Do Dublin Bus drivers annoy you?

City Boi

I hate (most) Dublin Bus drivers - not only for their inability to stick to their timetable and for nearly always making me late, but when they try to show you who's boss I start to get hacked off with them.

When the fare went up five cent a few weeks ago, a driver starting giving me aggro coz I didn't have an extra 5 cent on me after I already put in what I though was the right amount, he then gave me a refund ticket and told me to get off the bus, all that over 5 cent.

Then today another driver had a go at me when I was getting off the bus saying he remembered what stop I got on and how much I payed and that I should have got off at the stop before.

Honestly, will these guys actually get sacked or given a pay-cut just coz someone got off the bus a stop after their ticket told them to?

I actually think the fare is too much for the $h1tty service that's provided!

mikemac

City Boi wrote: »

I actually think the fare is too much for the $h1tty service that's provided!

That has nothing to do with drivers

In work some people take things personally. If they reckon a customer is trying to be clever or get one over them, it can be taken as a bit of an insult.
The driver knew your fare, your stop, the end stage number so they are competent. And don't like customers thinking they don't notice

Management set the rules but you're blaming the driver who enforces them

kerash

Would you ever complain to Dublin Bus then

DWCommuter

Not on buses. Only on Boards.ie.

I'm joking.:D

City Boi

feelingstressed wrote: »

That has nothing to do with drivers

In work some people take things personally. If they reckon a customer is trying to be clever or get one over them, it can be taken as a bit of an insult.
The driver knew your fare, your stop, the end stage number so they are competent. And don't like customers thinking they don't notice

Management set the rules but you're blaming the driver who enforces them

Oh boo hoo!!! I wasn't pulling a fast one, I was on a route I'd never been on before and the ticket said I was to get off at stop X but I got off at stop Y (as that was the one I was meeting someone at), call the police why don't you!!!

And if I went into a shop and was served by someone with a face like a slapped arse, I would have a bad opinion of them aswell, why are precious bus drivers immune to any critisism?

mikemac

City Boi wrote: »

call the police why don't you!!!

It's not me who is getting all worked up over it, that's yourself

kerash

City Boi wrote: »

Oh boo hoo!!! I wasn't pulling a fast one, I was on a route I'd never been on before and the ticket said I was to get off at stop X but I got off at stop Y (as that was the one I was meeting someone at), call the police why don't you!!!

And if I went into a shop and was served by someone with a face like a slapped arse, I would have a bad opinion of them aswell, why are precious bus drivers immune to any critisism?

Have you complained to Dublin Bus?

City Boi

feelingstressed wrote: »

It's not me who is getting all worked up over it, that's yourself

I'm not getting worked up, I laughed at the driver, believe it or not but most people would have told him to F off, I only just asked if drivers annoy some people, but you had to start acting as their protector. And I said I hate MOST drivers ie the 90% who have bad attitudes with commuters

City Boi

kerash wrote: »

Have you complained to Dublin Bus?

No, first I was thinking of protesting outside their HQ until justice is done....:rolleyes: Jeez is nobody allowed a negative opinion around here?

kerash

City Boi wrote: »

No, first I was thinking of protesting outside their HQ until justice is done....:rolleyes: Jeez is nobody allowed a negative opinion around here?

Does nobody act on their negative opinion out there? - that's the only way your issue will be addressed.

adamski8

City Boi wrote: »

When the fare went up five cent a few weeks ago, a driver starting giving me aggro coz I didn't have an extra 5 cent on me after I already put in what I though was the right amount, he then gave me a refund ticket and told me to get off the bus, all that over 5 cent.

Then today another driver had a go at me when I was getting off the bus saying he remembered what stop I got on and how much I payed and that I should have got off at the stop before.

so essentially your annoyed at bus drivers for doing their job correctly
im glad you got a bit of hassle for not paying the correct fare twice!!!

wheresitat

City Boi wrote: »

I hate (most) Dublin Bus drivers - not only for their inability to stick to their timetable and for nearly always making me late, but when they try to show you who's boss I start to get hacked off with them.

When the fare went up five cent a few weeks ago, a driver starting giving me aggro coz I didn't have an extra 5 cent on me after I already put in what I though was the right amount, he then gave me a refund ticket and told me to get off the bus, all that over 5 cent.

Then today another driver had a go at me when I was getting off the bus saying he remembered what stop I got on and how much I payed and that I should have got off at the stop before.

