Saying "Thanks" to the bus driver:

dublinman1990 · 27-09-2012 02:21AM

No

Suas11 wrote: »

What's a mentaler?

To my knowledge; it is a Irish slang term to suggest someone who has a mental illness.

It really is very cruel to hear such crap like that being said to a bus driver.

Canis Lupus · 27-09-2012 02:25AM

Here in Brisbane it's quite common for people to get off through the middle doors and shout thanks up the bus which I find funny. Nice though.

ormond lad · 27-09-2012 02:49AM

Depends on the bus company and if i know the driver. If i know the driver, from regularly driving the route i use, il thank him otherwise i dont

strokeslover · 27-09-2012 04:02AM

No

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Here in Brisbane it's quite common for people to get off through the middle doors and shout thanks up the bus which I find funny. Nice though.

Same over here in Sydney, they always shout thanks to the driver!

27-09-2012 04:11AM

No

I always thank the bus driver. Maybe, it is the catholic shame.

mauzo · 27-09-2012 04:30AM

No

Rarely use buses but would always thank the driver.

I even find myself giving the luas driver a little nod and wave of thanks when I get off. They normally wave back. I'd say I look a bit crazy....

Wee Willy Harris · 27-09-2012 04:48AM

No

I remember how wee willy had to fill in once for a, lull in my career trust me we only did it to look at skirt; getting on the bus.

That schoolgirl that was with one some time back? rumour has it she didn't pay her fare.

splendid101 · 27-09-2012 01:25PM

No

THall04 wrote: »

Neewbie_noob wrote: »

Do you say thanks to the driver upon disembarkation? Maybe it's me, but I find it absolutely cringe worthy when people alight from the bus and walk past the driver without acknowledging the driver. I make it my mission to say it every time I pass him.

No , I don't......don't think I ever have.
Only replying to this thread because I'am genuinely surprised at the numbers who said they do.
I always use please and thank you, when buying stuff in a shop , and automatically thank the bus driver (the odd time I use a bus) after I receive my ticket...but getting off the bus the bus I've never thanked the driver....can't see the point of it.

Just wondering if this is something from childhood , and all those who thank the driver used a bus to get to school....and got into the habit of thanking that driver.
I always walked to school , and when I got the bus into town you could get on at the back of the bus (or later..middle doors) and never had any interaction with the driver because you had bus conductors at the time.

I never got the bus to school. Moved to Dublin about ten years ago and I always say thanks to the the driver, always have.

I thank Bus Eireann drivers, taxi drivers and shop keepers too.

LordSutch · 27-09-2012 01:36PM

Next time I get off a train I must run back up the platform, knock on the drivers cab and thank him - daft.

Anyway, the new Dublin double deckers (with middle exit doors) means that you will have to shout THANKS to the bus driver as you exit

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splendid101 · 27-09-2012 01:43PM

No

LordSutch wrote: »

Next time I get off a train I must run back up the platform, knock on the drivers cab and thank him - daft.

Anyway, the new Dublin double deckers (with middle exit doors) means that you will have to shout THANKS to the bus driver as you exit )

New buses? I haven't seen any new buses yet.

Thanks the train drive would be stupid. As would shouting your thanks at the driver from the middle doors.

It's sound if you're walking by him anyway, but no point roaring it up the bus across people.

LordSutch · 27-09-2012 01:49PM

splendid101 wrote: »

New buses? I haven't seen any new buses yet.

New GT class > http://www.dublinbus.cc/gt1.htm

27-09-2012 02:11PM

No

Wow the Grand Tourer!!!!
Hope it's not loud, some of the current ones going round sound like a ****ing plane landing.

Piliger · 27-09-2012 03:06PM

No

It is so comforting to see that there is still a great amount of common courtesy in Irish culture.

juan.kerr · 27-09-2012 04:34PM

No

It would be rude...not to.

UCDVet · 27-09-2012 05:57PM

Sound of Silence wrote: »

Has being thanked too much ever been a problem for anyone?

