Mushy Bus Petition REJECTED

[tedebear]

Dissapointing - I was looking forward to sitting on Mushy.....

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Letter sent to Mr French. Will let you know if I get a reply;

Dear Mr French

It is with great disappointment I read that the campaign for one of your buses to be named in recognition of Mushtaq Ahmed has fallen on deaf ears. I appreciate that you have a rule about reserving this honour for deceased persons, but as we all know, there can be an exception to every rule.

Sports enthusiasts in the Brighton and Hove area, be it fans of Sussex CCC or Brighton and Hove Albion, are important repeat customers of yours, and it seems rather short-sighted to ignore their views. I believe that the naming of the buses is a wonderful idea, and one that I have not seen in other towns and cities in Britain. However, the reason people like the idea is that the names chosen are people who mean something to the local population - Bobby Zamora and Norman Cook being excellent examples.

The contribution Mushtaq has made to Sussex sport over the last four years is second to none, and you have the perfect opportunity to say thank you, on behalf of the people of Brighton and Hove [your customers - lest you forget], in this very special way.

I trust that you will reconsider your decision, and grasp the opportunity you have been given. Against a background of rising fares, and general dissatisfaction with your services, it is not as though you couldn't do with a bit of good PR.

Best regards

Simon Huffer

 

[Trigger]

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am hugely disappointed to see that the petition to have the name of Mushtaq Ahmed on one of your buses has been rejected. I understand you have rules that only dead people can have their names on buses now but shouldn't a person be honoured whilst they are still around to enjoy the moment?

Think of the countrywide publicity you could get with Mushtaq and his bus, that could only be good for your company, surely? Especially when you think the petition to have his name on the bus has been mentioned in many newspapers across the country already.

Mushtaq Ahmed has been nothing short of heroic in his four years at Sussex and has been the leading bowler in the country for all four years and the best Sussex sportsman for all four years, is that not worthy of a name on a bus?

I also understand the bus fare prices are to rise again from next week to fund fuel costs etc... I'm sure it wont take that much out of your soon to be increased budget to put the name Mushtaq Ahmed on one bus, failing that I trust you will be removing all living people's names from your Bus Fleet like Des Lynam, Sally Gunnell, Southern FMs Moody etc...

Kind regards,

 

[desprateseagull]

email sen to buse co,

heres some of the lesser known (to me, anyway) names that have made it..

bruce, the police dog (?!!)http://www.buses.co.uk/history/fleethist/012b.htm

phil starr, drag queen..
http://www.buses.co.uk/history/fleethist/401ps.htm

southern fm's moody (i mean, come on..!)
http://www.buses.co.uk/history/fleethist/773sm.htm

even the BHA team 2001/2002 get one, but no mention of the 83 cup final squad..?

 

[Mr Banana]

What I mean is, if they didn't, our stadium plans would be f***ed. BADLY. Prescott would have had no choice but to say NO.

"Yes, thanks for supporting the stadium, you could have made yourselves incredibly unpopular and lost millions of pounds by going against it."

The service is about as reliable as a jonny made of tracing paper. It's weird how costs have risen before nine in the morning. Oop north you can do five mile bus journeys for a quid and inner city journeys are 60p. What pisses me off most (apart from them not giving bowling bowling Mushy a bus) is how their arrogant advertising bangs on about how much better getting the bus is than getting a car, but the buses are so shite there are days when no amount of money saved would stop you using the car instead.

 

[The Large One]

as I know people who work for him in the office and on the busses, we will have to agree to disagree on that one Al......in fact like most things.

Unfortunately and sadly, I guessed to a fairly close degree that that was going to be your response, Dave. You always seem to know someone who knows someone. Good for you. Whereas in this case, I have had several dealings with the person in question.

He has a business to run, and does it pretty well. I don't agree with the constant price hikes, but if it means him behaving like a scheister (I didn't say hew wasn't - I said Go Ahead were the real issue here) in order to get a good bus service to run across the city, then do be it.



Does one suppose that makes me an überbusfan?

 

[Man of Harveys]

then do be it...that makes me an überbusfan?

I'd say that makes you an uberSINATRA fan

 

[The Large One]

"Yes, thanks for supporting the stadium, you could have made yourselves incredibly unpopular and lost millions of pounds by going against it."

