Bus Driver Stops London Bus To Chant: Pat Sharp Bombs
ON the No.24 to Hampstead Heath, the driver has pulled up to pray on his dayglo safety vest. The Mail reports:
He took off his shoes, knelt down facing Mecca, and began to chant.
We’d been wondering what Pat Sharp had been up to. Passenger Gayle Griffiths complained to Transport for London. Says she:
“I have done the journey a million times before but I was in a hurry to get home to pick my little girl up from school. We had just picked up and let off people at a bus stop and moved off again when the driver stopped the bus very suddenly.
“He got out of his cab, leaving the engine running, and walked towards the middle exit door. He laid out a fluorescent jacket on the floor and I thought that somebody must have been sick and he was covering it up. I didn’t really think much of it. But then he took off his shoes and began praying. I was gobsmacked and quite bewildered.”
Worse:
“He hadn’t addressed the passengers at all. I didn’t say anything and nor did anyone else. I thought it would all be over in 30 seconds but it went on for over five minutes.
Worser:
“It even went through my mind that this might be some sort of terrorist attack with the bus blown up because I had heard that suicide bombers prayed before attacks. As the engine was running anyone could also have got in the cab and driven off with a bus full of passengers.”
Worst!
“He was also blocking the exit, so if something had happened we would not have been able to get off.”
Such as blowing himself up?
Posted: 8th, February 2010 | In: Strange But True Comments (2) | TrackBack | Permalink