Honestly, will these guys actually get sacked or given a pay-cut just coz someone got off the bus a stop after their ticket told them to?

I actually think the fare is too much for the $h1tty service that's provided!

They drive me mad, a small few are alright, but as for those ones who go on about a measly few cent, but then again having to drive around all day back and forth with hardly any communication would piss me off too.

One time a driver wouldn't let a child on coz it was a minute after the time the school fare finishes, now the child wasn't a scumbag or anything. I just thought what if anything happened him on the way home? I mean he might have been waiting ages on a bus, coz lets face it, when is Dublin Bus ever on time?

Much prefer the LUAS, always frequent, you can pick your destination, therefore no trouble with paying the wrong fare and no contact with and drivers. It would be good if one day the LUAS or even this METRO will be the king of transport in Dublin and all the buses will be gone, but that's just wishful thinking.

wheresitat

adamski8 wrote: »

so essentially your annoyed at bus drivers for doing their job correctly
im glad you got a bit of hassle for not paying the correct fare twice!!!

The OP said he got off the bus one stop after the ticket said and that he paid five cent less without realising, on the day the fare went up.

There are scumbags who bunk on the bus and hassle all the people upstairs who get less mouth from drivers.

Get a life FFS!!

liger

City Boi wrote: »

nearly always making me late,

Sounds like you need to get an earlier bus.

City Boi wrote: »

When the fare went up five cent a few weeks ago, a driver starting giving me aggro coz I didn't have an extra 5 cent on me after I already put in what I though was the right amount, he then gave me a refund ticket and told me to get off the bus, all that over 5 cent.

Do you go into Dunnes or Tesco and hand over 11.50 when the checkout clerk says the total is 12.00 quid. no i didnt think so, you pay the full amount and dont even consider thrash talking to them.

City Boi wrote: »

Then today another driver had a go at me when I was getting off the bus saying he remembered what stop I got on and how much I payed and that I should have got off at the stop before.

So you admit to paying the wrong fare. Are you aware that paying the incorrect fare amounts to stealing a service. It the same as shoplifting.

City Boi wrote: »

Honestly, will these guys actually get sacked or given a pay-cut just coz someone got off the bus a stop after their ticket told them to?

Dublin bus services have been cut, drivers made redundant, buses sold and more cuts no doubt in the pipeline. Why? because the company is losing money. There are hundreds of thousands of trips taken per week on DB so if even 10% are stealing part of their journey all those 5cents add up.

City Boi

adamski8 wrote: »

so essentially your annoyed at bus drivers for doing their job correctly
im glad you got a bit of hassle for not paying the correct fare twice!!!

lol I would hardly call it hassle, I found it rather funny that the drivers got all pissed off. It will add a bit of drama to their boring day. Why don't they do their job properly and kick little assholes off the bus when they start tormenting everyone upstairs???

Anyway, I will have my car by next Thursday, so I won't need the 'service' of peasant wagons anymore.

City Boi

liger wrote: »

Sounds like you need to get an earlier bus.

Well I've left for an earlier bus butthey still don't arrive on time, but thankfully I won't need buses after next week

liger wrote: »

Do you go into Dunnes or Tesco and hand over 11.50 when the checkout clerk says the total is 12.00 quid. no i didnt think so, you pay the full amount and dont even consider thrash talking to them.

So you admit to paying the wrong fare. Are you aware that paying the incorrect fare amounts to stealing a service. It the same as shoplifting.

No detective, I never admitted to paying the wrong fare, I was on a bus route I have never been on before, and was meeting someone as soon as I got off, when I got off the bus the driver started shouting his autority around the place saying I was to supposed to get off the stop before, so no detective I wasn't trying to pull a fast one.

And I don't shop at Dunnes or Tesco, it's M & S and Brown Thomas for me, if I went into a shop and they gave me a price I would pay it no problem, if I ever get the LUAS or DART I pay the exact fare, as it's told to you before hand, I'm not used to getting peasant wagons so just didnt know the fare...

And I don't class it the same as shoplifting, as that is premeditated, getting off ONE stop later was not actually my intention.

liger wrote: »

Dublin bus services have been cut, drivers made redundant, buses sold and more cuts no doubt in the pipeline. Why? because the company is losing money. .

Boo Hoo! Well, if they go bust, it won't bother me as I drive and wont need them after next week. I couldn't care less about how it affects other commuters

liger wrote: »

There are hundreds of thousands of trips taken per week on DB so if even 10% are stealing part of their journey all those 5cents add up.

