So very sad

Hammer89

If you're from Dublin or live here, you'll know the Dublin Bus driver salute. When two Dublin Buses pass one another, the drivers will invariably salute one another. It could be a head nod, or a wave, or a beep, or the drivers slightly lifting their hand off the steering wheel to acknowledge their comrade on the opposite side of the road. We've all seen it. But today I saw something different.

I saw a Dublin Bus pass a Go Ahead Ireland bus. I watched as the two drivers looked at one another, each of them waiting for acknowledgement before reciprocating, but it never came. The Go Ahead Ireland driver slowly passed the Dublin Bus driver. Standing at the front, I side-eyed my driver to see if a tear would roll down his big fat cheek. Hell, I was sad just watching it, but he was hardened to it.

I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that they work for separate companies and therefore don't know each other personally, so why would they wave? Thing is, not all Dublin Bus drivers know each other personally. There is or was hundreds of them, but did not knowing one another stop them from acknowledging each other on the road? Of course not because there's a bond there. They're brothers in arms and the fact that the Go Ahead Ireland drivers and Dublin Bus drivers don't share that brotherhood is sad.

brevity

When two tribes go to war...

GooglePlus

The GoAhead driver was just slow on the reaction, he probably saluted late.

corner of hells

brevity wrote: »

When too tribes go to war...

Erm ... imagine if there was another bus company, then tree tribes would go to war.

Bobblehats

Was it the 155?

brevity

corner of hells wrote: »

Erm ... imagine if there was another bus company, then tree tribes would go to war.

Damn autocorrect

Hammer89

corner of hells wrote: »

Erm ... imagine if there was another bus company, then tree tribes would go to war.

Nobody cares about Imp drivers. Judging by their physical appearance they didn't even care about themselves.

Boom_Bap

The real question is, how many cyclists did they nearly hit during this non exchange.

Plumbthedepths

I know two DB drivers, they don't even say hello to their kids. What hope has a rival driver got? I bet it was one of those two drivers OP.

Muller1991

GooglePlus wrote: »

The GoAhead driver was just slow on the reaction, he probably saluted late.

We have a thread winner.

punisher5112

Bobblehats wrote: »

Was it the 155?

No nobody salutes that driver, but they tend to give the middle finger alright....

brevity

Hammer89 wrote: »

Nobody cares about Imp drivers. Judging by their physical appearance they didn't even care about themselves.

Maybe the Ents would be tree tribes

punisher5112

Many of them don't wave and quite a few are nervous from what I've seen.

AlekSmart

Hammer89 wrote: »

If you're from Dublin or live here, you'll know the Dublin Bus driver salute. When two Dublin Buses pass one another, the drivers will invariably salute one another. It could be a head nod, or a wave, or a beep, or the drivers slightly lifting their hand off the steering wheel to acknowledge their comrade on the opposite side of the road. We've all seen it. But today I saw something different.

I saw a Dublin Bus pass a Go Ahead Ireland bus. I watched as the two drivers looked at one another, each of them waiting for acknowledgement before reciprocating, but it never came. The Go Ahead Ireland driver slowly passed the Dublin Bus driver. Standing at the front, I side-eyed my driver to see if a tear would roll down his big fat cheek. Hell, I was sad just watching it, but he was hardened to it.

I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that they work for separate companies and therefore don't know each other personally, so why would they wave? Thing is, not all Dublin Bus drivers know each other personally. There is or was hundreds of them, but did not knowing one another stop them from acknowledging each other on the road? Of course not because there's a bond there. They're brothers in arms and the fact that the Go Ahead Ireland drivers and Dublin Bus drivers don't share that brotherhood is sad.

You may need to broaden your horizons a little,I share a stretch of route with several Go-Ahead routes and regularly exchange salutations with their staff,sometimes get a return,occasionally not,which is all OK ?

Perhaps it's a visual acuity thing...and your side-eyed right eye missed the exchange? :cool:

Oddly enough,not ALL Busdrivers feel the need to gesticulate to fellow lodge-members,some may merely raise a (pencilled) eyebrow or lift the nose just a tad.

jiltloop

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

I know two DB drivers, they don't even say hello to their kids. What hope has a rival driver got? I bet it was one of those two drivers OP.

Maybe it was both of them!

jimgoose

There was a lot to be said for the old broadside, in fairness.

Esse85

Boom_Bap wrote: »

The real question is, how many cyclists did they nearly hit during this non exchange.

Not enough.

Greyfox

Hammer89 wrote: »

If you're from Dublin or live here, you'll know the Dublin Bus driver salute. When two Dublin Buses pass one another, the drivers will invariably salute one another.

Your life sounds like absolute non stop excitement

Plumbthedepths

jiltloop wrote: »

Maybe it was both of them!

