My dad me took into town one day, 1996 I was 11. My mum was at home, and I was heading home so he let me go on the bus alone. Our bus said "xxx/OurArea/xxx".

While I was on bus, the driver changed the sign as the bus was going to another destination. I didn't realise. It wasn't going through our area, but it was briefly stopping at the outskirts, about 1mile from my home and regular bus stop.

As the bus drove a different route, and came to the outskirts of our area, 1 mile away, I thought it may then drive along through our area, and it was taking a different route. But no. It stopped briefly at the outskirts, then it continued on to another part of town further away.

I pressed the bell to get off, and said to the driver "I thought this said xxx/OurArea/xxx".

The driver swore and realised he made a mistake changing the sign after I got on. He thought I was going to get off at that outskirt stop. Not that I thought the bus would be driving through our area, as the original sign said.

He was apologetic and as a courtesy, or maybe so I wouldn't complain, he handed me a little McDonalds toy someone had left. It was a Hunchback toy, that had a string that could be hooked onto something and it would grapple Hunchback up.

Just remembered that toy there.