As usual when I need to be somewhere the bus always seems to take the piss. It just turns up when it wants to. When the driver eventually decides to pass by, I often contemplate paying for the bus, but instead opting to blag my way on with yesterday’s day ticket. However today was different.
I remember when penny chews only cost a penny, space raiders had that scary looking wifey on the front, and the bus was only 15p! So why does it cost 10 times that now to go a few miles down the road.
Well it was evident today. Sunderland bosses appear to have coughed up the coin and spent wisely buying 12 Mercedes buses. Gold ones!
The buses with plush seats, tinted windows, TV’s and air conditioning have been aptly named 'The Laser'. And they’re bloody brilliant!
However they remain a far cry from the red double decker buses of old. Although before my time the big red bus remains a national treasure with its conductor in tow and no laser will ever replace that.
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