say thanks to your bus driver

mikemac

Well do you?

It seems to be the done thing on Dublin Bus

But I don't remember it happening on Bus Eireann Galway.
And I certainly don't remember it on inter city coaches from Galway, Limerick or Belfast.

But Dublin Bus drivers get thanks
So do you thank your driver as you are getting off?

Fringe

Yeah just to be courteous...

orestes

Sure, manners cost nothing

humbert

Yeah, I find it utterly daft.

magicianz

99.9% of people do on my bus routes in cork :-)

RonMexico

Yeah whenever I am getting off I say thanks but I am not sure if all the wimminz appreciate it:pac:

RoundyMooney

I used to, but that was a long time ago when peasants used to doff cap to their betters.

Do omnibuses still have conductors these days?

monkey9

I don't know why people find it so weird?!!! They wonder why it's done as the driver is doing what he's paid to do, but sure when you get your change back from someone working in a shop, you thank them as well

shezzie

yes mostly i do unless they were rude or something - at the end of the day its nice to be nice -

Run_to_da_hills

Alwas do but would give them a lot more thanks if they would drop me off at my doorstep.:D

Shacklebolt

RoundyMooney wrote: »

I used to, but that was a long time ago when peasants used to doff cap to their betters.

Do omnibuses still have conductors these days?

Upon first taking an omnibus I asked the conductor to make sure it dropped me at my address but the rude fellow simply refused-since then I've had Jeeves bring me everywhere in the motor-car.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Always, costs nothing.

'Never look down on a man unless your helping him up' and all that.

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Holsten

Yep, always.

Terry

Got a bus into town the other night.
Was getting off and said thanks.
No problem, bud was the reply from the black driver.
Proper Dublin accent too.
I'd say the poor ****er gets a lot of grief until he opens his mouth.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Terry wrote: »

Got a bus into town the other night.
Was getting off and said thanks.
No problem, bud was the reply from the black driver.
Proper Dublin accent too.
I'd say the poor ****er gets a lot of grief until he opens his mouth.

I've a mate, black as my ex-mother in laws heart who speaks with a Dublin accent - its hilarious.

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Ruu_Old

Of course, they do a great job and I have a chat with most of them since I use the service most days. Sometimes it can make someones day to be more than just civil.

Agamemnon

I'd always say thanks unless the driver is crap i.e. he brakes suddenly and makes me spill my early morning Lucozade on the crotch of my jeans so it looks like I came blood. :mad:

xOxSinéadxOx

yeah most of time. just cos everyone else does though

xw2lj9uspm1eyh

Sure do even though most of em never acknowledge that ya did.

emeraldstar

Always say thanks. I'd feel a bit rude if I didn't tbh.

seanybiker

Terry wrote: »

Got a bus into town the other night.
Was getting off and said thanks.
No problem, bud was the reply from the black driver.
Proper Dublin accent too.
I'd say the poor ****er gets a lot of grief until he opens his mouth.

Ha ha ha ya do know fcuker and ni**er have the same amount of letters. What where you calling him a poor fcuker or the other lol

Queen-Mise

i do but then i say thanks to inanimate objects - ticket machines and such like.

I feel like a right dork saying thanks to barrier for opening after putting ticket into exit machine.

eVeNtInE

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seanybiker

Queen-Mise wrote: »

i do but then i say thanks to inanimate objects - ticket machines and such like.

I feel like a right dork saying thanks to barrier for opening after putting ticket into exit machine.

Every morning i go outside and lie on my driveway kissing it and thanking it for holding my bike for me.

Nearly always unless the driver has been a prick to me, which has happened on the odd occasion.

SoupyNorman

I have much experience on both Dublin and Bus Eireann bus's. 99.99% of the time I thank the Dublin Bus driver but Bus Eireann is a different kettle of badgers.

You can come across some real hardcore cun7s on them bus's and I have. Some not letting me bring my backpack on (put it in the hold), some resembling the Spanish inquisition in relation to a perfectly valid college ID. To put a percentile on it I'd say 89.99% of Bus Eireann drivers are spot on but all I can say is thank Volkswagon I have a car now.

jim o doom

yeah tend to say "sound" when disembarking the bus alright.. sure manners cost nothing, but I also find it retarded. I say it regardless. But thankfully I am rarely forced to get the bus these days!

Stevecw

Depends what the driver is like when i get on! If i see a smile or get a thanks for paying in i will say thanks getting off bus.
But as usually happens i get a grunt or a "here lets see that" as yet again my totally valid ticket starts beeping in the machine and i get a dirty look while reluctently they know my ticket is ok. In their case no i won't thank them never!!

The Citizen

The driver usually thanks me for stopping the scumbags from taking over the bus. I reply with a polite nod.

:mad:

Overheal

Sure good manners are a reflex.

The Citizen wrote: »

The driver usually thanks me for stopping the scumbags from taking over the bus. I reply with a polite nod.

:mad:

nice to see you

S.I.R

The Citizen wrote: »

The driver usually thanks me for stopping the scumbags from taking over the bus. I reply with a polite nod.

:mad:

thats why id rather walk... or drive... i don't mind traffic or anything like that,


ill hurry up and wait.

Mr. Frost

The Citizen wrote: »

The driver usually thanks me for stopping the scumbags from taking over the bus. I reply with a polite nod.

