Living in and around London town, nothing surprises me about the sights and sounds to behold on the last train home from a night out. Last night's experience, however was up there in terms of sheer randomness. And possibly one of the strangest things I have seen in a while!
I definitely hadn't had too much to drink so I certainly wasn't seeing or hearing things. And no way had I fallen asleep and dreamed it all. But the chap who sat opposite me from getting on at Vauxhall station till the last stop, had a full on conversation...with himself. Yes. With. Himself. Just like I would be having a chat with a friend. The best bit though was at some points during his self conversation, he would reply back in French. Ah oui, en Francais!
And yes I did look out for a telephone earpiece, headpiece, blue-tooth device and other possible transmission instruments where he could be hearing other voices to talk to but the only voices this chap was hearing were the ones in his own head.
I did consider joining in so that we could have had a party but didn't want to intrude what with three being a crowd and all that.
Maybe if I hadn't been on my own I would have had the courage to talk to him (to them?!) but I wasn't sure how he would have reacted to me butting in on his conversation. It's obviously not usual behaviour to be talking to yourself on a train and my risk assessment at the time told me to carry on reading the news on my phone!
Just in case you were interested, 'they' were talking about what a good evening they had spent at the bar they were in and how nice the people he had met were...
Just another night out in London!
And yes I did look out for a telephone earpiece, headpiece, blue-tooth device and other possible transmission instruments where he could be hearing other voices to talk to but the only voices this chap was hearing were the ones in his own head.
I did consider joining in so that we could have had a party but didn't want to intrude what with three being a crowd and all that.
Maybe if I hadn't been on my own I would have had the courage to talk to him (to them?!) but I wasn't sure how he would have reacted to me butting in on his conversation. It's obviously not usual behaviour to be talking to yourself on a train and my risk assessment at the time told me to carry on reading the news on my phone!
Just in case you were interested, 'they' were talking about what a good evening they had spent at the bar they were in and how nice the people he had met were...
Just another night out in London!
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