Thursday, September 25, 2008

Sometimes I wonder about the tube drivers in this city. This happened earlier this month:

Tube driver (at the tube stop before Finchley Road station): This train will NOT be stopping at Finchley Road. I repeat, this train will NOT be stopping at Finchley Road.

(train pulls into Finchley Road, slows down, and stops, but the doors don't open)

Tube driver: This train will NOT be stopping at Finchley Road. (pause) I'm aware that we've actually stopped at Finchley Road, but we will not be stopping at Finchley Road.

This is the first time I've heard an entire tube carriage of people burst into laughter.

2 comments:

Connie Marie said...

I hope you come back and write somemore. I found your blog today from Google. I was looking for an answer to a trivia question.

J. Alfred Prufrock said...

Why has YOUR train stopped at Finchley Road?

J.A.P.