People using up your time

Pollycat

Not quite on-topic but fitting in with the discussion about pensioners:
Why - oh - wh ydo they wait at bus stops from just after 9am when they know that their gold card can't be used before 09:30?

Everyday there's people who try to get on the bus at 09:26 and are turfed off to wait for the next one (it's only 10 or 15 minutes later on the services I catch a lot).

We refer to it as the 'wrinkly bus' - the first one after 09:30 which is packed with pensioners.

Or alternatively - we call them 'twirlies' as in 'too early'.

Really, I'm just annoyed because I'm not old enough to have a card that gives me free travel.

Torry_Quine

Pollycat wrote: »

Not quite on-topic but fitting in with the discussion about pensioners:
Why - oh - wh ydo they wait at bus stops from just after 9am when they know that their gold card can't be used before 09:30?

Everyday there's people who try to get on the bus at 09:26 and are turfed off to wait for the next one (it's only 10 or 15 minutes later on the services I catch a lot).

We refer to it as the 'wrinkly bus' - the first one after 09:30 which is packed with pensioners.

Or alternatively - we call them 'twirlies' as in 'too early'.

Really, I'm just annoyed because I'm not old enough to have a card that gives me free travel.

There's no time restriction here for bus passes, that would stop the problem you mention.

starrystarry

Torry_Quine wrote: »

There's no time restriction here for bus passes, that would stop the problem you mention.

But would likely result in pensioners cluttering up buses that are already overcrowded with commuters.

Indie_Kid

starrystarry wrote: »

But would likely result in pensioners cluttering up buses that are already overcrowded with commuters.

They may have hospital appointments, etc.

Pollycat

Indie_Kid wrote: »

They may have hospital appointments, etc.

Any pensioners round our way who have a gold card have to pay if they want to travel on buses before 9:30am.

So it would make sense if they arranged appointments - hairdresser, dentist, doctor, hospital - for later in the day.

Indie_Kid

Pollycat wrote: »

Any pensioners round our way who have a gold card have to pay if they want to travel on buses before 9:30am.

So it would make sense if they arranged appointments - hairdresser, dentist, doctor, hospital - for later in the day.

Not always an option. I had to rearrange a hospital appointment, which was a right pain in the backside. Ended up at another hsopital and had to wait another 3 weeks or so.

Savvy_Sue

starrystarry wrote: »

But would likely result in pensioners cluttering up buses that are already overcrowded with commuters.

The bus I use most often is cluttered with school children ... pensioners don't stand a chance!

Pollycat

Indie_Kid wrote: »

Not always an option. I had to rearrange a hospital appointment, which was a right pain in the backside. Ended up at another hsopital and had to wait another 3 weeks or so.

Then the only option is to pay to use the bus if you have to catch it before 09:30.

The point I was making back in post #158 was why do they have to catch the nearest bus to 09:30.

I doubt very much that it is to get to an apoointment as I don't think they would leave it that late in case the bus is late.

Pollycat

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

The bus I use most often is cluttered with school children ... pensioners don't stand a chance!

:eek:

We call that the zoo bus.

I avoid that more than the wrinklies 09:30 bus.

Person_one

Pollycat wrote: »

Then the only option is to pay to use the bus if you have to catch it before 09:30.

The point I was making back in post #158 was why do they have to catch the nearest bus to 09:30.

I doubt very much that it is to get to an apoointment as I don't think they would leave it that late in case the bus is late.

I don't know why the passes don't allow travel after 9am. Commuters are pretty much all at work by then.