tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936621616948244669.post109516631597071014..comments2023-10-09T13:04:05.864+01:00Comments on Auld Reekie Rants: Worst Group Rant No. 94 (change at Dalkeith)Mike Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04720759712556479993noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936621616948244669.post-84588294823213039952010-07-19T21:12:54.786+01:002010-07-19T21:12:54.786+01:00Wee Ava is grand, thank you Joanna. I hope all is ...Wee Ava is grand, thank you Joanna. I hope all is well with you and yours.Mike Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720759712556479993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936621616948244669.post-39922212130543317622010-07-16T22:53:30.815+01:002010-07-16T22:53:30.815+01:00Are you sure you weren't on a bus in Los Angel...Are you sure you weren't on a bus in Los Angeles????<br /><br />Cheers,<br />jj<br /><br />PS How's your new grandbaby doing???Joanna Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10836376588710862173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936621616948244669.post-12130641064394142502010-07-16T22:24:33.371+01:002010-07-16T22:24:33.371+01:00Adullamite - First Group and Stagecoach are differ...Adullamite - First Group and Stagecoach are different companies - and rivals in some parts. First Bus began as Grampian Regional Transport in the mid 1980s when buses were run as a public service. But Sir Moir Lockhead soon changed all that...<br /><br />Scotsman - In Edinburgh, Lothian Buses do a pretty good job. They have modern buses with wheelchair facilities and, crucially, their services are reliable. That's why I use them rather than Worst Bus...Mike Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720759712556479993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936621616948244669.post-20708438821563637062010-07-16T20:02:06.826+01:002010-07-16T20:02:06.826+01:00Probably about the only thing I like about the pub...Probably about the only thing I like about the public transport system here in Salt Lake City is that the drivers are friendly - they would probably get fired if they weren't. They supposedly get fired if they the late to their stops twice within the space of 2 weeks.<br /><br />Sadly though I don't think much else of the buses here in these parts. The design of the coverage is weird. All the streets are laid out in a grid system and the buses seem to be designed to go in straight lines so unless your destination is from one side of the city to the other is in a straight line you pretty much have to get off and on buses and the trax system 3 or 4 times in the space of a couple of hours. In that sense I prefer the buses from back home, it might be dirty, it might be late but it was far more efficient and I got where I wanted to go far quicker.Scotsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936621616948244669.post-30151195899239418272010-07-16T08:19:36.558+01:002010-07-16T08:19:36.558+01:00Do I detect a HR problem with First Group? Are the...Do I detect a HR problem with First Group? Are they employing the correct people? Could it be there is a contractual problem somewhere? Is it a possibility that the company is badly run from top to bottom?<br />They are the ones who dropped a service here. It runs in the morning, and again at night, but in between nothing. As this is the ONLY way direct to the ONLY hospital for A&E it leaves many wondering what to do during the day?<br />Remember the 'service' element?<br /><br />(Is this 'Stagecoach, or is that still separate?)Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936621616948244669.post-22920692529346772942010-07-16T08:19:23.387+01:002010-07-16T08:19:23.387+01:00Do I detect a HR problem with First Group? Are the...Do I detect a HR problem with First Group? Are they employing the correct people? Could it be there is a contractual problem somewhere? Is it a possibility that the company is badly run from top to bottom?<br />They are the ones who dropped a service here. It runs in the morning, and again at night, but in between nothing. As this is the ONLY way direct to the ONLY hospital for A&E it leaves many wondering what to do during the day?<br />Remember the 'service' element?<br /><br />(Is this 'Stagecoach, or is that still separate?)Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.com