Dudes, what’s your freaking deal? Why do you state really hard at my hands for my fare? No eye contact, no hello, no nod of acceptance or recognition of good will. You don’t answer when I say hello and refuse to communicate with me. You clearly hate the world and pull this munuevre out especially for people you don’t like (often times me ) And I see you do it to some people and not others. I’ve been riding the bus here for 15 years; I’ve seen all the shit. I’ve seen people die, get attacked, have heart attacks, get in fights, harass and scream, OD, tweek out and everything else you could imagine. So I know the job is tough. But there are plenty of other drivers who’ve been doing it longer and drive worse lines than yours yet don’t do this no matter how bad of a time they’re going through. So what’s your excuse? Why do you have to resort to such childish behavior? Can you please stop? I’d rather have you just say nothing and ignore me. That I can at least repect. Cause I know shit can get crazy and it can disturb a person down to the core so I’ll cut you some slack too. Especially if you used to drive the 2am number 20 out to Gresham several years ago before the 24hr service thing. That shit was crazy. (And I don’t think any of those dudes ever really resorted to this kinda behavior either so props to them) But still, I know you can do better. The better you treat me the more likely I will be to have your back when the shit goes down. And I will too. I promise. Just don’t be a dick.

5 replies on “Passive aggressive busdrivers?!?!”

  1. The bus driver is there to drive the bus and to do so safely. They aren’t there to be your buddy.

    Also, say your bus driver suddenly decides to chat a bit with every rider boarding their bus, do you have any idea what amount of time that would add up to? How it would start to back up the driver’s schedule?

    When you are at work, do you ever just wish to focus on the task at hand and not have co-workers interrupt you randomly to chat? Or it’s just been a bad day and you want to be left alone? Or you have some serious worries and thus don’t have the energy to be bright and cheerful at work? Are you bright and chipper at the start of the work day? Near the end of the work day?

    Give the drivers a break, a shift I am sure can be incredibly draining.

    Look for validation from other people in your life.

  2. Bus drivers in this city continuously impress me on a day to day level. I’m convinced some of these people are superhuman. Although I guess people working jobs of any kind are all different and they’re just that. People. Some are great and sometimes some are not so great. But trimet drivers are almost all great. Which is what really impresses me.

  4. “The better you treat me

    the more likely I will be

    to have your back

    when the shit

    goes down.

    And I

    will too.

    I promise.”

    do you Promise

    not to Melt down when

    all the Shite goes down?

    ’cause I’m not

    sensing it cuz.

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