Counting stops without ambiguity


A typical conversation on a bus:



Alice: Have we reached our stop yet, Bob?


Bob: No, Alice. Two more stops to go.


Alice: Do you mean "two more stops, then ours" or "one more stop, then ours"?



I find it hard to express concisely and unambiguously how many more stops there are until we have to get off the bus. Any suggestions?


A few thoughts. Obviously, "next stop" is pretty clear. I find "next but one" unambiguous too, but then "next but seven" is getting a bit awkward. What if the bus is sitting at a stop while you speak - should that stop count or not? I wonder if one could find a way of counting the number of journey sections remaining, rather than the number of stops remaining.




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