Dublin Bus grateful

WishUWereHere

Apologies if this in the wrong place, Mods feel free to move as appropriate:

I have travelled on public transport a lot throughout the World.

Yesterday I had reason to use Dublin Bus for the first time in many many years. I got a C3 ( I think, it’s the old 66) from Houston Station to Leixlip at 15h45.

A good number of passengers thanked the bus driver as they were getting off ( I was standing at the bottom of the stairs going upstairs, so standing between the driver and the exit door). The Driver commented to every ‘thank You’ with a ‘you’re welcome’. It was great to see gratitude from both sides.

It’s the first time I heard thanks and You’re welcome. If that’s the norm on DB, all I can say is ‘DB, You’re drivers are a credit to the company.

WELL DONE

CPTM

I've heard that this is a very Irish thing to do in general. You don't get the same sort of interaction on the continent or in the UK for example.

HeidiHeidi

I have always made a point of saying "thanks" as I'm getting off the bus - but it's not as easy now that you have to get off at the middle doors.

I had noticed more and more people doing it before the middle-doors thing became the norm, but a few still do shout it up the bus in the driver's general direction.

It's a nice thing to do, and I hope it doesn't die out.

mikeybhoy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119747660#Comment_119747660

I have noticed it outside of Ireland but more so outside of cities on Bus Eireann style routes. It's fairly common in the UK just not in London.

Electric Gypsy

I'm a driver and one thing I do notice is that you seem to get more people who say thanks on the way out than than there is who greet you on the way in. A lot blank the driver's hello and just say equivalent of "town please" or sometimes just "town". Sometimes you get people who say nothing all and just place the card up. Some of them seem to think that it's all the one price on any city route so that's half the reason they don't say anything. But a lot of these same - seemingly rude - people do actually thank you on the way out. Of course there are also people who don't say anything on the way out or in!

crosstownk

I find that due to centre door alighting I now have to shout my 'thanks' up the bus. Although my nearest route operates EVs most of the time so I still get to thank the driver as pass the cab on may way out.

I think most folks boarding are focused on getting in, paying the fare and sitting down rather than consciously not greeting the driver.