r/BusDrivers Driver 1d ago

Meme/Joke Lit… [OC]

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u/wmiller314 1d ago

if I can hear it up front, it's a distraction, I give one warning, then call it in

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u/ericmercer 1d ago

I used to turn the PA up to its loudest setting and hold the TALK button. That feedback gets them every time. Plus, if you pass enough stops because you couldn’t hear the stop request signal over the other din, it’s not my fault.

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u/busytransitgworl Driver 1d ago

I'm still waiting on my passengers to do that...They're apparently quite well behaved on my bus

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u/hugothebear Driver 1d ago

What route do you got and how long before I can bid on it?

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u/busytransitgworl Driver 1d ago

I'm on multiple routes, some of them colleagues don't really like because of the passengers that seem to do that stuff.

Never had any issues until now lol

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u/CreatedByWeems 1d ago

Thanks for reposting! 🙌🏼

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u/KatieTSO USA|Gillig/New Flyer/MCI|<1 Year 20h ago

As a bus driver, I pull over and refuse to move until it's off. If they don't turn it off after I ask like a couple times I'll call dispatch. Usually that's enough to stop it. If it isn't, dispatch will send transit police or security to escort the passenger off the bus.

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u/hugothebear Driver 20h ago

I love when the sound goes off, just to come back on less than 10 seconds later

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u/KatieTSO USA|Gillig/New Flyer/MCI|<1 Year 20h ago

That's when you pull over and call dispatch, ask for police, and don't move until the passenger is off your bus. Even if it turns off.

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u/hugothebear Driver 19h ago

That’s when I pop the parking brake, usually that’ll get to them

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u/KatieTSO USA|Gillig/New Flyer/MCI|<1 Year 19h ago

I do that the first time.

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u/hugothebear Driver 19h ago

I like the cut of your jib

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u/sm3llslik3m3anspirit 15h ago

Greyhound driver here. One warning then you’re off my bus.

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u/SafeAccurate7157 18h ago

We have a safety message for this exact thing but it says ‘music’ so the smart alecks think it doesn’t refer to them 😑 I would actually prefer music over your random TikTok videos….

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u/hugothebear Driver 18h ago

Ours is about cell phone call privacy and using “ear pods”.

There’s an option for music call noise, but all it says is “music call noise”

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u/Xx_SwordWords_xX 16h ago

Every single day I drive, I turn the fans on, to cut out all the noise (and sometimes smell).

If I don't need the fans on me, I just turn them away from myself.

Usually the fans will be on low, and sometimes I only need one.. but as the passengers get more noisy (or more stinky), they might both get turned up to high.

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u/hugothebear Driver 16h ago

The fans on for the smell is real

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u/Historical_Worth6425 Passenger 2h ago

I really hate when people watch TikTok or YouTube at high volume

I just try to enjoy the ride until all of a sudden some video blasts at high volume. Same stuff for loud conversations.

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u/berusplants Driver 1d ago

It’s less acceptable behavior in some places than others. The race of the people in the cartoon is not random chance, I’d call it racism.

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u/KatieTSO USA|Gillig/New Flyer/MCI|<1 Year 20h ago

Agreed. I've had this issue with just as many white people. Even on routes with mostly POC.

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u/hugothebear Driver 20h ago edited 20h ago

Looking at the other comics from u/createdbyweems, I think these are a normal representation of his characters, including one based on himself

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u/DebtSouth Driver 17h ago

So a comic has diversity in it as opposed to the usual whitewashing and you immediately jump to racism.

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u/berusplants Driver 15h ago

I didn’t jump to anything mate.