This shits me too.
People do it here too, though our drivers aren't as bad as it sounds yours are. But what I don't get is, even if they're not horrible bastards, why are you thanking them for doing their job?
I say thank-you when they do something nice - like wait for me when they see me running for the bus (they often don't wait around here) - but why thank them for doing an average job?

But what really really bugs me is when people yell out thank-you to the driver when getting off at the backdoor of a long bus. He can't even hear you, you idiot! Is it just habit that they don't think about? Are they deliberately devaluing a phrase that I like to think actually means something? Do I just not understand what's considered normal?
(xanthine, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 3:13, Reply)