I discovered that a 27 bus that stopped on the opposite side of the road to where I was waiting, went very near to where I wanted to go in North West London. When there was a lull in the traffic on this busy arterial road, I rushed over the road to the bus stop for buses going along in the general direction of North and Easterly routes.
Once seated in the bus shelter, I got talking to a woman waiting with one little Scottie dog, (what a sweetie pet that was) and a doe-eyed Labrador. He just plopped his head in my lap and made himself comfortable while waiting for the bus.
Their red double-decker bus, a number 9, arrived, the woman and her pets got on. Whilst she was paying their fares, I saw out of the corner of my eye, creeping up behind, the very bus I was waiting for, the number 27. I jumped up; though it wasn't a request stop I waved my arms about.
As this other bus was at the stop, the 27 bus driver overtook it, completely ignoring me and I saw the bus I wanted disappear into the distance. The driver received my vast store of blessings!! 
10/03/08 @ 22:02