On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 02:20:39AM -0700, Boltar wrote:

(though to be honest
how many people knowing they're going to catch a bus later wouldn't
make sure they had some pound coins on them?)

I wouldn't. It's just not something I'd think about because every
other place in the entire country* that sells things takes notes.
And what about people who *don't* know that they're going to catch a bus
later?

and the bus driver has
no change he should have the option to issue tickets for however many
journeys the note would pay for. The passenger can then either hand
over the whole note or get off and walk.

The driver should have the option to give the passenger a receipt for
the whole amount so he can get his change on another bus, or at a
"ticket stop", or at a station (ANY station in London, not just
Underground stations).

* I'll just take it as read that some annoying **** of a pedant is
going to point out a shop in some ghastly rural ****-hole whose
owner thinks that twenties are a commie paedo plot. I don't care.

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