Paint! Really dangerous stuff if taken on the bus.

[David Chapman]

Bought a tub of emulsion paint yesterday from the local DIY store and
went to get the bus home but was refused travel by the jobs-worth driver
because 'you're not allowed to get on a bus if you are carrying paint'.

I got off and boarded the next bus a minute later with no comment at
all from the driver.

I'm no spring chicken and have seen a LOT of summers so I certainly
don't fit the public image of a typical graffiti merchant - and anyway
it wasn't an aerosol spray can.

What did the first driver think I was going to do - redecorate the
bus?

The world's gone mad!

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[charles]

In article <KoVNpJAZ...@chassis.demon.co.uk>,

David Chapman <da...@minda.co.uk> wrote:

> Bought a tub of emulsion paint yesterday from the local DIY store and
> went to get the bus home but was refused travel by the jobs-worth driver
> because 'you're not allowed to get on a bus if you are carrying paint'.

> I got off and boarded the next bus a minute later with no comment at
> all from the driver.

> I'm no spring chicken and have seen a LOT of summers so I certainly
> don't fit the public image of a typical graffiti merchant - and anyway
> it wasn't an aerosol spray can.

> What did the first driver think I was going to do - redecorate the
> bus?

paint is dangerous stuff. An overheated can might explode.

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[Nightjar]

On 10/03/2012 17:04, David Chapman wrote:
>
> Bought a tub of emulsion paint yesterday from the local DIY store and
> went to get the bus home but was refused travel by the jobs-worth driver
> because 'you're not allowed to get on a bus if you are carrying paint'.
>
> I got off and boarded the next bus a minute later with no comment at all
> from the driver.
>
> I'm no spring chicken and have seen a LOT of summers so I certainly
> don't fit the public image of a typical graffiti merchant - and anyway
> it wasn't an aerosol spray can.
>
> What did the first driver think I was going to do - redecorate the bus?
>
> The world's gone mad!
>

I think you will find it is a fairly common part of the conditions of
carriage that anything that might cause damage or injury to persons or
property can be refused. Paragraph 12.5 of East Yorkshire Motor
Services' conditions lists as examples of prohibited items 'at the
driver's discretion' tins of paint, cans of fuel, cycles and unboxed
televisions.

http://www.eyms.co.uk/content/conditionsofcarriage.aspx

Colin Bignell

[Hugh - Was Invisible]

Next time suggest the OP puts it in a bag so it is not recognisable.

[george [dicegeorge]]

On 10/03/12 17:04, David Chapman wrote:
>
> Bought a tub of emulsion paint yesterday from the local DIY store and
> went to get the bus home but was refused travel by the jobs-worth driver
> because 'you're not allowed to get on a bus if you are carrying paint'.
>
> I got off and boarded the next bus a minute later with no comment at all
> from the driver.
>
> I'm no spring chicken and have seen a LOT of summers so I certainly
> don't fit the public image of a typical graffiti merchant - and anyway
> it wasn't an aerosol spray can.
>
> What did the first driver think I was going to do - redecorate the bus?
>
> The world's gone mad!
>

I once got told by a jobsworth that
I wasnt allowed to take a bus gearbox on my trolley
down the escalators at Kings cross tube,

I gave way and scarpered quick before they thought of stopping me taking
it back along the Hammersmith line!
The trolley was just too wide to get down the escalator,
and the people below looked like skittles!
[g]

[Gib Bogle]

On 11/03/2012 9:28 a.m., george [dicegeorge] wrote:

> I once got told by a jobsworth that
> I wasnt allowed to take a bus gearbox on my trolley
> down the escalators at Kings cross tube,
>
> I gave way and scarpered quick before they thought of stopping me taking
> it back along the Hammersmith line!
> The trolley was just too wide to get down the escalator,
> and the people below looked like skittles!
> [g]
>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCbuitG4IXE

[Andrew Gabriel]

