15 Aug 2016, 9:22 am
#327
(15 Aug 2016, 9:02 am)GX03 SVC 
If drivers expect a bus ticket, tell me how I always either get a dirty look or refused entry when I show my Arriva-issued Explorer when I board a GNE bus?!
You have to appreciate the scope of travel here. I will see a GNE ticket 99% of the time being handed to me; 9 hours a day, 6 days a week. I know where to look for the validity and date, and anything abnormal will stand out. You hand me an Arriva Ticket (I've had two in a year) and I need to refocus on the date, validity etc, which are all in a different place to how I expect it. That's the confusion, and it takes time to scan it with my eyes as I'm not used to seeing them.
Hand me a Metro ticket, and it needs really checking. You would not believe the amount of people who will try and board with a Metro-only ticket.
Then I may get an Explorer issued by Weardale or another independent; all with the correct info, but not what I'm used to.
Its a bit like writing in a diary all year, then in the last week the days on the page are printed the wrong way round. Would you just carry on regardless, or take a second to scan the page, find out where you should be writing and adapt?
Bear in mind that if a driver allows you travel on something that doesn't look right, and an inspector gets on, hes potentially in trouble. Hes going to check every ticket, to ultimately protect his job.
