This bus is being held here to regularise the service
- Thread starter Dr. Furface
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Donna Ferentes
jubliado
Talking of buses, does anybody remember that thread where somebody had been ticketted because he'd been driving in the bus lane and he was absolutely outraged about it, because there wasn't anybody else in the bus lane at the time? Classic, it was.
but it's not just about that, it's about the bus companies making sure that they run a service that sticks to the service advertised. if they say it takes 45 minutes to get from a - b they have to try and make sure that it *does* take 45 minutes.
what does annoy me, though, is when they terminate a bus early on on it's route to "regulate the service". sure, there may be heavier traffic than usual for whatever reason causing the buses to slow down, so the bus that is scheduled to be back at the start point needs at a certaint ime ain't gonna make it, but taht doesn't help all the customers already on that bus or waiting for it to turn up. i think in those situations there should be contingency plans so that the bus that was the 9am bus then becomes the 9.15am bus or something. maybe tehre is. we need a bus expert!
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Possibly confusing a bus driver with a chauffeur 
Donna Ferentes
jubliado
This causes problems with Oystercards as I recall.
Dr. Furface
One small step for me
Seems to me there's plenty of them round here already...
I must admit that I keep getting turfed of the 118 at Streatham Hill as the bus terminates early (regardless of its boast of going to Brixton on the front) leaving me frustratingly stranded a few stops away from home.
From this point henceforth I will however feel empowered to comandeer passing vehicles, compelling them to chase down my lost time. Before I only thought it was a minor pain in the arse, but that time belongs to me goddamit.
From this point henceforth I will however feel empowered to comandeer passing vehicles, compelling them to chase down my lost time. Before I only thought it was a minor pain in the arse, but that time belongs to me goddamit.
They just wave you on the next bus, or they can print out some kind of changeover ticket to give you that noone ever looks at.
To be fair to them, as annoying as it is, I've never had any trouble getting on the next bus for no charge.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Strange that this usually happens outside pubs IME.
fish and chip shops. Back in the old country he used to stop off to get his dinner. Didn't bother with any of these ''regularising the service'' doohickies nonsense though.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
You mean like the years we had miles of 24hr bus lanes, despite having no 24hr bus services to use them?
Thankfully sort of resolved now.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
TopCat
Putin fanboy
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
Used to often see two or three buses sitting empty outside the pubs at either end of the main route by me.
Then one time a bus flattened a mini on a roundabout and it came out in the trial that the driver and one of his mates had been having a downing competition at each terminus - They had managed 24 nips each before one of them killed somebody.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
Donna Ferentes
jubliado
No, I mean like I said.
dessiato
4 years and I still cry sometimes
So you don't have timetables? GET REAL!
i don't doubt that for a second, but how feasible would it be in these circumstances for each bus to get knocked one or two along the timetable, if you get what i mean, rather than turfing everyone off? i suppose the turfing everyone off option is a *lot* easier....
I like this concept though. Next time when I'm stuck at the roadworks I'm going to enjoy bellowing 'MINE, MINE, give me back MY time' at the workmen.
Reminds me of the opening scene from John Waters' Desperate Living:
"You've dialled the wrong number! Sorry? What good is that? How can you ever repay the thirty seconds you've stolen from my life? I hate you, your husband, your children and your relatives!"
Dr. Furface
One small step for me
They might as well not exist for all the relevance they have to the actual service - not in most parts of London anyway. Except of course, when it is the driver's convenience to observe them in order to regularise the service. And so it goes.
have you not read what myself and Topcat have said? if the drivers don't stick to the timetable - which is what "regulating the service" helps them to do - they can get into trouble and the operating company can get fined. it's not in any way "for the driver's convenience"
dessiato
4 years and I still cry sometimes
If you don't like the way the buses run, don't use them. Get a bike, a scooter, or walk.
Donna Ferentes
jubliado
Because bus drivers, as is well-known, like nothing more than hanging about to piss off their passengers rather than getting to the depot nice and early. They fucking love it.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
I think Dr Furface just needs to breath deeply more often. Possibly listen to more calming music. Perhaps carry a small book of relaxing images of beaches, mountains etc.
The idea of time ownership, and getting upset about it, is indicative of deep social programming tho.
The idea of time ownership, and getting upset about it, is indicative of deep social programming tho.
That's simply not true you know, particularly in some of the more outlying areas of SE and SW London. I'm actually quite surprised by how timely most of them are given the circumstances, even in Streatham Vale - fortunate because there's often only one bus option in more suburban areas.
Frankly I'm spoilt for choice for buses, with numerous routes going in all directions. Not everyone is so lucky.
Dr. Furface
One small step for me
Sorry, didn't realise I had to actually LIKE the services that I use and had no right to feel pissed off about them - whether you think I'm justified or not. NOW THERE'S A CONCEPT!
dessiato
4 years and I still cry sometimes
Feel pissed off about something that is worth being pissed off about. When the driver is doing his job, there is nothing to get pissed off about. If the seervice doesn't meet your expectations, here that would seem to be that they run solely for your convenience, don't use the service.
Donna Ferentes
jubliado
You've no right to get pissed off about them working for everybody else's benefit and not just yours.
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