In article <jjgg45$6u6$1...@speranza.aioe.org>,

and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SYTm1iTM5E
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-37k3s4qD8

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[F Murtz]

Andrew Gabriel wrote:
> In article<jjgg45$6u6$1...@speranza.aioe.org>,
> Gib Bogle<g.b...@auckland.ac.nz> writes:
>> On 11/03/2012 9:28 a.m., george [dicegeorge] wrote:
>>
>>> I once got told by a jobsworth that
>>> I wasnt allowed to take a bus gearbox on my trolley
>>> down the escalators at Kings cross tube,
>>>
>>> I gave way and scarpered quick before they thought of stopping me taking
>>> it back along the Hammersmith line!
>>> The trolley was just too wide to get down the escalator,
>>> and the people below looked like skittles!
>>> [g]
>>>
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCbuitG4IXE
>
> and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SYTm1iTM5E
> and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-37k3s4qD8
>

The amount of cameras suggests set up, expensive film, unless it was all
done in a studio.

[Gib Bogle]

Apparently it's an ad for Microsoft VoIP phones.

[Brian Gaff]

He probably drives like a maniac and expected it to get spilt by the G
forces of his stopping starting and weaving between the traffic.
Brian

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[Richard]

David Chapman wrote:
> Bought a tub of emulsion paint yesterday from the local DIY store
> and went to get the bus home but was refused travel by the jobs-worth
> driver because 'you're not allowed to get on a bus if you are
> carrying paint'.
> I got off and boarded the next bus a minute later with no comment at
> all from the driver.
>
> I'm no spring chicken and have seen a LOT of summers so I certainly
> don't fit the public image of a typical graffiti merchant - and anyway
> it wasn't an aerosol spray can.
>
> What did the first driver think I was going to do - redecorate the
> bus?
>
> The world's gone mad!

http://blacknotes.co.za/post/2164425578/dont-carry-paint-in-your-car

[Paul - xxx]

David Chapman wrote:

>
> Bought a tub of emulsion paint yesterday from the local DIY store and
> went to get the bus home but was refused travel by the jobs-worth
> driver because 'you're not allowed to get on a bus if you are
> carrying paint'.
>
> I got off and boarded the next bus a minute later with no comment at
> all from the driver.
>
> I'm no spring chicken and have seen a LOT of summers so I certainly
> don't fit the public image of a typical graffiti merchant - and
> anyway it wasn't an aerosol spray can.
>
> What did the first driver think I was going to do - redecorate the
> bus?
>
> The world's gone mad!

When I were nobbut a yoof I used to race motorcycle sidecars .. and had
a first floor flat with electric underfloor heating. I also happened
to keep a racing Suzuki GSX1000 engine in my bathroom ... Which would
have been fine if the reason the engine wasn't in the outfit was a
cracked crankcase and subsequent oil leakage ...

Some council jobsworth had a mini-fit when he found out ... ;)

The smoke when the heating was turned on had to be beheld to understand
his point!

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[Newshound]

Very nearly not funny at all

[chris French]

In message <timstreater-4B56...@news.individual.net>, Tim
Streater <timst...@greenbee.net> writes
>In article <9s3aph...@mid.individual.net>,

>"Paul - xxx" <notchec...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> David Chapman wrote:
>>
>> > Bought a tub of emulsion paint yesterday from the local DIY store
>> >

>> > went to get the bus home but was refused travel by the jobs-worth
>> > driver because 'you're not allowed to get on a bus if you are
>> > carrying paint'.
>> > I got off and boarded the next bus a minute later with no comment
>> >at
>> > all from the driver.
>> > I'm no spring chicken and have seen a LOT of summers so I
>> >certainly
>> > don't fit the public image of a typical graffiti merchant - and
>> > anyway it wasn't an aerosol spray can.
>> > What did the first driver think I was going to do - redecorate
>> >

>> > bus?
>> > The world's gone mad!
>> When I were nobbut a yoof I used to race motorcycle sidecars .. and
>>had
>> a first floor flat with electric underfloor heating. I also happened
>> to keep a racing Suzuki GSX1000 engine in my bathroom ...
>

>I suppose that's marginally better than coal.
>
He should ahve kept it in the bath, would have caught the oil leaks .
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[Scott M]

David Chapman wrote:

> What did the first driver think I was going to do - redecorate the bus?

