We as average commuters treat bus drivers with respect to how they drive - in fact, that doesn't worry me - they are all human like us and we should not demand them in any way possible. The person that has a bad sleep last night and wakes up to take it on the driver (in the morning) - will not sleep right next night.
I cannot disclose my real job to you but I do get abused every day and it frustrates me that within society, when we know what occupation one person is, we tend to outcast them, downgrade them without knowing who they are! So I think I tend to understand where these drivers are coming from that may have continual abuse every day. It is like anti-social behaviour when there should be pleasant social behaviour where everyone can get on with their life with happiness!
Talk about happiness Busways Bus Driver GR 2643 handled a situation very well this evening. Three commuters got on the bus (before me) and one of them a female commuter just rushed passed the driver and may have flashed their pre-purchased ticket to him (without him noticing). Whilst the driver was assisting two commuters - checking their tickets he asked to view the tickets of one the commuters and then requested to see the ticket of the female passenger (who was already seated at the back of the bus).
The male commuter came a little hostile as he questioned why the bus driver needed to do this - and aloud he indicated that he just need to check the ticket - then the male commuter advised he was knocked in the face by 'FOBS' ( Free Off The Boats) at Mount Druitt train station and this is why he was upset. Straightaway he calmed down and called the female companion to the driver to show the driver and all was relived. The bus driver is doing his job and in fact did this in a controlled unemotional way. He has to account for every commuter to pay.
What is known to me is with, especially within our current socio- economic community is that there commuters that come on the bus with 'Not enough change' or ( as I have seen once or twice before) 'commuter scrambling to raise coins to reach the Two dollar fare' or ' The high dollar commuter'. That is, they may have smaller coins but they want to use their fifty dollars for a two dollars fare. Now that is unfair. This can frustrate drivers as they have a small or little float when they start - in fact in time to come we will probably have cashless buses one day and you will be able to purchase tickets at your local stores.
Here is the original Happy Bus Drivers Story:
Click here: http://mountdruittcommuters.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-bus-drivers-register.html
I cannot disclose my real job to you but I do get abused every day and it frustrates me that within society, when we know what occupation one person is, we tend to outcast them, downgrade them without knowing who they are! So I think I tend to understand where these drivers are coming from that may have continual abuse every day. It is like anti-social behaviour when there should be pleasant social behaviour where everyone can get on with their life with happiness!
Talk about happiness Busways Bus Driver GR 2643 handled a situation very well this evening. Three commuters got on the bus (before me) and one of them a female commuter just rushed passed the driver and may have flashed their pre-purchased ticket to him (without him noticing). Whilst the driver was assisting two commuters - checking their tickets he asked to view the tickets of one the commuters and then requested to see the ticket of the female passenger (who was already seated at the back of the bus).
The male commuter came a little hostile as he questioned why the bus driver needed to do this - and aloud he indicated that he just need to check the ticket - then the male commuter advised he was knocked in the face by 'FOBS' ( Free Off The Boats) at Mount Druitt train station and this is why he was upset. Straightaway he calmed down and called the female companion to the driver to show the driver and all was relived. The bus driver is doing his job and in fact did this in a controlled unemotional way. He has to account for every commuter to pay.
What is known to me is with, especially within our current socio- economic community is that there commuters that come on the bus with 'Not enough change' or ( as I have seen once or twice before) 'commuter scrambling to raise coins to reach the Two dollar fare' or ' The high dollar commuter'. That is, they may have smaller coins but they want to use their fifty dollars for a two dollars fare. Now that is unfair. This can frustrate drivers as they have a small or little float when they start - in fact in time to come we will probably have cashless buses one day and you will be able to purchase tickets at your local stores.
Here is the original Happy Bus Drivers Story:
Click here: http://mountdruittcommuters.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-bus-drivers-register.html
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