tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post6977304009322352062..comments2024-03-25T22:17:35.616+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Sampling Salubrious Stratford [1]fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-84692338015248710382011-09-13T17:27:33.950+01:002011-09-13T17:27:33.950+01:00Hope you do a trip through the terrorist tent, tha...Hope you do a trip through the terrorist tent, that every bus is being forced to go through before entering the bus station (or certainly are on the newly extended 97 route).<br /><br />Here's what happens ... every bus has to pull up inside an enormous tent. Passengers panic, and start to try to get off. Rent-a-cop security guards board the bus, order everyone to sit down. They then hilariously (not) order everyone to get their credit cards for inspection and are then surprised when some thicko's actually do it. Quite what they're doing other than walking up and down both decks annoying us and making us think we're second class scum I don't know.<br /><br />While this is going on, passengers are walking out of the railway and underground station unchallenged, pedestrians are streaming from old Stratford over the new bridge, cars are arriving (with the odd one being singled out for search). And every single one of those people being as equal a terrorist threat as us poor buggers on the 97 bus.<br /><br />Welcome to modern Britain. It's only going to get worse with the Olympics.John Swallowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085358368690294668noreply@blogger.com