GBT also offered a website apology to riders. “We are sorry for the major delays in service today,” the website Friday message said. “Unfortunately, we have experienced an extraordinarily high number of drivers unable to report to work today because of illness.”Īt the bus terminal on Water Street, about 80 people could be seen at mid-morning, waiting for buses. The crowd was larger earlier in the morning, but many may have given up or found some other way to their destinations.
Some riders waiting at the terminal were sympathetic to the drivers.
Some of the longest running high school football rivalries in the country are right here in Connecticut, many of which are played on Thanksgiving. “They don’t get a decent lunch break or anything.” “They need to give them more money,” said nurse’s aide Lulu Jacobs, who said she was waiting for more than an hour for the No. “They barely have a chance to go to the bathroom - and then they have to deal with some difficult people,” she said.Ĭlaudia Stegman said she was was hoping to catch the No. 8 bus, which travels up and down Main Street, for a dentist appointment. “Usually, there’s (a bus) every 10 or 15 minutes, but not today.” “I’ve been here for an hour and 40 minutes,” she said. Particularly hard-hit were students trying to attend their first day of school.
