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To the person who sent in a bitch telling people not to say “thank you” to the bus driver: Fuck you. They do us and the environment a service so I’ll goddamn thank them for the drive. I hope at the end of your long day of hard work you will get no satisfactions of a job well done. —Thanks!
This article appears in Jan 17-23, 2013.
19 Comments
Amen!
A day late and $2.25 short.
I’ll bet you still think Peter Kelly is mayor, Doncha?
Thank, or don’t thank. It’s a personal choice.
I hate when people want praise and thanks and everything else for not going above and beyond, but just doing their basic job. Your paycheque should be more than enough thanks
Thank you doesn’t cost you a thing and means the world to the recipient.
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I don’t say thank you because I personally feel like a crazy person yelling “Thanks!” toward the front of the bus. However, I see no reason to criticize others for how they gesture their appreciation to others.
“Thank you” doesn’t mean the world to the recipient. Personally, I think our overuse of “thanks” has weakened its value. People often say “thanks” because they are compelled to, not because they are actually thankful.
When the Captain says Thank You, he means it.
I beleive the poster said not to yell thank you whilst exiting through the back door, cuz in the process you startle all the passengers out of their Cell phone texting-induced comas. RUDE!! If you must kiss the sphincter of the bus driver; suck-holes exit through the front. How quickly we forget these are the same buttmunches who went on strike and left us all without transportation for many winter months. Fuck you very much.
I yearn for another bus strike…
I would say thank you, mainly because I’m drowning in manners, even on the worst of days. I suppose, it is a service that is paid for by the rider so, technically, gratitude shouldn’t be a requirement, BUT a little show of appreciation and kindness won’t kill anyone. I provide a service which is paid for by taxpayers, but a “Thank you for saving my life” adds a drop of sunshine to my day 🙂
Biscuit sides with Brandon Wilcox.
“I provide a service which is paid for by taxpayers, but a “Thank you for saving my life” adds a drop of sunshine to my day :)”
I demand a Nurse Hezz Transparency Act be implemented! >:D
Maybe we should tip them too. Afterall they did do more than sling inconsistent, foul tasting sludge, out a window. Then I remember how those entightled douchebags acted when they were on strike, and how they rubbed their “cash prize” in all our faces when the strike was over. If you want thanks from me, don’t be a bus driver. Right, Wheels? Ya douchebag!!!!
Fucking eh, SHITD! Damn I like reading your posts, man. Fuck the system!
yeah, they took the job to save the planet. right.
Nothing wrong with being kind and courteous even if it is their jobs. it reminds us that we live in a civilized society.
leave it in the comments ffs people.
And if this is in response to the bitch that I think it is, you missed the whole point. The bitch was about NSers being overly friendly like it’s a competition. The people yelling thanks to the driver’s was just an example. Personally if I’m sitting near the rear door and I gotta hear 10 people yell out thanks 10 inches away from my ears and I just woke up 20 minutes ago, it’s gonna annoy me. You really wanna be friendly and polite, exit out the front door and look the driver in the eye as you thank him and leave the rest of us to finish waking up in peace. I agree with no fool on this one.
Or just wave as you’re leaving by the back doors. Most drivers I’ve witnessed check their rear view mirror when passengers are exiting via the back.
Yes no fool there is alwats only one side to any coin, Yours. SHITD ol pal, I’m going to start calling you Sargeant Shultz, beaucause you know NOTHING, NOTHING….:)