Nope-It was no rumor

 Yet another bus driver with superior intelligence. Good job HR!

TriMet bus driver suspected of shoplifting | kgw.com Portland

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TRIMET MAKES THE WASHINGTON POST-FOR BAD SCHEDULING+CAUSING A DRIVERS DEATH

Hanley, who started his career driving a bus in Brooklyn in the 1970s, cited a case in 2004 where a driver in Oregon was killed when her bus rolled over her after she didn’t properly set her brake. She was running behind schedule and was racing to get to a bathroom, according to news reports. 

 Metrobus drivers say tight schedules don’t leave enough room for bathroom breaks - The Washington Post

UNFOUNDED RUMORS

A driver was arrested for shop lifting while on duty at Clackamas Town Center.

The bus was left running while the driver was taken to jail.

Lionel Rampant for Grand Poobah of the Local Union of Water Buffalos

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Hell on wheels

It's Virtually impossible to communicate to the world exactly what some TriMet drivers have to put up with during heavy downpours at night driving a TriMet antique.

These old buses, with windshield wipers that can drive you insane. They are so noisy and clunky that when you hit a red light you have to turn them off, or you have to keep adjusting the speed. 

And the noise, the bus is rattling like a something you would see in a horror movie.

The rain is leaking through the body. 

The mirrors and windows are so full of water that forms into tiny little balls, you make turns 'blind" because you can't see anything out there!

The windows are fogged because the defrosters are useless.


You can't even see where you are going never mind actually attempt to call the stops!
(watch out though, a TriMet spy may be on board)

The seat so uncomfortable, your back is hurting you.


It really is hell on wheels. 

(Wait till they make us put chains on without any snow)

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