Fun day out ended in a 'tsunami of excrement' for New Addington teens
A TEENAGE girl has described her coach journey from hell where a toilet exploded and created a "tsunami of urine and excrement".
Jessica Squires, 16, of Queen Elizabeth's Drive, New Addington, had travelled to watch a host of pop stars at the T4 On The Beach event at Weston-super-Mare in Somerset.
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Danny, Ellie, Ellsie and Jess from New Addington had travelled to T4 On The Beach when the coach toilet exploded, covering them in a 'tsunami of urine and excrement'
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Danny, Ellie, Ellsie and Jess from New Addington had travelled to T4 On The Beach when the coach toilet exploded, covering them in a 'tsunami of urine and excrement'
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Danny, Ellie, Ellsie and Jess from New Addington had travelled to T4 On The Beach when the coach toilet exploded, covering them in a 'tsunami of urine and excrement'
But her £35 journey to and from the event turned into a nightmare.
Leaving from London Victoria, she claims the driver got lost, which meant she missed acts like The Wanted and X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos.
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Describing the return journey, Jessica told the Advertiser: "It was fine for the first 40 minutes, then the toilet exploded.
"It was a tsunami of urine and excrement going down the coach where we were all sitting – it was disgusting.
"There was poo down the middle of the aisle and it stank.
"We were saying to the driver 'please stop' so we could get off and he refused.
"Everyone was crying on the way back, there weren't any windows open."
Jessica, who had travelled with her second cousin Dana, 33, sister Ellie, 14, her friend Elsie, 13, and boyfriend Danny, 16, said the coach continued to travel for an hour.
After numerous complaints, the driver finally stopped at a service station.
Jessica explained: "He said 'I'm going to stop the coach for five minutes, if anyone is not back they will be left behind'.
"My boyfriend had to get a mop and clean the poo."
The journey to the event had not been a success either.
Jessica said: "At first everyone didn't know what was going on. Then the driver started telling us he was lost and wondering if we knew the way.
"One man had to get his sat-nav on his phone and we had to shout left and right. He decided to stop at a service station for half an hour and everyone was going mental."
The party arrived at 12.45pm – almost an hour after the event had started.
And by the time they got there they were at the back of the beach as well, meaning they were watching the musical acts from a distance.
Jessica added: "It did ruin our day and three of us are now ill.
"Me, my sister and her friend have had bad stomach aches."
A spokesman for National Express said: "The overwhelming majority of our services to T4 passed without incident and we are concerned about this disappointing experience.
"Regrettably, customers on one of the return services from T4 deliberately flooded the coach toilet and were also verbally abusive to the driver, which clearly impacted on the service.
"Customer experience is of paramount importance to National Express.
"We are in the process of investigating the other issues reported and will continue to work closely with Mrs Squires."
Comments
by peterphille
Tuesday, July 10 2012, 9:45PM
“By the sounds of it they went on a coach and got to ride the log flume too!
I also don't believe those kids used the term Excrement, let alone be able to spell it”
by Dracia
Monday, July 09 2012, 1:27AM
“Someone clogged the toilet on purpose, so that's not the driver's fault. But not knowing the way? How does that even happen? What kind of coach company would send coaches off with no idea where to go?”
by Crease2000
Sunday, July 08 2012, 3:27PM
“LOL, that might also explain the faces :D”
by banalitybites
Sunday, July 08 2012, 1:36PM
“They were going to see The Wanted and Tulisa perform... the headline should read;
"Teens miss metaphorical tsunami of excrement, thanks to literal tsunami of excrement"”
by BongoDingbat
Sunday, July 08 2012, 12:15AM
“I'd actually like to witness a tsunami of urine and excrement. It would make a welcome break from daytime TV”
by croydonhippo
Saturday, July 07 2012, 8:33PM
“Did they come off of the coach smoking a panama ?....lol..........”
by BongoDingbat
Saturday, July 07 2012, 1:12PM
“If they hadn't of deserved it, it wouldn't have happened. And what's with the photographer that makes them adopt such lame poses? Or did they choreograph this themselves?”
by JoannaTill
Saturday, July 07 2012, 8:23AM
“Thank you as always for your comments.
Just to clarify, the phrase 'a tsunami of....' was used by the teenager quoted, although 'urine' and 'excrement' were substituted in place of the actual two words used.
Thanks,
Joanna”
by croydonhippo
Friday, July 06 2012, 6:50PM
“A tsunami of bum gravy eh ?......were they upto their necks in it ?.....lol.........”
by RufusRuffins
Friday, July 06 2012, 2:09PM
“Dear Sir,
I for one am appalled at the publication of humorous, deliberately sensationalised, totally free content that no one is under pressure to read whatsoever.
With a lack of viable, alternative news sources available on the entire Internet, I demand that the author of this piece and his / her employers apologise for clogging the web with such tripe.
It is truly a sad day when even 'This is Croydon Today' has to stoop so low.
Yours,
Rufus Ruffins”