Hang on a minute, you said just now they were going to make a fortune out of the stadium runs. Now you're making out that they are only involved in the project because to not do so would have been bad PR? Has it occurred to you that both scenarios are correct and are good for business? What is your problem with that?

The service is about as reliable as a jonny made of tracing paper. It's weird how costs have risen before nine in the morning. Oop north you can do five mile bus journeys for a quid and inner city journeys are 60p. What pisses me off most (apart from them not giving bowling bowling Mushy a bus) is how their arrogant advertising bangs on about how much better getting the bus is than getting a car, but the buses are so shite there are days when no amount of money saved would stop you using the car instead.

I, on the other hand, find the buses across the city pretty good, prompt, reliable and convenient. The only downside is the cost. And I ignore the ads, but if people did adhere to them, traffic in the city would be far better.

That's not arrogance, it's the bleeding obvious.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

buses in brighton are quite good. I wait maximum 10 mins for one in the morning and it takes me 30 mins to get to work. It wouldn't take me much less time to drive (if i could drive) and i'm saving the WORLD and stuff

obviously cost is ridiculous, could do with several companies operating in the city, like in manchester

 

[Artois]

*no longer in service


1 Lord Attenborough *
2 Dora Bryan *
3 Norman Cook *
4 Chris Eubank *
6 Adam Faith * (now on 649)
8 Sally Gunnell *
11 Derek Jameson *
12 Bruce *
13 Alan Weeks * (now on 866)
14 Derek Jameson *
15 Des Lynam *
16 Annie Nightingale *
17 Leo Sayer *
18 Dusty Springfield * (now on 865)
19 The Who *
20 Sir Norman Wisdom *
401 Phil Starr
402 Sidney Tidy
601 William Attree
602 Enid Bagnold
603 Aubrey Beardsley
604 Sir Edward Burne-Jones
605 Ellen Nye Chart
606 Tommy Farr
607 George Hole
608 Albert Ketèlbey
609 Gideon Mantell
610 Alan Melville
611 Dr Clifford Musgrave
612 Ray Noble
613 John Saxby
614 Sir Charles Aubrey Smith
615 Charlie Webb
616 Allen West
617 Douglas Reeve
618 Danny Sheldon
619 Margaret Bondfield
620 Oliver Bulleid
621 Ivy Compton-Burnett
622 C B Cochran
623 Tommy Cook
624 Eric Courtney-King
625 William Friese-Greene
626 Lord Fulton of Falmer
627 Patricia Harding
628 Dennis Hobden
629 George Humphrey
630 Harry Leader
631 Bobby Lee
632 Ida Lupino
633 Henry Solomon
634 Dorothy Stringer
635 Angela Thirkell
636 Grace Eyre Woodhead
637 Kenneth Bredon
638 Sir Anton Dolin
639 Raymond Francis
640 Graham Greene
641 John Jackson
642 Howard Johnson
643 Victoria Lidiard
644 K S Ranjitsinhji
645 Paul Stonor
646 Herbert Wilcox
647 Ernest F Beal
648 Jimmy Edwards
649 Adam Faith
650 Prince Petr Kropotkin
651 John Langridge
652 Sir William Nicholson
653 James Osborne
654 Jack Solomons
655 Elizabeth Allan
656 Dame Henrietta Barnett
657 Wynne Baxter
658 Clementina Black
659 Helen Boyle
660 Sir Lindsay Bryson
661 Dame Millicent Fawcett
662 Frank Bridge
663 Eric Gill
664 John Nelson Goulty
665 Jack Jenkins
666 Eleanor Marx
667 Dame Clara Butt
668 Bob Copper
669 Sir Edward Sassoon
670 Dr Herzl Sless
763 Nicola & Declan *
768 Adam Trimingham *
771 Pietro Addis *
773 Southern FM's Moody *
774 Bob Wilson *
775 Tina Goldberg-Lowe *
781 Bridges Residential Ltd *
801 King Charles II
802 Captain Nicholas Tettersell
803 Prince Regent
804 Dr Richard Russell
805 Maria Fitzherbert
806 Martha Gunn
807 Phoebe Hessel
808 Rudyard Kipling * (now on 869)
808 Les Hamilton
809 Sir Charles Barry
810 Magnus Volk
811 John Nash
812 Thomas Kemp
813 Easy 10
814 Sir Charles Thomas-Stanford
815 Sir Samuel Brown
816 Sir Herbert Carden
817 Lord Olivier
818 Lord Cohen
819 Max Miller
819 Micky Adams + Bobby Zamora *
820 Dame Flora Robson
820 Santa Claus *
820 The Albion Team 2001/2 *
821 Queen Adelaide
822 William Ainsworth
823 Mike Bamber
824 Charles Busby
825 Sir Winston Churchill
826 Harry Cowley
827 Stanley Deason
828 Charles Dickens
829 C B Fry
830 Sir Jack Hobbs
831 Sir John Howard
832 David Land
833 Andrew Melville
834 Herbert Menges
835 Cecil Pashley
836 Sir Arthur Pearson
837 Margaret Powell
838 William Stroudley
839 Stanley Theobald
839 Frank Butterworth *
840 Amon Wilds
840 Ian Caldwell *
841 Thomas Attree
842 Eugenius Birch
843 Sir John Cordy Burrows
844 Caroline of Brunswick
845 Queen Charlotte
846 Captain Frederick Collins
847 1066 AdreDINho Seagull
848 Sir George Everest
849 Edwin Fownes
850 Baron Goldsmid
851 The Lawrence Sisters
852 Trevor Mann
853 William Marsh
854 David Mocatta
855 Sake Dean Mahomed
856 Dame Anna Neagle
857 Sir Richard Sackville
858 Malcolm Farley *
858 George Albert Smith
859 Thomas Tilling
860 Jack Tinker
861 John Vallance
862 James Williamson
863 John Wisden
864 King William IV
865 Queen Elizabeth II *
865 Bride & Groom *
865 Dusty Springfield
866 Prince Philip *
866 Bride & Groom *
866 Alan Weeks
867 Arthur H Cox
868 Syd Dean
869 Les Hamilton * (now on 808)
869 Rudyard Kipling
870 Gilbert Harding
871 Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
872 Captain Henry Hill
873 Sir Rowland Hill
874 Edward Lowther
875 John Rastrick
876 Arthur Wagner
881 John & Jennifer Nicks
882 Kitty O'Shea
883 Martin David Cooper Seagull
884 David Sheppard
885 Ken Suttle
886 Janet Turner
887 Virginia Woolf
901 Charles Burt Brill
902 Fanny Burney
903 Douglas Byng
904 Sir John Clements
905 Rev Richard Enraght
906 James Gray
907 Patrick Hamilton
908 Thomas Harrington
909 Trevor Kaye
910 Thomas Lainson
911 William Lillywhite
912 Mick Mannock
913 Pete McCarthy
914 Daisy Noakes
915 Dr William Parker
916 Ben Sherman
917 Sir Hans Singer
918 Rex Whistler

