Hmm. ‘That sign’, again. TransportForLondon do correctly seem to pride themselves on their high level of accessible communication of information and advice. Personally, I had a very new and unusual experience whilst travelling by bus yesterday.
I was at the bus stop and successfully hailed my bus, on arrival. The bus stopped, the ramp ejected from the side, and I boarded. I ended up parking opposite ‘that sign’, facing the window. I had to face sideways, as the ‘wheelchair space’ was occupied by a Baby buggy. I had no problem with this, I was fine.
I look left, down at the buggy, and it is empty! Huh? Empty!...
I was fine in the position that I was so, made no complaints, but confused. A mother then walked up to me and offered to fold the buggy and remove it, but as I felt comfortable in my position, I declined, telling her that there was no need to dismantle it . I was still confused, what should I have done? I checked ‘that sign’ (displaying rules/suggestions). Nowhere does it say that a ‘baby buggy’ has to be occupied. A separate sign talks about ‘wheelchair users’, so it assumes that wheelchairs will be occupied, but baby buggies, no… Nowhere are baby buggy users, or babies, talked about. Passengers are left to make up their own rules!
Surely the buggy should simply have been folded up. You should not have been put in that dilemma! It would have been the courteous thing to do and you could have politely said thank you.
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