STUNNED Doncaster postman Adrian Fogg was booted off his bus home from work - for listening to an MP3.
South Yorkshire's biggest bus operator First has launched a campaign to stop noisy headphones on its vehicles because of rising complaints about loud music.
Adrian was sitting down on the number 84 for the journey back to East Lane, Stainforth, and settling to listen to Hard Core Til I Die by DJ Darren Styles and Re-Con.
But he says security men climbed on board and ordered him from the bus before it set off from the Frenchgate Interchange in the town centre - and claims his music was not loud and only for his personal use.
The 34-year-old, who uses the bus every day to get to and from work, said: "I got on at the interchange after finishing the shift work at Royal Mail at Middlebank. I was pretty tired and got on at 12.55pm.
"But the driver said she wouldn't set off because I wouldn't turn my MP3 player down or off. I had been on the bus for two minutes. She said she didn't want to hear my music and that she wouldn't be able to concentrate on driving the bus because of the house music I was listening to.
"I wasn't aware I was being thrown off. She started the bus at 1.10pm and then there were three security guards brought onto the bus. They said I'd been asked to turn it down or turn it off, and I said 'no, I'm listening to music on the way home.
"I was shocked that I was being escorted off the bus by three security guards for listening to an MP3 player. You hear about people being attacked on buses and no one intervening, and then this happens. I'm mortified about this."
What do you think? Add your comment below.First commercial director Brandon Jones said he would speak to the driver involved to get full details - but said the company had received a number of complaints from customers about passengers using MP3 players.
"It is a growing concern among our customers that people don't want to listen to other people's music, and we have issued a poster campaign asking our customers to show consideration to other users and keep noise levels down.
"If the noise level was such a level that it was distracting to the driver or other passengers it is not unreasonable to ask the customer to reduce the noise level."
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