The above bus is a Dart not a Trident. Normally Double Decker Tridents are used on the 12 and 12A routes but the other day the bus I was supposed to take over had a small problem with the starter motor and I had to use this bus instead. OK, it's still a bus you say. But having a single decker instead of a double decker does have it's problems. The first being that passengers waiting at bus stops look at the bus as it appears over the horizon and loose interest. Their bus should be a decker, this isn't a decker so it isn't their bus. So I stop, open doors and shout, "This is a 12A. Going to all the places a 12A goes. Don't be shy.Please get on, just don't try and go up stairs."
Second problem is the Tridents have a system which, at the press of a button the air in the front nearside suspension is expelled with a hiss and the floor lowers, making it easier for people, especially elderly or infirm people. This bus has two or three steps, making it slightly harder for elderly or infirm to get on and impossible for mum to get the baby buggy on. Fortunately only one baby buggy tried to get on, this mum had gone out and bought the biggest buggy she could find, only slightly bigger than the Moon Buggy that the Americans left parked on the Moon. (Or did they?). But all was well, she wanted Waterside and the 12A doesn't go to Waterside.
Third problem, passenger gets on, "Been under a low bridge then."
6 comments:
"a small problem with the starter motor"
So what's a big problem with the starter motor? Either way the bus won't start.
It's like saying a girl is "slightly pregnant".
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Slightly tasteless joke:
Girl gets in lift with big smile on her face.
Lady in lift says "you look happy"
Girl says "yes, I'm expecting a baby"
Lady says "how long have you been expecting?"
Girl says "about ten minutes"
So how many times did you have to hear the low bridge joke in one day?
Nice 12A but no destination? Regulars ok, but out of town peeps stuffed.
Pity some artistic supervisor couldn’t have fashioned a temp destination board.
Been looking through you’re old posts have found a picture of a green training bus with Earn and Learn, Ill check the fleet number but my fellow college Phil has the exact same colour and markings but the 0800 number has been changed. My old training bus was in the old Stagecoach colours but has just been resprayed blue.
That Dart is usually used on the coast run to Exeter so all the blinds were for the 85 route. It was a bit of a rush job so I had to stop, open doors and shout where I was going. All good fun.
The driver training is mostly done in Exeter so the green bus rarely gets down here.
Low bridge comment? Three times but after that it was the waiting for the next time; I hate the waiting.
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