Can you tell me about using buses?
Right. Well, buses I think up until about hmmm 9, 10 months back I started taking buses and my husband said to me, “Now, look here's a piece of paper, there's the money and go off, go on” and I found it at the beginning horrific. I was frightened. I couldn't understand the left and the right. I couldn't see were the buses going that way or that way. I can't understand the amount of money. When I got the money and when I got in the bus, it seemed too quick to get my feet and my leg up into it and I was frightened of the whole thing was opened quickly or close, you see, and I would say to the man, “Can I have the bus please?” but I, I was like, “Here's my £2 and I think it's £1.30” and then he said, “ bla bla bla” you see and then he would tell me off because I hadn't given him the piece of paper [coughing] and then I realised that I wanted to sit right near by so that I can press to a, a place to help people, so I can press and say I want to get off soon, very soon. I was really scared of that because, you know, I was carrying a bus, you know. And then and then eventually I thought, right now I've got to get up and I've got to press something and say [sighs] “I'd like to get out now” but when I came out towards the door, I was terrified. I thought my legs were coming out too quick. It was fine actually but oh, it took me weeks and weeks to do it properly. I'm much better now and of course I find, I still find it very difficult when I have difficulties about going in the right directions, the right amount of money, whether it's freezing cold, rain, an umbrella to carry oh, it's horrible. It makes me up, almost upsetting, particularly if I've gone to try and buy and buy something, I don't know, potatoes or something. Horrible. Horrible.
But have you found it an achievement to be able to use the bus?
I'm getting better and better but, oh, it has been very, very hard work. Very hard work. Mm hmm. |
