FALL FROM GRACE: Record fuel prices force eastern suburbs man onto public transport for the very first time

FUEL SHOCK: A Rose Bay man was seen on a bus travelling to Double Bay yesterday, as fuel prices hit a record $2.46 a litre.

Paul Hermani was looking scared and embarrassed on the 325 bus last night, on his way to meet friends at the Golden Sheaf hotel.

“The whole experience was so degrading,” he told DBT.

“The seats were dirty, and the bus was full of weirdos.”

To make matters worse, his friends saw him as he got off the bus.

“From a distance I could see them point at me and laugh,” he says.

The 31 year old initially tried to explain to his friends that he caught the bus for environmental reasons.

“We don’t buy it for a second,” one of them told DBT.

“What’s next? A Lime bike? haha.”