Am I unreasonable?

XPS_Zero

I found myself agreeing with a bus driver the other week and a similar incident today just made it pop back into my head, me and CIE staff being on the same page is a rare event.
We were at BusAras getting the XI and a girl ran to the bus, she jumped on and handed him a ticket.  She was late 20s at the youngest, some people look much younger than they are could have been 30s but looked mid to late 20.  I was already late having missed the earlier train having to get the bus.  I'm sitting, as I usually am, in the front (I like looking out the big window, sue me I'm a child!)...driver says to her "this is a child ticket"
Rather absurdly, the woman says "oh well that's what they gave me".  Now I find it totally implausible that the ticket office would give someone who is clearly, at the earliest, a good decade past 16, a child ticket unless she asked for one and the ticket booth dude got mesmerized by the pretty lady and just decided to give her what she wanted or she got someone else to buy it.  She got annoyed (at the driver) and impatient and said she'd pay the difference.  He said "I can't issue partial tickets go back inside and exchange it", "will you wait for me", "no, I'm going when the timetable says I have to go, if you're back before that ok".
I was part amused she was annoyed and partly wanted to lean forward and belt the stupid cow in the face for insulting my intelligence by her mere proximity and daring to breathe the same air as me.  She goes back in "i left me bleedin bag in de underneeth dere so dont go".  She came back annoyed that she had to buy a full separate adult ticket with no refund for the child ticket.  I've noticed the concept of personal responsibility seems to have taken a walk lately.  It's surely her responsibility to check that she has the correct ticket? Not the drivers?  So Q1 is was it unreasonable of him not to wait and of me to ask him not to?
Then as we are pulling out (5 min late) a woman runs towards the bus from around the corner.  She had clearly come in thinking she was too late by I'd say looking at her watch, but then saw us and figured we'd wait, she ran and waved but he kept pulling out.  "Heaaaawwww you will ye stop far de girl dere jaysus she's aftar runnin n all", his response was "ah sure, why take off at all we can just wait here all day, I've to be in Belfast a certain time so the bus can turn back and be back in Dublin a certain time".  "wouldn't have waited for me udar dan de bleedin bag been in de underside dere".  I lost my temper and told her "theres more than just you in the world, theres a whole planet full of people who have lives to get on with without reference to you".  Q2..should he have stopped and let the SECOND woman on? I wanted him to cos she hadn't caused hassle was probably just late cos of the rain.

magicbastarder

XPS_Zero wrote: »

I was part amused she was annoyed and partly wanted to lean forward and belt the stupid cow in the face for insulting my intelligence by her mere proximity and daring to breathe the same air as me.

yes, you are unreasonable.

MarkR

Wall of text. Bus leaves when it's supposed to. Tough luck on anyone that doesn't suit.

the_pen_turner

yes , it would only take 30 seconds

BrianBoru00

XPS_Zero wrote: »

I was part amused she was annoyed and partly wanted to lean forward and belt the stupid cow in the face for insulting my intelligence by her mere proximity and daring to breathe the same air as me. 

No, you were not unreasonable.

(Acting on it and actually hitting her may have been though).
Also, I m just after a shower and just after logging on so fresh faced etc.
Other than that PLEASE show consideration and punctuate

Nomis21

A true story regarding stopping for passengers who are late for the bus.

In 2001 I was a driver on the Eurolines route from London to Amsterdam. As I was pulling out of Victoria Coach station in London I noticed a girl in her early twenties waving frantically at me and although I would not normally stop for anyone I decided that day that I would. The bus was full so I let her sit on the empty courier seat next to me.

We chatted all the way down to Dover and then I invited her to have lunch with me in the driver's restaurant on the cross channel ferry. She was American but said she hated America and wanted to find a new life in Europe. In Amsterdam, after parking up the bus, we went out in the town and enjoyed the best of what Amsterdam had to offer before ending up in my apartment where she stayed with me for the next six months.

I don't drive buses any more, but if I did, I might stop for late passengers.

AlekSmart

MarkR wrote: »

Wall of text. Bus leaves when it's supposed to. Tough luck on anyone that doesn't suit.

Erm....WoT for sure,but......hidden in that wall,

Then as we are pulling out (5 min late) a woman runs towards the bus from around the corner.

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But,yes I fully accept that it's only 5 minutes ,sure'n where's the harm in that ?

Miaireland

Op, I was on the Cork to Tralee bus last Wednesday and we had a girl do the exact same thing. Came onboard with a child's ticket claiming that was she had been sold. Driver correctly having none of it. She also tried the old bag in the bus trick. Thankfully the gent behind her said be would grab it for her. He also happen to mention that she had bought her ticket from the machine in front of him.

r93kaey5p2izun

I am in my mid 30s but up until I switched to Leap a couple of years ago I was given Scholar Travel 90 tickets several times in shops. Obviously I refused and asked for the adult tickets because I know what I need but I could definitely see it happening if you weren't aware of the various ticket types and prices and making a one off purchase.

That said, it is your individual responsibility to ensure you have the correct ticket and no doubt the majority of such cases are just chancers.