(15 Aug 2024, 10:00 pm)James101 wrote People can be on their way home from work and be exposed to a little joy, miserable doesn’t need to be the default state.
(15 Aug 2024, 10:50 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Not sure how you can know they aren't commuters as they are just punters who get the bus - could be for any reason. As they aren't advertised runs I'm not talking about people seeking out open toppers. I am talking about avergae person in queue for bus, open topper arrives, punter happy (or indifferent) not angry is my experience.
Not sure why you think an open topper is stopping anyone getting home after a hard day's work either. It is a bus running the advertised route. Fair enough if it is pissing down and they have to sit upstairs in the rain but that doesn't seem to be the argument you are making so genuinely a bit baffled by what there is to moan about.
Also genuinely curious now, I'm not sure what the commuter versus leisure split is on the E routes.
Going to reply together but I'm not scrooge but I don't really need to explain why a commuter wouldn't particularly be happy with 20+ year old, with no roof, with plastic seats which are grubby as an understatement and can't hear yourself think because they're an awful Trident.
It also doesn't make sense because the people who actually want to ride one can't either because they're just completely random.
I really don't understand why they're still here personally, 25 year old nearly, unreliable and they have no real purpose.
Personally I'd love to see them if they're going to keep them on a summer special doing something like South Shields Ferry - South Shields Interchange - Ocean Beach. The links are pretty confusing for a random who never comes down.