🚀 go-pugleaf

On 2/4/2011 8:01 AM, Rick Walker wrote:
> "Rob"<nospam@eastlink.ca>  wrote:
>>
>> As rude to expect them not to take their designated breaks. That is down
>> right fucking ignorant. Personally I couldn't deal with being a bus
>> operator, having to deal with all those rejects all day long. Can't be
>> easy.
>
> It sure doesn't sound like it's easy for that guy - the bus was running late
> as it was.  Would it have killed him to take a thermos full of coffee along
> that morning, knowing the drive would be slow because of the roads and the
> increase in riders due to the storm?


Would it have killed the commuters to leave earlier, knowing everything 
would be running late? Fuck, you'd think it was rocket science.
me me me me me me me me me me me!!!

>
> I once took a delivery to the Metro Transit garage - they wouldn't sign for
> it until after their break so I had to stand and wait 15 minutes... "union
> rules" state they are unable to sign for anything received while on a
> "break."


Oh boo freaking whooo. We all take a break together. Once the phone rang 
and somebody else started to rise to answer it. I firmly suggested that 
they sit back down and let it go to answering machine and that they were 
not going to set precedence on my dime.

>
> There's no excuse for this guy's attitude.  What's wrong with a polite
> statement that the driving is bad, everybody's going to be late and he
> needed a coffee?  Sure, a lot of people would have been annoyed but to tell
> people to "sit down and shut up" doesn't work for me.
>
>
Driving is stressful, driving in bad conditions is even more stressful, 
dealing with the public, priceless.