(21 May 2022, 8:42 am)James101 wrote At least 4 SAFC supporters boarded the train I’m on from Stoke this morning. Bravely, First Potteries are still going to provide a full service today.But, but, they're all at Wembley?!!! The bus company says so?!!! Sunderland will be deserted, Google Maps must be lying?!!! Look North says they'll be plenty of people flocking to Sunderland today, they must be lying too?!!! We've "all" come down with football fever and it's everyone's whole lives and must revolve around the fixtures list?!!
Like others have said, it’s not the service reduction that grates, it’s the spin. Just re-read the press release and there’s not even an apology. Happy to take your season ticket money then reduce its value by removing journeys.
It’s tone deaf and arrogant.
The blissful ignorance of a spin is unbelievable, no apology and an excuse that's not going to go down too well for those of us who couldn't give a toss about football or have somewhere important to be today, granted the match has likely led to an additional shortage of drivers who may be following the match in some form but the excuse of a football match for service reductions, especially one that's happening at Wembley will be lost on anyone who isn't interested in it and question why they should be inconvinced by it. Like I said earlier, at a time when people are fed up with bus companies coming up with every excuse and constantly blaming COVID with little improvement (if any it's going the other way), to blame a service reduction on a football match is such a smack to the face to those who have already had to persevere with months of sub par service offerings, whilst I agree with the decision that reducing the frequency to ensure greater liklihoods is somewhat a lesser of evil options they could've made, its just the spin they put on it that's come across as tone death to some.
