[89-763-733]

Assuming he is not an EX bus driver

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ne...-16110740.html

[BestWestern]

Originally Posted by 89-763-733

Assuming he is not an EX bus driver

I doubt it, shouldn't be a big deal.

[rmt-driver]

Gosh people complain about anything these days

[causton]

A few times I've caught the last north London - Hatfield bus of the evening - the timetable is slack enough for the (usually the same female) driver to leave the first stop 10 minutes late, stop off, pick up a Chinese takeaway halfway along the route, then get to Hatfield on time!

I heard from another passenger she stops the other way to place the order

[90019]

Originally Posted by 89-763-733

Assuming he is not an EX bus driver

I'll be rather surprised if he is.

[StoneRoad]

if it was a soft drink?? wonder what the investigation will / will not find?

it is funny that very often you read stories, but you don't find out the other side.....

[Wyvern]

A long time ago I caught a bus from Wolverhampton to somewhere or other.

In the middle of the country the driver stopped next to a farm gate, crossed the road and disappeared behind the hedge.

We're all sitting there thinking "I know what he's up to." but no - he reappeared with a tray of eggs.

[anthony263]

Originally Posted by rmt-driver

Gosh people complain about anything these days

I was thinking that myself.

I know a couple of drivers who have stopped outside the local newsagents to grab a drink of a cup of coffee. Besides if they are running early I don't really see the issue so long as they are not buying then drinking an alcoholic drink.

[Ivo]

Although it wouldn't call this perfectly permissible, it is perfectly normal. Not so long ago a driver on one of our routes stopped 40 metres short of a bus stop to buy a newspaper. I didn't mind him doing this - we were 4 minutes early - but he could have at least pulled up in the right place...!

Next people will be complaining about trains having to skip stations without prior notice, even though said notice was given...

...oh, hold on a minute, that happened already

[Statto]

People are complaining as the driver went on an unauthorised diversion, to stop at an Off Licence to buy a drink, now if the driver was on route & was early & done this then it's fair enough, as some drivers do on early morning services to buy a Paper ecc, but passengers dont expect drivers to divert the bus off route to do this.

I don't think the driver will be sacked just a severe reprimand.

[jonmorris0844]

I've been on a 63 to King's Cross and we stopped almost at the end (in fact, between the second from last stop and the last stop) and he went in to get a cup of coffee. He was gone for a good few minutes and didn't say a word to anyone on the bus before getting off, or getting back on.

Perhaps he was early, or more likely wanted a warm coffee before his turnaround - but the worrying thing was that he left the cab door open and the engine running.

I was almost tempted to take over control of the bus, but others may have preferred to go for the cash box. As it happened, nobody did anything - not even get off to walk the last 100 yards to the station. Rather odd thinking back, but I guess everyone was in shock!

I didn't report him, but I bet it would have been big news if someone HAD stolen the bus or robbed the cash box.

[WestCoast]

It happens on a rural bus route near me (which I tried catching instead of the train for my commute); the regular driver pops into Spar for a paper and a Lucozade, as the bus is always a few minutes early at a timing point in a village. It doesn't bother anyone at all.

Then again, it's the type of bus where the same people are on it every day!

[BestWestern]

Originally Posted by jonmorris0844

I've been on a 63 to King's Cross and we stopped almost at the end (in fact, between the second from last stop and the last stop) and he went in to get a cup of coffee. He was gone for a good few minutes and didn't say a word to anyone on the bus before getting off, or getting back on.

Perhaps he was early, or more likely wanted a warm coffee before his turnaround - but the worrying thing was that he left the cab door open and the engine running.

I was almost tempted to take over control of the bus, but others may have preferred to go for the cash box. As it happened, nobody did anything - not even get off to walk the last 100 yards to the station. Rather odd thinking back, but I guess everyone was in shock!

I didn't report him, but I bet it would have been big news if someone HAD stolen the bus or robbed the cash box.

Now that really is unacceptable, and I used to despair of some of my former colleagues who were in the habit of doing the same thing when I was a driver. There is absolutely no excuse whatsoever for leaving a bus sitting unattended and running, it's totally irresponsible and, in my humble view, any driver who does so fully deserves the most severe of tellings off, or worse.

As for the cash box, if he wants to spend a week's wages paying for his own stupidity then that's his problem

[rmt-driver]

Originally Posted by BestWestern

Now that really is unacceptable, and I used to despair of some of my former colleagues who were in the habit of doing the same thing when I was a driver. There is absolutely no excuse whatsoever for leaving a bus sitting unattended and running, it's totally irresponsible and, in my humble view, any driver who does so fully deserves the most severe of tellings off, or worse.

As for the cash box, if he wants to spend a week's wages paying for his own stupidity then that's his problem

Cabs on London buses are fully locked and have full bandit screens , so nothing would happen

[Mike395]

Originally Posted by rmt-driver

Cabs on London buses are fully locked and have full bandit screens , so nothing would happen

jonmorris0844 stated the cab door was left open though... so anything really could have happened.