North East Buses

How come every Saturday night is the same.......bickering on left, right and centre.

Just drop it the lot of you!!

(13 Feb 2016, 7:13 pm)GX03 SVC wrote [ -> ]No need to speak about Jimmi and R852 PRG about that. 

You need to grow up to be honest, after the stories I've heard about you and others.

Care to elaborate on this?

(13 Feb 2016, 7:20 pm)citaro5284 wrote [ -> ]How come every Saturday night is the same.......bickering on left, right and centre.

Just drop it the lot of you!!

I wouldn't of been that bothered if Marcus hadn't done what he did when the X20 was leaving Regent Centre.

(13 Feb 2016, 7:22 pm)DanPicken wrote [ -> ]I wouldn't of been that bothered if Marcus hadn't done what he did when the X20 was leaving Regent Centre.

Either way, we don't need to read attacks on other forum members.

Got a big ulcer right on my gums and its making it feel constantly sore which is a total irritation.

(14 Feb 2016, 11:04 am)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]Got a big ulcer right on my gums and its making it feel constantly sore which is a total irritation.

Ouch. Rubbing a bit of calpol on it can be soothing.

(14 Feb 2016, 11:04 am)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]Got a big ulcer right on my gums and its making it feel constantly sore which is a total irritation.

Things to do visit a pharmacy they might have ulcer pastels works for me 

Do not put salt it makes things worse

Some daft tart France on Facebook trying to drive me and the future Mrs F to break up...Luckily the enemy has a good head on her shoulders and was not took in by the claims made against me

I don't love my girlfriend...
I fantasize about this stranger and sex with them...

I think it is a romance scam of some kind, that they are indeed not in France but somewhere in Eastern Europe, The Ukraine or Russia...

I know there is lot of bright people here, but it is still easy to be sucked into any scams when someone is weak and vulnerable...I never fell for it, but some other bastard might

I seem to of lost my glasses somehow meaning I can't go out until I find them.

(15 Feb 2016, 7:22 am)DanPicken wrote [ -> ]I seem to of lost my glasses somehow meaning I can't go out until I find them.

Found them but its still ruined my plans as I was meant to be leaving in 5 minutes.

I'm trying to charge my mam's phone on the 56, it's went from 18% to 6%!

(15 Feb 2016, 9:40 am)Davie wrote [ -> ]I'm trying to charge my mam's phone on the 56, it's went from 18% to 6%!

You shouldn't be allowed anywhere near anyone's phone.

(15 Feb 2016, 10:59 am)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]You shouldn't be allowed anywhere near anyone's phone.

I know, I'm a curse.

The GNE bot posted the fleet news before I did. I sent it a PM but it gave me a load of abuse back.

(Sorry, I'm tired and bored, so I'm trying to amuse myself.)

(15 Feb 2016, 12:14 pm)GMitchelhill wrote [ -> ]The GNE bot posted the fleet news before I did. I sent it a PM but it gave me a load of abuse back.

(Sorry, I'm tired and bored, so I'm trying to amuse myself.)

I hope not!

Report the bot again, until something gets done!

A couple of weeks ago my phone packed up- totally my fault, one of the waterproofing flaps fell off due to the way I used it, and so taking it into the bathroom every day while I showered, to listen to music, killed it. Anyway, I'm due an upgrade in March, so I decided to get a £20 phone from Vodafone to last me the month, and it is starting to really bug me! It only had 4GB storage, half of that isn't usable, so I can't download any new apps (downloaded Lifelog, Soundcloud and Spotify, and that filled it up). It won't notify me of new text messages (it'll vibrate, but if I miss that, nothing is shown on the screen etc), it doesn't always receive messages, and it is generally pretty sluggish.

I guess it'll just make me appreciate whatever I get next that bit more....

(15 Feb 2016, 2:51 pm)mb134 wrote [ -> ]A couple of weeks ago my phone packed up- totally my fault, one of the waterproofing flaps fell off due to the way I used it, and so taking it into the bathroom every day while I showered, to listen to music, killed it. Anyway, I'm due an upgrade in March, so I decided to get a £20 phone from Vodafone to last me the month, and it is starting to really bug me! It only had 4GB storage, half of that isn't usable, so I can't download any new apps (downloaded Lifelog, Soundcloud and Spotify, and that filled it up). It won't notify me of new text messages (it'll vibrate, but if I miss that, nothing is shown on the screen etc), it doesn't always receive messages, and it is generally pretty sluggish.

I guess it'll just make me appreciate whatever I get next that bit more....

I dropped mine the other day, damaging the flap for the SD card, so I now have a rather sharp edge sticking out. Still nothing on what some people I know who have badly cracked screens. Have another 13 months on my contract, unsure what I'll do then although I sure as he'll won't be returning to the Darlington Town Centre branch of the Carphone Warehouse, who lost the phone (had fallen behind something and they claimed it hadn't been delivered for several days) the box was damaged and when I went to complain to the branch manager about my poor experiences with them he was an arrogant smart mouthed little prick!

(15 Feb 2016, 2:51 pm)mb134 wrote [ -> ]A couple of weeks ago my phone packed up- totally my fault, one of the waterproofing flaps fell off due to the way I used it, and so taking it into the bathroom every day while I showered, to listen to music, killed it. Anyway, I'm due an upgrade in March, so I decided to get a £20 phone from Vodafone to last me the month, and it is starting to really bug me! It only had 4GB storage, half of that isn't usable, so I can't download any new apps (downloaded Lifelog, Soundcloud and Spotify, and that filled it up). It won't notify me of new text messages (it'll vibrate, but if I miss that, nothing is shown on the screen etc), it doesn't always receive messages, and it is generally pretty sluggish.

