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Bus driver giving out to Spanish

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  • #32
    entropi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,731 ✭✭✭✭entropi


    Dublin Bus Complaints Department


  • #33
    Pandora2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 937 ✭✭✭Pandora2


    Larianne wrote: »
    Well if it stops these Spanish students from coming over every summer and congregating in shop entrances, hanging out of walls and crowding the buses, generally being a pain, I'm ALL for it. Everyone should go around barking at the Spanish students.

    My Spanish Students are due next week:eek:........Gonna have to work on the OH......he's not best pleased with the Spanish at present:o

    He's already told me not to get all fancy with their dinners, he'll be taking the fuse out of the immersion and removing all but one light bulb from their rooms and he's fecked if he's ever giving them a lift anywhere:eek:

    This from the most generous man I have ever encountered:eek: Hoping he'll make some sort of recovery prior to their arrival!!


  • #34
    du Maurier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭du Maurier


    Gone Drinking wrote: »
    My girlfriend was on a bus just now when two Spanish girls tried to get on with a ticket, turns out they had bought child tickets by mistake. He shouted at them saying "you're not children, get off the bus". They were trying to understand what he meant and he was shouting at them to speak English, not Spanish (when they were speaking English).

    They apologised straight away, offered to pay cash, he wouldn't listen, was just giving them loads of stick. Said he'd call the guards if they didn't get off the bus. It was pissing rain outside. After about ten minutes of abusing them, he let them pay on. I can't believe this, tourists are people who should always be treated well. Mistakes happen, its not a big deal.

    When my girlfriend got off, she wrang the bell a little late and he said "should have went to specsavers" when she got off. How fcuked up is that?

    I'm going to make a complaint in the morning, its a fcuking joke. I can't believe no one spoke up on the bus either, I'd have gone mad at him.

    Absolute tard, that driver. I nearly ended up in a fight with a driver because I was wearing a football shirt he took a disliking to (he had a strong desire to bestow upon me his unreasonable and xenophobic views) - I wouldn't mind but the shirt was underneath a jumper! Hard to believe that he went out of his way to incite it too. Is it that hard for them to mind their bloody own, stop being an arse, and do their job?

    That's not an AH answer, I know..:pac:


  • #35
    Johro
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    Sounds like a moron alright.


  • #36
    guppy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 484 ✭✭guppy


    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    I'm a bit undecided about Dublin Bus drivers.

    In the sense that if you come across such a dickhead of a driver. Is he really a dickhead? or just had a fu*ked up day? I cant help but feel the amount of crap they see and deal with is an eye-opener.

    But of course even within saying that, no need to be a dick to someone who doesnt deserve so.

    I agree, but........ When you're heading into Spanish Student season, and you have to wait while 14 of them scan their tickets, only to alight at the next stop (a minute walk away) while you're on your way to work, you lose sympathy for them. Unfortunately the innocent Spanish get caught in the cross-fire.


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  • #37
    Fenian Army
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,483 ✭✭✭Fenian Army


    Domo230 wrote: »
    I remember when it was snowing heavily and I was the only one on the bus (single decker).

    I was standing up beside the driver chatting to him about what it's like to drive a bus and how it handles.

    "sure it takes a bit of gettin used to but watch this"

    There were no cars about and he pulled a massive powerslide around the corner that nearly sent me flying as he struggled to regain control of the bus in the heavy snow.

    legend


  • #38
    Larianne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    Super-Rush wrote: »
    I'd rather Pedro and his derpinas do this than Anto and the crew from the methadone clinic.

    They have buses in Carlow now? :confused:

    :pac:


  • #39
    Bobby Baccala
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,348 ✭✭✭Bobby Baccala


    Sounds like a dick, the spanish are a nice bunch of people. I'm looking forward to the students coming over, spanish birds are fit as fuuuuuuuuuuck.


  • #40
    The Scientician
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    Once had a bus drive off on me with my hand in the door but lately I've had ok experiences with them. Service to my part of Dublin is a bit crap though by comparison with independent alternatives.


  • #41
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,450 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Was having a smoke at the bus stop one day on the way to work, bus coming along, driver mimed a smoking gesture, then a 'no' finger wag and drove right past the stop. What a mental Cnut!

    Did he honestly think I was going to stroll, smoking, onto the bus?


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  • #42
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    Oh noes!

