(27 Oct 2023, 8:39 pm)Ambassador wrote This is the sort of messaging the Union should be sharing and one the wider bus user population, GNE pension holders and Tory light enthusiasts on here should take heed of
How bloody difficult the job is, how bad management is but how the job is done by people who care and want the best.
I think it's strange that none of their communication, at least none that I've seen, really highlights this.
Just to list a few things that drivers have to deal with:
- Other road users with no idea how to drive.
- Antisocial behaviour from passengers, and the general public (windows being smashed etc.).
- Passengers being annoyed that the one in front didn't turn up, or that they're late (likely as a result of passengers complaining at every stop).
- Increasingly tight timetables, which are destroyed by even the smallest set of roadworks.
- Bad weather (buses are expected to keep going throughout storms).
I would think that the public might have greater sympathy with the drivers if they fully understood what the job entails, because as well as all that listed above they must also be in control of a vehicle carrying up to 100 members of the public.