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Registered: 09-2003
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Good to know that you were a bus driver with a sense of humour. Most of the ones I encounter up here are miserable bastards!
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I agree! The same in Switzerland! emoticon
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Dominant 7th #9

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Rahul & Troll Princess,

Thanks for the show of support. My bus years supplied me with both the best and worst of times. But I always tried to make the best of everyday, and not get too caught up in the day to day trivial stuff that got to so many others.

If someone was short on the fare, I'd let them slide, and tell them to make it up "tomorrow". If someone was 15 minutes over on their transfer expiration, I would not make them pay full fare. Folks don't like being embarrased by others in public, and I found a little empathy went a long way in keeping the peace on the bus.

I'd stay as far away from admins. and dispatchers as I could, as those people seldom had anything nice to say.

I'd sit on my middle finger if need be, as that could always get a guy into heaps of trouble out on the road.

I supported my ATU Union Brotherhood of Drivers, but maintained a distance from any supercharged union bickering, as I just always found that it was drenched in negativity and seldom made me feel good about work.

As I got up in seniority, I got smart and picked the routes with fewer cars on the roads, longer layovers at train stations for bathroom breaks, weekends off, etc. etc.

I found that passengers are usually more laid back and mellow in the evening after the rush hour had ended. I hated driving in the morning, as people were just wired and stressed to the kilt, and nothing you did could please them enough. After awhile, I only took swing-shifts, and I loved being out on the road after 10pm. It was rather relaxing, easy to keep the bus on schedule, and with only a handful of people each trip, I had time to think.

Sometimes, I miss the buses. The pay was awesome for such easy work, and there was just something satisfying about the feeling of being in control of a 40 foot long, 30,000 pound object moving 45 mph down the street! It's rather a feeling like no other.

But, the freedom and flexibility of substitute school teaching, and the pride that comes from being told by others, "hey, the kids like you a lot, keep up the good work", is a natural high that cannot be easily replaced.

While I sometimes miss my past, it was getting boring, and it was time to move on.

Last edited by B3Burner, 17/11/2003, 7:44


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