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Jigjag

I'm sorry my advice proved so useless. I'm sure, though, that you made good use of the 15-minute wait for the next bus. Perhaps you ran through the vast range of adjectives you have in your vocabulary, deciding which of them could be best used to describe the bus driver? I'm sorry too that Mr Buss was so unhelpful.
My only suggestion for your next outing would be for you to use a combination of tactics. Perhaps you should revert to your usual walking backwards regime, but with your left arm stretched out as far as it'll go. Hmm, that might not work if you're not actually AT the bus stop.

I must add that your problem would never be my problem. Technology has come to my rescue. My smart phone contains a program (known as an 'App') that tracks buses and tells me exactly when the next one is due. I can even click on a little map to see where the bus is. This means that I can be forward-looking at all times, walk a little faster if necessary and so on.

jigjag

Have you still got your 2 metre social-distancing stick? I think you could put a placard on the end with "STOP" written on, and use it to solve your problem. If you hold it high enough, across the road, cyclists and cars can pass safely underneath it. I am sure lorry drivers wont mind driving round it.

Tyke's idea of lifting your trouser leg might not work. I have tried it with my skirt, hoping a taxi might stop, without success.

Grunger
Have you ever seen "It happened one night"? It worked for Claudette Colbert....

...btw quiz question: which manufacturing industry was nearly put out of business by that film? (At least, I think it was that one!)

It’s not men’s vests is it, not sure why I’d know that

Hi Jono
Yes, in a film Clark Gable took off his shirt to reveal that he wasn't wearing a vest. I think it might have been "It happened one night".

Hi Jono
Yes, in a film Clark Gable took off his shirt to reveal that he wasn't wearing a vest. I think it might have been "It happened one night".

Not sure what happened there!

ChrisE

Thanks. I have never heard of Claudette Colbert, or seen the film. What happened?

Malone

I am amazed to hear about your portable telephone. I assume "App" is an abbrev for "appliance" but I thought it was usually called a "device". Or does it stand for "Apple" who I understand make these gadgets.

You say it tells you when the next one is due, but I look at the timetable for that, not that the buses are ever on time. But how does the map know where the bus is? A great idea for the future for a forward-looking, forward-walking, forward-thinking traveller.

Tyke

Thanks for the suggestion but I have been wearing shorts all summer. I will pursue your mirror idea though.

Grunger

I cut it in half when we came down to I metre, but it is worth thinking about, thanks.