I play by my own rules, nobody else's, not even my own!

duckygalway

Remember when you were young and didn't care about anything?! Then in college you notice people who can be a bit sticky on certain things. Well at what point and where do people come from who get all up on rules and regulations?!

Started a thread in the Galway forum about a bus driver who wouldn't let me off at a stop as it wasn't an official one but there is a bus bay there, he was stopped for a red light and people get off there all the time.

A lot of the responses go on;

-it's the law
-expressway buses can't, regional ones can
-you shouldn't distract the drivers attention
-why would you get off at a major intersection
-passenger safety comes first
-insurance
-would you risk your job
-etc.

Is it just me or does the whole situation stink of "the man"?!

"DUDE, THE BUS ISN'T MOVING -PEOPLE ALWAYS GET OFF HERE. LET ME OFF!"

ball

You asked to get off, and he said no.

Get over it

starbelgrade

I don't care - I have a car. When I want to stop somewhere, I hit the brakes.

johnnyskeleton

I've never heard someone describe a bus driver not letting them off between stops as an expression of the encroachment of a autocratic government into the inalienable rights of man before.

It seems to me that other people just want to get home on time.

Kasabian

OP , rules is rules, now get behind the white line

Ruu_Old

G'wan ya rebel ya! You tell 'em!

RayM

duckygalway wrote: »

"DUDE, THE BUS ISN'T MOVING -PEOPLE ALWAYS GET OFF HERE. LET ME OFF!"

Picture the scenario... He obliges you, and then five other people see the door opening and decide that they want to get out too. Meanwhile, the lights turn green while they're rummaging around in the luggage bay. Everyone else, including the traffic behind, gets pissed off.

Danbo!

If your thread in the Galway Forum didnt go the way you wanted it to, it certainly isnt going to go your way here

duckygalway

Stee wrote: »

If your thread in the Galway Forum didnt go the way you wanted it to, it certainly isnt going to go your way here

Haha -no it's not like that, just an observation! I'm not getting hung up on it but just thought about people who really follow things to the line!

Cheap Thrills!

Eh, fire exit.

Screw the man, man.

starbelgrade

Buses are like taxis for the underprivileged & beggars can't be choosers.

duckygalway

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

Eh, fire exit.

Screw the man, man.

That's what I'm talkin bout!!!

ejmaztec

duckygalway wrote: »

I play by my own rules, nobody else's, not even my own!

Perhaps he couldn't understand your alien tongue.

masseyno9

lonad wrote: »

OP , rules is rules, now get behind the white line

Don't make me tap the sign...

Had this before, wrecked my tits to be honest..

abouttobebanned

Ever notice how holier than thou people become on this forum. No fcuking way they're like that in real life.

racso1975

or the fact you called him dude? That prob wasnt the 90's stop!

duckygalway

racso1975 wrote: »

or the fact you called him dude? That prob wasnt the 90's stop!

I didn't actually say that -more for dramatic effect on here... no?!

starbelgrade

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Ever notice how holier than thou people become on this forum. No fcuking way they're like that in real life.

Bless you my son.

tony1kenobi

I always use the red button when I want to get off a bus.....it has a wicked theme tune that goes with it....and it never fails.

mink_man

same with boards really..different rules for different people mostly people who lick up to mods.

AnonoBoy

If I was there and he let you off I would have karate-chopped the driver in the neck, grabbed the wheel, spun across the traffic, over the embankment into the oncoming traffic and killed everyone in a firey ball of death.

Is that what you wanted to happen OP? Is it? Cause that's what happens when drivers let people off when they're not supposed to!

oppenheimer1

duckygalway wrote: »

Remember when you were young and didn't care about anything?! Then in college you notice people who can be a bit sticky on certain things. Well at what point and where do people come from who get all up on rules and regulations?!

Started a thread in the Galway forum about a bus driver who wouldn't let me off at a stop as it wasn't an official one but there is a bus bay there, he was stopped for a red light and people get off there all the time.

A lot of the responses go on;

-it's the law
-expressway buses can't, regional ones can
-you shouldn't distract the drivers attention
-why would you get off at a major intersection
-passenger safety comes first
-insurance
-would you risk your job
-etc.

Is it just me or does the whole situation stink of "the man"?!

"DUDE, THE BUS ISN'T MOVING -PEOPLE ALWAYS GET OFF HERE. LET ME OFF!"

What you do is press the little red button over the door. SFA they can do then.

oppenheimer1

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Ever notice how holier than thou people become on this forum. No fcuking way they're like that in real life.

Yes they are, people always give out about others when they are breaking the rules, but make exceptions for themselves when they do. Notice how every other driver is either a lunatic aor a snail?!

People are hypocrites. Boards.ie is populated by many of them.

duckygalway

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

What you do is press the little red button over the door. SFA they can do then.

Hehe -would you actually do it?!

tech77

duckygalway wrote: »

Remember when you were young and didn't care about anything?! Then in college you notice people who can be a bit sticky on certain things. Well at what point and where do people come from who get all up on rules and regulations?!