    Not fecking Spanish students time. They are awful


  • #43
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    well considering the Spanish students always:

    - try to crowd on before anyone has gotten off, I've seen old ladies nearly getting trampled by them

    - shout at each other at 200 decibles for the whole journey

    - press the bell 27 times, and then don't even get off because they pressed it too early.

    - when they don't get off as mentioned above because of realising they want a later stop, they make sure to create a wall blocking anyone else from getting off.


    and people are wondering why drivers or other passengers hate them so much?


  • #44
    Gone Drinking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,814 ✭✭✭Gone Drinking


    up for anything wrote: »
    Why didn't your girlfriend say something? :confused:

    I asked her the same question, she said she felt intimidated by him, the way he was shouting. She just wanted off the bus.


  • #45
    Fuinseog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,371 ✭✭✭Fuinseog


    Gone Drinking wrote: »
    My girlfriend was on a bus just now when two Spanish girls tried to get on with a ticket, turns out they had bought child tickets by mistake. He shouted at them saying "you're not children, get off the bus". They were trying to understand what he meant and he was shouting at them to speak English, not Spanish (when they were speaking English).

    They apologised straight away, offered to pay cash, he wouldn't listen, was just giving them loads of stick. Said he'd call the guards if they didn't get off the bus. It was pissing rain outside. After about ten minutes of abusing them, he let them pay on. I can't believe this, tourists are people who should always be treated well. Mistakes happen, its not a big deal.

    When my girlfriend got off, she wrang the bell a little late and he said "should have went to specsavers" when she got off. How fcuked up is that?

    I'm going to make a complaint in the morning, its a fcuking joke. I can't believe no one spoke up on the bus either, I'd have gone mad at him.



    you should take the 16a from the airport and listen to the abuse the tourists get. they are 5 mins in the country so how are they to know in Dublin you cannot pay for a bus ticket with a notes, only coins and if you do not have the exact fare you get a receipt instead of change.


    do complain or better still both of you complain individually. make sure you have the bus no. , time, place and description of the driver.


  • #46
    fasttalkerchat
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    mikemac1 wrote: »
    It was probably closer to 2-3 minutes then 10

    So about 12-13 in total?


  • #47
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    Its stupid that bus drivers don't take notes. I was buying 2 tickets and gave him a fiver. Was told coins only. I said sorry I didn't know, keep the change. Still wouldn't take the money! Makes no sense at all!


  • #48
    Fuinseog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,371 ✭✭✭Fuinseog


    fasttalkerchat wrote: »
    Its stupid that bus drivers don't take notes. I was buying 2 tickets and gave him a fiver. Was told coins only. I said sorry I didn't know, keep the change. Still wouldn't take the money! Makes no sense at all!

    only in Dublin do they not take notes and only here do they seem to need a protective glass.
    if they want things to run smoothly there should be signs up in a few languages (yes, not just English, not every tourist speaks it) stating what you need to do to buy a dublin bus ticket and warning them what they will not accept.


  • #49
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    fasttalkerchat wrote: »
    Its stupid that bus drivers don't take notes. I was buying 2 tickets and gave him a fiver. Was told coins only. I said sorry I didn't know, keep the change. Still wouldn't take the money! Makes no sense at all!

    it's because the drivers aren't allowed carry cash because:

    1. they can't be trusted not to steal it themselves.

    and

    2. they would be targeted for robberies and their safety would be put at risk.


  • #50
    CommanderC
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    Gone Drinking wrote: »
    My girlfriend was on a bus just now when two Spanish girls tried to get on with a ticket, turns out they had bought child tickets by mistake. He shouted at them saying "you're not children, get off the bus". They were trying to understand what he meant and he was shouting at them to speak English, not Spanish (when they were speaking English).

    They apologised straight away, offered to pay cash, he wouldn't listen, was just giving them loads of stick. Said he'd call the guards if they didn't get off the bus. It was pissing rain outside. After about ten minutes of abusing them, he let them pay on. I can't believe this, tourists are people who should always be treated well. Mistakes happen, its not a big deal.

    When my girlfriend got off, she wrang the bell a little late and he said "should have went to specsavers" when she got off. How fcuked up is that?

    I'm going to make a complaint in the morning, its a fcuking joke. I can't believe no one spoke up on the bus either, I'd have gone mad at him.

    They were perfect targets. I've seen it time and time again. Wanker bus drivers only try to intimidate people who they think won't/can't stand up to them. They usually only pick on young women/teenagers. If its a foreigner that can't speak back then that's even better. A big burly, Irish bloke gets on the bus- will you hear a peep out of this driver?......will you ****.

