I've written before about a VERY funny trip courtesy of Megabus before. Well, I'm back on one of their coaches, and I have an amusing story to tell. This time, instead of a misogynistic control freak driver, we have a rather jolly older fellow who has a flair for drama.
So, on our bus the latch to the bathroom is stuck. If you are in the
restroom and try to lock the door, it may just get stuck that way and you could end up stuck in the bathroom! Our driver recommended not locking the door, and simply knocking to see if it is in use. The doors on the restrooms have a tendency to swing around, so I could definitely see someone getting an unwelcome and haunting visual in this situation.
Our driver just embellished this news with a personal anecdote. About a year ago, the same issue with the bathroom door occurred. However this time, he locked himself in! He managed to get help from a passenger, who asked "where's the driver?". The voice from the interior of the bathroom replied "I AM THE DRIVER" à la Star Wars, and the subsequent silence was deafening. He instructed the passenger where the key was, and managed to extricate himself from the locked lavatory.
To quote the immortal Gilda Radner, "It's always something!"--I don't think she had Megabus in mind when she coined the phrase, but it certainly is applicable.