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

what happened to numbers 21-400

 

[bigc]

it will be cheaper to get the train into town soon

 

[Mr Banana]

Hang on a minute, you said just now they were going to make a fortune out of the stadium runs. Now you're making out that they are only involved in the project because to not do so would have been bad PR? Has it occurred to you that both scenarios are correct and are good for business? What is your problem with that?




I, on the other hand, find the buses across the city pretty good, prompt, reliable and convenient. The only downside is the cost. And I ignore the ads, but if people did adhere to them, traffic in the city would be far better.

That's not arrogance, it's the bleeding obvious.

Well, I suppose I do have a slight problem with the insincerity of it all cockle. But what I was really trying to say was that your suggestion we owe them politeness for supporting the stadium is a bit silly, seeing as it was a PR and financial no-brainer for them (you hit the nail on the head there.)

"Thanks for your support. Petrol prices really do go up once a month, honest!"

 

[The Large One]

Well, I suppose I do have a slight problem with the insincerity of it all cockle. But what I was really trying to say was that your suggestion we owe them politeness for supporting the stadium is a bit silly, seeing as it was a PR and financial no-brainer for them (you hit the nail on the head there.)

The bit about politeness was a excessive sense of concern that someone not too bright might put 'do what we want or else, you f***ing wanker...', without realising they weren't writing to Norman Baker. But on balance you're right, I shouldn't have put it, really.

 

[Man of Harveys]

"Thanks for your support. Petrol prices really do go up once a month, honest!"

I've nicked this data from my work: it's traded northwest European diesel cargo prices - start from the bottom. Now then, why are bus fares going up YET again?

