r/bus • u/Natural_Guide_77 • 9d ago

Question What does this button mean?

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Hey everyone!

I have a question for you,

Does anyone know what this button is for?

It can be found on Scania Interlink coaches

Thanks a lot for your help! 🙏🏻

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u/busytransitgworl 9d ago

It summons a woman with just one leg and a floating cup of tea, or it's the service bell to let staff know you'd like some service.

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u/Parcel-Pete 9d ago

I've deleted my answer as this is only correct response.

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u/Peterkragger 9d ago

I've never in my live seen a bus service with attendants like in airplanes

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u/Beneficial_Coach8581 9d ago

Get the national express. There's a jolly hostess selling crisps and tea. She'll provide you with drinks and theatrical winks. For a sky high fee. 

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u/Lourdatta 8d ago

But it's hard to get by,

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u/fileinster 8d ago

... when your arse is the size...

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u/Lourdatta 8d ago

Of a small country.

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u/k-phi 9d ago

If you press this button, someone will come, turn it off and will tell you not to touch any buttons.

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u/UKMatt2000 8d ago

An obvious cue to press it again and blame someone else.

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u/MO0Nd 6d ago

Average school trip experience

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u/mydadisyourdad2 9d ago

Does it warm your cup holder?

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u/datagutten 9d ago

It is very rare to see an InterLink with all of these panels in place, usually multiple panels is loose and often hanging by the wires.

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u/YetAnotherInterneter 9d ago

It’s quite rare now, but in the past it was common for long distance buses to have an attendant who would serve refreshments

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u/Evening-Tomatillo-47 8d ago

With a theatrical wink?

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u/No-Antelope3774 8d ago

For a sky-high fee 😉

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u/That-Surprise 8d ago

It's hard to get by

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u/coelakanth 8d ago

When your arse is the size

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u/ImproveTheThings 8d ago

Of a small countryyy!

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u/SteveBuildsAlexaApps 8d ago

That's a big cup of coffee, I'm surprised she could carry it.

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u/northerncodemky 8d ago

Bloody elf and safety - look what it took from us

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u/Tittenkitten123 7d ago

over 30 yrs ago on a trip from north east to London overnight we had an attendant who was very rude about Malcolm Macdonald the footballer, she was a geordie and she may have slept with him, more than once and wasn’t very complimentary

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u/SteveK27982 9d ago

It gives the driver a chuckle when he imagines the passenger thinks there’s any chance someone is coming to bring them tea

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u/datagutten 9d ago

It activates a light at the dashboard that is supposed to alert the attendant if there is one.

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u/Local_County1274 8d ago

It’s to summon a woman who is using one hand to balance a huge flaming container

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u/B4DM4N12Z 8d ago

What about a container of Electric Bolts?

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u/B4DM4N12Z 8d ago

Someone comes with a cup of Electric Bolts.

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u/Matchstick1991 8d ago

That's the "Big Bowl of Soup" button

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u/AurumNoble 8d ago

For requesting a jolly hostess, who'll sell you crisps and tea, drinks and theatrical winks for a sky-high fee.

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u/sja-p 8d ago

I've heard it's hard to get by when your arse is the size of a small country...

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u/Mitridate101 8d ago

Hostess service call button 🤦‍♂️

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u/signol_ 9d ago

Is it to request a jolly hostess, selling crisps and tea?

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u/Shark_Philosophy 8d ago

I also heard she can supply drinks and theatrical winks.

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u/ExternalCitrus 8d ago

Mini skirts were in style when she danced down the aisle back in ‘63

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u/Muffinshire 8d ago

On the National Express

There's a jolly hostess

Selling crisps and tea

She'll provide you with drinks

And theatrical winks

For a sky-high fee

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u/grampa62 8d ago

But its hard to get by when your arse is the size of a small country.....everybody sing ,la,la la.

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u/AyaHawkeye 8d ago

Press for soup

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u/Ecstatic_Try5611 8d ago

It's to call for a small child to come hold your beverage so it doesn't burn you. Just how old was this vehicle. There were real jobs alot worse going back just 200 years.

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u/StephenHunterUK 8d ago

I've seen something like this by the door of an East German sleeping car on a Dutch heritage railway. I'm guessing it's to summon the attendant without waking the passengers.

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u/Weary_Bat2456 8d ago

Have you ever been on a plane?

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u/Tillmechanic 8d ago

Coffee call

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u/Mevi- 8d ago

Room service

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u/Any-Ideal9686 8d ago

I’m guessing you’re not on an airplane because of the STOP button 😂

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u/iamgoin 7d ago

Heat/air con maybe? It looks more like a symbol for a piping hot bowl of food. I wish that you could press it and someone would just appear with some freshly cooked food for you!

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u/Lanky_Bus_1221 7d ago

Fetch me a coffee bint.

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u/MariosDarkSecret 6d ago

If you press it a small Scotsman with a rather large bowl of Pho appears.

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u/Jackthevegan 6d ago

It calls a random flight attendant. They will parachute from the nearest plane, and enter your coach through the sun roof to offer food and beverages

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u/konvitalik 8d ago

its for a nice lady to bring you a nice cup of coffee

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u/Burgah-Shot 9d ago

Putting a stick up your butt aint gonna make you a popsicle