Traveling by bus, train or plane can quickly turn into an adventure – the negative kind.
A TikToker is now reporting on one of these.
Delays, broken toilets, technical problems or increasingly striking staff: the list of possible problems when traveling by bus, train, plane or other means of transport is long.
The TikToker “milan.social” can also tell you a thing or two about this.
In his videos, the young man reports to his around 21,000 followers (as of March 13, 2024) about the problems he encounters in his everyday life.
Another TikToker recently reported on dubious tricks from an airline.
TikToker reports on horror trip with Flixbus
One of his videos, which the young man uploaded at the beginning of March, has already been viewed over 480,000 times (as of March 13, 2024).
In it he talks about a recent trip with a Flixbus.
Even if he does not reveal the starting point and destination of the trip, it can be assumed that it is a trip from Poland to Germany - or the other way around.
Because the TikToker reports that the bus driver didn't speak Polish, German or English.
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The TikToker starts his story with the words: “Flixbus, you hobby Ryanair of the asphalt, what happened to you?” He is referring to the airline Ryanair, which is repeatedly criticized.
The young man says that after a while he realized that the only toilet on the bus was broken.
When the bus took a break at a gas station, the driver locked the vehicle before the passengers got out.
According to the man, some of them wanted to use the toilet or get something to drink, but the driver prevented them from doing so by locking the vehicle.
In another case, a German couple was forgotten by their coach abroad.
@milan.social travel strain #flixbus #storytime #yoga #break?
#kidnapped?
#wetwipes #ryanair #döner #fyp #fürdich #fds ♬ Original sound - milan.social
When the bus started moving again, the driver placed wet wipes on the display board on the steering wheel so that the bus's current speed was no longer visible.
The young man was still able to catch a glimpse of the speedometer and, visibly upset, describes it: “It was going at 140 km/h, I thought it was 130. In this Flixbus you felt like you were on a Ryanair plane.
The thing isn't designed to be driven that fast.” The increased speed obviously frightened a woman next to him, who was sitting on the bus with her child.
To calm her down, the TikToker wanted to ask the driver to slow down.
Flixbus driver ignores request for slower speed
As he approached the man behind the wheel, he saw the next problem.
The bus driver was wearing headphones - Airpods - and therefore didn't hear him coming.
“He was totally shocked when I tapped him.
If it had gotten out of control, we would have ended up in the guardrail.” He signaled to the bus driver to slow down with hand signals, which he acknowledged with indifference.
Visibly annoyed, the TikToker addressed the bus company directly at the end of the video: “The (driver; editor) really scared the lady.
Flixbus, pull yourself together.
You make billions in sales.
Invest in the right things.”
Well-supplied on the go: This belongs in the first-aid kit
Well-supplied on the go: This belongs in the first-aid kit
Almost 1,000 comments (as of March 13, 2024) have already been collected on the video.
The vast majority are sympathetic contributions to the young man.
Some TikTok users also share their own experiences:
“Our Flixbus was checked once.
Then it turned out that our bus driver was wanted by the police for hit-and-run and no longer had a driving license.”
“I’m soooo glad that I used Flixbus in its Prime back then.”
“If you have to go to the toilet on the Flixbus, that’s the biggest crisis.”
“After a Flixbus ride you have experienced everything.”
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