(05 Feb 2021, 4:09 pm)Rapidsnap wrote I'm sure Martijn mentioned that no operator is allowed to do mass network changes at the moment due to grants from the government towards the transport sector.

Whether they're allowed to or not, it still doesn't change the fact that there was a world which existed prior to March 2020 and there was many an opportunity to make improvements to the network before then. 
Whether they're allowed to or not, they still managed to divert the 25 away from the hospital and instantly alienate both the workforce and patients during the middle of a pandemic.

At the minute it just feels like theres a huge, never ending re-brand going on - despite the product essentially being the same as it was 5, 10, 15+ years ago.
If Heinz re-packaged their tins and continued to re-package it on a regular basis, the punters would cotton on that it's still the same contents.
It's still the same 57 varieties - it just has a different label on the outside.

If they did that AND launched new products or variations of their 57 varieties, I'd hazard a guess the punters would be a bit more impressed.

'Beans (substitute this for any number bus) don't do it for me anymore. I'll try something else instead, I know, spaghetti hoops (substitute spaghetti hoops for a car)'.

*Two weeks later after Heinz see bean sales are going down and change the font on the label and print it in a different colour... *

'oh these look different, I'll try them. They might be better than they used to be.
Oh, they're exactly the same. Nothing has changed at all. I'll go back to the hoops (car)'.