Lovely Dublin Bus Driver

tacofries

Well just felt I had to say it,

Less than a week ago I returned from holidays to Dublin airport where due to my broken/locked laser card I only had €5 left. I went up to a Dublin bus driver and said does this bus bring you to Heuston station. He said no but that if i get the 767 it will bring me directly there. I said i know but I only have €5 so ill get this bus into town then get the luas to Heuston.

The bus driver proceeded to reach into his pocket, pull out a euro and give it to me. I refused but he insisted that I got the 767 as it would make my journey easier.As a result of his actions I will use dublin bus as much as possible out of respect for this man and the service he provided.

I just want to say thanks to this man as he unconditionally gave me money without me even asking. Sometimes we brand all bus drivers/taximen as ass£(*"*£ just because of a select few bad ones, when in reality the vast majority of them are lovely people.

Anyway thank you very much Mr.Bus Driver, your one decent, kind, lovely man. Dublin Bus, your lucky to have people like him working for you as he provides so a good image of the company!

monument

Let's try this again...

corktina

i'd bet 95% of DB drivers are just as decent...as usually it's the small percentage that ruin the reputation of all...

good post.

lucernarian

tacofries wrote: »

Well just felt I had to say it,

Less than a week ago I returned from holidays to Dublin airport where due to my broken/locked laser card I only had €5 left. I went up to a Dublin bus driver and said does this bus bring you to Heuston station. He said no but that if i get the 767 it will bring me directly there. I said i know but I only have €5 so ill get this bus into town then get the luas to Heuston.

The bus driver proceeded to reach into his pocket, pull out a euro and give it to me. I refused but he insisted that I got the 767 as it would make my journey easier.As a result of his actions I will use dublin bus as much as possible out of respect for this man and the service he provided.

I just want to say thanks to this man as he unconditionally gave me money without me even asking. Sometimes we brand all bus drivers/taximen as ass£(*"*£ just because of a select few bad ones, when in reality the vast majority of them are lovely people.

Anyway thank you very much Mr.Bus Driver, your one decent, kind, lovely man. Dublin Bus, your lucky to have people like him working for you as he provides so a good image of the company!

Did you get his name, or what time/route he was driving? You should pass this on to Dublin Bus in an email. He'd appreciate it if his bosses got your email!

The_Wrecker

tacofries wrote: »

Well just felt I had to say it,

Less than a week ago I returned from holidays to Dublin airport where due to my broken/locked laser card I only had €5 left. I went up to a Dublin bus driver and said does this bus bring you to Heuston station. He said no but that if i get the 767 it will bring me directly there. I said i know but I only have €5 so ill get this bus into town then get the luas to Heuston.

The bus driver proceeded to reach into his pocket, pull out a euro and give it to me. I refused but he insisted that I got the 767 as it would make my journey easier.As a result of his actions I will use dublin bus as much as possible out of respect for this man and the service he provided.

I just want to say thanks to this man as he unconditionally gave me money without me even asking. Sometimes we brand all bus drivers/taximen as ass£(*"*£ just because of a select few bad ones, when in reality the vast majority of them are lovely people.

Anyway thank you very much Mr.Bus Driver, your one decent, kind, lovely man. Dublin Bus, your lucky to have people like him working for you as he provides so a good image of the company!

Can you provide us with more detail ~ someone needs to be cornered in the canteen and roughed up!:D

latenia

Are you an attractive young female perchance? Normal procedures about opening the door after the bus has left the stop, letting the passenger away without the full fare etc seem to go out the window when they're involved.

AlekSmart

latenia wrote: »

Are you an attractive young female perchance? Normal procedures about opening the door after the bus has left the stop, letting the passenger away without the full fare etc seem to go out the window when they're involved.

We would like to apologise for the temporary break in normality,however it now appears the problem has been addressed and the games can resume :rolleyes:

Mind you,if you were getting a 767 i'd be a wee bit suss about that driver meself.......:D

tacofries

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

Did you get his name, or what time/route he was driving? You should pass this on to Dublin Bus in an email. He'd appreciate it if his bosses got your email!

I'm going to send a letter to db about it!!

tacofries

latenia wrote: »

Are you an attractive young female perchance? Normal procedures about opening the door after the bus has left the stop, letting the passenger away without the full fare etc seem to go out the window when they're involved.

hahaha no. last time i checked i was definitely a lad

littlejp

He must have been drunk

LXFlyer

And for reference it was the 747 Airlink that you took - there is no 767!!

Alun

lxflyer wrote: »

And for reference it was the 747 Airlink that you took - there is no 767!!

At least it wasn't a 787

lucernarian

tacofries wrote: »

I'm going to send a letter to db about it!!

That's great, fair play! Drivers can get enough stick in the job, it can be fantastic when one of your superiors tells you that a customer wrote in just to say how helpful you were!

By the way, do Dublin Bus have any kind of prize or award for drivers who demonstrate excellent customer service? I know drivers can be awarded for things like "such and such a number of years with no accidents" etc.

Stinicker

Alun wrote: »

At least it wasn't a 787

Sure it wasn't an airbus?

Triangular

latenia wrote: »

Are you an attractive young female perchance?

Called tacofries?? :P