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[Sir Tigger KC]

So I had to get the bus the otherday...    and I'm at the bus stop checking out the time table (produced by the bus company) when I notice a smart metal sign above the timetable advertising a text service 'timetable'.

'That's clever!' I thought, thinking that it would give me exact timing of the next bus, but when I tried it, it just came back with the times of the next 3 buses as per the bus company's timetable...

This service is operated by Devon County Council, and given that Devon is a big county, it must have cost a lot of money to set up (with all the signage etc) and administer.  I'm not sure what it cost me to use, the cost of a regular text message I think, but I very much doubt it's enough to cover the costs of the scheme.

Now given that this service just replicates the information freely provided by the bus company, I feel that it's a gross waste of public money    and I'm wondering if anybody else has noticed areas where the local council operates where it's not necessary?? 

[Webby the Bear]

bit strong saiyng their monsters for their text service lol

[Sir Tigger KC]

Well OK, but I was just highlighting an example of where council tax money is (in my opinion) spent unnessarily.  I should have phrased the heading as a question!   

And the text service must have cost thousands, just to replicate something that already existed