Pigsonthewing Were you into buses before you became a driver?
Actually not really. I had done a lot of jobs before becoming a driver but hadn’t really thought of it as a career.
Do you like vintage buses?
I love them. Some of them are so well maintained. I saw a very old one a couple of days ago and wondered what it would be like to driver them. I can only imagine the noise as the one I saw was being driven by an engineer with ear protectors on.
What’s your view of bus enthusiasts?
I know quite a few. Most of them are fine just normal people that happen to like buses a lot. Then there are the scary ones. These are the ones that take it to the extreme. Travelling hours just to catch that elusive number that they don’t yet have. Those I don’t like at all.
Watfordgap What’s the most unusual thing you had to remove someone from your bus for?
Usually the only thing I remove people for is being an idiot while drunk and not paying the fare I have not really had anything weird that warranted being removed from the bus for
Littlelaura Has anyone paid for their ticket in a big pile of 1p’s only?
Oh yeah lots of times. This usually jams the cash chute and takes ages to clear but by far the worst is paying for a daysaver with them. That’s a total nightmare and takes ages as the chute will only take about 40p in them at any one time.
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Great blog!
I don’t use the buses any more
but when I did, I loved the Metrobuses. Well, I still do. They’re really comfortable and I love the noise they make 
Haha, I’m guilty of paying for tickets with extreme amounts of change. I used 21 coins to get my daysaver a few weeks ago.
It makes me wonder whether drivers actually count it sometimes when I use a lot, or is it a case of ‘It looks as though there’s enough there…’?