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Changeless bus passenger denied boarding
On Sep 16, 5:23*pm, "Michael R N Dolbear" wrote:
Tom Anderson wrote On Mon, 15 Sep 2008, Simon wrote: On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:24:51 -0700 (PDT), Boltar wrote: On Sep 15, 10:18 am, Walter Briscoe wrote: On Sunday morning, about 08.00,I was on a 21 to Lewisham at London Bridge/Monument. A passenger boarded and tried to pay with a twenty pound note. The driver had no change and nor did other passengers. The passenger was made to get off the bus. I was horrified and complained, this morning, at 0845 300 7000. The stop is not "Pay before you board". It seems the operator should have issued a pay later chit. company for this service? *The shop is open even if it exists? Perhaps the bus company should give the drivers a reasonable float, after all they do trust them with cash. There still has to be a backup scheme for when the float runs out. I recall it was mentioned on this NG that ? BAA had to cause representations to be made to the Chinese official travel agency because they were giving their customers only £50 notes. And debit card Cashback has made shops part of the UK money transmission system. I got 10x£1 coins from Sainsburys prior to a visit to a laundrette I agree that passengers should try to have the correct money but sometimes plans fail. This is, to my mind, a major hole in the payment arrangements for the buses, and i believe i've ranted about this before. The problem is that Perhaps the "pay later chit" should be required to be issued only if a one day bus pass is bought so the customer can collect their change at no further cost. You're even stuffed if you have an oyster but no credit, because there's no way to add credit to an oyster card outside station opening times. I've been in a pickle trying to get home late at night on more than one occasion due to this. Auto top-up and top-up at a Oyster Ticket stop are also available "outside station opening times" Not very likely. I've never seen one. Not many night clubs are Oyster Ticket Stops. |
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