I’ve had a bit of a bad week judging by the feedback my passengers
have been giving me. If they are to believed every Stagecoach driver in
Winchester gives them exactly what they want except me!

When I explain that Concessionary passes can only be used after
9:00am I’m told that “No one has ever told me that. Every other driver
accepts my pass”. When I decline to drop some healthy students at a ‘T’
junction I was trying to pull out of, because it was a dangerous situation
some 50 metres before the bus stop, I’m informed that “All the other
drivers let us off here”. It seems that no other driver in Winchester
applies the rule that return tickets (within the City) can only be issued
after 9:00am because “Everyone else does”.

I’ve really no idea what’s in someone’s mind when they say “All other
drivers do” to me. Do they think I’ll immediately say “In that case I’d
better allow it too”? I wonder if I look such a week willed character that
the thought that I’m out of step with others will make me immediately fall
into line? They’ll just have to learn that I don’t accept Concessionary
passes before 9:00 (well, maybe 08:59) but 08:30 is a definite no, no. If
you want a door to door passenger service use the vehilcle with ‘Taxi’
written on it. If you’re happy to be dropped of in the vicinity of where you
want go get on the vehicle with a number ‘5’, ‘7’ or whatever on the front
of it.