Dublin Bus Wan*ers

Dunny · 12-01-2013 01:54AM

TheBikeGuy wrote: »

You can see from the other comments that this isnt a isolated incident. And all you sarcastic posters are problaby lucky enough not to have to deal with this behaviour when your simple trying to go about your daily business. I doubt yous are paying 40% of your weekly income to commute and excuse me if i sound a little like Michael Douglas from falling down but its incredible annoying. Maybe I should just follow the typical Irish attitude of keeping my mouth shut and keep putting up with with whatever pathetic level of customer service I am lucky enough to receive. Grow up people, If no one ever holds poor performers to account they will never improve. No wonder this countries in a mess with people like you abusing someone for daring to questioning atrocious levels of customer service.

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augustus gloop · 12-01-2013 01:54AM

poor fella prob needed the toilet or something, and what about it? he "stole 10 minutes of your day, so what. the dublin bus drivers have a tough job, and cop alot of chit from fools all the time. i find they provide a great service. you writing mid rant that your a student made alot of sense, wait till your out working buddy, i hope your first boss is more tolerant than you seem to be.

*i am not a DB driver, nor do I personally know any

gurramok · 12-01-2013 01:55AM

TheBikeGuy wrote: »

I doubt yous are paying 40% of your weekly income to commute and excuse me if i sound a little like Michael Douglas from falling down but its incredible annoying.

Get a car.

TheVoodoo · 12-01-2013 01:55AM

TheBikeGuy wrote: »

I doubt yous are paying 40% of your weekly income to commute

Do you use the 30 day Student rambler? If you don't, do. It'll save you some money.

Max Power · 12-01-2013 01:56AM

TheBikeGuy wrote: »

You can see from the other comments that this isnt a isolated incident. And all you sarcastic posters are problaby lucky enough not to have to deal with this behaviour when your simple trying to go about your daily business. I doubt yous are paying 40% of your weekly income to commute and excuse me if i sound a little like Michael Douglas from falling down but its incredible annoying. Maybe I should just follow the typical Irish attitude of keeping my mouth shut and keep putting up with with whatever pathetic level of customer service I am lucky enough to receive. Grow up people, If no one ever holds poor performers to account they will never improve. No wonder this countries in a mess with people like you abusing someone for daring to questioning atrocious levels of customer service.

Pity the bus driver didn't bring a return key back with him.

TheBikeGuy · 12-01-2013 01:56AM

slim223 wrote: »

if €700 is 40% of your weekly cash, don't expect pity on after hours

700 euro a year, i.e 20 euro a week for 35 college weeks out of a 50 euro total = 40%

repsol · 12-01-2013 01:57AM

TheBikeGuy wrote: »

The operate in a world of there own, try punish a union protected worker!

A student having a pop at unions? Priceless.As well as current workers,unions work hard to maintain pay and conditions for future employees (some of them might be students now). If there were no unions,what kind of job do you think you would get when you are finished studying? Easy to sit in the artificial world that is a classroom every day and have a go at a working man.Virtually every health and safety or equality legislation that was introduced was fought for by unions.:mad:

Dunny · 12-01-2013 01:57AM

TheBikeGuy wrote: »

700 euro a year, i.e 20 euro a week for 35 college weeks out of a 50 euro total = 40%

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*with bad knees*

Extinction · 12-01-2013 01:57AM

TheBikeGuy wrote: »

You can see from the other comments that this isnt a isolated incident. And all you sarcastic posters are problaby lucky enough not to have to deal with this behaviour when your simple trying to go about your daily business. I doubt yous are paying 40% of your weekly income to commute and excuse me if i sound a little like Michael Douglas from falling down but its incredible annoying. Maybe I should just follow the typical Irish attitude of keeping my mouth shut and keep putting up with with whatever pathetic level of customer service I am lucky enough to receive. Grow up people, If no one ever holds poor performers to account they will never improve. No wonder this countries in a mess with people like you abusing someone for daring to questioning atrocious levels of customer service.

Quite right OP. You have lost a full 10 minutes of your life that you can never get back because of the crazy antics of the driver. Fight them all the way to Europe if you have to.

TheBikeGuy · 12-01-2013 01:59AM

augustus gloop wrote: »

poor fella prob needed the toilet or something, and what about it? he "stole 10 minutes of your day, so what. the dublin bus drivers have a tough job, and cop alot of chit from fools all the time. i find they provide a great service. you writing mid rant that your a student made alot of sense, wait till your out working buddy, i hope your first boss is more tolerant than you seem to be.

*i am not a DB driver, nor do I personally know any

10 minutes of a 40 minute bus journey = 25% of time wasted. I doubt to many employers would tolerate this. Just because I'm a student dont write off my opinion. Poor performance is poor performance defending it is pathetic

Max Power · 12-01-2013 01:59AM

Extinction wrote: »

Quite right OP. You have lost a full 10 minutes of your life that you can never get back because of the crazy antics of the driver. Fight them all the way to Europe if you have to.

Wastes 10 minutes waiting on the driver. Wastes an hour on Boards whinging about it.

brummytom · 12-01-2013 02:00AM

I used to live in a small town in Staffordshire. I was getting the bus to school one day for an exam (around lunchtime, it was me and old ladies on).
The bus driver got off and starting delivering newspapers along the road.

