Today was 193 duty again and as usual everyone conspired to make it
miserable for me. Why do passengers with the least mobility always want to
sit on the back seat of the bus? They board and then slowly shuffle their way
back, holding onto seat backs and poles so as not to fall, passing nice comfy
empty seats at the front of the bus. When they want to get off they ring the
bell, I stop, and then they start the long slow journey from the back of the bus
in order to get off.

Then there was the cyclist who screamed and shouted at me because I
nearly knocked him off his bike as he overtook me when I was turning right.
The right turn I was making is a tight turn so the bus has to be as far as
possible over to the left hand side of the road in order to turn right. I was in
this position with my right hand indicator flashing to indicate I was doing a right
turn. The bike came from behind and then tried to pass me as the bus turned
right. I opened my window and listened to the abuse before asking “Didn’t you
see my right hand indicator working?” “I thought you were stopping” was his reply. “In that case I’d have had my left hand indicator on!”

The Winchester Park and Ride service (which I was driving) allows up to 7
people to travel free on the bus if a parking ticket has been purchased. Today
19 people from a minibus thought they’d all get a free ride into town having
paid £2.70 to park! I told them that I should really charge 12 people
£1.75 each return, total cost £21.00 But if they were to buy 2
more £2.70 parking tickets I could take them all free :-)