Field notes: London, England (2018)

Re:Field notes: London, England (2018) by alias_neo on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @04:38AM (#18909929)

I went out east to lakeside one day to do some shopping with my wife; we got as far as Dartford, then there was a bus we had to get, I tapped my Oyster on the reader, it didn't work, the driver gave me an odd look, so I tapped my bank card, it didn't work, another odd look, so I said, "it's not working, do you take cards?" He looked at me as if it'd just offended his mother. "No" the driver replied. So I asked "What do you take?" And he replied "Cash". I was slightly taken aback.

This bus station is in the middle of nowhere just past Dartford, there isn't a building in sight let alone a cash machine, so, I looked in my wallet to find only my single, brand new, plastic £5 note with a palindrome serial number I'd been keeping. With a sigh I handed it over and we got our bus.

Lakeside was crap.

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Re:Field notes: London, England (2018) by setquk on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @04:57AM (#18910002)

That's exactly the problem. You pass an invisible line somewhere that TfL stops existing and you're getting mugged straight up in redneck country.

Lakeside is indeed crap.

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Re:Field notes: London, England (2018) by dazc on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @08:16AM (#18910895)

Outside of central London a lot of bus companies either have their own card system or none at all, of course the card for one company rarely works with others.

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Re:Field notes: London, England (2018) by denverbroncos on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @09:38AM (#18921166)

you could go Fenchurch st to chafford hundred and walk over the pedestrian bridge for I believe £5.90 return.

maybe not ideal for your circumstances but food for thought

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