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Dublin Bus Drivers' Dress Code

  • 07-09-2017 3:11pm
    #1
    bobbyss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,279 ✭✭✭


    Saw a driver getting into his cabin one day wearing short trousers and flimsy footwear Could have been dressed for the beach. I thought they would have had a more professional dress code?


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  • #2
    GBX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,169 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    How do you know he was employed by them ..


  • #3
    amcalester
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,121 ✭✭✭amcalester


    Bus drivers are like newsreaders, they only have to be dressed from the waist up.


  • #4
    whoopsadoodles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭whoopsadoodles


    Maybe he was going on a busmans holiday?


  • #5
    bobbyss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,279 ✭✭✭bobbyss


    GBX wrote:
    How do you know he was employed by them ..


    He drove the bus I was on?


  • #6
    GBX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,169 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    bobbyss wrote: »
    He drove the bus I was on?

    My question still stands ... He might have taken it for a spin.


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  • #7
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    bobbyss wrote: »
    He drove the bus I was on?

    How was his driving?


  • #8
    Noveight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭Noveight


    Maybe he didn't have time to find proper clobber because Keanu Reeves told him there was a bomb on the bus.


  • #9
    Omackeral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Once he led everyone on a jaunty sing-a-long.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVl9rVf8w7U


  • #10
    sunny2004
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    This is what after hours is all about lol


  • #11
    Omackeral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Noveight wrote: »
    Maybe he didn't have time to find proper clobber because Keanu Reeves told him there was a bomb on the bus.

    I saw that in a movie once. It was about a bus that had to speed around the city, keeping its speed over fifty, and if its speed dropped, it would explode! I think it was called “The Bus That Couldn’t Slow Down.”


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  • #12
    Allinall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,071 ✭✭✭Allinall


    What's unprofessional about shorts?


  • #13
    bobbyss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,279 ✭✭✭bobbyss


    Allinall wrote:
    What's unprofessional about shorts?


    Gulp!


  • #14
    tuisginideach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭tuisginideach


    bobbyss wrote: »
    Gulp!

    European and Australian men can look very professional in their well-tailored shorts!


  • #15
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,737 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Giant 'Who cares?' He drove the bus alright, didn't he?


  • #16
    RobbieTheRobber
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,915 ✭✭✭RobbieTheRobber


    bobbyss wrote: »
    Saw a driver getting into his cabin one day wearing short trousers and flimsy footwear Could have been dressed for the beach. I thought they would have had a more professional dress code?

    The real question here is did you see a refugee abandon a buggy at the bus stop because the state would provide them with another?


  • #17
    Benjamin Buttons
    Closed Accounts Posts: 232 ✭✭Benjamin Buttons


    Omackeral wrote: »
    I saw that in a movie once. It was about a bus that had to speed around the city, keeping its speed over fifty, and if its speed dropped, it would explode! I think it was called “The Bus That Couldn’t Slow Down.”

    Are you thinking of the milk float in Fr.Ted?


  • #18
    davetherave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,462 ✭✭✭davetherave


    Was it a warm day? Was he wearing smart shorts, or did he look like he was taking the bus out to the beach and buying a 99 for everybody on board?


  • #19
    Stephen15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,907 ✭✭✭Stephen15


    Just wondering actually what is the dress code. I've some drivers wear their own clothes, some wearing a tie and others not aswell as some wearing a blazer more rare. I've seen some in a white shirt with a DB tie as opposed to a standard blue one and other in a polo shirt with a DB logo on it.

    Is uniform even a requirment or just a guideline for this job. Would a driver be disciplined if he/she was not in uniform.

    BTW don't care what the driver is wearing as long as my bus gets there safely and on time.


  • #20
    Assetbacked
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,969 ✭✭✭Assetbacked


    The dress code is actually to wear clothes that do not link the driver to Dublin Bus so to protest this policy the drivers attempt to incorporate some form of Dublin Bus affiliation onto their clothing.


  • #21
    I love Sean nos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,360 ✭✭✭I love Sean nos


    RobbieTheRobber wrote: »
    The real question here is did you see a refugee abandon a buggy at the bus stop because the state would provide them with another?
    The driver hopped out of the buggy and then drove the bus over it.


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  • #22
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,052 ✭✭✭Wossack


    a more stringent dress code would probably be of benefit to the parents, as it'd likely be cheaper over the course of a year. On the bright side, he cant put the knee's out of the shorts


  • #23
    Allinall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,071 ✭✭✭Allinall


    bobbyss wrote: »
    Gulp!

    Snowflake.


  • #24
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,423 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Allinall wrote: »
    What's unprofessional about shorts?

    Well if they're Daisy Dukes there could be an issue .


  • #25
    mookishboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭mookishboy


    What possible difference does what he was wearing make to you ? You were on the bus to be driven somewhere, not to be judge of a fashion show. Take the bus and worry about your own issues.


  • #26
    magentis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭magentis


    corner of hells wrote: »
    Well if they're Daisy Dukes there could be an issue .

    A liathroid hanging out either side.


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