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Vending machines on buses have been tried -
unsuccessfully. They break down because of the
motion and vibration.
However, a manned food vending station might
work on some routes at some times of day.
Hot-dog vending carts are fairly compact, and self-
contained.
This idea would work best
on double-decker
buses.
The food vending station serves a limited range of
beverages and snack/breakfast foods. Typically the
station would operate to serve commuters who
have skipped breakfast in a suburban location and
want something to eat before arriving at work.
The vendor would not only serve food, but collect
bus fares and issue tickets, thus meaning shorter
stops as the driver can move off as soon as all
passengers have boarded. The vendor is also
responsible for tidying up any spills or waste
packaging not placed in the clearly marked bins.
Vendors would generally be paid very low wages,
and recruited from illegal immigrants without
documentation which keeps costs down - the
same policy has been used with success by a
number of prominent politicians, right up to the
point when they got found out.
This guy should be on halfbakery.
http://www.youtube....TACUA0&feature=plcp
The "brain crack" video has some other priceless ideas. [DIYMatt, Jul 29 2012]
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They let you eat on the bus over there? |
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Coach lines (not transit buses) in the northeast US used to
have a guy that went up the aisle selling shitty stale snack
food and room-temperature soda at each stop, whilst
simultaneously chastising those who brought their own
food. I haven't
ridden Greyhound or Trailways in several years, so I don't
know if this is still common practice. |
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// 'no eating' policy here.// |
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How can you have a "no eating" policy on public
transport? |
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How strange, I watched a video last night [link] and heard an idea for vending machines on buses, then tonight I see this. |
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But what about the candles, and let's not forget the wine list for heaven's sake. |
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Cuts to 2020,...trying to get on the no. 9 bus, clippie saying "Certainly you do have a ticket, but do you have a reservation?" |
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'The vendor would not only serve food, but collect bus fares and issue tickets' And deal with fights in the queue between those who just want a ticket and those whose burger got cold? |
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Yes … it's called "multi-skilling" … |
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No, I'm still taxed by the problem of storing the Krug properly, a shocking lack of provision of wine storage on the average Routemaster bus. |
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I think they did manage to crack the problem on the First Class carriages on the Tube, so perhaps ask them? |
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// First Class carriages on the Tube // |
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Shhhh … the reintroduction of First is meant
to be a closely guarded secret … you're running the risk of having your black oyster card taken away ... |
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In Norway (Norge) the longer-distance buses are not only clean and modern, many have a young host or hostess who sells coffee and lefse with sugar, butter and cinnamon. |
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What, no koldtbord ? How passengers must suffer ... |
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On the shinkansen there's a vending machine, you can buy beer and smoke (in the smoking area that is about the same size as shed, with all the 497 other smokers already in there, cough, cough). |
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//How can you have a "no eating" policy on public
transport?// |
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I know a guy who got fined for eating a banana on the
subway platform. |
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er, that is open to alternative interpretations... |
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This would be better if, rather than installing a typical and let's be honest somewhat prosaic hot dog stand ("Make me one with everything"), the many handrails and metal tubes on the bus interior were like the airtubes in pre-Depression skyscrapers but instead of transporting documents, hot, fresh hotdogs skoosh through the piping to the button-pressing/ hotdog-ordering commuters, straight into their gaping gobholes for immediate munching, or storing in jacket pocket, like a sweaty meat cohiba. |
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The thing about vending is that your menu has to be very limited so that the transactions can take place less than 30 seconds. The worst thing would be missing your stop after standing on a LONG line and waiting for the vendor to prepare your hotdog. |
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I'm still a little concerned about the consommé, surely it would be better to have kitchen area on the upper deck to prevent sloshing on the stairs? |
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You know how chef takes it when that happens. Luckily the cooking sherry was under lock and key this time, so none of that having to do with tinned consommé. |
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I sense a new Gordon Ramsay series in the offing. |
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Is that a serious threat? |
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I predict a new range of Routemaster recipes marketed by Gordy under the brand 'Bad Boys Bussery'. |
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