Clueless Bus Passenger

[smfrazier]

This story was told to me by a fellow bus rider:

"This always cracks me up.

Someone got on the bus and said:
"I need to get to Bill's house. Is this the right bus?"
Bus Driver: Bill who? What's his last name?
Passenger: I don't know.
Bus Driver: What's his address?
Passenger: I don't know.
Bus Driver: Do you at least know the street name?
Passenger: No.
Bus Driver: Then I don't know what to tell ya.

I see this kind of thing all the time and always get a kick out of it."

[PepperElf]

and i'm betting they then berate the driver for not "helping"

[telecom_goddess]

What the hell? How is anyone else supposed to know who "Bill" is? And why would you go to his house if you had no idea where he lived?

I really don't get some ppl.

[ThirdGenRetail]

"I'm sorry, sir, this bus goes to neither Bill CLINTON nor Bill COSBY'S house."

[Mr Hero]

I'm looking for Bill. Have you seen any Bills around?

[taurinejunkie]

Bill Stickers is innocent !

[Ben_Who]

Where he'll have a bill, bill time.

...I think I just set a new indoor record for obscure references AND dated myself horribly. Odd what sticks sometimes, innit...

[smfrazier]

Rereading my post made me think of something my mother told me. She use to read employment applications. For references they were suppose to name people they know, how many years they've known them, and address and phone number. Some people would just list names with no way to contact them. Sometimes they would just have the first name. Like:

John- known for four years
Mary- known for three years
Bill- known for five years

I wonder if that's the same Bill the bus passenger was looking for?

[DeltaSierra]

This thread made me remember something too - my Mom and I had to drop off an air compressor for my brother in the town over. We got lost and stopped and asked for directions at a gas station - this was a SMALL town - and from the answer we got - the kind where everybody knows everyone else. The guy knew where we were headed so he wrote down the directions, we took them, went back to the truck, headed down the road in the direction he'd pointed and I began to read the directions (my mistake - I should have read them before leaving)

"Turn right at Steve's house, then go three or four streets until you pass Joe's farm, then hang a left at Thompson's " etc...

[Ironclad Alibi]

"Turn right at Steve's house, then go three or four streets until you pass Joe's farm, then hang a left at Thompson's " etc...

Then there's, "Turn right at the corner where the white house used to be."

[dalesys]

Then there's, "Turn right at the corner where the white house used to be."

Then there's just past the "3rd Dead Cat".

[PepperElf]

Rereading my post made me think of something my mother told me. She use to read employment applications. For references they were suppose to name people they know, how many years they've known them, and address and phone number. Some people would just list names with no way to contact them. Sometimes they would just have the first name. Like:

John- known for four years
Mary- known for three years
Bill- known for five years

I wonder if that's the same Bill the bus passenger was looking for?

Heh. kinda like when I have to fill out contact information for my previous jobs.... for me each military command is listed as a separate job cos i did different things at each.

problem is... for at least 3 of them the commands have been completely or partially decommissioned, and the ones that haven't... my supervisor is long gone.

[Ironclad Alibi]

It's time for the Mr. Bill Show.

[Kogarashi]

Then there's, "Turn right at the corner where the white house used to be."

My husband got that kind of thing in Venezuela. There, it was usually, "Turn left at the house with the mango tree and chicken in the front yard." Except in that part of Venezuela, every house had a mango tree and a chicken.

[RealUnimportant]

I get variations of this at the station, normally "is Station X anywhere near Road Y/Business Z..." Usually all they get is "I'm sorry, I've never been to any of those places, so I don't know."

While we do have limited access to the googles, it is actually policy to try not to look things up as it just delays everyone else. If it's quiet & we feel friendly, we might try but usually it's just not worth the hassle - we suggest they call whoever they're going to see for advice.