Top marks to this driver

Snake

Myself and my girlfriend taking the bus into town.. (She has a leap card I have a travel pass) but her leap card didn't have any money which we didn't realise.. We'd no money and had a hospital appointment.. The driver called us back as we were leaving to go back home and gave her the ticket for free.. A lot of **** is said about dublin bus drivers but this guy was brilliant to accommodate us.. She's 35 weeks pregnant and we can't miss appointments so it's really nice of him to let us ahead.. Huge thank you to him..

Tow

She may be able to go free on your Travel Pass: http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Can-anybody-join-me-when-travelling.aspx

Julius Seizure

Dublin Bus drivers are the best, compared to other companies abroad etc. I've never once been left behind when I got caught short. Worst that happened was a driver shouting at me for asking for a change ticket (told me he's not an idiot, he can do maths in his head blablabla, how you're not supposed to demand the change ticket from the driver; weird since most drivers don't seem to give change unless I ask, especially when paying with weird amounts of coins)

Joshycat

Julius Seizure wrote: »

Dublin Bus drivers are the best, compared to other companies abroad etc. I've never once been left behind when I got caught short. Worst that happened was a driver shouting at me for asking for a change ticket (told me he's not an idiot, he can do maths in his head blablabla, how you're not supposed to demand the change ticket from the driver; weird since most drivers don't seem to give change unless I ask, especially when paying with weird amounts of coins)

Have you looked into any of Dublin Bus's prepaid ticket options or getting a Leap Card it is cheaper and would avoid situations like you outlined above

Julius Seizure

Joshycat wrote: »

Have you looked into any of Dublin Bus's prepaid ticket options or getting a Leap Card it is cheaper and would avoid situations like you outlined above

Had a leapcard since the day it came out, this was a year or two ago now anyway and had no money left on it, if I even had one at that stage. It was on a 25 who rolled his eyes at us and opened the door with a scowl on his face when we hailed him at College St, things went downhill from there :v

Snake

Joshycat wrote: »

Have you looked into any of Dublin Bus's prepaid ticket options or getting a Leap Card it is cheaper and would avoid situations like you outlined above

Been meaning to but only got the card for her Thursday! We usually only go the 1.45 fare it's not often we go into town, really thought we were gonna be left with no chance of getting into hospital can't be thankful enough to the driver

Snake

Tow wrote: »

She may be able to go free on your Travel Pass: http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Can-anybody-join-me-when-travelling.aspx

I just rang to get the form, thanks man

fineso.mom

How did you manage on the return journey ?

Snake

fineso.mom wrote: »

How did you manage on the return journey ?

Eh.. Less than honest Luas trip buying a ticket tomorrow for the Luas and just gonna throw it in the skip.. I'll feel less like a fare dodger then

Hilly Bill

Says it all really.

Snake

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Says it all really.

Care to elaborate?

Hilly Bill

Did you go all day without food and drink, smokes etc?

Julius Seizure

Ah here, he had to do that in an exceptional circumstance, not to avoid paying. He's clearly remorseful and paying it back to them, what's the issue?

Hilly Bill

Julius Seizure wrote: »

Ah here, he had to do that in an exceptional circumstance, not to avoid paying. He's clearly remorseful and paying it back to them, what's the issue?

Which was?

Julius Seizure

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Which was?

Going to a hospital and getting caught short. They don't sound like dishonest people and it's not fair to make them out as that on a public forum. They clearly have the intention of paying, and saw the gesture from the driver as a kind surprise, they weren't expecting to be accommodated for free.

Hilly Bill

Julius Seizure wrote: »

Going to a hospital and getting caught short. They don't sound like dishonest people and it's not fair to make them out as that on a public forum. They clearly have the intention of paying, and saw the gesture from the driver as a kind surprise, they weren't expecting to be accommodated for free.

Do you really believe the "We had no money" line? If it was a rushed to hospital moment then fair enough but it wasnt.

SparkySpitfire

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Do you really believe the "We had no money" line? If it was a rushed to hospital moment then fair enough but it wasnt.

Would you ever give over.

