Well, what do you know. The 8.10am 181 route bus to Dingli from Mater Dei did not show up today, Tuesday. And wonder of wonders, neither did the182 to Mtarfa at 8.25 am. I am on my way to Valletta to go to Rabat. Quite a bit of a deviation for an 80-year-old to have to do. I wonder how long l will have to wait for the Rabat bus now.

Doreen, of Customer Care Team, wrote back:

Kindly confirm the bus stop name, where you were waiting for the buses, so we will be able to file a report.

I replied:

l am not going to Mater Dei to get a bus stop name. What’s wrong with you! It is the bus stop on the left as you go out of Mater Dei, where the timetables of routes 181 and 182 are shown.

Roger Mifsud,

Rabat.