I would go mad if I had to hear 'Thank you, cheers, thanks, thank you, thank you, thanks' all day at work. I'd also feel obligated to say 'You're welcome' to each and everyone of them.

It'd be annoying and seem very insincere, IMHO. I have coworkers who end every e-mail they send with 'Thank you'. They don't even type it (they set it up to autoconfigure). To me, it's meaningless.

The Big Red Button · 27-09-2012 06:09PM

No

UCDVet wrote: »

I would go mad if I had to hear 'Thank you, cheers, thanks, thank you, thank you, thanks' all day at work. I'd also feel obligated to say 'You're welcome' to each and everyone of them.

It'd be annoying and seem very insincere, IMHO. I have coworkers who end every e-mail they send with 'Thank you'. They don't even type it (they set it up to autoconfigure). To me, it's meaningless.

Yeah that's something that bugs me too ... I had a colleague who had "Many thanks" in her e-mail sig. I always thought it looked a bit stupid - there generally wasn't any reason she'd be thanking the person/people receiving the e-mails.

Mint Sauce · 27-09-2012 07:16PM

Generally I will, weather it be here in Ireland, or when over in London, or abroad (in their own language).

Although sometimes a little more difficult in London, especially when the bus is crowded, as they make use of the middle doors all the time unlike in Dublin.

bb1234567 · 27-09-2012 07:52PM

No

Ye I always say thanks, I do it to try and cheer them up..they always look so depressed:pac: I feel sorry for them..
But some bus drivers are really nice and smiley and friendly which is nice to see:)

languagenerd · 27-09-2012 08:10PM

No

I don't understand people who say "He's being paid to do it, so I won't say thanks".

I say "thanks" to bus drivers, just like I thank the waitress who brings me my food, the barista who makes my coffee, the shop assistant who takes for whatever I'm buying, the security guards who let me into the college library, the teachers who run classes...

All of the above people are being paid to be there, but why not say "thanks" when you get the product/service you want? Basic courtesy. They're human beings, not robots! Some people are exceedingly rude to sales assistants - why?!

UglyBolloxFace · 27-09-2012 08:44PM

Thanks for the thread OP.

LordSutch · 28-09-2012 08:29PM

languagenerd wrote: »

I don't understand people who say "He's being paid to do it, so I won't say thanks".

I say "thanks" to bus drivers, just like I thank the waitress who brings me my food, the barista who makes my coffee, the shop assistant who takes for whatever I'm buying, the security guards who let me into the college library, the teachers who run classes...

All of the above people are being paid to be there, but why not say "thanks" when you get the product/service you want? Basic courtesy. They're human beings, not robots! Some people are exceedingly rude to sales assistants - why?!

Interestingly I also say thank you to the waitress who brings me my food, I say thank you to the person who holds a door for me, I also say thank you to the check out girl when she gives me my change, I say thank you to all sorts of people (usually with a smile) because I am that type of person, until for some reason I get off a bus!

I don't understand the thanks to the driver thing at all though, its just not logical for several reasons, firstly its his job to drive the bus, to stop it, and to press the button that opens the doors, secondly if everybody was to thank him then he must also acknowledge everyone > all day for six or eight hours (poor driver), and thirdly, having lived away I am programmed to exiting the bus by the Exit doors (middle doors) with nobody to thank, so why thank the driver?

I have muttered the odd pleasantry to the driver though, like Cheers, Goodnight, All the best, God Bless, etc etc . . . . if that counts?

splendid101 · 28-09-2012 11:15PM

No

LordSutch wrote: »

I don't understand the thanks to the driver thing at all though, its just not logical for several reasons, firstly its his job to drive the bus, to stop it, and to press the button that opens the doors, secondly if everybody was to thank him then he must also acknowledge everyone > all day for six or eight hours (poor driver), and thirdly, having lived away I am programmed to exiting the bus by the Exit doors (middle doors) with nobody to thank, so why thank the driver?

I have muttered the odd pleasantry to the driver though, like Cheers, Goodnight, All the best, God Bless, etc etc . . . . if that counts?

pppffffffttt!

