Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Never Offend the Bus Driver
I took bus number 700 with bus license plate TIBS471G at around 11pm at a bus stop opposite Far East Plaza along orchard road. I am unable to provide the driver's name as he did not place his name at the "Servicing with pride" holder on the bus. Indeed, he was not servicing with pride and had made our journey an unhappy one. When i say "our", i refer to most of the passengers on the bus at that time who were aware of what was going on.
The bus was extremely packed when i boarded it. After the door closed, the bus driver shouted rudely to a man beside me that he was blocking the driver's view of the side mirror and asked him to move back. However, that man had no place to move to as the bus was too packed. The man tried to reply calmly by saying that he is unable to move back and that the bus driver should at least speak more politely. For some reason, this led on a further arguement between the driver and that man. This is just the beginning.
After stopping several times along the way because the bus driver was unable to see the side mirror, two malay punks rudely asked the driver to open the door, which he did. Then the two punks pushed past me and exited the bus, while shouting some vulgarities. At this point of time, i was quite impressed that the bus driver took it calmly and did not response ungentlemanly. However, he soon proves me wrong.
Along the expressway, he drove at an amazing speed of 30kmph most of the time. I know this because i was near the driver seat and could see the speedometer. After sometime, he improved and drove at around 40kmph. Thats about as fast as he could go. Several fellow passengers around me became quite annoyed and remarked loudly wondering if the bus was low on fuel. This was not the case as i took a look at the fuel guage as well. This only meant that the driver was purposely driving at a snail's pace for the entire stretch of expressway before coming to Bukit Panjang. Judging from the variety of expressions on the bus, i can infer that many passengers were getting impatient and angry. A malay lady near me even told me and my friend to "enjoy the ride" before she got off.
Although i sympathized with the driver because the mild abuse he got from some of the passengers earlier on, that does not warrant him the right to purposely drive the bus at such a slow pace and waste the entire bus load of passengers' precious time. I'm pretty sure some other passengers will be emailing about this as well, as i spotted some of them recording down the bus license plate number. I hope that serious action could be taken on the bus driver. The driver's mood should not delay and waste the time of passengers on the bus.
I look forward to a desirable reply from SMRT BUSES soon.
The bus was extremely packed when i boarded it. After the door closed, the bus driver shouted rudely to a man beside me that he was blocking the driver's view of the side mirror and asked him to move back. However, that man had no place to move to as the bus was too packed. The man tried to reply calmly by saying that he is unable to move back and that the bus driver should at least speak more politely. For some reason, this led on a further arguement between the driver and that man. This is just the beginning.
After stopping several times along the way because the bus driver was unable to see the side mirror, two malay punks rudely asked the driver to open the door, which he did. Then the two punks pushed past me and exited the bus, while shouting some vulgarities. At this point of time, i was quite impressed that the bus driver took it calmly and did not response ungentlemanly. However, he soon proves me wrong.
Along the expressway, he drove at an amazing speed of 30kmph most of the time. I know this because i was near the driver seat and could see the speedometer. After sometime, he improved and drove at around 40kmph. Thats about as fast as he could go. Several fellow passengers around me became quite annoyed and remarked loudly wondering if the bus was low on fuel. This was not the case as i took a look at the fuel guage as well. This only meant that the driver was purposely driving at a snail's pace for the entire stretch of expressway before coming to Bukit Panjang. Judging from the variety of expressions on the bus, i can infer that many passengers were getting impatient and angry. A malay lady near me even told me and my friend to "enjoy the ride" before she got off.
Although i sympathized with the driver because the mild abuse he got from some of the passengers earlier on, that does not warrant him the right to purposely drive the bus at such a slow pace and waste the entire bus load of passengers' precious time. I'm pretty sure some other passengers will be emailing about this as well, as i spotted some of them recording down the bus license plate number. I hope that serious action could be taken on the bus driver. The driver's mood should not delay and waste the time of passengers on the bus.
I look forward to a desirable reply from SMRT BUSES soon.
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