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Tim Roll-Pickering · June 27th 11, 07:00 PM posted to uk.transport.london

d wrote:

Why do you need to "sell" a bus? People will know if they like it as
soon
as they use it.

Yes and in the case of the bendy there was a lot of dislike. But you need
to

I'm not so sure. I think there was a small very vocal minority who
couldn't
stand them and made damn sure everyone knew it , but the vast majority of
users were more than happy with them. I used them intermittently for a
while
and I found them a pleasure to use. Far nicer than having to crawl up the
staircase in a double decker and hang on for dear life while the driver
floors it and then when I get to the top deck its more like a greenhouse
than
a method of transport. And thats without the obligatory yoofs hanging
around
on the back seat.

There were yoofs on the bendies as well. And I used the new doubledecker 25
both ways today - much more pleasant, a much better chance of getting a
seat, a much more realistic official capacity and far less of the crush
crowding so hated on the bendies.