I was in town the other day walking with a friend and an elderly lady was walking in front of us. She was watching the bus that was driving, it was clear that she gets the bus frequently because the bus driving opened his door at the stop light for her.
First of all you ass hole, she had a walker and couldn’t walk that fast. You’re so impatient that you stop in the middle of the road and expect her to walk across the street in middle of traffic! Great Idea!
Here’s the best part: she was almost to the bus stop and waved to him that she would rather walk across the street safely than get hit by a truck. I said to my friend “If he doesn’t stop at that bus stop,” and of course guess what happened… he kept driving and left the poor lady standing there.
Who the fuck hired you? I’m sure 95% of the people on that bus hated you that day, I know I did. Sad thing is, that’s not the first time I’ve seen that happen.—The girl without a car
This article appears in May 6-12, 2010.
Yea, some of those bus drivers…. It’s understandable if it’s dark, and the bus stop is poorly lit…
And definitely understandable if the argument is made that keeping your eyes on the road is the bus drivers main responsibility…. but part of that presumptive argument is peripherals. Part of their job, is pick people up.
It’s a sin when you see disabled people (and I am generalizing the lot who can not mobilize as easy as the general public, from the very obese to the very old), just a step or two behind and the bus driver, on a typical road in quiet neighborhoods, keeps driving. Especially when YOU know they’re semi-regulars.
And of course, the next collective agreement should give them all they want, and that problem will be remedied.
Right? Right.
They could install plows on the buses to scoop up the passengers from the sidewalk and a conveyor belt to dump them off at their location.
The best are the drivers who start driving again before the elderly get to a seat. They can’t wait that 10 seconds…
I was waiting for the 58 at Summer and Spring Garden yesterday at 4:30 and as the 1 pulled in to stop, the 58 went into the 2nd (left) lane and just kept on driving… Even though no one was waiting for the 1 and we were all piled up at the back of the bus on the sidewalk so the 58 driver could plainly see us waiting for him! Perhaps an IQ Test before becoming a bus driver would be a start.
As an aside I got this great little flash based HD video recorder from Amazon for like $150… and it’s on now whenever I get ready to board a bus. I’m hoping I’ll get a few choice clips – and here in Halifax that shouldn’t take very long.
Long live the one, the only – The #58
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What likely happened OP? When the lady made her “gesture”, it may have been misinterpreted as “I’ll get the next one”. Not knowing where this is, it’s hard to say.
Dartmouthy, I wish I had an explanation for that one. If the buses were reversed (58 at stop), it would make perfect sense for the 1 to go by but even if the 58
driver was late (which I suspect as one left mumford ten minutes before the other), it’s no excuse to miss passengers.
Thanks PDG – thats what I thought too, since they each mirror each others route up until the Bridge Terminal in Dartmouth. As my Dad used to say, even a genius has an off day, but it was plainly obvious he was late, in a big rush, and this particular drivers solution was to start skipping stops. I don’t agree with his methods 🙂
I don’t think the bus drivers are that bad at all really…
hey PDG any chance you took the 21 some time last week?
I’d rather not just say PDG every time I board a bus until someone reacts.
Anyone know the grey-haired “Grizzy Adams” prick passenger on the #58 around 6:30 am at Penhorn that always sits on the outside no matter how packed the bus gets.
I have more shit to say about passengers than giving a rats ass about the bus drivers.
SC-Sits on the outside? What does that mean? It does sound dangerous…
zZz, I checked, the 21/23 wasn’t in my itinerary last week. I currently have no fixed route, so I could be anywhere.
I’m still on the lookout.
🙂
“pdg” when I hop on the bus… just awaiting the reaction.