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Kicked off the No 24: Kiki Kendricks with her terriers Betty and Ruby |
‘Jack Russells a danger to passengers’ Betty and Ruby are kicked off the bus
REACHING not much higher than your ankles, Jack Russell terriers Betty and Ruby are much-loved fluffy, friendly faces.
But their many admirers do not, it seems, include a driver of the No 24 bus who called the police when their owner Kiki Kendricks decided to take them for a ride.
She takes the dogs on the bus every day, but was told on Friday night, as she caught the 24 home north from Charing Cross Road, that her two palm-sized pets are no longer welcome on the double decker as they “posed a danger to other passengers”.
Ms Kendricks was left stranded at 10pm in the West End.
She said: “I catch the 24 bus from Hampstead to central London and back again every day and have done for five years.
“I was on my way home from work with my husband and the two tiny, fluffy Jack Russells and got on the bus as always. I am a regular and many drivers recognise me. But this driver responded with a growl and ordered me to ‘Get off the bus. No dogs’. I tried to explain that we have travelled this route every day, for years and that my dogs were pets and that they are always well behaved. But the driver wouldn’t listen, he just kept interrupting and saying ‘You can’t have two dogs’, and kept telling us to ‘Get off the bus. It’s the driver’s discretion’.”
She added: “I was and remain both totally shocked and amazed about this driver’s lack of common sense, and courtesy.
“He behaved like a dictator – don’t customers count any more? Making such a fuss and calling the police over two of the cutest dogs in London was just plain stupid.”
A spokeswoman for bus company London General said: “We apologise for any distress this may have caused to the passenger. We are currently looking into exactly what happened but our drivers are asked to use their discretion.” |
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