Actually, it was Victoria Coach Station on Monday. I’d loaded the London to Brighton service and was pulling away 20 minutes late. I’d only gone about 20 metres and was headed for the exit when someone jumped in front of the bus just like the guy in Tiananmen Square.

Picture the first tank as the London – Brighton megabus and the following tanks as National Express coaches and that’s exactly how it was. Once you’ve pulled away from the stand and are heading for the exit you are forbidden by Victoria Coach Station rules from stopping and picking up and it’s all being recorded on CCTV so there was no chance I’d let the guy on. I did a horizontal movement with my arm to try and convey ‘no way’, plus a shrug and a weak smile to try and relay that I wasn’t just trying to be damned awkward. To which he responded with a tirade which questioned my legitimacy, indicated that he thought thought I enjoyed solo sex etc. and then refused to move. The Controllers came along and tried to explain why he couldn’t board there and asked hime to move aside which he refused to do. In the end Security had to be called and only then did he move aside.