:mad:

Really? Then this post you added on boards a few months ago seems strange to me...

They say that rain keeps the scum off the streets, but snow has the opposite effect.

I decided to get the bus out of the city centre today. A group of scumbags got on around 4 stops later. I had a hunch that something was going to kick off so I remained silent but vigilant in my seat. Around 5 minutes later the scum revealed they had smuggled snowballs onto the bus. Soon enough, the scum were throwing snowballs all around the bus. Within seconds I was on my feet and ran down to the bus driver and informed him of what was happening upstairs. The driver stopped the bus and went upstairs. He confronted the scum and removed them from the bus. The terror-stricken passengers breathed a collective sigh of relief as I thwarted yet another scumbag plan to disrupt the peace.

The Citizen

Mr. Frost wrote: »

Really? Then this post you added on boards a few months ago seems strange to me...

They say that rain keeps the scum off the streets, but snow has the opposite effect.

I decided to get the bus out of the city centre today. A group of scumbags got on around 4 stops later. I had a hunch that something was going to kick off so I remained silent but vigilant in my seat. Around 5 minutes later the scum revealed they had smuggled snowballs onto the bus. Soon enough, the scum were throwing snowballs all around the bus. Within seconds I was on my feet and ran down to the bus driver and informed him of what was happening upstairs. The driver stopped the bus and went upstairs. He confronted the scum and removed them from the bus. The terror-stricken passengers breathed a collective sigh of relief as I thwarted yet another scumbag plan to disrupt the peace.

Nothing strange about my post. The driver thanked me that day. He said that if it weren't for my couragous intervention, the scum would have taken over the bus.

:mad:

Overheal

Hows competition from The Coon been treating you?

The Citizen

Overheal wrote: »

Hows competition from The Coon been treating you?

The city is not South Park, so I am safe.

:mad:

Silver-Tiger

absolutely. He got you from a to b safe and sound at the end of the day.

Nehaxak

Always say thanks, always did.

The Citizen wrote: »

Nothing strange about my post. The driver thanked me that day. He said that if it weren't for my couragous intervention, the scum would have taken over the bus.

Lol wut ? :rolleyes:

Teacher, teacher, some bold boy's are....

useful_contacts

mikemac wrote: »

Well do you?

It seems to be the done thing on Dublin Bus

But I don't remember it happening on Bus Eireann Galway.
And I certainly don't remember it on inter city coaches from Galway, Limerick or Belfast.

But Dublin Bus drivers get thanks
So do you thank your driver as you are getting off?

i always do

i dont live in dub- im a bogger/culchie according to you high flying dubs up there:rolleyes:

but i always do- my fella lives in wex and when we get the bus up we thank him/her everytime we get off

And we have to get 2 buses so its double the thanks:D (not inc the return which is 4)

S.I.R

useful_contacts wrote: »

i always do

i dont live in dub- im a bogger/culchie according to you high flying dubs up there:rolleyes:

but i always do- my fella lives in wex and when we get the bus up we thank him/her everytime we get off

And we have to get 2 buses so its double the thanks:D (not inc the return which is 4)

do you get one back, thats the question... if someone thanks me i.e: Thanks for the lift, ill retort with " no thank you, now give me money for petrol " :rolleyes:

useful_contacts

S.I.R wrote: »

do you get one back, thats the question... if someone thanks me i.e: Thanks for the lift, ill retort with " no thank you, now give me money for petrol " :rolleyes:

No hun

Your following me- gonna apply for the "stalker tax" -

less the "following my posts" and more the "paying me for following my posts"

its like sex- except less "the pleasure" and more the "you paying me money"

PS- if its any consolation your kids are fine

PaulByrne'sBald

Always, manners cost nothing and when your dealing with the public all day a person who portrays some degree of courtesy will take the edge off the next persons ignorance.

bigeasyeah

Well as someone who uses the Galway City bus service on a regular basis,I would not condeme anyone who doesnt thank the bus driver after a journey.

Crumble Froo

yep, i'd've always thanked the driver as i passed them getting off the bus.

live in nz now, and i notice it a lot more because in general, ya get off the middle of the bus here, and people will shout thanks up to the driver from the middle, it's just *not done* to not thank the driver.

phasers

When I say it most of the drivers say no problem or have a nice day/evening

The drivers on the 78a are actually all lovely

Abi

RoundyMooney wrote: »

Do Omni-buses still have conductors these days?

FYP, and no. But they should have a Garda present at all times.

**Timbuk2**

I always say thanks, more out of habit than anything

It's nice to brighten up someone's morning - especially since I am very much in the minority as most people just walk by

Creamy Goodness

I always say thanks. Even more so now since I was on a bus that crashed two weeks ago and the driver was super cool about and handled everything really well

Kiera

Yup, its manners. I thank everyone like bus drivers, taxi men, shop assistants. I even say sorry if someone bumps into me on the street even tho it might not be my fault. Guess its just built in.

akamossy

I always say thanks, more out of habit now than anything else. But it's nice to be nice.

Snowie

saying thank you excuse me sorry or holding door open for a hot chick don't cost anything....

Gadfly

When I was driving commuter buses I used to get thanked all the time. At first I was a bit surprised, but then got used to it. It's nice though.