(22 Jun 2023, 4:27 pm)TEN 6083 wrote https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23602763.noisy-jet-engine-buses-drive-southampton-pensioner-mad/

Ex GNE 6906 has made the papers In Southampton.


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(07 Sep 2023, 7:22 am)streetdeckfan wrote I was on the Arriva 6 yesterday afternoon and the person behind bought a week ticket. Instead of the driver putting it in the little laminated pouch he just handed them both to the passenger so she could do it ourself.

That was a bad move...

She struggled figuring out which way to put the ticket in, and how to peel the protector off the adhesive, and somehow she ended up putting the ticket in backwards so it was just a blank piece of paper!

Not sure what her ultimate fate was, I'm guessing she would have been too embarrassed to go back to the driver to ask for help, I would!

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(07 Sep 2023, 11:30 am)Adrian wrote I thought drivers were supposed to do them? The wallet isn't only designed to protect the ticket, but also protect revenue and seal the ticket in place, preventing fraud.

If you're handing the wallets out unused, there's really nothing stopping an unscrupulous person from doctoring their weekly ticket, e.g. changing a 3 into an 8, and having an extra 5 days travel at the company's expense.

(07 Sep 2023, 11:30 am)Adrian wrote I thought drivers were supposed to do them? The wallet isn't only designed to protect the ticket, but also protect revenue and seal the ticket in place, preventing fraud.

If you're handing the wallets out unused, there's really nothing stopping an unscrupulous person from doctoring their weekly ticket, e.g. changing a 3 into an 8, and having an extra 5 days travel at the company's expense.

(07 Sep 2023, 7:22 am)streetdeckfan wrote I was on the Arriva 6 yesterday afternoon and the person behind bought a week ticket. Instead of the driver putting it in the little laminated pouch he just handed them both to the passenger so she could do it ourself.

That was a bad move...

She struggled figuring out which way to put the ticket in, and how to peel the protector off the adhesive, and somehow she ended up putting the ticket in backwards so it was just a blank piece of paper!

Not sure what her ultimate fate was, I'm guessing she would have been too embarrassed to go back to the driver to ask for help, I would!

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(07 Sep 2023, 11:45 am)streetdeckfan wrote I thought the main use was to hold the interior panels of the bus together!

(22 Nov 2023, 6:59 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Been listening to Nadine Dorries' audiobook over the past few days and it's hilarious.

Obviously it's not worth buying as it's absolute trash with her playing the role of super sleuth as she uncovers a web of lies and deceit within Whitehall and CCHQ. However, if a copy falls into your lap somehow, it's worth a listen if you like comedy.

(02 Dec 2023, 10:56 pm)TEN 6083 wrote Taking a photo of Stagecoach NE 22081 on Northumberland Street earlier today being used for a Santa’s grotto and a middle aged woman comes past and they said “they’ve got a nerve doing that” obviously thinking it’s a GNE bus.

Do they not realise that it’s Stagecoach. Guess to some people they all look the same.





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(02 Dec 2023, 10:56 pm)TEN 6083 wrote Taking a photo of Stagecoach NE 22081 on Northumberland Street earlier today being used for a Santa’s grotto and a middle aged woman comes past and they said “they’ve got a nerve doing that” obviously thinking it’s a GNE bus.

Do they not realise that it’s Stagecoach. Guess to some people they all look the same.





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(02 Dec 2023, 11:22 pm)BusLoverMum wrote I can't think why she was confused by it...

(14 Dec 2023, 10:39 pm)F114TML wrote There is a joke in SC that people try to hail our DT bus (which happens an alarming amount, same with Not in Service) and when it doesn't stop, it's GNE that get the complaint cos it's red!

(15 Dec 2023, 9:04 am)Rob44 wrote When i had my focus RS i wnet to pick the crocodile up from Gateshead metro.  Whe was standing by the taxi rank so i stopped to pick her up - several people tried to get in thinking it was a taxi!!    It was only a two door in Ultimate green!

(15 Dec 2023, 8:09 am)Ianthegoon wrote Some people will try and hail ANYTHING!

A few years ago one of my friends bought one of the local minibuses.  It was debranded, although still in the base livery.  A week or so before Christmas we decorated it with trees, tinsel and baubles, set the destination blind to read "Straight to Cuba", and drove down our local High Street.  It was astonishing the number of people that put their hand out to hail us.  And there were about six different routes that went along there, so they would have HAD to have looked at the bus to see if we were the correct route for them .....

(15 Dec 2023, 9:37 am)Andreos1 wrote So not the ex-Crocodile anymore?

Think we need to have a thread about the Rob44, the Penthouse and the Crocodile. Just to keep up.

(15 Dec 2023, 10:31 am)Rob44 wrote Oh yeh still ex.Shes got my car though so im using the bus more!!