Worst Greyhound experience?

[ssampier]

Let's see:

A gentlemen that had too much to drink, was fighting with someone on the bus. As the police arrived to haul his butt to jail, he said, "I never wanted to get off on this train station anyway."

I talked to guy, nice guy riding with his wife, both of whom are truck drivers. He seemed more 'together' than most bus passengers. However, he told me that if you fold a $1 bill the right way, you can see the Twin Towers burn.

I sat next to a guy who told me about Roswell Rods. Evidently they are these tiny worm-like flying bugs that escaped after the infamous 1947 "UFO" crash in Roswell, New Mexico. They move so fast we cannot see them normally. These Rods are responsible, according to this guy, for water and air
pollution.

There was the time the bus driver got lost and forgot the turn. Luckily it was my hometown so I directed him safely.

I got pretty lucky, since my Greyhound rides were fairly short (less than 3 hours ride normally). Luckily I never had to use the bathroom on any of them.

 

[Relique du Madde]

I was headed out to grade school one morning as a kid and I was on my scooter. Then this big greyhound dog started chasing me. I started to go faster on my scooter thinking I might be able to outrun the dog. Well, I got knocked over somehow and shattered a tooth. Well, I was lights out. The next thing I knew my mom was hovering over me as I came to on the couch in our house. Well the dog had managed to bite me while I was out. My mom got the owner of the dog to get it tested for rabies, and fortunatley it tested negative.

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Sure, I know, you guys meant the Greyhound Bus, but I couldn't help but share this since the thread title doesn't clarify that.

Rev, your problem was that when the Greyhound saw you it thought it could finally catch the motorized rabbit/fox. Course, it also doesn't help that when you spoke all that dog heard was this.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Let's see:

I sat next to a guy who told me about Roswell Rods. Evidently they are these tiny worm-like flying bugs that escaped after the infamous 1947 "UFO" crash in Roswell, New Mexico. They move so fast we cannot see them normally. These Rods are responsible, according to this guy, for water and air
pollution.

"Rod" theories are fun... however that one is the most outlandish of them (everyone knows they feed off psychic/paranormal energy).



I also forgot about the Italian Charter Bus which had an engine fire while I went on a pilgrimage to Assisi and how we were stranded at the Cathedral for like 2 hours as a result.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Let's see:

A gentlemen that had too much to drink, was fighting with someone on the bus. As the police arrived to haul his butt to jail, he said, "I never wanted to get off on this train station anyway."

I talked to guy, nice guy riding with his wife, both of whom are truck drivers. He seemed more 'together' than most bus passengers. However, he told me that if you fold a $1 bill the right way, you can see the Twin Towers burn.

I sat next to a guy who told me about Roswell Rods. Evidently they are these tiny worm-like flying bugs that escaped after the infamous 1947 "UFO" crash in Roswell, New Mexico. They move so fast we cannot see them normally. These Rods are responsible, according to this guy, for water and air
pollution.

People can be... strange.

There was the time the bus driver got lost and forgot the turn. Luckily it was my hometown so I directed him safely.

Not a Greyhound experience (since it was in Germany ):
There was a bomb defusion (WW II bomb, IIRC) going on near the railway station station of Oldenburg, and so "Die Bahn" got some replacement buses that would get passengers to Oldenburg at a "safe" place. The nice thing for me was that the alternate place the buses drove was very close to my flat, so I would actually be home faster then usual.

Unfortunately, the bus driver got lost - he took the wrong turn, and had to find a place to turn-over. And then, when we nearly arrived the improvised station, he was called and informed that the defusion was over and he should drive to the railway station...

But of course, the stupid one here was me - I should have just asked him to let me out.

 

[Ranger REG]

Obviously, most people wont have any incident anywhere near this to recount. However, in my experience, traveling long distance by bus gives you the best opportunity to meet all sorts of people who are both interesting and scary to some degree. The odd guy who decides to finish a bottle of whisky on the bus. Twitchy people who smell like they have not showered since last month. Or perhaps just the guy sitting next to you who is eager to tell you all about how the government is out to screw everyone.

So whats your story?

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Only bits and piece, from oddity to curiosity. Mind you, I was living on Oahu and there is no such thing as a Greyhound bus here, only in national TV commercials.

There was one where two girls were making out with one guy in the back of the bus.

There was one where a man just stood up from his seat and turns around and around in the aisle holding his organ out.

There was one who defecated in the back and then immediately departed the bus when it stopped. Only the mess and odor got left behind.

And when our City buses were those old models with no air conditioning, the kind you can open the windows when it is hot, sitting across many tourists with short skirts can afford an additional alternate scenic view if one is tired of the routine Hawaii scenery. Not that I tried to look hard or stare at them.

One thing I learned, never close your eyes while sitting in a bus, not even to take a nap.

 

[Lord Zardoz]

Not my own story again, but relevant to the thread.

Some guy locked himself in the bathroom on the bus from Ottawa to Montreal, and proceeded to peel his scalp off.

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=889d26b5-c212-4f43-8ed4-a443ccb00fa2

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[The Grumpy Celt]

Stabbed and decapitated? Good lord.

I've got nothing on that. Last time i rode the bus, I called my parents on the phone and mentioned taking a train next time. Then an old man, four rows up, turned around and started talking to me about trains. And he was one of those deaf people who thinks everyone is deaf, so he was using his "outdoor voice."

 

[LightPhoenix]

There was one where two girls were making out with one guy in the back of the bus.

Probably my ex-gf.

I don't generally have bad Greyhound bus stories... worst I can come up with is an asian girl fell asleep on me one time. There was a driver that used to do the Syracuse-NYC route (and whatever came before Syracuse) that was a real hard-ass, but he was never actually mean.

 

[Merkuri]

Way back in high school we were taking a field trip with a chartered bus (not a school bus). The driver seemed a little... out of it. On the highway he kept straying into the breakdown lane and over the rumble strips. The bus also occasionally made this awful grinding sound that I believe was him grinding the gears (or so I was told - I've only ever driven automatics before).

But the worst part was when the teachers responsible for directing the driver were arguing about which route to take. It came to a point where he needed to decide whether to get off of a certain exit or stay on the highway, and he chose to do neither. He pulled up right in front of the exit sign, the highway on one side of us and the exit on the other, and stopped. I thought we were going to hit the sign, he had pulled up to it so fast. At this point one of the older kids (old enough to drive) in the back of the bus stood up and asked in all seriousness if they wanted him to drive. After staying there for a few moments the teachers came to an agreement about which way to go, and the bus driver backed up onto this busy highway, then finally picked a route.

I wasn't on this bus, but friends of mine were on another bus with the high school orchestra going on another field trip when they saw a rolling single tire pass them on the side of the highway. It was a tire from their bus. Nobody got hurt, and the bus was able to pull over safely minus one tire, but that was an experience they didn't easily forget.

 

[Ranger REG]

Probably my ex-gf.

Your ex looked good. Seen her upskirt.