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Im sure the bus driver could have bent the rules she was 94! and would have had a long walk home by the sounds of it if she had made it that far probably would have collapsed by the side of the road. He would not have lost his job over letting the woman on the bus if the inspector came on if he had then i thing it would have made a fine story for the press! absolutly stupid, If that was his nanna getting on the bus im sure it would have been a different story. I think its just him being hard faced!

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well done mick, its crap but at many firms now mummiboo ya bend the rules yer out, not saying its right, saying its fact.

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I can see both sides - one that the driver could see that the lady was a pensioner but also its a case of either him letting the lady on but also a chance of him losing his job and before you say well theres a few other bus companies you do realise they do talk each other.... and not officially either, in fact if the driver had let her on and the inspector had got on the bus and said to her wheres your ticket and your nowcard and she cant produce them then the inspector by rights has the authority to suspend him there and then, and the driver will then go in front of the bosses. He could actually get charged with stealing from the bus company - and how many bus companies are going to take on someone who got sacked from a bus company for stealing - no mention of what it was. The bus driver was right in saying that because she hasnt got the card then she has to pay the fare. Agree with you cashy as well - if you bend the rules you are out nowadays.

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Well done Mick

I can't belive this is prompting any discussion at all, have we lost all common sense and decency in this country. . Examine the facts in this case how can anybody defend this nonsense either from the Driver or the company.

I'd love to see transdev trying to discipline their driver and the driver take the case to an employment tribuneral

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That is so weird Mick cos I actually think I know the lady you are talking about, she is one of my ladies that I support, it might well not be her, but I don't think there are many 90 odd year old ladies who live in blackburn and go to accy once a month.

good on ya mick, karma on its way

as for the driver.. I can understand his fear of losing his job, but if it had come to that a story by the telegraph surely would have done more harm to the bus company

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it must have been fate that you couldnt get the sauce you wanted :

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I think the driver should have let her on. Any inspector complaining about that should be under a bus not on it.

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He made do with the other kind of sauce Lisa, it comes in pint glasses :D

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I think that is awful ... and lets hope the driver never gets old and in trouble eh?? Poor lady crying!! what a bloody shame.

I wanted to send you Karma mick .... but guess what! I have to spread em :D

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In this the Driver could have used his descretion, let the lady on the bus, recorded the card through the machine (The Company then get paid) and if an Inspector boarded to check the bus, the driver could explain the circumstances to him before he commenced his check.
No Inspector worth his salt would report the driver for that.

A Revenue Inspector is just that....making sure that the company has not lost any money............In this case money will be paid to the company so no offence commited.

Possibly a new driver ?

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Don't worry about it, mate. You know it's only a matter of time, just as i know it's only a matter of time... I will be top of that leader board :D:D:D

Btw... what was the original post about? Just by nicking my Hi-score, the red mist descended and I lost the plot... What were you whinging about? :confused:

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It's not right that a 94 year old lady is treated like that. If Mick hadn't paid her fare what would she have done?

I do feel sorry for her being reduced to tears like that. :(

However, I can see what Flashy and Cashy are saying. The driver doesn't make the rules and once you start making exceptions where does it end?

The inspector wouldn't have made an exception if he got on the bus and the lady couldn't produce her card. The driver would have got into trouble and maybe lost his job.

It's a tough one.

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Sorry but there is no excuse for any inspector to rebuke a driver for allowing a 94 year old woman get reduced fare. I think it is a disgrace that these rules are being enforced so rigidly. Surely it was obvious the poor lady was entitled to reduced fares. Well done Mick karma on the way.

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You're quite right, Bernadette, but the fact is that they do.

As Flashy said, it's not just the elderly, they do it with children too, even when they're in uniform they won't let them on at reduced fare if they haven't got the card.

I'm not saying it's right but it's the way the bus company operate.

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you obviously have no experiance of tribunals by making that comment.:rolleyes: