It is wednesday today. So half the working population of France stay at home and drink Beaujolais and watch Bergerac whilst being English, I go out and work.
Having got a seat immediately on the metro as there was no one on it, I pootled towards my destination. After sitting on the metro for longer than the usaul pootle it was time for the bus. Having been elbowed in the stomach by the only Parisians who were working trying to get on, I was confronted by a man.
A man with a clipboard. And a badge. A recipe for disaster!
Usually I'm the only person who talks to them; but not today. This man was handing out pieces of paper and they were flying from his hands like freshly baked baguette!
'RATP Enquete de Satisfaction'
And so whilst we hammered it to work (the bus moves quicker than the metro) people were ticking boxes and circling numbers; and amazingly sharing stationary with each other! I must add, I thanked my lucky stars as I was sitting next to a particularly attractive girl who lent me her pencil, so we had an excuse for a chat about public transport and why I scooter to work.
Would this transport en commun experience be common to transport around the world? Does everyone give as much gusto with a pencil for someone to create a graph?
Part of me thinks they should as the last bus 'le balai' I got home arrived bang on time!
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