Yes, I know this is rather late and the man driving the 20:52 to Uxbridge said exactly the same thing to me. I've been do a work event to celebrate black history month and heard some inspiring speeches!
This is me with my army buddy, Ashok.
The tube is 73% full which is rather impressive for this time of night I thought and yes it's mostly touristy types.
Right let's have a look around to see what characters we have at this 'mad' hour.
Hello lady. You must be out of town as everyone knows you shouldn't eat your macdonalds 3 course dinner on the tube. I'm really only jealous as I only had some yam canapés earlier...
The adverts are quite boring in the carriage today so let's skip on to the main event...
App of the week: Bla Bla Car. Picture the scene. You are heading to Leicester for the weekend to stock up on some masala chips and toilet rolls (they are sooo much cheaper up north) and you think to yourself....hmmm, I'm not using the full capacity of all my 5 seats, and I'm quite up for having some company along the way. What to do? Did you do that last it in an Indian accent? Err racist...
Well this is where this lovely app comes in! You can either be a driver and offer seats for sale, or you can look whose going up the M1. (Other motorway and destinations are available).
To make sure the driver isn't a total nut head, everyone gives them a rating from 1 to 5, so you can make sure you can get your masala chips and rolls rather than ending up in someone's cellar for the rest of your days...
As I only had 1 canapé, I did think of taking Gaz (28 y/o) up on his kind offer to head north at 10pm tonight, but he's said no food and I'm starving as it is...
It will be interesting if this becomes the new uber for more long distance travelling. And the reason it's called Bla Bla Car is so the driver can signpost on his profile if they are a chatty gezzer (Bla Bla) or more of a 'don't talk to me yaar (Bla). I'm thinking of giving it a go so will keep you updated on a future blog. Min marks out of 10. 8.573.
Congratulations of the week go to Tu Youyou on winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine and for being the most confusing person to sing Happy Birthday to...
Err right...best leave it there. Gonna try and steal a French fry from the tourist lady... Have a lovely Friday and a great sleep.
A small man called Min