Oh and just another reminder, I wasn't actually stealing, so i hope you are not a real detective as you would probably arrest someone for littering while someone else is getting murdered!

Victor

wheresitat wrote: »

Get a life FFS!!

Easy tiger.

City Boi wrote: »

lol I would hardly call it hassle, I found it rather funny that the drivers got all pissed off. It will add a bit of drama to their boring day. Why don't they do their job properly and kick little assholes off the bus when they start tormenting everyone upstairs???

A driver's job is, primarily, to drive. While some will deal with crowd control, if they do, they are largely on their own.

Anyway, I will have my car by next Thursday, so I won't need the 'service' of peasant wagons anymore.

I'll wave to you as we rush by in the bus lane.

City Boi

Victor wrote: »

Easy tiger.

A driver's job is, primarily, to drive. While some will deal with crowd control, if they do, they are largely on their own.

I'll wave to you as we rush by in the bus lane.

I'll look out for you, what day of the month do you be on the bus? when's your signing day? coz being a moderator on some poxy forum is not a real job:) Go on ban me!!!

City Boi

wheresitat wrote: »

The OP said he got off the bus one stop after the ticket said and that he paid five cent less without realising, on the day the fare went up.

There are scumbags who bunk on the bus and hassle all the people upstairs who get less mouth from drivers.

Get a life FFS!!

Exactly but the drivers are too scared to say anything to mouthy teens, they pick on the guy with the posh voice! A bit like the creeps on here, they are all so mouthy behind their keyboards but wouldn't say boo to a goose outside, thats if they ever leave their empty bedsits or the bridges they live under.

TheChrisD

liger wrote: »

Do you go into Dunnes or Tesco and hand over 11.50 when the checkout clerk says the total is 12.00 quid. no i didnt think so, you pay the full amount and dont even consider thrash talking to them.

So you admit to paying the wrong fare. Are you aware that paying the incorrect fare amounts to stealing a service. It the same as shoplifting.

Oh will you get off your high horse, someone didn't know about the fare increases on the day they increased - all because they were barely advertised only a week before they came into effect - and didn't know the exact technicalities of their fare when going somewhere on a bus they hadn't gone on before.

Boo-hoo, big deal. I'm sure journeys like that only make up about 5% of total journeys, so it's not like DB are losing all that much from them anyway.

But I will agree that some drivers can just be downright rude and no help at all.

meanmachine3

TheChrisD wrote: »

But I will agree that some drivers can just be downright rude and no help at all.

the way it is with me chris is this. if someones polite i'm polite and helpful back ,but when we get someone thats a little **** that thinks they're above us well then it's a completely different story. not mentioning any names here.:D. the o.p. goes on about their pitiful day. but after reading that. how many of you would put up with his B.S.

RMD

Cityboi, you really do sound like some posh twat. "Peasant mobile", oh dear, if must have been so embarrassing having to get the same mode of transport as the lower classes, you affluent gent sir.

Stating where you shop just to sound better? Please, it sounds pathetic. You sound very insecure about your wealth status, don't worry, we're all jealous. What surprises me is considering how wealthy, posh and affluent you are, how in the time your car was getting fixed you couldn't have gotten a rental car?

TheChrisD

Well, reading the OP, assuming that his story of not having the 5c was actually on the day of the increase or within the next couple of days, then the reaction of the driver was quite despicable.
As I mentioned, advertising of the new fare increases was done on a very minor scale within a very short timeframe of it happening, at least from my view. So it's only understandable that people won't be aware of it and will attempt to pay the old fare.
It's a bit of a transitioning period and people need to re-learn what the fare is, so jumping at someone for not having the 5c is one thing, but allegedly giving them a refund ticket for the amount they put in and kicking them off for not having it because they weren't informed well enough is pretty downright low.

meanmachine3

TheChrisD wrote: »

Well, reading the OP, assuming that his story of not having the 5c was actually on the day of the increase or within the next couple of days, then the reaction of the driver was quite despicable.
As I mentioned, advertising of the new fare increases was done on a very minor scale within a very short timeframe of it happening, at least from my view. So it's only understandable that people won't be aware of it and will attempt to pay the old fare.
It's a bit of a transitioning period and people need to re-learn what the fare is, so jumping at someone for not having the 5c is one thing, but allegedly giving them a refund ticket for the amount they put in and kicking them off for not having it because they weren't informed well enough is pretty downright low.

yes chris it is ,if thats what actually happened. as usual we're only getting the O.P.'s side of the story. T.B.H. something somewhere doesn't sound right and i dont think we're being told the full picture. drivers only give refunds tickets like that in extreme circumstances and thats when the passenger is being abusive or acting in a threatening manner. we'd give a refund ticket like that just to get them off the bus. also it's worth noting. in the O.P's own words his run-ins with bus drivers are not isolated.
. i think this just sums it up really.