Yes. But not intentionally. There's a danger of the pot going flying and
losing its lid. Results are not something bus companies want to deal with.

Had a friend who put a tin in his boot, forgot it was there for a few
days and found everything in there went magnolia...

Scott

[jgharston]

chris French wrote:
> >I suppose that's marginally better than coal.
> He should ahve kept it in the bath, would have caught the oil leaks .

Gha. You give the working classes a house with a bath.... ;)

JGH

[Andrew May]

On 10/03/2012 18:07, Nightjar wrote:
>Paragraph 12.5 of East Yorkshire Motor
> Services' conditions lists as examples of prohibited items 'at the
> driver's discretion' tins of paint, cans of fuel, cycles and unboxed
> televisions.

Any unboxed television or specifically CRT? What about a computer
monitor? What about an LCD computer monitor. What, essentially, is the
difference between one of those and an iPad. I see lots of people with
iPads on the bus.

[Nightjar]

The conditions of carriage are as stated. It is up to the driver to
interpret what they mean or even to ignore the restriction, as it is
imposed entirely at the driver's discretion.

Colin Bignell

[Windmill]

I still remember with mild bitterness the driver who wouldn't let me
take an unboxed microwave on the bus. (The driver of the next bus
didn't mind.)
And the driver who wanted to know what was in the plastic supermarket
bag (I said 'DIY stuff' which was true - it was paint, and I had no
intention of saying so and having to wait for another bus with a less
bloody-minded driver).
And the driver who said I couldn't take a very long thin strip of wood
edging on the bus, then looked upset when I snapped it in two to reduce
it to a quite reasonable length.

There was a time when several bus stops in Edinburgh had huge pools of
dried paint on the pavement. No need to guess why.


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[charles]

In article <M0t62...@freebie.onetel.net.uk>,
Windmill <spam-n...@Onetel.net.uk.invalid> wrote:

[Snip]

> There was a time when several bus stops in Edinburgh had huge pools of
> dried paint on the pavement. No need to guess why.

In the early days I went to a major exhibition in Montreux by car. At the
time, the Swiss only allowed the import of half a litre of spirits, I
didn't suffer, but many people had to pour away at the roadside half the
bottle they'd bought on the ferry.

[mogga]

On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:32:35 GMT, spam-n...@Onetel.net.uk.invalid
(Windmill) wrote:


>And the driver who said I couldn't take a very long thin strip of wood
>edging on the bus, then looked upset when I snapped it in two to reduce
>it to a quite reasonable length.
>
>There was a time when several bus stops in Edinburgh had huge pools of
>dried paint on the pavement. No need to guess why.

In all fairness though it normally takes me a week to get the lid off
a can of paint. If I'd known it was so easy to open on a bus I'd have
tried that.

I have taken stepladders on a bus.
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[gri...@gmail.com]

On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:32:35 GMT, spam-n...@Onetel.net.uk.invalid
(Windmill) wrote:

>There was a time when several bus stops in Edinburgh had huge pools of
>dried paint on the pavement. No need to guess why.

Chuck MacNorris chews Special Brew and pisses white gloss.

[gri...@gmail.com]

On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:03:16 +0000, Newshound
<news...@fairadsl.co.uk> wrote:

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCbuitG4IXE
>
>Very nearly not funny at all

And a load of total cock.
Wtf would take a ton of reeled cable up the stairs?