Started a thread in the Galway forum about a bus driver who wouldn't let me off at a stop as it wasn't an official one but there is a bus bay there, he was stopped for a red light and people get off there all the time.

A lot of the responses go on;

-it's the law
-expressway buses can't, regional ones can
-you shouldn't distract the drivers attention
-why would you get off at a major intersection
-passenger safety comes first
-insurance
-would you risk your job
-etc.

Is it just me or does the whole situation stink of "the man"?!

"DUDE, THE BUS ISN'T MOVING -PEOPLE ALWAYS GET OFF HERE. LET ME OFF!"

Someone's gonna make a movie out of this some day.
"In a World where Expressway bus drivers just keep on going...
One man... had had enough
From the creators of Speed
and the director of Falling Down
comes a road movie like no other..."

flynnlives

'A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure' -Margaret Thatcher

duckygalway

flynnlives wrote: »

'A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure' -Margaret Thatcher

Only 24!! Sold car to raise funds for travelling... I'm cool, really.

RayM

flynnlives wrote: »

'A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure' -Margaret Thatcher

A politician who spouts that kind of shite can count herself as a cúnt.

kryogen

tell him you are a bomb, unless he lets you off you are taking him with you

starbelgrade

Maybe there was already a bomb on the bus, ala Speed & that's why he didn't want to stop?

kryogen

Speed 3?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L90BduGKuTo

mikom

♫ The people on the bus go whah,whah, whah...... whah, whah,whah..... whah,whah,whah.
The people on the bus go whah,whah, whah...... all day long. ♫

starbelgrade

Stop the bus, I want to wee-wee,
Stop the bus, I want to wee-wee,
Stop the bus, I want to wee-wee,
Coz the people up the front can't swim.

mikom

♫ The driver on the bus goes I can't stop at an unofficial stop...... I can't stop at an unofficial stop..... I can't stop at an unofficial stop.
The driver on the bus goes I can't stop at an unofficial stop...... all day long. ♫

Theta

I remember when I was in school the bus driver would let you off the bus at a red light or when they were stopped in traffic and then all of a sudden they stopped and would only let you get off at stops.

I assume its because something happened or there was an accident.

xoxyx

It's probably because at some stage some poor hapless but well meaning bus driver let a person off at an unofficial stop and they tripped over or got clipped by a passing cyclist and they sued the bus company and got the bus driver fired. Now how is he supposed to feed his kids???
It's our crazy litigious society that's ruining it for the rest of us more so than the sticklers.

bonerm

Fair play to the Busdriver OP. One of the problems with this country is that everyone thinks they can decide which laws/rules are worth adhering to and which are not. Worse still te breaking of these rules never even has any social progess dimension to it either. It's invariably just for "mé féin".

I think there's a general petty lawlessness that runs through Irish society and that it undermines us somewhat as a nation. OP, If you've a problem with bus-drivers not stopping where-ever the hell feel like getting off and you want something done about it then why not take it up with the relevant transport authority.

ejmaztec

kryogen wrote: »

Speed 3?

No, it would be a movie where Steven Seagal was helping an old buddy out by driving his bus for the day, and kicking 7 buckets of sh1te out of anyone trying to get off in the wrong place.

Moist Bread

bonerm wrote: »

Fair play to the Busdriver OP. One of the problems with this country is that everyone thinks they can decide which laws/rules are worth adhering to and which are not. Worse still te breaking of these rules never even has any social progess dimension to it either. It's invariably just for "mé féin".

I think there's a general petty lawlessness that runs through Irish society and that it undermines us somewhat as a nation. OP, If you've a problem with bus-drivers not stopping where-ever the hell feel like getting off and you want something done about it then why not take it up with the relevant transport authority.

Yeah, way to blow **** out of proportion, man. If this country's lawlessness was just a few people wanting to get off the bus when it stops at a red light, I'd be pretty happy. I guess it only starts there though, pretty soon the OP will be running a global crime syndicate and killing children.

Dr. Feelgood

I actually agree with the bus driver in this case. Years ago I was getting off the bus for school, and the bus driver was stopped in traffic around 30 metres from the bus stop so he opened the doors to let me out. I stepped out and landed ontop of a cyclist with everyone on the bus looking at me. The cyclist I landed on wasn't hurt, but she wasn't happy either. Very embarressing.

Chairman Meow

What this site needs is some sort of vetting process for new threads. That way garbage like this wouldnt need to exist.

duckygalway

Dr. Feelgood wrote: »

I actually agree with the bus driver in this case. Years ago I was getting off the bus for school, and the bus driver was stopped in traffic around 30 metres from the bus stop so he opened the doors to let me out. I stepped out and landed ontop of a cyclist with everyone on the bus looking at me. The cyclist I landed on wasn't hurt, but she wasn't happy either. Very embarressing.

Scarleh! Cyclists can come up anywhere -even at designated bus stops. Just gotta watch out for them!

Dr. Feelgood

duckygalway wrote: »

Scarleh! Cyclists can come up anywhere -even at designated bus stops. Just gotta watch out for them!

i always do now! learned it the hard way though.