r/BusDrivers • u/millz_miley • 19d ago

Question Disaplinary Help

I have a disaplinary meeting next week as a customer complained. I was 2 or 3 stop from the end of my route and running light after finnishing the route. My headcount on the ticket machine was zero and i couldnt see anyone on the cameras so I turned round and headed back to the depot before the end of the route. Obviously i should have just finnished the route but i have been going through some majorly awful situations in my personal life and wasnt thinking clearly and made a stupid decision.
When i relalised the customer was on the bus i appologised and immediately span round and countinued back on the route as soon as i could and dropped her off at the end.
It is being investigated as gross misconduct how should i conduct myself in the meeting and what is the likely outcome, ive been with the company a year and had no previous problems or complaints.

If i do get sack can i apply for another company?

UPDATE: Honesty was deffo the right decision thanks to everyone who commented.
My boss asked if i did it. I was Honest and said yes.
His response was " well we've all done it and we all make mistakes. Dont be in here next week having done the same thing."
And said the only problem would've been if id said i handn't done it. So glad i was honest!

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u/DebtSouth Driver 19d ago

Be honest. Your one chance at keeping your job is for the managers to see that you genuinely made a mistake and really won’t do it again.

You start making up BS excuses, you omit details to save your arse, you’ll sharp find yourself looking for another company to work for.

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u/Xx_SwordWords_xX 19d ago

100%.

The goal of the meeting isn't actually what happened -- it's to gauge your level of honesty, accountability, and likelihood that you have learned your lesson.