Buses in Edinburgh...
...have gone up from £1 to £1.10.

This sounds trivial, but think about it : It was so handy that the buses were only a pound, all you needed to have to get from one part of the scum-infested city* to another was a shiny, common pound coin, no more.

Now, I'm a guy, and as such I barely find myself in posession of anything other than pound coins and notes, or in extreme cases, 50p coins. Considering that the machines which you pay on in the buses (so you don't have to actually do the horrible deed of speaking to the whiny git that is most Lothian Buses drivers) can't give change, this requires me to have a 10p peice in my pocket, or, god forbid, smaller. This has lead to shameful begging to the female of the species, trying my best not to come across as a desperate ned as I poorly whine "Can I borrow 10p?". (Speaking of which, why do strangers who ask you for money always ask to "borrow" it...?)

And its not just me that has problems! I work as a exaggerated politeness simulator and barcode scanner in a local Tesco positioned beside a popular bus stop, and I get many customers asking me if they can get some 10ps in their change...I always say "For the bus?" and they go "Spot on!" and we passionatley moan about it for a good 5 minutes.

Lothian Buses were voted as the best bus service in the UK last year. Doubt they'll get that award this year.

And all for 10p. Cunts.

*I jest. Edinburghs not a scum infested city. Its a scum infested town pretending to be a city.
(LiquidRogue Powerful tiny fists..., Fri 30 May 2008, 3:47, 5 replies)

Edinburgh...not that bad.
If you think Edinburgh's scum infested, what does that make Glasgow??
(Kia Ora it's 2 orangey 4 crows, it's just 4 me and my dog, Fri 30 May 2008, 8:07, closed)

Buy your ticket at one of their machines before embarking
Still £1
(snopesthetruth, Fri 30 May 2008, 8:59, closed)

Or...
Buy a book of singles, that way they're still a pound each (£21 for 21 tickets).

Actually I sympathise, I'm always trying to find the extra 10p too. Still, I don't really think that you can blame Lothian buses; fuel is going up a lot and they have to make a profit. What else could they do? Would you rather the fare went up to £2 just so it's a round number?
(silene, Fri 30 May 2008, 10:09, closed)

at least it's only
a fecking pound.

last time i got a bus in glasgow it was almost 2 quid!
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Fri 30 May 2008, 11:23, closed)

They are insane
for doing this, I find it a giant pain when I occasionally take the bus.
( MisterPunch did it that way on, Fri 30 May 2008, 14:04, closed)