It's a shame that this honour goes to that route - with its ragbag of
very poorly-maintained Routemasters and extremely surly staff who seem
not to give a fig about pride in their job. Several times I have been
left standing at the bus stop at the bottom of Regent Street (with the
159 stuck behind a bendi-bus, or other queues of buses) whilst the 159
whizzes past, refusing to stop at the stop - presumably the driver
having thought that stopping half a mile further down the road was
sufficient for the "let's shaft the passengers" game.

By contrast, I have nothing but admiration for the vast majority of the
staff on routes 14 and 22. I travelled to Putney Heath yesterday (for
the first time) just to photograph the terminus there, and had a nice
chat with several conductors and drivers, who seemed to remain cheerful
despite the impending doom.

Marc.