Waiting at the bus depot in Basingstoke

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As I was waiting at the bus depot in Basingstoke, I realised I had to wait an hour for the next bus…which was fair enough.

As the minutes went by, I needed to take a wee, well, the thing was I had jack my dog with me, they aren’t allowed in the enclosed centre.

So I tied him up to the seat, said to him I’ll be back in a minute.

Well to my horror on my return there was some guy in uniform with a walkie talkie, about to take my dog away.

One of the bus drivers would you believe ,told this guy that he watched me abandon my dog,…they stand around the bus depot waiting to board their bus for work.

I said to the guy is everything ok, not realising what was going on, he said yes and said no more…

The bus driver how ever started slating me for abandoning my dog…

I had no choice but to tell him that I needed a wee , he then went on to say, you must have done your shopping as well…

It just goes to show how sometimes we’re not tuned in to what others see who are watching us, unbeknown to us.

I was very lucky because if I had been a few minutes later, he would have taken him to the dog pound.

My point is, be careful where you leave your dog.

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Perhaps you could learn how to have a wee against a lamp post Pauline. Let your dog teach you a new trick.

Suspect there’d be a few more people on their walkie talkies if you did ;-):lol:

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That. --. Or be less particular where you piddle!

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Sorry Pauline. Wasn’t there someone around that you could have asked to watch over your Jack for a few minutes?

I’m certain you felt like a criminal - men have it so much easier than us ladies…

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To be honest I didn’t think about it, because I did the same thing two weeks back.

The thing was as well, this bus driver was slating me in front of a whole load of passengers waiting for their bus.

I have to be honest i gave it to him with both barrels, because he wouldn’t shut up…I had already told him I had to go for a wee.

He did shut up ,when I told him to mind his own business as loudly as he was slating me…he looked pretty shocked.

It hurt me because I love my dog and would never abandon him.

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Next time…I’m going to have a board with a sign written on it.

Explaining I have gone to the toilet, that was a close shave this morning…don’t want to experience that again.

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You could take Jack out before you go to the shops, maybe? Even leaving him outside a shop while you pop in for a minute can be a mistake these days. I leave mine in the house when I go out, she is fine for a couple of hours.

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It was me who needed the wee Pixie,:-)…i was travelling back home from my sons in Newbury, first bus went to Basingstoke bus station, I caught the 9.40am from Newbury, when it reached Basingstoke,I had to wait a while for the 11.40 to my destination in Hampshire.

I was desperate for a wee, so went into the indoor centre where I believe dogs aren’t allowed , you are certainly right about it being a mistake leaving them tied up alone.

I was extremely lucky that this guy didn’t take him…it was a good lesson.

That bus driver didn’t imo be so rude…but then I think,he may have seen a few dogs abandoned at the station…

It was the way he communicated to me, he was slating me ,before I even had time to explain…telling me I had abandoned my dog…

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Like Paula Radcliffe? :mrgreen:

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Nah. That was just a lack of any class at all.

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I usually make sure not to drink to much when I travel on the bus.

Once I went through a time when I was caught out , when you have to go you can’t hold it in, I was lucky on those occasions, I was either over the golf course or near a ditch where I could hide…

It may be an age thing.

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I wouldn’t leave my dog anywhere tbh, I would rather wet myself than have him taken. Funnily enough, on our walk the other day we saw a small dog tied to a tree in a church yard. We did the normal route then I went back to see if he was still there, luckily, I saw him walking along with his owner otherwise I might have got involved. I would hate to think that a dog had been abandoned and I could have done something to help it.

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I can understand that, but that bus driver with his clap trap had no right to accuse me of abandoning my dog, I bet he called that guy with the walkie talkie, he was in a uniform as well.

That bus driver was so loud he wouldn’t let me explain…he did when I got loud…which admittedly wasn’t the best idea…

When you see red. even if there are a 1,000 people in close proximity I don’t see them, because I was focused on him only.

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Bus drivers are generally sort of … nah, I can’t say it. :wink:

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The first bus I got on this morning, he was funny, I asked him if the bus went to Basingstoke he said.

Ummmm, yes it says so on the bus, there’s no need for that, I just let it wash over, some are extremely miserable, I just think ,we’ll, they may have problems, we all get bad days, I won’t let it affect me or drag me down…I’m positive and happy most of the time,…life is very short.

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On the other hand, I suppose that one could take heart by the way that an apparently abandoned pet was being dealt with.

Personally, I’d have taken the dog into the toilet with me and sod the bystanders who complained. Rather that than having my dog let loose or nicked by a passer by.

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Yes, I may do that next time, it did go through my mind about a young person letting him off the lead, he wouldn’t be nicked, he’s very elderly.

I was desperate for the toilet though, you can get frantic when you need to go, I would have been mortified if I wet myself.
I won’t ever leave him alone again…

Edit to add…those toilets in the centre were a disgrace as well,

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Probably for the best. Can you even imagine how you’d be feeling if you came out and he wasn’t there? :confused:

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Exactly…I would have been frantic, but I was desperate for a wee.

Next time, I won’t drink anything in the morning on leaving my sons house.

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Aye you try to do the right thing and people accuse you of doing the wrong thing.

I got yelled at by a female bus driver once for knocking on the doors of the bus after she had closed them to drive off. I have no idea about bus etiquette at all, but she absolutely shouted at me like I was 5 years old, in front of passengers. I just got off and have never been on a bus since, heh!