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Dublin Bus Drivers

TangyZizzle · 2010-09-06 00:38:42

Do you thank them? I get the bus regularly and thank them as I get my lil ticket and as I leave the bus. I figure, Im 20 years old and am still paying €1 (child fare) to go a distance that should cost me €3.50.. its the least I can do :cool:

06-09-2010 12:38am

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Do you thank them? I get the bus regularly and thank them as I get my lil ticket and as I leave the bus.
I figure, Im 20 years old and am still paying €1 (child fare) to go a distance that should cost me €3.50.. its the least I can do :cool:

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#2 06-09-2010 12:39am

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Why wouldn't you thank them?

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#3 06-09-2010 12:40am

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Some would argue theyre just doing their job, why thank them?

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#4 06-09-2010 12:40am

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I don't get the bus & I don't live in Dublin, so - no, I don't thank them.

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#5 06-09-2010 12:41am

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I wish people thanked me when I give them a lift somewhere, bus drivers are doing their job, but i'm going out of my way

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#6 06-09-2010 12:42am

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Why thank someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can drive a bus. I can deliver food. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did however, thank my urologist, because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.

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#7 06-09-2010 12:42am

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Sheeps? Talon? are you's bus drivers or do you just like the fact that I thank them?

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#8 06-09-2010 12:46am

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I always thank bus drivers when I get the bus. Unless they're complete cunts

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#9 06-09-2010 12:49am

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KeithM89 wrote: »

Why thank someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can drive a bus. I can deliver food. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did however, thank my urologist, because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.

Yeah, we know.

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#10 06-09-2010 12:50am

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Dubliners only thank them if they want to insult them

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#11 06-09-2010 12:51am

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starbelgrade wrote: »

Yeah, we know.

Link Me fail

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#12 06-09-2010 12:52am

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The Agogo wrote: »

Link fail

Try again.

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#13 06-09-2010 12:53am

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I thank them because it's polite.

Saying you don't thank them because you don't "need to" is silly. You don't ever NEED to say thanks, but it's nice to do!

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#14 06-09-2010 12:55am

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I thank my bus drivers, I'm not sure why though, it's just some sort of reflex I gained over time from seeing so many other people do it as they walk off the bus.

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#15 06-09-2010 12:56am

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TangyZizzle wrote: »

Some would argue theyre just doing their job, why thank them?

Really? How discourteous!

If no one thanked anyone, whether by a verbal acknowledgement or physical gesture, who was just doing their job it would make going about the daily grind extremely unpleasant. :mad:

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#16 06-09-2010 12:58am

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KeithM89 wrote: »

Why thank someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can drive a bus. I can deliver food. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did however, thank my urologist, because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.

Where, oh where, is the logic in this?

I can make my own food, yet when someone hands me a meal.. I thank them.

I can purchase my own clothes, yet when someone does it for me...I thank them.

I can (Well not legally) drive a bus, but I clearly dont or I wouldnt have a driver to thank for doing something for me.

Their is a certain animosity creeping into Irish society with the way we view people who work :rolleyes:

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#17 06-09-2010 12:59am

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[/STUPID THREAD]

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#18 06-09-2010 1:02am

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Try posting in the correct Forum OP.

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