other 6 August 2010
They say hell is other people and from 2 train journeys, yesterday and tonight, I’d be in agreement just now. The first, a metrolink trip in Manchester, was quite amusing – probably because it was no more than 10 minutes of listening to 2 people say the same things over and over again to one another. Basically one of the men involved was DEFINITELY going to get onto his mobile phone company next July (planning ahead) when his contract is up and let them know that he wants the same deal but a new phone as he’s had the same phone three years now. His companion said ‘you should say you’ve had offers from other companies.’ First Man ‘my contract is up in July and I’m going to say to them that I want the same deal but a different phone. I’ve had the same phone 3 years now.’ Companion ‘you should say you’ve had offers from other companies.’ First Man ‘my contract is up in July, etc’ and on and on and on for 6 stops and then I got off. I have the feeling they’re still discussing the issue in another venue now, in exactly the same terms as yesterday.
Tonight it was loud boom box music, raucous chatter from some overexcited youths and youthettes who were going to Brighton via That London and a drunk man opposite me who was convinced I was the character married to Dev in Coronation Street (the fumes were heady). He also assured me I’d get ‘glowceemia’ (sic) from working too much on the laptop.
I was glad to arrive clean and serene to Himself and shall take to the cot now with an abstemious hot chocolate.
Goodnight to Friday, and all who’ve sailed in her.
