London Banter - View Single Post - TfL To Remove Roadside Ticket Machines For Buses

Ken Wheatley · September 16th 12, 09:58 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 2012-09-14 19:32:08 +0000, said:

On 14/09/2012 13:20, Tony Dragon wrote:
On 13/09/2012 21:11, wrote:
On 13/09/2012 13:29, Neil Williams wrote:
wrote:

And I guess you've never seen the fuss when someones Oyster card
doesn't work
and they stand there for 5 mins arguing with the driver?

Which is one issue that the current policy causes, and a return to
allowing
cash fares will solve, particularly where a group is travelling and the
last one to board has a card problem.

Neil

It always seems to happen in the morning when some woman has to fumble
through her purse looking for an Oystercard, and then starts yelling at
the driver when he says that he needs to drive off.

It's amazing how many people stand at the bus stop for 5 minutes and
only remember that they have to pay just as they board the bus.

It really is. Speaks levels about the degrees of self-absorption, if
you ask me.

It's actually worse than has been stated. It goes like this: get on
bus; look at driver quizzically; fumble in shopping bag for handbag;
open handbag; fumble and locate purse; open that; spend five minutes
gathering shrapnell.

I remember when many London buses had a ticket machine inside the
right-hand leaf of the entrance door, so those with the right money
could bypass the queue for the driver. The really slow ones were the
worst at having a go at 'queue jumpers".