W.C.B.C Free bus pass for over 60’s
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@MP1953 16089 wrote:
Don’t know how long it is since you were on the buses, but these days no one with a pass says their destination and neither does any driver ask, and also a ticket is not issued by the driver on arriva at least, so it would be pointless stating and asking the destination..;)
Its not that long ago since I was on the buses. From my experience the reluctance of passengers to state their destination is quite rude, as, after all, it is the driver who has to take them there. A bus driver is in charge of a vehicle which in many cases is worth many hundreds of thousands of pounds, responsible for the safety of maybe 50+ passengers and yet is paid one of the lowest rates of pay in the community. Most of them do it for the love of the job and deserve much more respect than they presently receive.
Out in the countryside there may be some excuse for not stating your destination as it is usually obvious where the bus is going, but I have lost count of the number of times I have pointed passengers in the direction of the correct bus after boarding the wrong one at Wrexham Bus Station.
@johnhoppy 16103 wrote:
Its not that long ago since I was on the buses. From my experience the reluctance of passengers to state their destination is quite rude, as, after all, it is the driver who has to take them there. A bus driver is in charge of a vehicle which in many cases is worth many hundreds of thousands of pounds, responsible for the safety of maybe 50+ passengers and yet is paid one of the lowest rates of pay in the community. Most of them do it for the love of the job and deserve much more respect than they presently receive.
Out in the countryside there may be some excuse for not stating your destination as it is usually obvious where the bus is going, but I have lost count of the number of times I have pointed passengers in the direction of the correct bus after boarding the wrong one at Wrexham Bus Station.
After seeing literally thousands of people boarding buses over the last few years, I have never seen anyone stating their destination when using a bus pass and never heard a single bus driver asking for the destination and as I said it is pointless anyway when you are not given a ticket.
I was on a bus the other week and an inspector got on and checked tickets for those who paid and just checked peoples bus passes who had them.
Not sure where you are coming from with your comment about respect and pay etc. for bus drivers, nothing to do with the topic as far as I can see.. :(
@MP1953 16105 wrote:
After seeing literally thousands of people boarding buses over the last few years, I have never seen anyone stating their destination when using a bus pass and never heard a single bus driver asking for the destination and as I said it is pointless anyway when you are not given a ticket.
I was on a bus the other week and an inspector got on and checked tickets for those who paid and just checked peoples bus passes who had them.
Not sure where you are coming from with your comment about respect and pay etc. for bus drivers, nothing to do with the topic as far as I can see.. :(
Fair enough. I wasn’t the one to take this topic down this road, but having gone down it I was not going to let it go. I just personally think that it common courtesy to tell the driver where you’re going. (I think it all started about cheating the system regarding cross border travel!!)
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