City Boi wrote: »

I was on a route I'd never been on before and the ticket said I was to get off at stop X but I got off at stop Y (as that was the one I was meeting someone at), call the police why don't you!!!

And if I went into a shop and was served by someone with a face like a slapped arse, I would have a bad opinion of them aswell, why are precious bus drivers immune to any critisism?

another thing worth noting is that anyone thats come to our defence the O.P. has jumped down their throat incl. poor oul victor. i think this thread has run it's short course and should be locked. let a genuine punter start a real thread if they've a problem with us.

meanmachine3

on that note, good night, sweet dreams and happy travelling to you all.

wheresitat

meanmachine3 wrote: »

the way it is with me chris is this. if someones polite i'm polite and helpful back ,but when we get someone thats a little **** that thinks they're above us well then it's a completely different story. not mentioning any names here.:D. the o.p. goes on about their pitiful day. but after reading that. how many of you would put up with his B.S.

Perhaps the OP is defensive because you've all had a go at him just for having a bad day, i've spoke to City Boi on here in the past and he always seems nice, and you're contradicting yourself by saying you're polite to people who are polite to you. The OP didn't start having a go at you until you and your cronies started! And yeas the rise of fare prices was poorly advertised!

City Boi

RMD wrote: »

Cityboi, you really do sound like some posh twat. "Peasant mobile", oh dear, if must have been so embarrassing having to get the same mode of transport as the lower classes, you affluent gent sir.

Stating where you shop just to sound better? Please, it sounds pathetic. You sound very insecure about your wealth status, don't worry, we're all jealous. What surprises me is considering how wealthy, posh and affluent you are, how in the time your car was getting fixed you couldn't have gotten a rental car?

FYI I'm not getting my car fixed I sold it, and am getting a new one. And I'd rather be a posh twat, than a peasant like you. Oh and btw I was being sarcastic about where I shop, but not insecure about my wealth at all. You see, I have what us posh twats call a 'savings account', unfortunatly you're probably one of those who gives all your child benefit to your local boozer and then have to borrow money off the clinic to pay your bills

vampire of kilmainham

awwwww diddums i think bus drivers are lovely people :D:D

City Boi

meanmachine3 wrote: »

yes chris it is ,if thats what actually happened. as usual we're only getting the O.P.'s side of the story. T.B.H. something somewhere doesn't sound right and i dont think we're being told the full picture. drivers only give refunds tickets like that in extreme circumstances and thats when the passenger is being abusive or acting in a threatening manner. we'd give a refund ticket like that just to get them off the bus. also it's worth noting. in the O.P's own words his run-ins with bus drivers are not isolated.
. i think this just sums it up really.
another thing worth noting is that anyone thats come to our defence the O.P. has jumped down their throat incl. poor oul victor. i think this thread has run it's short course and should be locked. let a genuine punter start a real thread if they've a problem with us.

Actually I never threatened any drivers, if I sound threatening on here, it's just because computer geeks who spend their whole day on forums are quite annoying, and before you say anything, I'm barely ever on here as I have a life.

And to hell with Victor, you all need to out in the real world and get lives instead of gossiping on here!

And I think this thread should be locked too, locked up like all you geeks in your rat infested bedsits!

City Boi

vampire of kilmainham wrote: »

awwwww diddums i think bus drivers are lovely people :D:D

well then go stand in front of a speeding bus and tell the driver he's lovely, with a bit of luck...

Tickityboo

Much prefer the LUAS, always frequent, you can pick your destination, therefore no trouble with paying the wrong fare and no contact with and drivers. It would be good if one day the LUAS or even this METRO will be the king of transport in Dublin and all the buses will be gone, but that's just wishful thinking.[/QUOTE]

What could be more straightforward and simple than boarding a bus stating your destination(which is requested you do on a sign on the autofare)you get the correct fare and off you go!!

-Chris-

For info - City Boi has been banned for a week by Victor for his posting. If he continues in this vein when he returns, the ban will be significantly longer.