I guess it'll just make me appreciate whatever I get next that bit more....

(15 Feb 2016, 3:00 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]I dropped mine the other day, damaging the flap for the SD card, so I now have a rather sharp edge sticking out. Still nothing on what some people I know who have badly cracked screens. Have another 13 months on my contract, unsure what I'll do then although I sure as he'll won't be returning to the Darlington Town Centre branch of the Carphone Warehouse, who lost the phone (had fallen behind something and they claimed it hadn't been delivered for several days) the box was damaged and when I went to complain to the branch manager about my poor experiences with them he was an arrogant smart mouthed little prick!

Have I been near any of you two, as I seem to be a curse around Mobile Phones.

you tube not working,stupid bt wifi

So, given that it's now a full calendar month since I made my complaint to Arriva, I figured I'd best chase them.

Got a link, via twitter, for a webchat. That loaded the second time I tried it (first time, it re-directed my to a FAQ page)

Turned out they have no record of my complaint. I asked how I could send it in directly, got given an email address and a form in .doc format. That turned out to be read only, possibly because I don't have microsoft office on my laptop.

So, I was given an acceptable format to email details in, directly, which I duly did - after taking a screenshot of the conversation.

While I was sending the email, I was logged out of the chat session. There was a field to fill in with my email address for a record of the conversation, which I filled in.

An hour on and I still haven't received that record. I'm not hopeful.

I shall give them the requisite 10 days and, if I get no joy will ask for a snail mail address.

(16 Feb 2016, 5:11 pm)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]So, given that it's now a full calendar month since I made my complaint to Arriva, I figured I'd best chase them.

Got a link, via twitter, for a webchat. That loaded the second time I tried it (first time, it re-directed my to a FAQ page)

Turned out they have no record of my complaint. I asked how I could send it in directly, got given an email address and a form in .doc format. That turned out to be read only, possibly because I don't have microsoft office on my laptop.

So, I was given an acceptable format to email details in, directly, which I duly did - after taking a screenshot of the conversation.
While I was sending the email, I was logged out of the chat session. There was a field to fill in with my email address for a record of the conversation, which I filled in.


An hour on and I still haven't received that record. I'm not hopeful.

I shall give them the requisite 10 days and, if I get no joy will ask for a snail mail address.

My dad had this problem with a non existent 85, I would do what he did and consider a small claims court

The shitty BT Internet!

(16 Feb 2016, 5:39 pm)NK53 TKT wrote [ -> ]My dad had this problem with a non existent 85, I would do what he did and consider a small claims court

I have no financial stake in this. The guy concerned really should not be in a public facing role, though, which is why I'm annoyed that my complaint most conveniently vanished from their system.

My transcript eventually came though, anyhow.

(16 Feb 2016, 5:11 pm)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]So, given that it's now a full calendar month since I made my complaint to Arriva, I figured I'd best chase them.

Got a link, via twitter, for a webchat. That loaded the second time I tried it (first time, it re-directed my to a FAQ page)

Turned out they have no record of my complaint. I asked how I could send it in directly, got given an email address and a form in .doc format. That turned out to be read only, possibly because I don't have microsoft office on my laptop.

So, I was given an acceptable format to email details in, directly, which I duly did - after taking a screenshot of the conversation.

While I was sending the email, I was logged out of the chat session. There was a field to fill in with my email address for a record of the conversation, which I filled in.

An hour on and I still haven't received that record. I'm not hopeful.

I shall give them the requisite 10 days and, if I get no joy will ask for a snail mail address.

Not sure which one you've been given, but I use csnortheast@arriva.co.uk

(16 Feb 2016, 8:06 pm)Adrian wrote [ -> ]Not sure which one you've been given, but I use csnortheast@arriva.co.uk

I got one direct to the webchat team, so hopefully the guy I was talking to was able to pick it up.

And I will resort to snail mail if this one disappears into the ether, since I want to keep a paper trail. It's just as well I emailed the text of my original complaint to Husband before sending it.

Go North East's plug sockets....

I have travelled on 4 Go North East buses so far today, all fitted with Plug Sockets, and none have them have worked!

It's becoming to regular of an occurrence, they might as well do away with them.

I reported two roughly three weeks ago, and they still haven't been rectified.

(17 Feb 2016, 10:43 am)LeeCalder wrote [ -> ]Go North East's plug sockets....

I have travelled on 4 Go North East buses so far today, all fitted with Plug Sockets, and none have them have worked!

It's becoming to regular of an occurrence, they might as well do away with them.

I reported two roughly three weeks ago, and they still haven't been rectified.

All Streetlites by any chance?

(17 Feb 2016, 12:13 pm)DanPicken wrote [ -> ]All Streetlites by any chance?

Most likely.

Arriva have the same issue with their Streetlites - it's a vehicle issue, as opposed to a Go North East issue. I suppose it's up to the operator to work with Wrightbus on finding a fix for the problem, though. It's in the best interests of the bus operator to market the provision of power sockets on their services, so I'm pretty sure neither Go North East nor Arriva will be dragging their heels with working on a fix.

(17 Feb 2016, 12:27 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Most likely.

Arriva have the same issue with their Streetlites - it's a vehicle issue, as opposed to a Go North East issue. I suppose it's up to the operator to work with Wrightbus on finding a fix for the problem, though. It's in the best interests of the bus operator to market the provision of power sockets on their services, so I'm pretty sure neither Go North East nor Arriva will be dragging their heels with working on a fix.

They were all StreetLite's yes, I wouldn't lay a blame on any company in particular purely because I have had this issue with both companies.

Maybe says something about Wrightbus and their sometimes lackadaisical build quality.

Took a photo of a random stagecoach in Newcastle bus and this driver shouted abuse it was a Newcastle driver