Get the train it will be easier they said, you can relax they said, however no one predicted I would be sat next to Scum and that the train would leave late and it just got later and later as we headed south. Eventually we were running so late that they told us that we needed to get off at Stafford and get a plan B.

Now I call them Scum because as per Rab C Nesbit’s description of Scum they were the epitome.

My plan B goes like this; suburban train to Birmingham New Street and then from there go to Bristol and on to Chippenham. Roseanne has been updating me throughout the afternoon and she has been more helpful than the train staff.

We got about ten minutes of a warning that the train I started on was changing plans and for an hour leading up to this the train was packed because there were so many people heading south. The Scum were telling folk that there seats had been pinched at Glasgow Central, which was shit, and so they were not going to move and give the folk that booked the seats they were sitting in. Very logical!

The Scum’s child was a Fuckin nuisance. He tried to shut the window blind a few times and I just stopped him and then he began to complain to his mother who looked at me and told him to shut up… but he did not. I would have happily thrown him from the train.

As the journey progressed they had food and large bottles of beer of course because that’s what you do. And the kid just continued to be a pain in the arse talking on the phone to imaginary friends. Even my noise cancelling headphones could not block this wee prick out.

When it was finally time for them to leave they got up and made their way to the door along with half the carriage and then started shouting at the Indian woman behind them because she was shoving into them, I personally don’t think she had much choice as she too was being pushed.

The expletives and racial slurs were many accompanied by clarification of her being pregnant, I think she was just fat. So as usual the perception of the Glaswegian as a Scum drunkered has come to fruition for all to see.

Got to love Scum…

Eventually I reached my destination and Roseanne was there to meet me 😁

Happy Days 😀