The Stagecoach ‘How to use a bus’ guide seems to be covered everywhere which is why I wasn’t going to blog about it. That is, until, I came across this article in today’s Times, I found it very amusing. I particularly liked the last bit.

“3: Wholehearted appreciation of the bus driver”.

“Look – he’s steering a vast vehicle through a perilous environment on a tight deadline, with the fates of hundreds in the balance. In any other comparable situation – Han Solo on the Millennium Falcon, Captain Picard in Star Trek, Cliff in Summer Holiday– the guy up front is treated like a hero. We all need to hail the bus driver, man.”

“Maybe the first step to driver deification could be making the job seem a little more in-demand, and hard-to-get. Possibly by removing the big posters on the back of the bus that read, “YOU could be driving this bus!” After all, you quite notably don’t see them on the back of Formula One vehicles, or presidential motorcades.”