Given the fact that many of us are forced to use public transport, I must say that one could hardly wish a nice journey to passengers when the welcome 'area' accorded on a bus to San Ġwann consisted of a couple of brooms, the rods of which extended as far as the first two passenger rows behind the driver's seat. This happened last Wednesday.
To make the scene complete and utterly downgrading, even the so-called cloths, previously and possibly used as towels, were on display.
Is this the way commuters are wished a nice journey, having to endure such an utterly disgusting state of affairs due to some very irresponsible driver and/or owner? I am surprised that the 'cleaning cloths' were not hanging outside a commuter's window to dry along the short journey!
For the guidance of the Transport Authority (ADT) and the Private Transport Association such an attitude and demeanour is not even adopted in Third World countries I have visited and yet such a state of affairs continues to be the norm in a country like ours priding itself on being in the European Union. It is well nigh impossible that the ADT and the bus owners' association are unaware of these disgusting practices.
Patrick Falzon Gough, St Julian's