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Everywhere else in the UK you can still pay cash on buses. I'm slightly taken aback that London bus thinks cash is no longer worthy as every time I've been on a

Everywhere else in the UK you can still pay cash on buses. I'm slightly taken aback that London bus thinks cash is no longer worthy as every time I've been on a bus everyone pays cash or has weekly pass. I pay cash nearly everywhere, card is for online only. I'll be a long way towards the back of the cashless adoption!

TulliusCicero 10y ago
> I'm slightly taken aback that London bus thinks cash is no longer worthy as every time I've been on a bus everyone pays cash or has weekly pass. Paying cash on the bus substantially slows down the bus. It makes sense to get rid of that transaction.
- ChoHag 10y ago
  As a long-time passenger I'm OK with that, and I'd be even more OK with that if they remembered what customer fucking service was and brought back the conductors. It's[+] my city and it can damn-well run the way I want it to. And that doesn't include 100% surveillance. [+] Was, sadly. I like London. But it's shit. Edit: Formatting. Further edit: In fact I've lived in London most of my life and experience suggests a scenario which is distressingly common: Are you one of those cunts who tuts and sighs[ø] when a little old lady gets on the bus and takes (horror of horrors!) more than 10 seconds to pay her fare and find a seat? FUCK YOU. You don't deserve the air you breathe. [ø] For those who live outside the M25, this is the London equivalent of a near-violent argument between strangers.
tommeader 10y ago
In Nottingham some buses allow cash but only exact change.
ChoHag 10y ago
It's impossible. I just had a fight with a bus driver over this. "Single to X please" "No" "I'll pay you, whether personally or your employer, an entire £10 (the fare's about £1.50) to take me to X" "No" "£20?" "No. Go somewhere else (there was nowhere near this particular bus stop to buy one and I'd have missed that bus even if there was) and buy a card so we can follow you everywhere you go" It's fucking scary. Or would be if I lived permanently in this shithole. Haha! Recent events rather than persuading me to get bank account and card have entrenched my position not to get one. Things should not be like this and fuck any and everyone who's OK with it.

TulliusCicero 10y ago

> I'm slightly taken aback that London bus thinks cash is no longer worthy as every time I've been on a bus everyone pays cash or has weekly pass. Paying cash on the bus substantially slows down the bus. It makes sense to get rid of that transaction.

ChoHag 10y ago
As a long-time passenger I'm OK with that, and I'd be even more OK with that if they remembered what customer fucking service was and brought back the conductors. It's[+] my city and it can damn-well run the way I want it to. And that doesn't include 100% surveillance. [+] Was, sadly. I like London. But it's shit. Edit: Formatting. Further edit: In fact I've lived in London most of my life and experience suggests a scenario which is distressingly common: Are you one of those cunts who tuts and sighs[ø] when a little old lady gets on the bus and takes (horror of horrors!) more than 10 seconds to pay her fare and find a seat? FUCK YOU. You don't deserve the air you breathe. [ø] For those who live outside the M25, this is the London equivalent of a near-violent argument between strangers.

tommeader 10y ago

In Nottingham some buses allow cash but only exact change.

ChoHag 10y ago

It's impossible. I just had a fight with a bus driver over this. "Single to X please" "No" "I'll pay you, whether personally or your employer, an entire £10 (the fare's about £1.50) to take me to X" "No" "£20?" "No. Go somewhere else (there was nowhere near this particular bus stop to buy one and I'd have missed that bus even if there was) and buy a card so we can follow you everywhere you go" It's fucking scary. Or would be if I lived permanently in this shithole. Haha! Recent events rather than persuading me to get bank account and card have entrenched my position not to get one. Things should not be like this and fuck any and everyone who's OK with it.