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Post by ThinLizzy on Jan 8, 2024 23:03:55 GMT
It’s sad in a way that us Londoner need reminding to thank bus drivers when as soon as you step outside London it comes as second nature to passengers. Why is it sad? You're paying them to take you somewhere and to do their job. They're not doing you a favour or anything. It's always nice to get some appreciation but I don't think people who don't say thank you should be criticised for it. It's just being polite, like when you pay for something in a shop or a postman gives you a parcel. They're all being paid to do a job, but you know, a little kindness and a little appreciation goes a long way. I always greet the driver as I get on as well, which also worked in my favour as a lot of the N15 and N551 drivers recognised me when going to/from work- always handy when the N551 drivers would drop me off at the roundabout by the depot instead of half way up Armada Way at Hornet Way. When I was customer facing, it was always appreciated when people said thank you as they got off my train.
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Jan 8, 2024 23:20:00 GMT
Why is it sad? You're paying them to take you somewhere and to do their job. They're not doing you a favour or anything. It's always nice to get some appreciation but I don't think people who don't say thank you should be criticised for it. It's just being polite, like when you pay for something in a shop or a postman gives you a parcel. They're all being paid to do a job, but you know, a little kindness and a little appreciation goes a long way. I always greet the driver as I get on as well, which also worked in my favour as a lot of the N15 and N551 drivers recognised me when going to/from work- always handy when the N551 drivers would drop me off at the roundabout by the depot instead of half way up Armada Way at Hornet Way. When I was customer facing, it was always appreciated when people said thank you as they got off my train. I'm not against thanking the driver, I don't agree with the point made that its sad that Londoners don't do it. Its not and shouldn't be an expectation.
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Post by DT 11 on Jan 9, 2024 2:45:16 GMT
It’s sad in a way that us Londoner need reminding to thank bus drivers when as soon as you step outside London it comes as second nature to passengers. Why is it sad? You're paying them to take you somewhere and to do their job. They're not doing you a favour or anything. It's always nice to get some appreciation but I don't think people who don't say thank you should be criticised for it. Paid or not being paid so what, majority of people have to do something for a living. No one is a Robot. You should have read up on Karma, whatever you put out there is what you get back in return. In addition technically when you get on a bus the Fare goes directly to TFL, you are not paying the driver. No one is obligated to say thank you however go outside of London and manners are very different. London has too many miserable people with high expectations, people who feel more important than others, most importantly a lot of people have no common sense. Overall I find many of the older generation passengers to be the most respectful on buses. When I used to do the 160 there was a school child who always got on my bus and said thank you when boarding and was always well behaved on the bus, he got on the 202 once said thank you and I recognised him straight away, when he was about to get off and I asked him “Did you used to get on the 160” he said yes and he remembers me from that route… I don’t know him however because of the manners saying thank you everytime he got on, I remembered him. Small things like that are remembered… and honestly it is good to remember someone for a good thing rather than bad because it is much easier to remember a passenger for any bad experiences or problems they have caused. Now compare this to the above, a passenger getting off my bus shouted out “Well done mate” and started shaking his head when he got off because the rear door was in front of a tree. This particular stop “Mobtbelle Road” on Green Lane has a tree in the middle plus a badly parked vehicle in front… when he was nowhere near the bus he tripped over a paving stone... got what was coming to him and deserved it too for not observing
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Post by greenboy on Jan 9, 2024 5:59:22 GMT
It’s sad in a way that us Londoner need reminding to thank bus drivers when as soon as you step outside London it comes as second nature to passengers. It does work both ways and some drivers need reminding to thank passengers, I've seen people just get totally ignored when they've thanked the driver and so they probably won't bother again and obviously the assault screen makes any conversation difficult. Most people do seem to thank the driver when leaving by the front door but on two doored buses it's not really practical.
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Post by mondraker275 on Jan 10, 2024 17:44:58 GMT
It’s sad in a way that us Londoner need reminding to thank bus drivers when as soon as you step outside London it comes as second nature to passengers. It does work both ways and some drivers need reminding to thank passengers, I've seen people just get totally ignored when they've thanked the driver and so they probably won't bother again and obviously the assault screen makes any conversation difficult. Most people do seem to thank the driver when leaving by the front door but on two doored buses it's not really practical. That is also why you get more thank yous outside of London with mainly front door operation.
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Post by busoccultation on Jan 10, 2024 18:20:36 GMT
It does work both ways and some drivers need reminding to thank passengers, I've seen people just get totally ignored when they've thanked the driver and so they probably won't bother again and obviously the assault screen makes any conversation difficult. Most people do seem to thank the driver when leaving by the front door but on two doored buses it's not really practical. That is also why you get more thank yous outside of London with mainly front door operation. I do see more thank you to the driver on the London routes that are usually single door operated than your standard dual door buses though you can still see it a common place on some Outer London routes that are a lot further away from Central London. One of the things I do like about single door buses is that it is easier to say thank you to the driver or to have a better interaction with the driver when leaving the bus even though it won't be practical on most London routes.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Jan 13, 2024 5:08:37 GMT
It’s sad in a way that us Londoner need reminding to thank bus drivers when as soon as you step outside London it comes as second nature to passengers. Absolutely, though part of that is because outside of London buses are single door, and if people pass the driver on their way out then they are more obliged to thank the driver. When I lived in Yorkshire it was definitely noticeable. I make a point of thanking the driver at the end of my journey on single-door vehicles, even in the rare examples in London. Shouting thank you when exiting from the centre door (or rear door on LTs) feels unconventional, if indeed the driver would hear me.
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