Turbo19 Posted March 16, 2013 Share #1 Posted March 16, 2013 An unspecified number of roaches hitched a ride on a Greyhound bus to try to make a brand new start of it in old New York. Upon discovering the unfortunate infestation, the driver pulled over and radioed for another bus. The Greyhound bus was carrying 48 people, according to NBC New York. It originated in Atlantic City. Timothy Stokes, spokesperson for Greyhound, said, "Once the driver became aware of the situation, the driver followed procedures by pulling the bus over to a safe location and notifying our dispatch office." A passenger called WABC-TV and said roaches were crawling onto seats, along windows and into people's hair. Passengers took photos of the roaches and of passengers standing on the side of the road afterward. Greyhound has apologized for the incident and issued refunds to the affected passengers (vermin not included). In 2011, AirTran passengers alleged that roaches crawled from air vents and overhead bins during a flight from Charlotte to Houston. ... Read: Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted March 16, 2013 Share #2 Posted March 16, 2013 Excluding the vermin... I have to say... I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often because they don't clean those friggin' buses. They should have a fumigation procedure in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted March 16, 2013 Share #3 Posted March 16, 2013 This is hilarious...it's rare to see roaches on NYC buses although they have the roach baits placed on just in case. Guess there are other agencies who have problems worse than ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted March 16, 2013 Share #4 Posted March 16, 2013 Nasty! Well at least it was'nt as bad as when we had the bedbug epidemic, remember that? Now that was not cool at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46Dover Posted March 16, 2013 Share #5 Posted March 16, 2013 Shameful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted March 16, 2013 Share #6 Posted March 16, 2013 Too bad Greyhound is the only national coast-coast Intercity bus company. With that said, it's great that their other options in certain areas including the northeast. Hell if possible I even take Greyhound-owned Bolt Bus if I travel say to Washington DC or Philly from NYC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaveragejoe Posted March 18, 2013 Share #7 Posted March 18, 2013 Too bad Greyhound is the only national coast-coast Intercity bus company. With that said, it's great that their other options in certain areas including the northeast. Hell if possible I even take Greyhound-owned Bolt Bus if I travel say to Washington DC or Philly from NYC. Give it time and CoachUSA/Megabus will cover most of the country soon as they keep expanding line haul service west and south parts of the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traildriver Posted March 18, 2013 Share #8 Posted March 18, 2013 This is hilarious...it's rare to see roaches on NYC buses although they have the roach baits placed on just in case. Guess there are other agencies who have problems worse than ours. It is relatively harder to keep intercity coaches free of those pests. First of all, the passengers bring on lots of food at rest stops enroute, and then leave remains in seats, overhead bins, etc. when they get off. Secondly, passengers may inadvertantly bring aboard these pests hidden in their baggage. Once they get infested, its difficult to eradicate them from all the hidden hiding places. I would say that given the circumstances, Greyhound responded in a most reasonable manner.....and I am sure that coach will receive a most thorough decontamination....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted March 24, 2013 Share #9 Posted March 24, 2013 Where the hell do these things hide in?? The AC ducts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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