SBS bus driver, fucking attitude.
At approximately 11.28pm on the 28th of July, I was waiting for Bus 101 at Hougang Street 51 Block 574. Around 13 mins later, I saw the bus approaching.
I immediately stood up and flagged for the bus upon seeing it. At that point of time, the bus was approximately less than 150m away yet it moved at such a speed whereby it took more than one whole minute to get to the bus stop.
Point to ponder, is this how bus drivers should react upon seeing that there is a passenger flagging frantically for it?
I thus told my boyfriend in a casual and joking manner. "I want to scold the bus driver. Hahahaha. My tortoise runs faster than it." I was even laughing and saying it at the same time. Upon boarding the bus, I got a stare from the bus driver. Apparently, he overheard what I said to my boyfriend. But is there a need to throw me, a mere passenger, that dagger stare?
He could have brushed my comment aside and behave like a PROPER bus driver. But NO, to my horror, he asked me, "What, you want to scold me huh?".
A question to ask, is this the kind of attitude I should get from a bus driver? As a bus driver, he is rendering his services to us. In other words, he is working in a service industry. Is such attitude tolerable in a service industry? I believe not.
Before he confronted me, i.e upon boarding the bus, I paid $1.10 in cash for my trip back to Charlton Corner. I wanted to feign ignorance so as to avoid the confrontation but he did not give me a chance to. He refused to issue the my bus ticket to me until I answered his question.
In my personal opinion, SBS brings comfort and convenience to the people. I have waited for half an hour for the arrival of buses before. I have encountered buses with ventilation so bad that I can hyperventilate in them. But I have never complained as I think SBS has done a very good job in bringing convenience to the citizens of this country. However, the attitude of the bus driver today and the way he drives the bus disgust me.
SBS brings convenience to the people. By driving at such a slow speed, is that convenient in any way? There are no points to argue as a speed faster than that is still very much safe due to the conditions of the roads. The previous bus left more than 15 mins ago, so there is no way SBS can say that the driver is trying to comply with the timings for that bus route. The attitude of the bus driver has affected me to the extent that I feel uneasy being a passenger of that bus as stares were thrown back at me by him through the rear view mirror. In simpler words, this bus driver has totally crushed my positive opinion of SBS. In that 15 mins trip, I felt that SBS is neither convenient nor comfortable.
First, the bus moved at such a speed so slow I have never seen by any other SBS buses. Second, my passing comment caused me to face such terrible attitude from the bus driver. Third, the bus picked up speed only when another bus "80" was right behind it. (And when I say slow, I mean a speed so slow, a fast jogger can keep up with it.) Fourth, for consecutive times, the bus stopped outside the boarding berth of the bus stop when there are passengers who wants to board the bus. Note, there were no other vehicles parked directly in front of the bus stop.
May I enquire how did this said bus driver qualify to be one? Please look into this matter seriously and take appropriate disciplinary action as I do not want any other person to end up in the same situation as I did. It was not a very pleasant experience. I believe and trust that SBS will be able to handle the situation at its best.
At approximately 11.28pm on the 28th of July, I was waiting for Bus 101 at Hougang Street 51 Block 574. Around 13 mins later, I saw the bus approaching.
I immediately stood up and flagged for the bus upon seeing it. At that point of time, the bus was approximately less than 150m away yet it moved at such a speed whereby it took more than one whole minute to get to the bus stop.
Point to ponder, is this how bus drivers should react upon seeing that there is a passenger flagging frantically for it?
I thus told my boyfriend in a casual and joking manner. "I want to scold the bus driver. Hahahaha. My tortoise runs faster than it." I was even laughing and saying it at the same time. Upon boarding the bus, I got a stare from the bus driver. Apparently, he overheard what I said to my boyfriend. But is there a need to throw me, a mere passenger, that dagger stare?
He could have brushed my comment aside and behave like a PROPER bus driver. But NO, to my horror, he asked me, "What, you want to scold me huh?".
A question to ask, is this the kind of attitude I should get from a bus driver? As a bus driver, he is rendering his services to us. In other words, he is working in a service industry. Is such attitude tolerable in a service industry? I believe not.
Before he confronted me, i.e upon boarding the bus, I paid $1.10 in cash for my trip back to Charlton Corner. I wanted to feign ignorance so as to avoid the confrontation but he did not give me a chance to. He refused to issue the my bus ticket to me until I answered his question.
In my personal opinion, SBS brings comfort and convenience to the people. I have waited for half an hour for the arrival of buses before. I have encountered buses with ventilation so bad that I can hyperventilate in them. But I have never complained as I think SBS has done a very good job in bringing convenience to the citizens of this country. However, the attitude of the bus driver today and the way he drives the bus disgust me.
SBS brings convenience to the people. By driving at such a slow speed, is that convenient in any way? There are no points to argue as a speed faster than that is still very much safe due to the conditions of the roads. The previous bus left more than 15 mins ago, so there is no way SBS can say that the driver is trying to comply with the timings for that bus route. The attitude of the bus driver has affected me to the extent that I feel uneasy being a passenger of that bus as stares were thrown back at me by him through the rear view mirror. In simpler words, this bus driver has totally crushed my positive opinion of SBS. In that 15 mins trip, I felt that SBS is neither convenient nor comfortable.
First, the bus moved at such a speed so slow I have never seen by any other SBS buses. Second, my passing comment caused me to face such terrible attitude from the bus driver. Third, the bus picked up speed only when another bus "80" was right behind it. (And when I say slow, I mean a speed so slow, a fast jogger can keep up with it.) Fourth, for consecutive times, the bus stopped outside the boarding berth of the bus stop when there are passengers who wants to board the bus. Note, there were no other vehicles parked directly in front of the bus stop.
May I enquire how did this said bus driver qualify to be one? Please look into this matter seriously and take appropriate disciplinary action as I do not want any other person to end up in the same situation as I did. It was not a very pleasant experience. I believe and trust that SBS will be able to handle the situation at its best.
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