18-Sep-2006 570.00
15-Sep-2006 563.50
14-Sep-2006 573.50
13-Sep-2006 579.25
12-Sep-2006 598.25
11-Sep-2006 598.50
08-Sep-2006 617.50
07-Sep-2006 624.50
06-Sep-2006 634.75
05-Sep-2006 643.50
04-Sep-2006 645.25
01-Sep-2006 659.00
31-Aug-2006 665.00
30-Aug-2006 662.50
29-Aug-2006 661.75
25-Aug-2006 687.25
24-Aug-2006 675.25
23-Aug-2006 677.50
22-Aug-2006 683.00
21-Aug-2006 679.25
18-Aug-2006 667.50
17-Aug-2006 668.00
16-Aug-2006 680.25
15-Aug-2006 678.00
14-Aug-2006 674.25
11-Aug-2006 686.50
10-Aug-2006 694.00
09-Aug-2006 709.75
08-Aug-2006 709.75
07-Aug-2006 701.00
04-Aug-2006 693.25
03-Aug-2006 690.00
02-Aug-2006 690.25

 

[Dave the OAP]

Unfortunately and sadly, I guessed to a fairly close degree that that was going to be your response, Dave. You always seem to know someone who knows someone. Good for you. Whereas in this case, I have had several dealings with the person in question.

He has a business to run, and does it pretty well. I don't agree with the constant price hikes, but if it means him behaving like a scheister (I didn't say hew wasn't - I said Go Ahead were the real issue here) in order to get a good bus service to run across the city, then do be it.



Does one suppose that makes me an überbusfan?

It comes with working in the accountancy profession in Brighton for so many years, and being a member of The Federation of Sussex Industries, Sussex Enterprise etc etc...Sussex businessmen tend to know everyone and you would be surprised just how incestuous the finance departments of sussex firms really are...

It does strike me as odd that although we do get extremely well on face to face, we also disagree on almost every thing that each of us posts on here.

I suppose that is what makes the world such a wonderful place

 

[The Large One]

It comes with working in the accountancy profession in Brighton for so many years, and being a member of The Federation of Sussex Industries, Sussex Enterprise etc etc...Sussex businessmen tend to know everyone and you would be surprised just how incestuous the finance departments of sussex firms really are...

It does strike me as odd that although we do get extremely well on face to face, we also disagree on almost every thing that each of us posts on here.

I suppose that is what makes the world such a wonderful place

We get on BRILLIANTLY on here. Wanker.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I've nicked this data from my work: it's traded northwest European diesel cargo prices - start from the bottom. Now then, why are bus fares going up YET again?

18-Sep-2006 570.00
15-Sep-2006 563.50
14-Sep-2006 573.50
13-Sep-2006 579.25
12-Sep-2006 598.25
11-Sep-2006 598.50
08-Sep-2006 617.50
07-Sep-2006 624.50
06-Sep-2006 634.75
05-Sep-2006 643.50
04-Sep-2006 645.25
01-Sep-2006 659.00
31-Aug-2006 665.00
30-Aug-2006 662.50
29-Aug-2006 661.75
25-Aug-2006 687.25
24-Aug-2006 675.25
23-Aug-2006 677.50
22-Aug-2006 683.00
21-Aug-2006 679.25
18-Aug-2006 667.50
17-Aug-2006 668.00
16-Aug-2006 680.25
15-Aug-2006 678.00
14-Aug-2006 674.25
11-Aug-2006 686.50
10-Aug-2006 694.00
09-Aug-2006 709.75
08-Aug-2006 709.75
07-Aug-2006 701.00
04-Aug-2006 693.25
03-Aug-2006 690.00
02-Aug-2006 690.25

Another email to Mr French, it is then!

 

[London Calling]

Yes because they stand to make shed loads of money bussing fans to the stadium.

In Rome, you pay 1 Euro ( 68p) for 75 minutes on a bus to go anywhere in the City. In Brighton and Hove, you pay £1.80 to get on a bus....its shit and its all French's money grabbing fault.

I couldnt give a toss if he supports Falmer, he is a shyster

That's because you're stuck in a traffic jam for all of that time

 

[Dave the OAP]

That's because you're stuck in a traffic jam for all of that time

really

In the 4 days we were there, we used the trams and busses and didnt once get stuck in a jam and that was the last week in August....we must have been lucky

phew


or were you talking about being stiuck in a jam in Brighton? If so, I agree with you...LOL