Glad you got to your appointment OP, you got a bit of kindness that day, try pay it forward!

monument

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Do you really believe the "We had no money" line? If it was a rushed to hospital moment then fair enough but it wasnt.

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Which was?

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Says it all really.

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Did you go all day without food and drink, smokes etc?

Please do drop it, and don't bother posting on this thread thread again. That's not a request.

You're generally at people who complain about public transport and now you're at people giving a good story about public transport. Surely the driver would know if the people were chancing their arm all the time and would not put up with it.

I was told people forgetting hospital charts is common enough, so it's not all that far fetched that people forgot money on the way to a bus. Things happens. And I can't see what they did or did not "go all day without" has to do with the topic, the appointment does not last all day.

Note to everybody else: No more replying to the above quoted posts.

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Cookie_Monster

@ Monument:
How exactly is a driver defrauding his employer of income 'a good story'?

all it means is everyone else has to pay higher fares to cover this kind of revenue loss.

_Kaiser_

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

@ Monument:
How exactly is a driver defrauding his employer of income 'a good story'?

all it means is everyone else has to pay higher fares to cover this kind of revenue loss.

Oh come on.. this "we all pay more because of people 'defrauding' the system" argument that's trotted out really wears thin! Again it's the Welfare recipients fault for everything, right?

We all pay more (including those on Welfare!) because of the massive inefficiencies of anything state-run (or formerly state-run but with the same employees/mindset), not because a driver did the decent thing and let a heavily pregnant woman on for free as an exception

You want to complain about the high prices, may I suggest directing your outrage to the CIE board, the Union offices and Leo!

Amirani

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

@ Monument:
How exactly is a driver defrauding his employer of income 'a good story'?

all it means is everyone else has to pay higher fares to cover this kind of revenue loss.

I'd venture to say that the OP is probably more likely to be a frequent Dublin Bus user in a future as a result of his positive experience.

If the driver had told him where to go, you'd probably end up having to pay higher fares because of revenue shortfall greater than that of one trip. If you're going to take this attitude, at least look at it sensibly.

monument

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

@ Monument:
How exactly is a driver defrauding his employer of income 'a good story'?

all it means is everyone else has to pay higher fares to cover this kind of revenue loss.

A regular user like you replying to modration in-thread and you will get infracted, keep it up and you will get a ban.

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TimeToShine

They are generally extremely sound. On the way home from work my leap card had no money, panic ensued as i was about to start patting down my pockets before the driver says (in a liverpool accent if that helps anyone recognize him!) "Ah don't worry about it mate, sort it when you get home".

An absolute gentleman.

Snake

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Did you go all day without food and drink, smokes etc?

The length I was in town, yeah. We shared a pack of belvita biscuits we brought with us. And the smokes were my electric one which I bought ejuice for last week.. If I had money for the Luas and bus I wouldn't have risked a 100 euro fine just to get food in town

Snake

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Do you really believe the "We had no money" line? If it was a rushed to hospital moment then fair enough but it wasnt.

She has a leap card, which I expected to have money and knew we were screwed when the card was rejected.. so no I didn't have any money.. I've never even tried chancing the bus if I'm a few cent off never mind thinking I had no money.. The driver wasn't the only person who helped us, someone else behind us offered to pay our fare.. If I was going into town because I was bored and she had no money and the driver offered her a free ticket we both would have said no, but at 35 weeks pregnant missing an appointment could mean missing something wrong with our baby.. It was a huge shock that he let us have a free ticket and the Luas was because I had no choice, would you prefer we begged for money from people at the Luas?

Snake

That's how much money we have... Or rather how much we don't have

Snake

Diego Simeone wrote: »

I'd venture to say that the OP is probably more likely to be a frequent Dublin Bus user in a future as a result of his positive experience.

If the driver had told him where to go, you'd probably end up having to pay higher fares because of revenue shortfall greater than that of one trip. If you're going to take this attitude, at least look at it sensibly.

We use that route at least 2 times at day and other dublin bus routes and Luas at least once a week

monument

OP -- most people seem to beleave you.

We'll leave it at that.