(15 Jul 2015, 4:37 pm)Jimmi wrote Pretty much nobody I know is aware that I partake in this hobby but I think some of my friends possibly wouldn't be that surprised if they found out as I was occasionally prone to 'bus chat' one example being me and one of my friends talking about the terrible state of the buses used on Arriva's 7 and Go North East's 21 services at the time (this was before the services were upgraded) and have had a few bits of chat about things like this with people I know.
I have never really told anyone about the hobby for fear I am going to be ripped to shreds for it, especially as I already had enough things for people to take the mick out of me for.
I wouldn't telling my friends about it (preferably face to face) as I think if I actually told them when I am just chatting to them I think it wouldn't get much reaction apart from them maybe being a little surprised, I would rather do that than them spotting me doing a spot of spotting in say Durham.
It's more the people who kind of know me who would take the mick and post that I am a saddo on Facebook. At college one day some people on my course actually got on the topic of bus spotters and it was basically just referred to us as total saddos who need to get a life.
For me it's getting caught in the act by someone I know, couldn't care less what randoms think.
Not a single person ( apart from my family ) know im into buses. I have other hobbys like football , games etc. so just talk about them or play them while im at school.
Its just the fear of being caught by one of my Friends from school of me taking pictures, Tough you wouldn't find any of my friends in Durham as I live 20 miles away in South Sheilds! My biggest fear would be Newcastle, as that's wear my friends go out to and if I get caught at Eldon Square taking photos...I might aswell never go to school again. There is actually a bus enthusiast in my school that's open about it and gets bullied everyday which makes the thought of me getting caught even worse.
I don't know if he's on NEB or not cause I've never asked him in case he tells everyone that I like buses aswell.
