(25 Sep 2022, 10:16 pm)BusLoverMum wrote You need to perfect The Look. Admittedly it helps to have a resting bitch face but once mastered, The Look will prompt a driver, of any denomination, to scroll through their ticket machine until they concede that oh, of course, they can issue explorers, too.
That made me laugh but it's true, I've just learnt how to issue them now. The biggest nightmare is trying to get a Blyth and T&W ticket in Birtley or vice versa trying to explain a ticket that's valid in Tyne and Wear is weirdly valid in Tyne and Wear ??♂️