Why bother to argue with these people???
It is already obvious that they merely support the company just
because they buy better buses, not providing better services.
Simply shallow minded. And disregrding the "old TIBS" buses in
their fleet simply irks me on this company even further. If not for
TIBS bus, would SMRTB be what it is today??? "130 strong fleet", so
the rest of the 600 odd buses are "trash" and not part of the SMRTB
fleet??? Never mind, not commenting any further, or else these
fan boys will continue their
mindless reasonings again.
And yes, I waited 40 mins for 961 along Woodlands Road last
week, evening peak. Really, that's called "good service" to you
all.
from the moment you came into the bus forum, i have yet to see
any non-derogative comments from you.
you has seriously neglected that SMRTB is still a company, a
transport operator who still provide a service to the commuters.
you don't predict bus fans likes SMRT because of their buses, and
SBST because they provide good services. but because both companies
are transport operators which should aim at providing services and
related services, and for bus fans to like it can be as simple as
because of 1 transport operator that only operates buses around
their vicinity that as bus fans it plays a part to liking that
service or the company since they have grown up taking buses from
the service/company.
at least via complaints does a transport operator become better,
and even better if the transport operators takes the initiative
even before they receive the complaints. SBST and SMRTB doesn't
really take the initiative. before you say about the bad points of
SMRT, why not talk about the same thing for SBST? do take note im
only using examples to illustrate, and i have no intention to rant
on these services nor do i want to use this to judge which is the
better transport operator because i find that there's no need
to.
i have ever waited for 45 minutes at the city area for a 162 to
come. during peak hours even. it fails terribly to see the bus
being jammed packed with passengers and with passengers not being
able to board. that's not all, as a near-daily commuter of 162, i
have yet to see any visible improvement of its frequency. i can
wait up from 10 - 35 minutes for 1 bus till the end of peak hours
and with this sort of frequency even during off-peak, its not only
because of the jams, but also the neglection.
how about taking another service as an example? service 132.
another service with not much, if not no improvement to its
frequency for the past decade that i've been taking it. i have ever
waited from 15 - 35 minutes per bus during peak hours. and some of
these buses would have been quite full already. during off-peak its
frequency can sometimes be very bad also. i have ever waited for
much longer than the maximum 16 minutes frequency during off peaks.
how to justify this sort of frequency when there's no jams in most
part of the roads it goes to during off-peak. even if there is, the
jams had been quite minor and 132 can easily go past the jams
within a few minutes.
for SMRTB, i can wait for 985 for 20-30 minutes during peak
hours and around 20 minutes even during off-peak hours. 985 can be
quite full even during peak hours. at some point of time, its full
to the entrance. its the fastest way to get to bukit batok from toa
payoh via bus. not to mentioned there may be jams up on the
expressway which makes the frequency worse and lesser chance to get
up on the bus.
a few other SMRTB services share the same kind of frequency,
like 178, 852, though i waited lesser for these two. around 18-25
minutes for them during peak hours at most. off peak hours is much
better at around 15-20 minutes. however for these two services i
still have a chance to get up on the bus and sometimes find myself
a seat at the same time even during peak hours. also, both services
are also jammed quite a bit during peak hours. nonetheless, the few
services that i've waited the longest and with the longest
frequency comes from SBST.
the services and buses of SBST and SMRTB has their good and bad
points, but im not affected by the bad points but rather the good
points? why? they are still the service provider, and we pay for
these services. though we have the right not to take their services
if some people thinks the services or buses is bad (maybe due to
personal preferences for some), we can also complain to the
relevant transport operator about the services or buses in query to
improve them. we shouldn't condemn the relevant transport operators
just because of the quality the provide because the passengers and
the company themselves helps to improve them further. i don't. but
you, you, along with a few other bus fans here condemn SMRT for
such a service they provide. and for most of your (not theirs,
theirs is lesser) comments in the bus forum it has been like
this.
and in bold, kindly don't call others fan boys. you may say this
because you have not meet any bus fans before. even if you have
heard hearsay about the bus fans in general, its not enough for you
to call them fan boys. it is very rude, and if you haven't realised
it, you are generalising most bus fans as fan boys, when most of us
aren't. if you have meet bus fans in bulk before and ever
interacted with them before saying that they are fan boys, then i
have nothing else to say about this. though there may be more and
more younger bus fans joining this hobby, im hoping that you are
not generalising us as fan boys because of the age factor, if you
are, sorry to say, as an adult, you are disgracing yourself
here.
this is not a rant zone. not for you to rant and rant about
others, or to post complains from the complaints you hear from your
friend (as what you said last year from your first few posts). you
in your first post you made last year have commented others not to
judge a bus company by their standards. and yet you are already
doing that in your post here, as with most of the replies with
similar contents you have posted in other topics. i hope you can
reflect on what you are saying now, the comments you said about
SMRTB in the other topics with what you have said in your first few
posts.