    Pathetic.


  • #51
    Fuinseog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,371 ✭✭✭Fuinseog


    the groutch wrote: »
    it's because the drivers aren't allowed carry cash because:

    1. they can't be trusted not to steal it themselves.

    and

    2. they would be targeted for robberies and the their safety would be put at risk.

    so why are so trusting of bus eireann drivers with other towns and cities, who accept notes. could they not all feck off with the cash?


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  • #52
    [Deleted User]
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    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    im just back from the uk. the bus drivers there greeted me when i got on the bus and said thanks as i got off
    DB has a lot to learn

    I spend a lot of time in the UK and the passengers there tend to speak to the driver when they board the bus and say "thanks" when they get off. DB passengers have a lot to learn.

    Remember this guy?

    I'm not making excuses for the driver in the OP (who is clearly a first class díck) but I get 4 Dublin buses every week day and 90% of the people can't see past the machine to the actual human being sitting at the wheel.


  • #53
    Eve_Dublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,884 ✭✭✭Eve_Dublin


    I'm sure they're well used to it (the Spanish chicas).....Spanish bus drivers are obnoxious. Have got shouted at on various occasions. At this stage I'm kind of, "meh" about it. Must be a pain in the hole job.


    Edit: the bus driver in this story acted the prick though. No justifying it...


  • #54
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    Fuinseog wrote: »
    so why are so trusting of bus eireann drivers with other towns and cities, who accept notes. could they not all feck off with the cash?

    of course they could, Dublin Bus probably had higher instances of it in the past.


  • #55
    Gummy Panda
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    fasttalkerchat wrote: »
    Its stupid that bus drivers don't take notes. I was buying 2 tickets and gave him a fiver. Was told coins only. I said sorry I didn't know, keep the change. Still wouldn't take the money! Makes no sense at all!

    It's because they were getting held up by junkies with dirty needles during the 90s. Having no access to the money deterred further attacks.


  • #56
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    It's because they were getting held up by junkies with dirty needles during the 90s. Having no access to the money deterred further attacks.

    Was that a regular occurrence? Surely taxi drivers are going to be targeted more often since they will have a few hundred and are on their own with no cameras.


  • #57
    Redlion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Redlion


    fasttalkerchat wrote: »
    Was that a regular occurrence? Surely taxi drivers are going to be targeted more often since they will have a few hundred and are on their own with no cameras.

    Quite a few taxis now have cameras installed, and I'm fairly sure that taxi drivers would not carry hundreds on their person. They probably drop money off after a certain period of being on the road.


  • #58
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Fuinseog wrote: »
    only in Dublin do they not take notes and only here do they seem to need a protective glass.
    if they want things to run smoothly there should be signs up in a few languages (yes, not just English, not every tourist speaks it) stating what you need to do to buy a dublin bus ticket and warning them what they will not accept.
    Ever notice in Dublin Airport, all the signs are in English and Irish only!
    Would it kill the DAA to put up a few signs in Spanish/French/German/Polish/Russian/Chinese?


  • #59
    dejopadu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭dejopadu


    look lets be honest here, the spainish girls/women prob knew what they were doing, buy kids tickets & save some money. if they caught they play the 'i dont understand game'.....happens all the time.

    as for your one ringing the bell late, she got off lightly, at least the driver managed to stop, he could have easily just dropped her off at the next stop & said he hadnt enough time to stop safely.

    dublin bus drivers are grand, ive lived in other countries & i'd say there above the average - helpful, friendly, etc


  • #60
    Paparazzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,395 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    Some bus drivers are just wánkers.
    My grandad used to get the bus at the terminus, and if he arrived early the bus driver would make him stand outside the bus till it was 10am, even if it was raining (a few years ago the old age bus pass didn't cover you till off peak times). Dickhead driver sitting on a bus reading the paper making a 78 year old man stand in the rain.

    Most bus drivers are ok, but it's a profession that seems to have a higher percentage of knóbends than anything else.


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  • #61
    suicide_circus
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    dejopadu wrote: »
    look lets be honest here, the spainish girls/women prob knew what they were doing, buy kids tickets & save some money. if they caught they play the 'i dont understand game'.....happens all the time.
    yah i'd say theres a good chance of that, spanish tourist are notoriously tight with money, four of them nursing 1 pint of guinness and so on.


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