- An older woman traveling by FlixBus was abandoned at a gas station in the middle of the night
- The confused old woman had to hitchhike to get to Krakow and then to Katowice, where her husband was waiting for her.
- Ms. Mariola’s husband asked the FlixBus driver where his wife was. “I heard it’s none of his business,” he revealed.
- The transportation company FlixBus commented on this matter
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Ms Mariola traveled by FlixBus from Bukoina Tatrzanska to Katowice at the beginning of May this year. The trip started at around 21.20. As the woman mentioned in an interview with “Wyborcza”, not all seats on the bus were occupied, and many passengers were taking a nap. Many people got off at the first stop and about 1.5 hours later the bus stopped for the second time.
It was a gas station with a bar. The driver said that you can go to the toilet because it is free here. I decided to use the toilet
– recalls Mrs. Mariola.
As the 70-year-old woman describes, she went to the toilet for no more than 5 minutes. When she got out, she realized the bus had left without her.
I leave and my bus is not in the parking lot. Looking around, I see an open field and there are only trucks standing in a row, where the drivers are sleeping. I was terrified. It was almost 11pm, it was very cold, and the only thing I had left was a jacket and a small backpack
– He’s pointing at me.
Confused, she ran to the police station, where she asked the women working there for help. They called the FlixBus hotline, but were unable to get through. The eldest did not want to disturb her husband, with whom she had scheduled an appointment 1 at the destination station. The woman noticed a passenger car arriving at the station and I asked the driver and passenger for help. Mrs. Mariola went with them to Krakow. She hoped she could change the bus there to Katowice.
However, in Krakow, it turned out that there were no longer free seats on buses to Katowice. The elder did not want to wait until the morning and She decided to move again, hoping to reach Katowice with a slight delay, and she did not want her husband to wait for her. “In the end, I had to tell him what happened and ask him to carry my bag,” she recalls.
Mrs. Mariola’s husband was waiting for her at the station in the Mujahideen. They prevailed at 1 and approached the bus on which the 70-year-old woman was supposed to arrive. He asked the driver to hand over his wife’s luggage, but the driver said that anyone could ask for the bag. In the end, he agreed to the request after submitting evidence.
When I asked where my wife was, the driver told me it was none of his business
– Mrs. Mariola’s husband revealed in an interview with “Wyborcza”.
The retiree decided to contact the carrier. When she called the FlixBus hotline, she described the whole situation and expected an apology from the driver. — I heard that the driver will not apologize to me, but the company is sorry for this situation. In such a refueling, a lot can happen to one woman. got a cold – She stressed.
“Gazeta Wyborcza” contacted FlixBus. “The operating model of FlixBus is based on principles similar to the railway system. Buses operate according to a set schedule, and drivers strictly adhere to break times and designated routes. Breaks are clearly announced, along with the planned waiting time, and their length is respected to minimize or eliminate delays.” Right on the road,” said the response from the carrier’s press office.
According to the tanker, the driver announced a 10-minute break, then waited an additional 5 minutes and then drove off. The company stresses that drivers are not obligated to count passengers, and adult passengers can decide to leave the car at any time, even if they have purchased a ticket for a longer route.
Ms. Mariola disagrees with the carrier’s explanation She confirms that she only went to the toilet for no more than 5 minutes.
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Source: Gazeta Wyborcza
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