When we visited the Stagecoach depot at Stockton for a 500 Group committee meeting the other night I was surprised to see a staff notice instructing drivers to under no circumstances drop off at stand 10 or 12 in M'bro bus station but to only use stand 11.
Stupid that. Really annoys me when you're on a bus and it queues up behind others, blocking the bus station, waiting to drop off on Stand 11. When I worked at the bus station they were told to drop off at the first available stop and Arriva still seem to do that, which makes sense.