Job Woes

Well this was supposed to be angry tirade against all that is wrong with my job, but I'm a little removed from my shift and I don't really feel that passionate anger burning inside me anymore. That being said, the rant is still coming. It's just a kinder, more gentler version. But first, some background. I drive the campus shuttle buses, and overall it is a good job. Pays well, like my co-workers, and usually I can listen to music when I'm driving. All in all not too bad. There are a few things that get on my nerves, and I figured I'd write it out in list form...so pay attention passengers cause most of this shit is directed at you.

9 Things Guaranteed to Piss off your friendly Bus Driver (Cause I couldn't think of 10)
1. When you do NOT ask to get off at a stop that you know the bus does not usually stop at...and then you blame me. Ummm...how does that make sense? Our buses only have a few stops where we actually have to stop, the rest of the stops, the passenger has TO ASK US. I'm not effing psychic, I can't read your mind, and I will NOT be making eye contact with you because guess what? I'm effing driving.

2. I know our shuttle buses are free (for the most part) but there are some occasions when if you walked instead taking the bus, you might actually get some more exercise. I mean, lets say your car is in the parking lot. You walk to your car right? I kid you not, passengers will get on my bus, and ask for me to literally drop them off 200 yards down the street. Exercise people! America is fat enough as it is!

3. For crying out loud, if you are about to get on the bus, and you see someone getting off? WAIT FOR THEM TO GET OFF. It's just common courtesy right? I mean, why say "oops, excuse me" and STILL push your way past the passenger getting off? That's like me saying you're ugly, and then saying that I didn't mean it but that you should still get plastic surgery.

4. When I see you walking down the street, shooting the shit, drinking some tea, and you make me wait for you while you slowly take your time to get to my bus. DUDES...(and dudettes) we are on a schedule, and most of the times, we're either late or on time. That means regardless, most of the time, you (the passenger) are LATE. And if we wait for you, then that makes us even more late, so if you're late and you see a bus waiting for you? You better run like Forrest or else I'm gonna peace out.

5. IF you know you are getting off at a stop before everyone else is, and you know that the bus is going to be full (which is actually really easy to figure out), STAY NEAR THE FRONT OF THE BUS. I mean, if you go to the back of the bus, not only are you making me late, you're making your fellow passengers late. Why? Because they have to get off the bus, so that you can get off. And then they have to get on the bus. Like. Back on the bus. For you. The sad truth my friend is that you're just not that important enough to be making people get off and on a bus for you. Please, just be considerate of other peeps, thats all I'm asking.

6. So if whoever is reading this hasn't realized by now that I'm a bus driver...well, I hope you have. I'm just going to go out on a limb here and believe that you agree with me when I say my job is to drive the bus? Right? Right! My job should not include PICKING UP YOUR TRASH. Seriously? I mean how hard is it to bring your trash with you? As hard as this is to believe, I am not training for a future career as a janitor. I unfortunately, hate picking up trash. Weird huh? SO THROW IT AWAY. You throw away your empty popcorn box at the theater right? Just think of my bus as an ocean. Filled with cute little baby seals. Every piece of trash you throw away is going to choke and kill my cute little baby seals. Do the right thing. Save the animals.

7. Please stop asking me to drop you off at the corner. Or by that stop light. Or next to that cute girl walking down the street. Do I look like a taxi? Am I bright yellow? Do I have a little thing on my dash that counts how much money you owe me? NO. I am a bus driver. I have designated stops. And I will definitely get into trouble if I just let you off randomly somewhere. So STOP ASKING.

8. Quit cutting me off a-holes

9. Stop walking in front of the bus when you get off! But why? Oh I dunno, maybe cause its dangerous??!! Do I even have to say more? Aside from that, when your friend drops you off somewhere, do you walk in front of their car? No, you don't, because they'd probably call you a douchebag. WAIT until the bus leaves before you cross the street. K thanks!

Wellzor, thats about it. But in all honesty, you passengers are luvverly. Us bus drivers tend to be way more bitter because something we think is easy to do is mainly just because we see it everyday. Whats that one thing...we kid because we care. STILL. Try to not do the above, and we be kewl. LOL. ROFL Copter!! Pwnzor!! LMAO!!! lollllzzz!!