Letham Collie Who Learned the Bus Timetable Promoted to ‘Honorary Inspector’ After Front Page Fame
Dog now has his own lanyard; passengers 'never more punctual'.
A Perth bus, now carrying an honorary inspector. Photo: Calistemon, “Perth Stadium Bus Station, February 2020”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
PERTH — After Perthetic’s report on the border collie who commutes to the North Inch every morning, the dog has been made an honorary bus inspector, complete with a small lanyard.
“He checks everyone in,” said a driver. “No ticket, he just looks at you. People pay. Some pay twice.”
The collie’s owner says he has “let it go to his head” and now refuses to get on any bus that is more than two minutes late.
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The lanyard has gone to his head. He ignored me this morning.
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He checked my ticket twice. Very thorough. Fair play.
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Should be running the buses tbh.
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