Comments on: Greyhound Canada: How To Piss Off All Your Customers Without Actually Making Them Any Safer

By: Rural

Rural — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:13:30 +0000

This is rich – buried deep in the press section of the grey hound site: "Greyhound is not publicly releasing all of the details, including other measures currently in place, in order to protect the efficacy of its security program. [...] however, the company felt it was important the public be informed of the screening and luggage restrictions leading up to the Christmas holiday travel period to ensure they are prepared." ” target=”_blank”>http://www.greyhound.ca/en/company/press/2008/Pro...

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By: Rural

Rural — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:49:56 +0000

I live in Canada and take a Greyhound commuter bus a few times a week… with no forewarning they started to "enforce" this "policy" this week, just before Christmas, when more folks are traveling, and carrying more crap than usual. A nightmare.

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By: joshywashington

joshywashington — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:37:56 +0000

I buss greyhound 40 hours just to get to vegas last January in the middle of this horrific storm. They treated us like unwanted refugees, making us draw straws practically! Matador should launch it's fleet of pimped out electric-bio buses and run these fools out of town!

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By: tom

tom — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:00:34 +0000

Sounds like a company that is in spiral. I can practically hear the conference call where this decision was made. You're right – this is a dumb, reactive move. Good luck getting your local office to call the head office….

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By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:43:08 +0000

Eva- Is Greyhound defining what a purse is in terms of size? I carry a Baggallini bag as a purse, which is big enough to fit notebooks and two laptops! I carry it on planes as my "purse," so wondering if I could get away with that on Greyhound, too.

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By: Eva

Eva — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:06:27 +0000

Ha, clever!

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By: Eva

Eva — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:05:55 +0000

Update: The Plot Thickens!! Just spoke to a receptionist at corporate head office who had NO IDEA what I was talking about re: the new security policy. Super. Eventually she seemed to find something on her computer that referred to it (I think – or she was just humouring me) and told me there was a clearly stated exemption for laptops. Hmmm. Now all that's left to do is convince the folks at my local station that the "head office" (aka clued-out receptionist girl) gave me permission to carry my laptop bag on board…

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By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:16:29 +0000

This is about a dumb as it gets. What next? Mandating kevlar vests in case someone manages to bring on a knife anyway? And people wonder why public transportation in North America is so pitiful, this is why.

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By: Eva

Eva — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:49:46 +0000

Agreed, this seems almost too crazy to be real. But as I say, I spoke to 3 employees today, none of whom were willing to promise that anyone would make an exception for my laptop. Here's hoping that when it comes down to enforcing this, someone will see reason and let us take basic necessities on board!

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By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:24:46 +0000

Absurd. What's a guy to do then, claim I have a manpurse just so I can bring on a purse? I'm taking greyhound up on christmas, lets hope they don't enforce this…

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