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The Bitch Stare

I am a bus driver of 15 years, I would like to know one thing. When I greet each person that steps on the bus , Why can’t I get a simple response? I get the bitch stare instead. Is it something I might of said? Why do you get on and totaly ignore the fact I’m even there?

Most of us try very hard to please you, try to help you when you need it and we can’t even get so much as a thank you or a good night. Could some one exsplain this? Are we of a lower class then you? I love my job, BUT…………………… My day is so lonely , dreary, and as soon as I open the door, Say Hi with a smile even though I’m on my 10th hour, or a 12 hour split, I get the bitch stare. …

Tale by Anonymous, posted on February 25, 2007, Tagged with , , , ,

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8 Comments

  1. Rett said
    Feb 25th, 2007 at 5:51 pm

    I say hi to my bus driver every time I get on, and when I get off I say thanks (if I don’t exit from the back door).

    Sucks that you get the bitch stare, but just ask yourself, WWLD (What Would Leon Do?)

    “Normally, when she was glaring at me, I would awkwardly avoid eye contact while she was paying. However, one day I decided to silently stare right back at her. There we were, glowering at each other as she paid. I didn’t flinch, and eventually she looked down in defeat. She stopped glaring at me after that. Victory!”

  2. Leon said
    Feb 25th, 2007 at 8:51 pm

    It’s frustrating, isn’t it? It’s tough to cheerfully greeting every person that gets on, when I know most of them will act like I’m not there.

  3. Josh said
    Feb 26th, 2007 at 8:16 am

    I say hi to just about everyone, and don’t worry about it if they don’t say anything back. If there’s a regular customer who never greets back and it gets awkward I just stop saying hi to them.

  4. Brenda said
    Mar 1st, 2007 at 7:14 pm

    I always exit out the front door so I can thank the driver! It’s part of the ride for me. I appreciate MT workers!

  5. Matt said
    Mar 18th, 2007 at 4:36 pm

    I don’t do it because I’m still too tired from just getting up or too tired from just getting off work. At those points, I don’t want to stop and chat, I just want to get where I’m going.

  6. jackie said
    Mar 20th, 2007 at 10:08 am

    I say Hi when I get on the bus and Thank You when I get off. Alot of drivers just ignore me. So that may be why people are not talking to you.

  7. Annie said
    Mar 21st, 2007 at 3:15 pm

    please oh please don’t always take it personally.
    99.9% of the time when I’m on public transit, I have my mp3 player with and my headphones on – loudly – to block out the noise of the other passengers.

    It’s just the way it goes. When you’re walking to your bus stop, it’s nice to have music to jam to, and once you get on said bus you really don’t want to listen to the BS of other passengers. Some routes are better than others, but I’m at the point now where I’m so used to having music with me, if I don’t one day I am thoroughly discombobulated.

    Even so, half the time I make an effort to say a thank you or something of the like when leaving my bus.
    I’m sorry your day is so dreary though!!! :(

  8. Amity said
    Jul 7th, 2009 at 7:21 am

    I don’t always say hi (it sort of depends on if I’m digging around for my pass or change), but I always say bye & thank you when I leave.

    You guys have a hugely important job and without you, I’d be stranded.

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