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 Taxi driver - Russell Sq.The cabbie caf was filled with the noise of everyone's conversations cutting across the small room. Words mixed with laughter, the sounds of eggs frying and the continuous ringing of teaspoons stiring sugar in china mugs |
 Vespa Rider - Soho"I can’t really hear buses with my helmet on but I can sense the...and even taste them if I am sitting behind the exhaust and that's not very nice". |
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| RM bus drivers |  Bob - " ...it gets extremely hot. You can open all the windows and doors, but you are sat on top of the engine so it’s not the ideal situation." |
 David - "You wouldn’t believe where people come from sometimes. They come from nowhere. Trying to get on. The driver has to look in his mirror but you have to look forward as well so he doesn’t always see, especially when they come from the back". |
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 John - on Oyster cards- "I have had some great laughs with that. One bloke standing three foot away from the machine. Is it not working. I said I’m sorry mate, you’re watching too much star trek.." |
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 Ray - "There’s not a day that goes by when something doesn't happen. You know. It’s interesting, it really is. Like…... yesterday for instance. I had to stop the bus, somebody threw an egg at the bus." |
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 Jim - "They don’t seem to realise that the driver is in control of the bus. There is not an automatic right to get on a bus. And if you say the bus is full, the bus is full." |
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 Bert -
"A lot of it is trust. There's no communication when you’re working. ...the only communication you’ve got between you are the bells...it may sound a bit strange, but it's like it's not that you know what they’re thinking sort of thing, it's like there’s a feeling.." |
 Peter - "I don’t get that stressed out really. I think that’s why i've been a bus driver for 7 years…. Some guys can only do the job for maybe 6 months or a year and then they leave 'cause they get very stressed out." |
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 Arham - on bendybuses -"I find that I put on a smile and just get on with it. Just block all the funny people out, you know. It’s not too bad. But sometimes you do get people who really do stress you out. Its all the silly things." |
 Joe - on the bendybus - "People ...don’t realise how you have to manoeuvre a huge vehicle like that. You don’t drive it like you do a normal bus at all. Basically it’s two buses |
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 Michael - "When you're on a certain shift, the same people get on at the same time. They are mainly old people, mainly black and they are really nice. They learn your name. I have two old girls at the moment, and because it’s hot, one gives me a cold drink. And I mean she has to go and buy it." |
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| Joe - "People ...don’t realise how you have to manoeuvre a huge vehicle like that. You don’t drive it like you do a normal bus at all. Basically it’s two buses in one." | ||||||
Conductors |
 Bashka - If you do one shift like I do what happens is that you pick up the same passengers every day....on the same route. I always pick up the same people from Euston, Kings Cross and Islington and they always know me. |
Bus Conductor 2- Tottenham Garage Basically I had a disagreement with a member of the public who didn’t want to pay the fare and attempted to rob me and ended up pushing me off the back of the bus. The only problem was it was doing about 35 at the time. I got a broken elbow.[more] |
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