The wonderful world of trams

Have you ever seen a film and the leading character is sitting in his car, stuck on the railway lines and the train's comin'?
Have you ever shouted at the television screen: "GET OUTTA THE CAR YOU NITWIT!"?

Well, this morning I was driving around Scheveningen (Dutch coastal town near The Hague) harbour and a car in front of me slammed on the braks. So did I. And so did the car behind me and the cars behind him.
Then I notice I'm stuck on the middle of the tram line!
So, I've got my windows open, Lou Reed blaring out the stereo and I notice a tram coming. Number 3 if my memory serves me correctly.

Did I get out of the car?
Did I hell. I honked my horn and swore at the driver in front of me.
It's no small wonder people die in pathetically tragic ways. Seriously.

Then, this afternoon, I decided to travel into the Hague by tram to get drunk.
The driver didn't have the weekend-retour card I wanted, so he said, and I quote: "Since I don't have the card you want, you can travel for free."
This is the first good luck I've had in 4 months, so I wasn't gonna argue.

5 stops (it could have been 6...as if I actually count them...tssss) later a herd of conductors come on the tram, checking tickets. This is the conversation:

"Do you have a ticket sir."
"No."
"Why not."
"The driver said I could travel for free."
"That's a likely story sir."

See! This is the life I have to suffer my friends.
So, I explained the situation to the conducter and he goes up to the driver with half of his herd and they start argueing! I'm not joking.
So the driver and the conducters are shouting at each other. The tram stops and we all have to get off.

Needless to say I cut my losses short and went back home. Somethings are just to bizarre to cope with in my current state of mind. Where's my beer and drugs?

Originally posted by shavixmir
Have you ever seen a film and the leading character is sitting in his car, stuck on the railway lines and the train's comin'?
Have you ever shouted at the television screen: "GET OUTTA THE CAR YOU NITWIT!"?

Well, this morning I was driving around Scheveningen (Dutch coastal town near The Hague) harbour and a car in front of me slammed on the braks ...[text shortened]... things are just to bizarre to cope with in my current state of mind. Where's my beer and drugs?

Originally posted by shavixmir
Have you ever seen a film and the leading character is sitting in his car, stuck on the railway lines and the train's comin'?
Have you ever shouted at the television screen: "GET OUTTA THE CAR YOU NITWIT!"?

Well, this morning I was driving around Scheveningen (Dutch coastal town near The Hague) harbour and a car in front of me slammed on the braks ...[text shortened]... things are just to bizarre to cope with in my current state of mind. Where's my beer and drugs?