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OH BOY............. that is just beautiful!

I think he should have been praised for being so efficient, not to mention caring!!

I don't know we seem to have lost the plot!

I for one think he is marvellous.
And you can tell his boss that if you talk to him!

Deanna X

N

If he had left her the publicity would not have been good for his bus company!! He must be incensed about it!

Hi Chris

It is a national company, and I have to say it's not the first run in that our son-in-law has had with them. I wish he could find another job, but in Cornwall it's not that easy, and when you have a wife and 2 little ones to provide for, you can't afford to say stuff your job (or words to that effect!)

PP
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Hi Pauline
Is this bus company rather huge all over England ? cos if it is my husband works for these ,and boy do we know about them
Chris xx

I posted a reply about 10 mins ago - where is it? OMG, feel like the invisible woman now! lol :-))

I just said that Pauline and Ann, your sons have been treated really badly, but I applaud them both. Good luck Pauline - I hope your son gets the recognition he so deserves!
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I did start doing email to Gorodn Brown but it cut me off will have to go and do it again in a mo.

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Why not e-mail a national paper like The Sun, or The Mirros for example. The whole country should know about this, so the company can be brought to task.
Did anyone see the Mirror today with the picture of the couple put off the bus because they were goths, and he had his girlfriend on a collar and lead.
They were put off the bus. Funny but true.

I'll be watching with interest!! As you say abuse of public transport employees is par for the course - my son's been spat at, had a hypodermic needle shoved at him among other things.

Ann,

Thanks so much for your support. I'll wait and see if anything happens. I haven't told son-in-law partly becasuse I haven't seem him for the past few days, as he works the late shift, and we are in bed long before he gets home - they live across the road. I just don't understand the mentality of the company for one of it's drivers showing care for a passenger. Mind some of the stories he tells about the drunks/druggies/young girls is enough to scare you off ever travelling by bus. He has been verbally abused on numerous occassions, and even threatened with physical violence a couple of times.I think all public transport employees deserve a medal with what they have to put up with.

Watch this space as they say.

Hi Pauline - I have done a letter to each of the newspapers that cover Cornwall - my name and address is on them - you have to put a name and address or they won't print, but I am in Cardiff so no worries! You'll have to watch the papers to see if any of them prints an article - hope so for your son's sake. I told them this bus company should be named and shamed and that the driver should receive credit and recognition for his actions. Hope that's OK with you -

Gosh, having read this I now realise why I was left lying in the road in front of a bus that I'd just fallen in front of.

I'd been waiting at a bus stop and as the bus approached I found myself falling off the kerb (not sure if I was jostled by eager passengers or if I lost my footing) right into the oncoming bus.

Luckily for me, the bus was coming to a halt as I fell so I only bumped my head on the front of it, but had twisted my ankle so badly I couldn't stand up. Was also cut and grazed and shaking uncontrollably (well, I thought I was going to be a gonner!).

I thought the driver would have come to my rescue, at least - but, no, he remained seated, just staring down at me through the window with a look of irritation on his face!

Not one single person in that bus queue came to help me either, they just pushed and shoved their way onto the bus, ignoring my cries for help.

It took a French tourist with a heavy backpack to finally come to my aid and lift me out of the road!

I've always wondered why that bus driver did nothing to help - but maybe this answers it. They are afraid to get involved for fear of disciplinary action against them!

I hope your son-in-law does pursue his case and has that note taken off his records. He certainly didn't deserve that for being a good guy.

Regards

Athena

Oh my goodnes. I've just come back on the thread. Thank you all so much for your support. I hope you understand that I will not mention my son-in-law's name publicly as I don't want him to get into further bother. However an anonymous letter to the Cornish Guardian would not go astray as that is the paper that covers our area of Cornwall.

PP
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Disgusting Pauline, the papers should know of this disgrace......I am sure the passengers understood the reason for the delay.......those 'bosses' need to be fired........so angry about this....

Hi Pauline

I haved pm'd you

Best wishes

Linda

I'm hopping mad - we need people like that bus driver!!!

ooh heck Anns got the bit between her teeth lol. Ann Have used your letter you did for me just waiting replys.

This is so stupid how can he be reprimanded for being a caring person, if I fell of the bus which is a big possibility I would want the driver to help me.

Maybe they should spend more on stopping fare dodging and loutish behaviour rather than condone their bus drivers helping.

n

Have just emailed West Briton, and will post to Western Morning News and Cornish Guardian. This bus company needs to be publicly shamed and credit must be given to the driver for his excellent action. Those of you in Cornwall will have to watch to see if the letter is printed