Right, let's tell of how things work here.
Outside my station we have a total of 3 bus stops. One serves the station in the direction of the city centre, the services heading north of the city and onwards to other destinations have 2 stops to serve them all.
The main problem we have is with those two is that you have to keep a close eye on your intended service, especially at peak times when buses can be right behind each other. The other problem, mainly in the evening, is that taxi drivers also use one of the stops to park in. This means buses have to stop in the road, which spells you have to move towards the road, into the bus stop and put a clear arm out to stop the bus. Not the safest thing to do, but essential sometimes. The drivers will stop unless the bus is full. Drivers will slow down before they reach the stop to ensure no-one is waiting for the service and hasn't quite seen it. Of course, it's better if you're ready for it before it is due.
Now, I've seen MORE anti-First Group postings here. That's the second thread it's happened in just today. Normally I would try and ignore it, however two members are posting their biased posts everywhere, more of it each day. I'm now getting very tired of this. I might be anti-GNER, but I certainly don't post this in 99% of my posts each day. I certainly don't purposely diss a new service by GNER on the basis that it is GNER. Those who were in attendance on the Rhymney meet on Saturday will know I do not like GNER at all, but I'm not so anti-GNER I will refuse to use their services, nor will I purposely post un-founded arguments that they suck. When I get around to it, I shall write up my anti-GNER essay, detailing why I do not like them. This will then be posted publically on the Internet. I mention this as those here that don't like First have no real reasoning in their argument, especially when it comes to First Group bus services. It's always 'Because it's First', which is gramatically incorrect anyway, but let's not go far with that.
I've already posted about my disagreeing with this stupid anti-First bias people have. This is the second thread in one day, as previously mentioned, that I've seen a thread with moaning about First Group. I'm unable to ignore it now. All those on my MSN contact list that are known anti-First Group people are being blocked and deleted from the list. That is just Step 1 of my efforts to detach myself from a First Group-hating lot. Step 2 and Step 3 will be going further, I do not wish for either of them to happen. However, they will be implemented if needs be. My sources of information can be sourced through other means.
I'll conclude with saying that it is a good thing I'm not a moderator...
That's my two cents.