(31 Jan 2021, 3:58 pm)Malarkey wrote No wonder when their drivers stand not socially distanced from one another at the top of Haymarket smoking/vaping which to me shows a lack a care for not just themselves, but shows a lack of for their respective families, the company the work for and the passengers they provide a service to. I honestly think their depot management need to look into this further as clearly they are not following the rules.

Makes you wonder what measures have been put in place in the meal rooms at Haymarket/Durham along with at the depots, As I don't see a spare bus being used for meal breaks like Go North East have at various Bus Stations across the region.

What do you seriously expect them to do? The break rooms at the Haymarket and to a lesser extent Blyth are far too small for the volume of drivers in them at any one time. Should we take our breaks sitting in our cars in the depot car parks? I've got a mate who's a postman and he says the measues in his place of work are laughable as they're out of sight of the public and have no room to space out properly.

And as for "shows a lack of care for the passengers", lol, half of them are travelling totally unecessary journeys in the first place.