XL Bully on coach

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My daughter spent the day in a city (about 3.5 hours away) and got the bus back last night. She said she was quite anxious as a couple of men with an xl bully sat behind her and spent the journey rolling spliffs. She said it stank. She wanted to move but was scared to draw any attention to herself. I suppose the drugs were secondary. She was very afraid of the dog. I googled and their policy from 2023 says only guide dogs or in carriers allowed.

Am I being unreasonable to expect to be able to travel on a coach (for 3+) hours without being frightened of other people's large animals? It doesn't seem safe. Do I need to get a grip, does she? I don't know what is normal anymore! I would have picked her up if I knew this was a possibility.

Edited to add she's 17

Was she alone?

Clearly unacceptable

However I would hope that if she’s independent enough to spend the day in a city 3.5 hours away and then travel home on public transport late in the evening alone - that she’d have the confidence to move seats or speak with the driver.

Were the men on it for the duration of the 3.5 hour journey?

That shouldn’t have been allowed to happen imo. Something tragic will happen.

Where is the line going to be. I hope it was muzzled at least.

If the carrier policy is no dogs and no smoking then she can make a complaint to the carrier that their driver wasn’t following this. If passengers could smell the weed and see the dog they should have raised this with the coach driver who presumably allowed the dog to board, since they didn’t sneak a bully on in their pocket.

It’s the carrier and coach driver at fault. Not passengers for not complaining.

How old is she? Get her a car

She should notify the coach company. The driver may need better support to debar toerags like this but it's the coach company's
responsibility to make sure the drivers are empowered to do this.

😂

This place, bloody hell 😂

Were they actually smoking the spliffs they rolled?

Was this National Express?

Tell her next time to just move to sit closer to he driver.
Or always sit close to front
And she should tell coach company.

A car!? Gosh, why isn’t OP supplying a car AND chauffeur.

I used to commute on the coach. I’d always sit behind the driver. Or as close as I could.

The driver shouldn't have allowed the dog on. I'd say you could complain to the bus co about that.

I hope the dog didn't actually do anything bad?

🙄

The dog should have been muzzled and so should the losers having cheeky splifs on a bus in a public place.

Yes

She has a test booked in a couple of weeks. Have you tried to book a driving test lately? If she fails it'll be another 6-9 months

I think this was it, the driver felt too intimidated possibly

Obviously she or you have emailed the company and complained?

It's completely unacceptable and the driver should never have allowed the dog on, let alone smoking of any kind on the coach.

Are dogs allowed. If not, she should have said something to the driver. If they are and the dog was behaving well, she's unreasonable and needs to get a grip. I'd be more concerned about the drugs than a dog sitting there, not doing anything.

Or a young persons rail card

Yeah, the OP can just bend over and shit a car out.

And a driving licence too.

What coach company was it?