Why can’t passengers just ask “Do you go to xxxx?” Today was typical with a young lady getting on the bus which was on its stand at Winchester Bus Station. “Where are you going?” she asked. I gave my usual reply “Where it says on the front” which is a much easier than listing every stop between Winchester and Stockbridge. She obviously had read Stockbridge because she then asked “Do you go to Kings Somborne?” “Yes”, I said. “Where do you stop in Kings Somborne?” came next. There are five stops in King Somborne and I really didn’t want to describe each one so simply asked “Where do you want to go?” “Eldon Close” she replied. My response was “Fine” as I punched the destination into the ticket machine I told her the price.<\/p>\n
It would have been so much quicker and easier if she’d got on and simply asked “Do you go to Eldon Close?” Most people do just ask in a straight forward way but it’s surprising how many make such hard work of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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