Stagecoach/Provincial > Reviews > STAGECOACH MEGARIDER TICKET/BUSES ON TIME ?

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Advantages:	CHEAP
Disadvantages:	YOU CANT USE ANOTHER BUS COMPANY, IT MIGHT MAKE YOU LATE FOR WORK

Recommend to potential buyers:

no

Full review

I TRAVEL ON 4 BUSES A DAY, GETTING TO A FROM WORK, AS THIS WAS COSTING ME RATHER A LOT OF MONEY ON THE WEEK, I DECIDED TO BUY A STAGECOACH MEGA RIDER TICKET, THIS MEANT THOUGH THAT I COULD NOT TRAVEL WITH ANOTHER BUS COMPANY ON THIS TICKET, BUT I COULD USE THE TICKET FOR A FULL WEEK ON AS MANY STAGECOACH BUSES THAT I LIKED, GREAT YOU WOULD THINK........I BOUGHT MY TICKET ON MONDAY, AFTER WAITING IN THE FREEZING COLD FOR 45 MINUTES AND LETTING OTHER BUSES PASS ME, I MENTIONED TO THE DRIVER HE WAS LATE, AS DID OTHER PASSENGERS, AND HE GRUNTED.....I THEN MISSED MY CONNECTION AND HAD TO WAIT A FULL 30 MINUTES FOR ANOTHER STAGECOACH BUS TO TAKE ME TO WORK...(I WAS LATE FOR WORK)
COMING HOME WAS EVEN WORSE. I WAITED AND WAITED FOR A BUS OUTSIDE WORK TO TAKE ME BACK TO THE CENTRE OF MANCHESTER AND I WAITED 40 MINUTES,,, NO BUS...IT WOULD HAVE TOOK 25 MINUTES TO WALK TO PICCADILLY IN THE CENTRE OF MANCHESTER...I FINALLY GOT TO PICADILLY AND RACED ACROSS FOR MY OTHER BUS, JUST AS I GOT TO THE STOP, THE DRIVER STARTED TO DRIVE AWAY, I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND HE JUST GLANCED AT ME AND PULLED AWAY, I THEN HAD TO WAIT A FULL HOUR FOR THE NEXT BUS, (THERE WAS ONE MISSING INBETWEEN APPARANTLY. BY THE TIME I GOT HOME I WAS COLD AND STRESSED, THIS MIGHT I ADD WAS A REALLY BAD DAY, BUT I HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS, I NOW WALK THE 25 MINUTE WALK UP TO PICCADILLY TO ENSURE I GET THE BUS HOME, BUT EVEN THEN I HAVE EITHER MISSED IT OR IT DOES'NT COME, TO TOP IT ALL OFF. ONE BUS DRIVER WAS REALLY RUDE, AFTER SHOWING HIM MY TICKET, HE ABRUPTLY SAID TO ME "COME BACK HERE WITH THAT" SNATCHED IT OFF ME AND PROCEEDED TO SCRUTINISE IT, OK HE WAS DOING HIS JOB, BUT HIS MANNER WAS RUDE AND ABRUPT, I FIND TRAVELLING ON BUSES A STRESSFUL PAST TIME, AND UNLESS IM GOING TO WORK AVOID THEM AT ALL COST'S, SO MUCH FOR THE GOVERNMENT TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR CARS AT HOME, AND AS FOR THE MEGARIDER, IT MAY BE CHEAP, BUT AT WHAT COST, IM AFRAID THE WORKING DAYS IS LONG ENOUGH WITHOUT ME HAVING FEEL STRESSED ABOUT WHETHER MY BUS WILL TURN UP ON TIME, IF AT ALL.....IF YOUR THINKING OF MEGARIDING, THINK CAREFULLY....