Man questions cleanliness of London buses after finding used condom on seat

A man from Catford, south east London, has spoken of his disgust at finding a used condom on a bus seat on Tuesday morning. Nick Campbell, 34, tweeted a picture of the grim discovery aboard the 124 bus with the caption: “Some different kinda bus ride!” He said: “Once I got on the bus and saw it on the seat I just looked at it and thought 'really?'

“I understand that kids at school will mess around with condoms and throw them around the back of a bus but this one was definitely used.” He added: “I wasn’t shocked when I saw it because I’ve lived in Catford all my life and I’ve seen the changes the area has gone through – from good to bad and so on – but it wasn’t nice seeing it first thing on my way to work.”



Mr Campbell said the incident has made him question the cleanliness of the bus service. He said: “What bothered me about it was that I got the first bus service of the day and I just thought to myself “that condom has been sat there all night in the bus depot and the driver didn’t even think to check the cleanliness of the bus before driving off”.”

Head of TfL's bus operations Ken Davidson said: “I am very sorry to hear of this customer’s experience. We take these types of issue very seriously as we want every journey to be as pleasant as possible. The behaviour of our customers affects the travelling experience of others and I would call on all our passengers to make sure that they behave appropriately when travelling on the transport network.”