Getting on the bus (or train) a stop before the busy one - should it be allowed

[whole diary]

[grahame]

From The Mirror

Mum 'screamed at' and called 'selfish' for jumping bus queue by walking to previous stop

A woman who walked to a previous bus stop to make sure she could get on has been branded 'selfish' by other mums who accuse her of being a 'queue jumper' – but she doesn't think she's done anything wrong

Declaration of interest ... I will admit to regularly getting on to the bus to Bath one stop BEFORE the first Town Centre stop - in the Market Place where there are almost always lots of people joining; there is rarely a queue at the stop I use.  Oh - and it's just outside our house.

[Timmer]

It’s called using your initiative. We’ve all got it, just need to use it.

[infoman]

Heavan forbid if some one in a wheelchair had gone on at this "previous stop"

[Bmblbzzz]

Some people might get on at the stop before the busy one because that's the most convenient for where they live or work. How selfish of them to live there!

[Oxonhutch]

Paddington Bakerloo in rush hour and the city bound platform is five deep. Forget it; get next northbound to Warwick Avenue - cross platforms and take one's chances there. Worked for me several times and was far less unpleasant.

[grahame]

Paddington Bakerloo in rush hour and the city bound platform is five deep. Forget it; get next northbound to Warwick Avenue - cross platforms and take one's chances there. Worked for me several times and was far less unpleasant.

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Have Crossrail or Covid reduced the passenger flows and overcrowding there??

[Oxonhutch]

Have Crossrail or Covid reduced the passenger flows and overcrowding there??

Can't say personally as I have not had to endure its pleasures since semi-retiring and the opening of Crossrail

[grahame]

85% say it's not selfish to join at a stop before the really busy one at which the bus can fill ... and no-one votes that it IS selfish.  Relieved - Lisa and I can usually get a seat at the stop outside our house, but on occasions the Bath Bus can fill at the next (Town Centre) stop.

[Bob_Blakey]

I completely fail to understand how or why this became a story considered worthy of publication.

[grahame]

I completely fail to understand how or why this became a story considered worthy of publication.

Judging by the comments, all the votes and all the "likes" on that reply ... very worthy of publication (here) in terms or generating throughs and discussion, even if we're pretty much all aligned on the answer!

[Timmer]

I completely fail to understand how or why this became a story considered worthy of publication.

You could say that a lot about what’s published as ‘news’ on these national and local newspaper websites these days.

[IndustryInsider]

You could say that a lot about what’s published as ‘news’ on these national and local newspaper websites these days.

Yes, it seems that if it's a 'news' story with a bit of controversy that a journalist can just cut and paste a load of Twitter responses to then it's far more likely to make it to print.

[bobm]

I can partly relate to this.  In Swindon, Day Riders are valid on both Swindonbus and Stagecoach services.  However if you have them on a Swindonbus smart card you have to activate it on one of their buses before using it on a Stagecoach one.

A few months back I caught a bus to validate the pass before swapping to a second bus at the next stop. 

Someone sitting across from the driver was visibly and audibly disapproving as I waited to get off.  The suggestion was I was lazy and delaying the service!

[Timmer]

Someone sitting across from the driver was visibly and audibly disapproving as I waited to get off.  The suggestion was I was lazy and delaying the service!

None of their business.

[grahame]

Someone sitting across from the driver was visibly and audibly disapproving as I waited to get off.  The suggestion was I was lazy and delaying the service!

None of their business.

Totally agreed, though this is (or was when I last checked) a free country in which we can all express our opinions within certain bounds.   Usually very silly of someone to disapprove of someone they don't know in public - it tends to show the person expressing the view in a rather poor light ...