Pensioner ordered from bus for carrying 'explosive' tin of paint

A jobsworth driver ordered stunned Wiltshire pensioner Dave Stratford off his bus - for carrying a small tin of paint.

The driver told the 75-year-old the 750ml tin of Buckingham green paint was highly explosive and posed a safety threat to passengers.



Mr Stratford, of of Wheedon Road, Stratton St Margaret, boarded the Thamesdown Transport 1a bus after buying the paint from B&Q in Fleming Way. He was carrying the paint in a carrier bag and was heading home to paint his garage doors on Thursday morning.

"I struggled on to the bus and the driver said you can't come on with that, it's highly explosive, you will have to get off'," he said.

Thamesdown Transport Managing director Paul Jenkins apologised and said the driver was wrong to say he couldn't carry the paint for fear of an explosion but said paint is discouraged from buses for fear of spillage.