Even if it stopped at every passenger's door I don't think it would have been used, but there would still have been tears and snotters when it was withdrawn.
There's usually a lot of people that get off at Thornwood for the 77 and run across onto 2s and 3s. Yeah that's so true though. People only want to use something when they lose it. 4 and 4A from Knightswood being a great example of this