Tram People

Travelling on a tram is never lonely.

Dr Anne met three young folk from Nepal. One of them gave her a seat. They were all studying in Sydney and had come to the girl’s sister in Melbourne for Christmas. A mention of the wonderful Gurkas enabled conversation. Such gentle polite people give one hope for the future.

Dr Anne fell on top of a lady as the tram shook when it started off. They started chatting mums and grannies. Her grandmother will be 96 in April and the family is going to Italy to celebrate it. She was off to meet three friends for a spa day: champagne, lunch and treatments.

There was a guy watching Dr Anne one night. She moved her seat and he kept watching. She moved again so that he did not know when she would get off the tram.

One evening there were teenage lovers opposite. The boy asked girl what she was going to do for him. She said that she was going to marry him. She said that she would give him babies. She would make him special just like she had done that morning.

Another evening there were two girls sharing an ipod. The girls were young beautiful teenagers. A big cheery guy came on and asked them what they were listening to. They said rap. He asked what artist and they told him. He asked them what school they went to and when they didn’t say he said it did not matter and that they were Yuppies. He didn't expect them on this tram. They didn’t know what Yuppies were. Dr Anne and the guy laughed as he jumped off the tram. The girls were a bit concerned but Dr Anne told them that he was just messing around and that they were ok.