New Cross bus depot..where I worked, wasn't too bad back in the real LT days....it boasted the first example of LT's attempt to recruit/retain staff....a completely re-worked staff canteen.
which included CARPETS...posh restaurant seating, a 'quiet' area where crews could relax in a convivial atmosphere....even a full bank of posh food/drinks dispensers for those times when the kitchens were closed...
'relaxy-mood' music was piped in too...
Surprisingly it was a place a lot of staff could feel happy to use OFF-DUTY....
This contrasted with the gents toilet/showers/ clean-up room....which although spotlessly clean, still boasted the full-length mirror by the exit, with it's full height check list in gold printing, so one could confirm one's appearance coincided with London TransporT dress code regulations.
Amazingly, London TransporT actually held cookery competitions each year, with the chefs from every canteen competing.....most of my daily driving was based out of Waterloo Bus Stand, as it was known then...not a garage or bus station...public access was not encouraged.....but it too, had an excellent canteen, the manageress of which was a frequent competition winner.....and it showed with the qualityand variety of food served.
[Waterloo bus stand was located a short way up the side street that was situated right opposite the Old Vic Theatre....I recall the pleasure and mirth engendered when, one night, a conceited Rolls-Royce owner, who had parked opposite the bus stand exit...preventing safe egress [no power steering on our buses]...had his car hoicked away on the back of one of those old Met flatbeds with the lifeboat davits, for removing unlawfully-parked cars.... Reg Varney almost had it right too]