[Craig]

I have just been. Thrown off the bus by the driver for carrying a tub of fence paint he said its not company policy to allow paint on the bus I said to him I have never had a problem before he replied well you have today so I got off and waited for next one while I waited I put the paint in a carrier bag and the bus came and nothing was said by the driver as the journey continued a young woman got on the bus with a mirror she was carrying under her arm nothing was said the a young woman got on with her friend they had two pushchairs and the young kids that was with them bought on their scooters x2 and again nothing said by the driver but yet carry paint your not allowed world is mad with rules and regulations

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[Colin Bignell]

On 16/08/2023 23:01, Craig wrote:
> I have just been. Thrown off the bus by the driver  for carrying a tub
> of fence paint  he said its not company policy to allow paint on the
> bus  I said to him I have never had a problem before  he replied well
> you have today  so I got off and waited for next one  while I waited I
> put the paint in a carrier bag and the bus came and nothing was said by
> the driver  as the journey continued a young woman got on the bus with a
> mirror she was carrying under her arm nothing was said the a young woman
> got on with her friend they had two pushchairs and the young kids that
> was with them bought on their scooters  x2  and again nothing said by
> the driver but yet carry paint your not allowed  world is mad with rules
> and regulations
>

The company is probably worried about the effect on its bus if the paint
gets spilled. If it gets on the fabric of a seat, the seat will most
likely have to be replaced or re-upholstered. Even if it is just a job
of cleaning it from hard surfaces, the bus will be out of service for a
while when it is not scheduled to be.


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[Davey]

On Wed, 16 Aug 2023 22:01:53 +0000
Craig <04d3589644012b20...@example.com> wrote:

> I have just been. Thrown off the bus by the driver

Posted by David Chapman, Eleven years ago?

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[Brian Gaff]

Maybe the driver in question has seen the aftermath of a spilled pot of
paint.

Most council tips, erm recycling centres no longer let you bring old paint
in either, it apparently has to go to a licensed site. That is no doubt why
every clump of bushes has old empty paint tins in it.
Brian

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[Brian Gaff]

One thing did annoy me about 6 months ago. The busses stop announcements
were not working. The driver said it was broken, has been for three weeks.
He told me that they see it as a low priority, whereas they are not allowed
to use the bus if the wheelchair ramp is broken. I said, so if all your
windows were painted black so nobody could see where they were, you could
still go out then? He did not get my point.

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[Tim Streater]

On 17 Aug 2023 at 09:48:19 BST, ""Brian Gaff"" <brian...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Maybe the driver in question has seen the aftermath of a spilled pot of
> paint.
>
> Most council tips, erm recycling centres no longer let you bring old paint
> in either, it apparently has to go to a licensed site. That is no doubt why
> every clump of bushes has old empty paint tins in it.

You can here (Kent), but they prefer that before bringing it in you leave the
lid off the can until the paint has gone solid.

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[Colin Bignell]

On 17/08/2023 09:52, Brian Gaff wrote:
> One thing did annoy me about 6 months ago. The busses stop announcements
> were not working. The driver said it was broken, has been for three weeks.
> He told me that they see it as a low priority, whereas they are not allowed
> to use the bus if the wheelchair ramp is broken. I said, so if all your
> windows were painted black so nobody could see where they were, you could
> still go out then? He did not get my point.
> Brian
>

The only announcement my local buses have is a ding sounding and a sign
saying 'bus stopping' lighting up. I have, however, seen somebody with a
white stick speak to the driver on entry and the driver then called out
their stop when we got there.


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[whisky-dave]

Don't think I've ever heard of an iPad exploding of course using an old one or doing something not recommended is always a bad idea.
quote a few ebikes seem to be going up in flames.

Hope this wasn't you with your can of paint ;-)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-66529625

Quite a few of the buses I use have USB connectors on the back of the seat so you can charge a device.

[Jeff Gaines]

On 17/08/2023 in message

<4491173d-9503-4497...@googlegroups.com> whisky-dave wrote:

>Hope this wasn't you with your can of paint ;-)
>
>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-66529625

And people drove through the flames!

