(14 May 2016, 9:25 am)Jimmi wrote Felt like there should have been more reaction to the photos, especially with the StreetLite's being 16 plates which normally tends to get a fair amount of attention but it feels like not much has happened.
I've had a bit of a downer on taking photos after last Saturday's outing in Sheffield, Doncaster and Rotherham where drivers and passengers took offence to me taking photos. A few other things have not worked out for the best this week, tried to snap EcoCity 4811 on the 7 the other night, only for it to rack up a 30 odd minute delay, meaning a waste of standing at Aycliffe Town Centre for 35 minutes and not getting a photo. I'm not out today as I need a rest, but also because I've not been enjoying them so much, I'm so sick to death of hearing MC crap being blasted out on almost every bloody bus I've been on this week, so of course that also means that the buses have been full of absolute scum, lost all faith in humanity when I heard a passenger call a driver a f***ing idiot because he was claiming that the driver had the charging points turned off (truth is, they weren't working!) and it's not the first time it's happened either on the 7 and it wouldn't surprise me if it's the same piece of scum as before and I dare bet it will happen again, said individual also bothered me on said journey as well. Just been a terrible week and it's made me resent the hobby, kept going out on outings hoping it would be better than the previous but they've all started out well but turned to crap towards the end of each day, meaning I've found it difficult to draw much good from each one as it's not really possible to recover it if things turn nasty on the last journey.
I wouldn't worry about that - you put a lot of effort into getting the photos not just standing around in one place and we'd all much rather see photos in different locations to PLI! I'm sure you'll get more faves over the weekend when people see your photos.
It's a nightmare when you have a terrible outing like that, but you have good and bad ones. I've had plenty of shite ones before haha - but idiots on buses isn't great, some of them are ridiculous, but I find if you don't approach/look at them you wouldn't be in any danger. You will have a good outing sometime soon I'm sure.