I'm thinking two is better than one.

The other day, I went to Oxford with Stephen. To do this, we had to catch a bus from Abingdon into Oxford. Now, if you don't live near or around where I live, then you won't know that the price of getting to Oxford from Abingdon and then back again is £4. Naturally, I didn't have any change on me whatsoever. I think I had about 20p in 5p's, but that was it, so Stephen and I both got a £10 out of a cash machine.

Stephen went first to get on the bus. Yep. £4. Okay. Stephen gave the bus driver a £10 note. She looked at him disgustedly, but gave him £6 change without saying a word.

Now it was my turn:

"Return to Oxford, please."

"That's £4, please."

"Sorry, all I have is a £10 note. I have no change whatsoever."

"Yeah, And I'll have no change by the end of this. Look, that's my last £5 note."

She then continued to pretty much throw the money, which consisted of a £5 note and a £1 coin, at me and then said "thank you" in a voice that was loud and sarcastic enough to kill a small child.

Stephen and I were discussing how ridiculous this all was on the bus. Now, I'm here to discuss it with you.

She is a service to the public, right? And I am her customer. I am one of the people letting her keep her job by stepping onto her bus and putting money into her hand. Whether that was £4 or £400, she shouldn't be complaining. The more customers she has, the more likely she won't get sacked for being so shit that she repels customers.

If you're going to make a return ticket to any place nearly a fiver, then you should expect that a lot of people are probably going to give you a greater amount of money, in which case, you should probably carry MORE notes on you.

And also, isn't that what change is for? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the fact that she was complaining because it was "her last £5 note" is retarded, because at the end of the day, she'll probably have given that "last £5 note" to anyone, whether it was me or fucking Jimbob down the street. Would she have complained to Jimbob too? Or did she just fancy having a go at me? It's CHANGE. You give CHANGE to people who give you a greater amount of money than the actual price. What does she want to do with it? Hang it up on her wall and fucking stare at it all day?

Anyway, she's lost one customer. I will never get on a bus if she's driving again. Even if that means waiting another 4 hours to get home...

Off topic, I have jumped on the Blackberry wagon. It's pretty and makes me smile because it doesn't restart itself every 10 seconds like my old piece of shit did.

BB pin: 22C736F4. :)

Heart, Zoe. x