Other people’s crazy
I was on the 74 the other day, on my way to downtown STP. A woman got on the bus at W 7th and sat in the first seat, opposite the driver. She began to loudly yell at the bus driver to stop jerking the bus around.
She starting waving her hand at him saying “yes, you are going like this” (moving hand up and down) “you are pumping the gas peddle and it is annoying to me. I don’t know why EVERY bus driver does this.” She then moved from her seat and crouched in the aisle, just behind the yellow line, staring at his foot.
Every time he moved his foot to depress or let up the gas peddle she shouted “SEE! You are doing it again. STOP IT.”
The poor bus driver tried to explain something about how the bus operated and the transmission or something but she would have none of it.
Another rider tried to explain that if every bus driver she had ever seen did this, perhaps it did have something to do with the mechanics of how you drove the bus.
I know better than to get involved in other people’s crazy.. but I couldn’t help it, she was being obnoxious and extremely rude to the driver. I had listened to her for nearly 10 minutes and I was done.
On my way off the bus at rice park, I told her “I don’t think anyone comes to your office to complain.”
Her response? She kicked me!? I am 9 months pregnant, was hungry and hot. I was in no position to be messed with. I turned and she had moved quickly to the back of the bus. Apparently I got my point across. Hope she shut up for the remainder of the ride!
Jun 25th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
If I would of been on that bus and seen her kick you I would of yelled at her.
Jun 26th, 2008 at 2:53 am
What a lunatic!
Aug 30th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
I am a bus driver. I’m sure the problem was with what is called the retarder. Depending on the bus, it is either on the gas or brake pedal. For example, when you remove your foot from the gas pedal, it automatically kicks in to slow the bus down…even before you put your foot on the brake. Some of these are jerky and there is nothing the driver can do about it…except write up a repair order so it isn’t a problem for the next driver.