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[Smolley]

On Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:48:19 +0100, Brian Gaff wrote:

> Maybe the driver in question has seen the aftermath of a spilled pot of
> paint.
>
> Most council tips, erm recycling centres no longer let you bring old
> paint in either, it apparently has to go to a licensed site. That is no
> doubt why every clump of bushes has old empty paint tins in it.
> Brian

I just burn it

[Tim Lamb]

In message <kk67et...@mid.individual.net>, Tim Streater
<t...@streater.me.uk> writes

>On 17 Aug 2023 at 09:48:19 BST, ""Brian Gaff"" <brian...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Maybe the driver in question has seen the aftermath of a spilled pot of
>> paint.
>>
>> Most council tips, erm recycling centres no longer let you bring old paint
>> in either, it apparently has to go to a licensed site. That is no doubt why
>> every clump of bushes has old empty paint tins in it.
>
>You can here (Kent), but they prefer that before bringing it in you leave the
>lid off the can until the paint has gone solid.

Somewhere recently, I saw a suggestion to stir in some cement to water
based paint.
>

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[Mark]

Colin Bignell wrote:

> On 16/08/2023 23:01, Craig wrote:
>> I have just been. Thrown off the bus by the driver  for carrying a tub
>> of fence paint  he said its not company policy to allow paint on the
>> bus  I said to him I have never had a problem before 
>>

> The company is probably worried about the effect on its bus if the paint
> gets spilled. If it gets on the fabric of a seat, the seat will most
> likely have to be replaced or re-upholstered. Even if it is just a job
> of cleaning it from hard surfaces, the bus will be out of service for a
> while when it is not scheduled to be.
>

I was on the London underground many years ago when a man with a 5lt
tin of white paint, he was reading a book and when he noticed the tube
had stopped at his stop he jumped up, the handle of the paint broke and
dropped to the floor lid came off and the person sitting next to him
was covered with paint.

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[charles]

In article <4491173d-9503-4497...@googlegroups.com>,

I thought they were to get the customers' phones to power the bus if its
battery went flat ;-)

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[Paul]

Our buses have what appears to be GPS, and both visual (LED display)
and vocal announcement of "what the next stop is".

If the vocal system stops working, some of the drivers revert to announcing
the stops themselves. This is usually the older drivers.

Paul

[whisky-dave]

On Thursday, 17 August 2023 at 21:25:15 UTC+1, Paul wrote:
> On 8/17/2023 7:27 AM, Colin Bignell wrote:
> > On 17/08/2023 09:52, Brian Gaff wrote:
> >> One thing did annoy me about 6 months ago. The busses stop announcements
> >> were not working. The driver said it was broken, has been for three weeks.
> >> He told me that they see it as a low priority, whereas they are not allowed
> >> to use the bus if the wheelchair ramp is broken. I said, so if all your
> >> windows were painted black so nobody could see where they were, you could
> >> still go out then? He did not get my point.
> >> Brian
> >>
> >
> > The only announcement my local buses have is a ding sounding and a sign saying 'bus stopping' lighting up. I have, however, seen somebody with a white stick speak to the driver on entry and the driver then called out their stop when we got there.
> Our buses have what appears to be GPS, and both visual (LED display)
> and vocal announcement of "what the next stop is".

I've noticed a few times they have given the wrong place/road names, even from a different area.
Once it just cycled through all the places before the bus even reached them.
The majority of times though they seem to work quite well.

>
> If the vocal system stops working, some of the drivers revert to announcing
> the stops themselves. This is usually the older drivers.

Never found that in my area of London, but as most peolpe seem to be staring down at their phones
they can work out where they are if they need to.

>
> Paul

[rde42]

To be fair, the original discussion was eleven years ago...

[Davey]

On Tue, 22 Aug 2023 03:32:12 +0000
rde42 <fc495902be1a7967...@example.com> wrote:

> To be fair, the original discussion was eleven years ago...
>

I mentioned that, on the 17th.

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I know, but I took it back (on the 17th) to the original site to give it
more chance of being seen. Of course, it has eventually turned up here.



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