Also had a BÉ driver from Dublin-Cavan stop the coach for a fag break.

Zab · 12-01-2013 02:01AM

TheBikeGuy wrote: »

Its a 40 minute journey that was two minutes drive before being completed. He could of been adult enough to go toilet beforehand or could hold it the extra TWO minutes

If you saw him coming back out with a shopping bag then I'd absolutely report him, that would be totally out of order. If he got caught out and needed to make an emergency trip to the toilet then imo you should let this one go.

LETHAL LADY · 12-01-2013 02:02AM

TheBikeGuy wrote: »

10 minutes of a 40 minute bus journey = 25% of time wasted. I doubt to many employers would tolerate this. Just because I'm a student dont write off my opinion. Poor performance is poor performance defending it is pathetic

Did you inform him of your displeasure?

TheBikeGuy · 12-01-2013 02:02AM

repsol wrote: »

A student having a pop at unions? Priceless.As well as current workers,unions work hard to maintain pay and conditions for future employees (some of them might be students now). If there were no unions,what kind of job do you think you would get when you are finished studying? Easy to sit in the artificial world that is a classroom every day and have a go at a working man.Virtually every health and safety or equality legislation that was introduced was fought for by unions.:mad:

Theres enough legislation to protect workers now, a good employee will always be employable, it is the foolish and poor performing employees like this driver who are protected by unions. Why should he be employed over someone who will perform better? simply because he got in first and hes a union behind him

seven_eleven · 12-01-2013 02:02AM

doolox wrote: »

On the rural roads the opposite is often the case, Bus Eireanns busses go faster than many country car drivers.......

Yet they seem to be an hour behind schedule anyway at the end of their lines. If you look at the time tables, they have ridiculous times they expect their drivers to keep to. Impossible.

Dunny · 12-01-2013 02:03AM

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Did you inform him of your displeasure?

Dont you know his ligaments are damaged?! He couldnt get up!

orestes · 12-01-2013 02:03AM

Namlub wrote: »

The same thing has happened to me, except there were other people on the bus. And he was buying a breakfast roll...

I'm not gonna argue with this one, nothing should come between a hungry man and his breakfast roll.

TheBikeGuy · 12-01-2013 02:05AM

Extinction wrote: »

Quite right OP. You have lost a full 10 minutes of your life that you can never get back because of the crazy antics of the driver. Fight them all the way to Europe if you have to.

Ok lets all just sit back and accept what ever level of service they bother to give us. Great way to encourage improvement. 25% of that journeys time was wasted due to this driver. Thats a pathetically high amount and wouldnt be tolerated in any other non public employment or any other country. But no we're Irish sure its grand we dont need effective public transport

TheBikeGuy · 12-01-2013 02:06AM

Dunny wrote: »

Dont you know his ligaments are damaged?! He couldnt get up!

Oh wow so witty you must be very clever

repsol · 12-01-2013 02:07AM

TheBikeGuy wrote: »

Theres enough legislation to protect workers now, a good employee will always be employable, it is the foolish and poor performing employees like this driver who are protected by unions. Why should he be employed over someone who will perform better? simply because he got in first and hes a union behind him

You have a serious shock coming to you when/if you ever get a job with that attitude. Maybe if you don't do well on an exam we should kick you out of college and give your place to someone else who might do better?

Dunny · 12-01-2013 02:07AM

TheBikeGuy wrote: »

Oh wow so witty you must be very clever

Thank you squire. Afterall, you are my inspiration.

Max Power · 12-01-2013 02:07AM

OP likes converting everything into percentages 100% of the time.

TheBikeGuy · 12-01-2013 02:08AM

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

OP likes converting everything into percentages 100% of the time.

To make it easy for the simple people to understand. Did you understand it?

Max Power · 12-01-2013 02:09AM

TheBikeGuy wrote: »

To make it easy for the simple people to understand. Did you understand it?

Only 25% of it.

Extinction · 12-01-2013 02:09AM

25% of time, 40% of your weekly cash! Your fond of the percentages, are you a math student by any chance? If you are then try work out what % of AH sympathise with you and your dodgy knees. This thread is 100% ridiculous if you ask me.

Where To · 12-01-2013 02:10AM

Next time I need a sh1t whilst on a run can I come round and do it on your bike OP?

Dunny · 12-01-2013 02:11AM

60% of the time, it works everytime.

sfwcork · 12-01-2013 02:11AM

TheBikeGuy wrote: »

To make it easy for the simple people to understand. Did you understand it?

The student is attempting to become the teacher

TheBikeGuy · 12-01-2013 02:12AM

repsol wrote: »

You have a serious shock coming to you when/if you ever get a job with that attitude. Maybe if you don't do well on an exam we should kick you out of college and give your place to someone else who might do better?

If i didnt do well in college I would be basicly kicked out by not being able to graduate. I wouldnt have my class mates protecting my position by saying if he goes then we wont work. At the end of the day, can you see that employee being able to get away with that with a private bus company?? He'd be sacked immediately

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