voice that tells you the next stop,thanks goodness.
 
Used to take the train from Boronia on the Belgrave line to get to uni in the city - long trip, but good time to take a bit of extra sleep or read/study. One would think there would be plenty of nutters in that area but I really only encountered two - one bloke who was clearly high on something, walking around restlessly sans shirt and trying to light up a smoke as the train was moving. Couple of passengers got a bit antsy about it and I thought things might get bad but he just threw out some angry words and moved on to another carriage.

Another bloke, clearly not in his right mind, kept sitting next to people trying to talk to them about something insane (didn't sit next to me, thankfully) until a bloke told him to piss off. Nutter fired back and started swearing his head off, mixing in Nazi references (sounded like he had a German accent) and got off at the next station.
 

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