Bus drivers

You were very lucky! I haven't seen many helpful bus-drivers. Sometimes I feel that it is an achievement to get one who is even pleasant! Occasionally I have seen one who will help someone elderly with bags and things, but more often they just sit and watch them struggle. I go and help people myself if I'm not wedged in!

In my place, helpful bus drivers are very rare. I don't like traveling by bus due to land sickness. I'd rather travel by plane.:-)

wow that's really a great example of helpful bus drivers, i think here, most of the buses have both drivers and conductors, .so the conductors are the one taking care of the passengers. i think theyre doing a good job too. but the bus driver you met was exceptional.

Max, unfortunately that driver is one in a million, and it's nice to know there are still smoe left. He is a credit to the PTS, and should be used for training clips for others.

Hi Max,


There are but there are not many of them good driver who do help, but where I live most drivers are very helpful to mothers and babies as well as the elderly people, it should be like that always but in London there not so many.


Tamara

I hardly ever travel by bus since I live out in the country. Actually, I live in a small town but I go everywhere by car. I just wanted to say that that was so nice of this bus drver to help youall like this. I imagine he was pretty frustrated when the bus wouldn't start but he went out of his way to help youall and not many people would do this. I've had a lot of car trouble so I can imagine how he must have felt. Kathy.

Nowadays it is difficult to find a friendly bus driver - most of them are always in a rush and hardly offer to help the commuters. Most of the time the bus is always jammed with passengers with hardly any sitting space.

Actually about 7ish years ago when I was about 13 my friend and I decided to take the bus to the nearest movie theatre. It was going to be our first bus experience and our parents both agreed. We were both so excited. I scootered down to my friends apartments which just so happened to be by a bus stop. We left on time but the bus was early. And it was this bus that was going to take us all the way to the theatre:(

We tried to run after it but it was too late. So in an attempt to get onto the right bus route we walked to another bus stop that was a completely different bus. We asked if it was the one we needed to get to the movies and the bus driver was really nice and let us get on, free of charge, to ride us about 5 minutes to the local library where all the buses came together.

When we got there I was so bummed, I called my Mom to tell her that we missed the bus and asked if she could pick us up at the library when my friend called me and told me the bus we needed was there! So we ran as fast as we could out of the library and the moment we got there, all out of breath, I said 'you have no idea, what we've been through to get on this bus'.

And this bus driver then let us get on free of charge. It was super nice of both bus drivers. We had the money but they told us it was fine. Probably because we were kids and it was cute seeing us getting lost, I dont know.

The situation is completely over here, only because this is another country and the system is different over here. You can hardly find some friendly bus drivers here. Being a student, bus drivers treat us really badly. The bus conductors [guys who collect bus fare] and the cleaners don't treat us good either. They hate seeing students and even push us away from bus which has, several times, caused accidents.
The reason behind this sucking behavior is that we are students and we are not required to give full fare [ there's student concession for transport].

hi maxim,
its so nice when you encounter people so kind and helpful. yes i have met some. there are still many here. people just seem to be so courteous and friendly especially the helper of the drivers.
thank you for this discussion.

ann