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Abandoned in the Snow

Greyhound • Accidents • Lost Luggage • Lost Freight • Reckless Drivers • Sleepy Drivers • Scheduling Foul-Ups • False Arrest • Fare Disputes • Abandoned • Stranded • Illegal Smoking • Hostile Employees • Individual Sagas

Dana of N. Las Vegas writes (2/28/03):
I decided to go from Las Vegas to Jacksonville FL with my three-year-old daughter. We left at 12:45 am thurs. She was excited as all three-year-olds DO get ... but not crying or anything. I am 22, partially deaf and sometimes it is hard for me to hear how loud things are. Aanyhow, 7 hours into the trip at Kingman, Arizona we were kicked off the bus ... that's right KICKED OFF.

We got off at McDonalds and there was a 15 min stop. We went to the restroom and the bus driver said, time to get back on so we went to board and my daughter was throwing a fit because she wanted a Happy Meal toy. I am SURE that she would have been OK once we got back on the bus. He said he warned me beforehand that she was making too much noise and that he had passengers that were trying to sleep and that if I couldn't control my child that I had to get off.

He let me get my things but would NOT let me get my baggage from underneath the bus which had all our clothes. Now, at this time, about 5 am, the bus station he dropped us at was NOT open ... it was sleeting and SNOWING. I walked all the way in the snow with a three-year-old to the nearest Motel 6 and eventually got ahold of someone there. They informed me that the next bus would not be there til 7 pm.

I had nowhere to go. I had to sit around and call my parents to drive from Las Vegas to come pick me up. All I wanted was to be refunded that money and to NEVER take the bus again. I still have not found out where our clothess or luggage is. Since on the walk we dropped a lot of things, we lost stuff in the mad scramble to get somewhere safe to CALL anyone we knew.

Juan of Farmville VA (3/4/03):
On Mar. 03 2003 2:30p I boarded the bus in Austin TX. My ticket was to take me to Farmville VA and to arrive at/in Farmville on Mar 3 at 10:55p. The bus was 2 hrs behind schedule already when I was TOLD we had arrived in Farmville by the driver of the bus. We were actually 20 miles from Farmville in Dillwyn VA. I was left stranded at a closed station in below freezing temp, 26 degrees, for almost 5 hrs with no way to call for help. No traffic to stop. No pay phone. Finally the station attendent arrived at about 5;40am and I was able to contact my family and let them know were I was.

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