Yesterday I had the misfortune of travelling by bus, and this extended into a chain of events that may ultimately lead to the downfall of the world. OK I'm exagerating a tad.

(1) In West Ealing I boarded a bus number 427 to Acton High Street - the destination shown on the front of the bus, Three or four stops later the driver announced that the bus will terminate at the next stop - less than half of my journey.

(2) So after everyone gets of, driver of bus 427 drives off. Two minutes later bus number 207 - run by the same company, and covers the same route arrives. I got on and informed the driver that I had already paid, but he still insisted that I had to pay again. Surely, this is extertion - for example if I paid someone to do a piece of work, I shouldn't have to pay again if the person did not complete the work! It only cost me £0.15 so apart form being a bit peeved, I would of just shrugged it off in the end.

(3) Last night, I had an evening meeting to go to, and if I was to top up my bus pass then I would have had to go on a massive trek to find a shop that was still open. So, my intention - the next day I was going to take 2 buses - and by the bus stop fo rthe second bus is a shop where I couold top up my pass.

(4) Becsuse I was charged twice my balnce fell to £1.30 - 5p short of the cost of the first bus journey. So, after waiting 10 minutes for the bus, my pass was rejected, so I had a 20-25 minute walk to the catch the second bus, calling in at the shop on the way (less than 5 minutes).

(5) As I approached the bus stop, what was going to be my second bus was pulling away - so more bus waiting!

(6) So I arrive at my client 30 minutes late, in a foul mood.