How to catch a bus...

[TheGuru]

How to catch a bus...


An idiot's guide has been produced for people who have forgotten how to catch a bus.
Stagecoach say they created the manual because people are now so reliant on cars.

The guide begins reassuringly with: "Using the bus could not be easier."
Passengers should "first of all decide on what bus you need" and once the right bus has been spotted, with the "number and destination on the front", one should then "signal for the driver to stop".

The guide continues: "Wait until the bus is stopped and the doors are fully opened and step on board.

"When you want to get off, press the bell once. For your safety we recommend you remain seated until the bus has arrived at the stop."

A spokesman for Stagecoach said research had shown many members of the public no longer knew how to use public transport.
Steven Stewart said: "If we look back 30 or 40 years, catching a bus was part of our daily routine from when we were children.

"Our guide is not designed to be patronising, it's just answering questions that cause fear and uncertainty when people are thinking of getting a bus."

Are people really so daft that they dont know how to catch a bus? I suppose thats really a rhetorical question

[sabredragon]

I watched a tv show which had a piece about this in it.

At 1st this does look like trying to teach your granny to suck eggs but as the chap who was talking about it said he lives in rural Northamptonshire & they dont have a bus route to use where his family live.

[Mike]

I recall somebody calling a bus a peasent wagon. Its a snobby comment, but it made me laugh

[Nutty_ZA]

We don't even have a bus srvice where I live anymore... it wasn't making a profit, so that canned it... that was about 20 years ago now

If you don't own a car in SA, you're rather stuck as Public transport is virtually non existant

[TheGuru]

Can you not use a zebra or something? Ive seen it on TV, there are thousands of them just roaming around.

I kno what you are thinking "Gee thanks Guru, why didnt I think of that "

Im just glad Im here to help you all

[Nutty_ZA]

Originally Posted by TheGuru

Can you not use a zebra or something? Ive seen it on TV, there are thousands of them just roaming around.

I kno what you are thinking "Gee thanks Guru, why didnt I think of that "

Im just glad Im here to help you all

LOL... saldy, The Zebras get eaten by all the lions roaming the streets

[surkdidat]

Originally Posted by Nutty_ZA

LOL... saldy, The Zebras get eaten by all the lions roaming the streets

I take it your not telling the truth there, I thinks you may be li-on (lying) to us. Could end in a CATastrophe if you tried to use a lion as a mode of transport, although some may say it could be a ROARing success. The MANE thing is though public transport should be available, perhaps there is busses running over there, jsut no-one knows how to use them, so perhaps the guide could be published over there!

[Mike]

hey Surk you should be writing headlines for the Sun newspaper

[surkdidat]

Originally Posted by Mike

hey Surk you should be writing headlines for the Sun newspaper

Everyone always says that, t he amount of bad jokes I could PUN-nel in would be bad.

I would have a lot of PUN doing that job.

I'll get my coat!

[Nutty_ZA]

Originally Posted by surkdidat

I take it your not telling the truth there, I thinks you may be li-on (lying) to us. Could end in a CATastrophe if you tried to use a lion as a mode of transport, although some may say it could be a ROARing success. The MANE thing is though public transport should be available, perhaps there is busses running over there, jsut no-one knows how to use them, so perhaps the guide could be published over there!

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