{"id":3383,"date":"2023-11-10T03:30:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T03:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/retailings-failing-everybodys-emailing-2\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T03:30:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T03:30:14","slug":"retailings-failing-everybodys-emailing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/retailings-failing-everybodys-emailing-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Retailing’s Failing : Everybody’s Emailing (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Please Pardon, Plymouth<\/span><\/p>\n … but across the top of the very first page we get a search box for individual products and a list of general headings for the equally general enquirer.<\/p>\n fbb clicked on “Food and Wine”.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p><\/span><\/div>\n … will need to be collected from the fbb’s nearest branch. But they do look yummy and very yummy all at once!<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p><\/span><\/div>\n … as our readers will all know? Maybe?<\/p><\/div>\n Two sources should be reliable, namely Google maps …<\/p>\n … and Traveline.<\/p>\n Neither of these services offers a complete picture. Getting a timetable out of Google maps involves a tedious trail back to the operator’s web site.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n If you know the answer (546) it is straightforward. If you are going to one of the two terminal points (Shrewsbury and Pulverbatch) it is nearly a doddle.<\/p><\/div>\n But the county has simply given up.<\/p>\n Most enquirers are NOT wanting complex journey planners; most enquirers do NOT need “technology”; most enquirers do NOT want screens of advertorial clutter – they simply to know where their but runs and what time it is due!<\/p><\/div>\n Users are pushed towards a journey planner but can find timetables with a struggle …<\/p>\n … but the map is useless. There is no network map.<\/p>\n Just feast your unbelieving eyes on all the services numbered 1 operated by Arriva. And many that aren’t numbered 1.<\/p><\/div>\n The only fact an outsider might<\/span> understand is this:-<\/p>\n Maybe not very understandable.<\/p><\/div>\n There were plenty of options …<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n His conclusion, blogged yesterday, repeats what he has said before about these demand responsive wonders.<\/p>\n As Rog says: it would be so much simpler to go to a bus stop with your timetable leaflet in hand, pay the driver and know when your bus would go and come back, That is all the technology you need<\/span>.<\/p>\n
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