Woman and two children get on bus.
“I’ll have three child singles please.”
***
“Er excuse me?” I call down the shop, my woolly hat dropping down over my eyes so I have to tilt my head back. “Is this cash machine working? The sign is sort of half on the machine…”
“I dunno, I only just got here didn’t I?” TeenageShopKeeper says.
“Oh right…” I say.
“Just try it. Worst that can happen is it can swallow your card, yeah?”
I didn’t really fancy that.