What kind of people apply to be a bus operator

This is from Puget Sound Operators blog, Jeff Welch, and it goes a long way in explaining why some of the people that end up working here are not exactly fit for the job:

but also because of the obvious lack of selling points: new part-time Operators are guaranteed no more than 2.5 hours per day (less than 13 hours per week), with no security regarding advancement, increases in hours, availability of desired schedule, etc. As one base chief once said to me – “What kind of profession attracts desperate people? Only desperate people would apply for the kind of job with this kind of working conditions, at least initially.” He was right. I was desperate.

We start at 12 an hour.You have to be desperate to start at 360 dollars a week at TriMet.