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Post by crossscythe on May 6, 2022 16:15:17 GMT
On Yorkshire Terrier buses, there used to be signs up inside saying "did you get a ticket? If not, ring xxx and tell us!". I have always wondered what that was about. I can't imagine it was in case of an Inspector boarding, because a:- that would require a mobile phone, which not many people had in Yorkshire Terrier days and b:- people would be able to exploit it for short faring, just call the depot and say tickets weren't available before an Inspector gets on. Another thought is that they wanted people to jot down the number and call the depot to report a problem with the ticket machine when they got home, but surely the drivers themselves could easily do that over the radio. It seems bemusing.
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Post by duncan on May 7, 2022 9:52:32 GMT
On Yorkshire Terrier buses, there used to be signs up inside saying "did you get a ticket? If not, ring xxx and tell us!". I have always wondered what that was about. I can't imagine it was in case of an Inspector boarding, because a:- that would require a mobile phone, which not many people had in Yorkshire Terrier days and b:- people would be able to exploit it for short faring, just call the depot and say tickets weren't available before an Inspector gets on. Another thought is that they wanted people to jot down the number and call the depot to report a problem with the ticket machine when they got home, but surely the drivers themselves could easily do that over the radio. It seems bemusing. It was purely an exercise in trying to prevent drivers fiddling in an age when inspectors were not actively employed by the company. As a driver who has never fiddled I would have found this to be extremely insulting as it tarred all drivers with the same brush. It would appear though that Terrier knew their staff........ |
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Post by crossscythe on May 7, 2022 23:24:28 GMT
On Yorkshire Terrier buses, there used to be signs up inside saying "did you get a ticket? If not, ring xxx and tell us!". I have always wondered what that was about. I can't imagine it was in case of an Inspector boarding, because a:- that would require a mobile phone, which not many people had in Yorkshire Terrier days and b:- people would be able to exploit it for short faring, just call the depot and say tickets weren't available before an Inspector gets on. Another thought is that they wanted people to jot down the number and call the depot to report a problem with the ticket machine when they got home, but surely the drivers themselves could easily do that over the radio. It seems bemusing. It was purely an exercise in trying to prevent drivers fiddling in an age when inspectors were not actively employed by the company. As a driver who has never fiddled I would have found this to be extremely insulting as it tarred all drivers with the same brush. It would appear though that Terrier knew their staff........ A good way to ruin management/staff relations! |
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Post by The Captain on May 9, 2022 17:22:35 GMT
It was purely an exercise in trying to prevent drivers fiddling in an age when inspectors were not actively employed by the company. As a driver who has never fiddled I would have found this to be extremely insulting as it tarred all drivers with the same brush. It would appear though that Terrier knew their staff........ A good way to ruin management/staff relations! It was a different era where fiddling was ride, take enough for your dinner, not to pay your bills. But then again the well known rogues at Terrier got up to all sorts, like gambling the entire takings in the bookies.... |
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