This is to the bus driver of the 2 Wedgewood, Monday March 4th. We had just arrived into wedgewood, it was around 4:35, perhaps a bit later.
You walked off the bus, lit a cigarette and stood inside the bus shelter.
You think that of all the people who should be following the “no smoking in the bus shelter” rule, it would be the bus drivers!
Fucking hypocritical. Pissed me off so much. It wasn’t even that cold out.
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Was there anyone else in the shelter? Because if there was nobody in there to breathe the second hand smoke, I don’t see the issue. It’s not as if he was stinking up the drapes.
The whole point I think of the op was that there are by laws that state no smoking in bus shelters in fact it is posted in blue around the middle of the shelter and if an employee of metro transit can’t follow the rules then i agree with the op !! The rules are there for both employees and users of the metro transit! So Mr. Smoker get a life and read your rule book, and the blue non smoking around the middle of the shelter if you are able to read!!
Just for the record, princess, I don’t smoke and never have. I just think rules should be tempered with common sense.
No worries, Matt. I have no intention of getting involved in the mudslinging. I think it’s possible to respond to someone’s point while ignoring the namecalling.
One person’s common sense may not be another’s. Sorry gentlemen, but sometimes rules are necessary in order to keep peace 🙂
yup Ernie I totally agree. What is good for the goose is also good for the gander! Why should Metro Transit users have to follow the rules when the employees don’t have too? It is hypocritical!!
Just another example of how they operate at transit. The other one is while passengers aren’t allowed to bring food or drink to consume on the bus, you can sit back and watch your driver drink his/her coffee or eat a sandwich.
There may not be any drapes or doilies in a bus shelter, but have you ever smelled how stanky those places get after years of people smoking in them? They end up smelling like Barrington Street looks.
I agree folks. Rules are rules. EVERYONE, including the bus drivers themselves, must follow them. No exceptions.
I think that if a bus shelter is unoccupied, it should be alright for someone to smoke inside of it. However, for a uniformed operator of MT to stand and smoke inside of the shelter while his idling bus full of passengers watch him do so is just unacceptable. Not only does it contradict thier policy, but it’s also making the company look really bad. I’m sure the smokers on that bus don’t always feel like standing out in the rain or wind..why should it be okay for the driver?
poop – what happens when a non-smoker wants to occupy the shelter that the smoker just vacated? Do you really think the non-smoker wants to be in space that still smells of smoke and littered with butts?
ex-Haligonian: probably not. But i doubt that smokers are going to consider that when it’s raining and they want to light up. A smelly bus shelter is unappealing, but it’s better than no shelter at all. Rules are rules, but i don’t think that all smokers will follow the non-smoking rule when a shelter is empty. I’m a non- smoker, and i’m okay with it. It’s the smoking in occupied shelters that bothers me.
Agreed poop. Rules are rules, true, but there’s the spirit of the law and the letter of it. I suspect the “no smoking in bus shelters” rule is meant to protect non-smokers from being in a confined space with smokers, rather than out of concern that the shelter might stink. Otherwise there should be a “No B.O.” sign there too. If there are no non-smokers around, then what’s the harm in lighting up? If someone else comes along, then butt out, or take it out into the elements. matt: lovin’ the picture dude!