Bringing logic into your reasons for thanking them isn't very sensible. People just thanks them because it's a nice thing to do and it's mannerly.

The fact that it's their job is irrelevant and this point of yours is contradicted by your first paragraph, where you say you thank other people for doing their job.

Muttering the odd pleasantry does count but why bother when it's just the f*ckers' job?

UCDVet · 28-09-2012 11:45PM

splendid101 wrote: »

pppffffffttt!

Bringing logic into your reasons for thanking them isn't very sensible. People just thanks them because it's a nice thing to do and it's mannerly.

The fact that it's their job is irrelevant and this point of yours is contradicted by your first paragraph, where you say you thank other people for doing their job.

Muttering the odd pleasantry does count but why bother when it's just the f*ckers' job?

For me the distinction is that the bus driver isn't stopping the bus for *me*. He's stopping the bus; and I'm getting on or off. At least, when I ride the bus, it's full. I'm never the only one getting on or off. I don't feel as though I'm interacting with the driver. I use a bus pass too - so I'm actually interacting with the machine that goes 'beep'.

If I go to McDonald's, I'll say 'Thank you' to the girl behind the counter because her and I are interacting with one another, directly. But I don't bother to yell to the back and thank the guy who actually made my burger.

They both are working and they both are needed for me to get my food.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 28-09-2012 11:55PM

No

Its like I'm programmed to do so, I have to acknowledge the driver. 90% of the time I get a reaction. Sometimes though there's just silence. :mad:

fkt · 28-09-2012 11:58PM

kfallon wrote: »

I say thanks to anyone who has provided me with a service, it's what manners are for!

Train drivers, pilots etc.?

Never, unless he/she was particularly nice(waited for me, for eg.)

splendid101 · 29-09-2012 12:43AM

No

UCDVet wrote: »

....I don't bother to yell to the back and thank the guy who actually made my burger.

You f*cking rude bastard!

I usually make a point of thanking the staff of the factory that makes the paper bag in which I carry my food out of Mcdonald's. I at least send them an email.

Manners cost nothing you stingey git!

af_thefragile · 29-09-2012 01:33AM

No

I'ld love some thanks!!!

stateofflux · 29-09-2012 01:36AM

i always say thanks and look the bus driver in the eye when im saying it. as there has been plenty of times that same driver saw me running to the stop as he was pulling away and stopped and other times where he let me onboard when i didnt have the full fare....

languagenerd · 30-09-2012 12:06PM

No

LordSutch wrote: »

Interestingly I also say thank you to the waitress who brings me my food, I say thank you to the person who holds a door for me, I also say thank you to the check out girl when she gives me my change, I say thank you to all sorts of people (usually with a smile) because I am that type of person, until for some reason I get off a bus!

I don't understand the thanks to the driver thing at all though, its just not logical for several reasons, firstly its his job to drive the bus, to stop it, and to press the button that opens the doors, secondly if everybody was to thank him then he must also acknowledge everyone > all day for six or eight hours (poor driver), and thirdly, having lived away I am programmed to exiting the bus by the Exit doors (middle doors) with nobody to thank, so why thank the driver?

I have muttered the odd pleasantry to the driver though, like Cheers,
Goodnight, All the best, God Bless, etc etc . . . . if that counts?

So it's not logical to thank the bus driver, but it is logical to thank the checkout girl? What if I substitute "checkout girl" for "bus driver" into your post? Is that still logical? :P

I don't understand the thanks to the checkout girl thing at all though, its just not logical for several reasons, firstly, it's her job to operate the checkout, to scan items and give change, secondly if everybody was to thank her, then she must also acknowledge eveyone > all day for six or eight hours (poor checkout girl), and thirdly, having lived away I am programmed to use self-service checkout machines to buy my stuff with nobody to thank, so why thank the checkout girl?

I don't mind whether you thank the driver or not, but it's not down to logic! I thank anyone who provides a service, usually without thinking about it...

KittyeeTrix · 30-09-2012 01:07PM

No

Pure ignorant to pass by the driver without saying thanks.....

I wouldn't dream of doing so!!

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