Possibly they take it in turns to be very cold 'bastards', even trying to outdo one another.
Stay strong private bus driver, you'll get the 'wave' some day.

tdf7187

This reminds me of when the two Thomas Reacts (from Thomas the Tank Engine) accounts on Twitter went to war.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/discover/this-has-to-be-the-weirdest-twitter-spat--ever-722150.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=click&utm_campaign=nextandprev

BDI

They have completely different jobs and social statuses, why would they salute each other.

One is a man with a very high skill set. He can drive a bus. He has a pension, a thousand quid a week, job for life, shift allowance, sick pay, probably lives in his own house in Beaumont or just outside Dundrum. Nice wife and kids who will all go to a nice school.

The other guy is just a bus driver. All he can do is drive a bus.

MrAbyss

just drive the ****in bus.

ToddyDoody

Ah, but the theory goes that it's better to break up cosy cartels.

punisher5112

MrAbyss wrote: »

just drive the ****in bus.

10 & 2 or 9 & 3.... That is where they must be ..

Edgware

Maybe one was the paedo bus driver and the other was too old for him to wave at when he could be waving at school girls

punisher5112

Edgware wrote: »

Maybe one was the paedo bus driver and the other was too old for him to wave at when he could be waving at school girls

I see what ya did there..... ;-)

Hammer89

punisher5112 wrote: »

I see what ya did there..... ;-)

What did he do?

Jonybgud

Dublin's a kip....

punisher5112

Hammer89 wrote: »

What did he do?

A certain bus driver on the 155 out of Donnybrook is a paedo....

punisher5112

Jonybgud wrote: »

Dublin's a kip....

That's why I always get out of it as quickly as possible.

odyssey06

I imagine if there are no passengers they go into full wacky races mode and deploy tacks, spikes, scythes etc...

punisher5112

odyssey06 wrote: »

I imagine if there are no passengers they go into full wacky races mode and deploy tacks, spikes, scythes etc...

It was great when there were no retarders on the bus...

Yer Da sells Avon

AlekSmart wrote: »

Oddly enough,not ALL Busdrivers feel the need to gesticulate to fellow lodge-members,some may merely raise a (pencilled) eyebrow or lift the nose just a tad.

Exactly. For example, I prefer 'Rock, Paper, Scissors'.

ToddyDoody

punisher5112 wrote: »

That's why I always get out of it as quickly as possible.

I do too but I blame my own inadequacies more than the city's.

Hammer89

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Ah, but the theory goes that it's better to break up cosy cartels.

Cartel is a good word to use. Apparently any Dublin Bus driver that goes to the other side runs the risk of having his genitals severed off and stuffed into his own mouth.

dxhound2005

You wait for years for a Bus Driver Salute thread to come along, and then two of them appear within three months.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=110687442

blinding

In this situation some of them get semi’s especially the female ones .

TheValeyard

Civil wars are always the worst wars, they split families and friends

Montage of Feck

Scabs

TheValeyard

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Scabs

Dont pick them.

youknowitstrue

punisher5112 wrote: »

A certain bus driver on the 155 out of Donnybrook is a paedo....

He has moved onto the 16 route as of this sunday.

punisher5112

youknowitstrue wrote: »

He has moved onto the 16 route as of this sunday.

Indeed, won't last there either....

dublinman1990

Think of the amount of kids that use the 155 just to go to school along the route. That sort of news is very frightening to them & for their parents.

wetlandsboy

BDI wrote: »

They have completely different jobs and social statuses, why would they salute each other.

One is a man with a very high skill set. He can drive a bus. He has a pension, a *thousand quid a week*, job for life, shift allowance, sick pay, probably lives in his own house in Beaumont or just outside Dundrum. Nice wife and kids who will all go to a nice school.

The other guy is just a bus driver. All he can do is drive a bus.

Wow, bus drivers earn over €90k per year! Amazing!

Bobblehats

youknowitstrue wrote: »

He has moved onto the 16 route as of this sunday.

Has he moved on from opposite the children’s hospital though

Another thing why do they say Dublin bus driver when he is African do they mean the name of the company?

If they are going slow enough they could try and moon one another.

Yer Da sells Avon

Bobblehats wrote: »

Another thing why do they say Dublin bus driver when he is African do they mean the name of the company?

Fuckin' duh! The name of the company and also the city whose streets he's prowling driving.

Kermit.de.frog

OP must be an NBRU official with a grudge.

More competition = higher standards and cheaper fares.

Dublin Bus use to exist for the drivers and not the public and in some ways that mentality is still there.

I, for one, welcome the outsourcing of routes to the private sector who have a vested interest in serving the public.

BDI

wetlandsboy wrote: »

Wow, bus drivers earn over €90k per year! Amazing!

Your calculations seem to suggest there is 90 weeks in your year. Where are you from?

YFlyer

brevity wrote: »

When two tribes go to war...

Relax

Edgware

blinding wrote: »

In this situation some of them get semi’s especially the female ones .

I bet the paedo driver got semis