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Busdrivers are all cunts.
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Kung_Fu_Russ ran out of amusing signatures on, Sun 20 Jun 2010, 13:35,
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But most...
I got knocked off my bike by a bus in Edinburgh, and the driver didn't even notice. He was still taking money from customers (a queue of three) whilst driving down Princes Street. I'm not sure they're really supposed to do that whilst driving!!
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more balanced than jeremy beadle It wasn't me..., Sun 20 Jun 2010, 13:52,
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That's down to poor driving and not using his mirrors.
I see some atrocious driving from car drivers all the time every day.
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Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Sun 20 Jun 2010, 13:58,
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True
I have nothing against bus drivers, but it does seem to be a job that attracts a lot of grumpy old blokes who make your first social encounter of the day miserable. There are plenty of nice drivers out there, but the first image that comes into my head when I think of a bus driver is a grumpy old sod!
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more balanced than jeremy beadle It wasn't me..., Sun 20 Jun 2010, 14:06,
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There's one in our area...
..who's an absolute lunatic. I once saw him 'pretend swerve' into a small gathering of schoolgirls who were stood a bit too close to the roadside. I was also on the same route once when he locked all 12 passengers on the bus and started screaming that he was going to call the police because some kid had rung the bell and not got off.
They also seem to take great pride in driving straight past people who are clearly waiting for the bus....Or when they see someone running for the bus, they wait until the passenger is juuust out of reach before pulling away.
Also, in our local paper, 14 year old girl gets on the bus, says shes sorry she has no money for the fare, but a strange man is harassing and following her. Bus driver told her it was tough luck. Girl then got raped. Lovely bus driver.
OK, I'll admit, there must be some good guys driving those things, but London bus drivers are generally cunts.
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Kung_Fu_Russ ran out of amusing signatures on, Sun 20 Jun 2010, 15:36,
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Not all of them
Edit: You try driving a jam packed bus (that's running late) for four and a half hours and see how easy it is.
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Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Sun 20 Jun 2010, 13:49,
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I occasionally get the bus across Bristol to work.
And all of the drivers are smashing chaps.
Apart from the one who wouldn't let me take my bike on, in spite of the first bus of the day always being empty, as "them's the rules". Miserable cunt. Still, I knew I was chancing my arm asking, so fair enough. *ends confused rant*
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Sun 20 Jun 2010, 15:42,
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O NOES!
You're one of them!!!
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Kung_Fu_Russ ran out of amusing signatures on, Sun 20 Jun 2010, 15:42,
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Hmm
It's hardly surprising alot of bus drivers are the way they are. After all they have to put up with a lot of shit from the general public. So if they were at one point nice, reasonable people, the job probably sucked it out of them.
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They don't take any more grief than anyone else who has to serve customers.
And they get paid a damn sight more than your average supermarket checkout staff, despite doing basically the same job.
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I thinks it's a bit more involved than a supermarket checkout!
we are responsible for people's lives if we fuck up
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Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Mon 21 Jun 2010, 20:04,
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Most
They are mostly arses.
Although I felt I'd reached a low point when I told one that I hoped the bus crashed because they'd be the first to die.
It was fun another time ushering an entire queue of people on though, insisting to them all that they could travel for free that day, before wishing nightmares on the driver and heading home.
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The thing with bus drivers is
they complain that they're under pressure to adhere to schedules, and yet they still have time to stop the bus to get out and buy a paper. Every morning on my way to work the driver of my bus (not always the same driver) stops to buy his paper - even when the bus is running late.
Basically, the bus companies, the bus drivers and the unions all know that people who use buses have no other options, and so us poor customers who pay the drivers wages are the last people to be considered when it comes time to negotiate with the unions.
Also, there is no excuse for a bus to ever be late on a Sunday morning outside of a major city. There's no fucking traffic!
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