tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595057345294486478.post3766618707200010771..comments2023-12-02T02:39:47.828-08:00Comments on RANTINGS OF A FORMER TRIMET BUS DRIVER: Bus driving is a hazardous professionAl Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670275801784105978noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595057345294486478.post-14361122305021476582014-02-25T20:24:57.863-08:002014-02-25T20:24:57.863-08:00Palm hits face....yet again.
HBPalm hits face....yet again.<br />HBAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248114329569392066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595057345294486478.post-60691765135002890872014-02-25T19:10:08.396-08:002014-02-25T19:10:08.396-08:00Transit work has become more and more dangerous as...Transit work has become more and more dangerous as transit executives attack the workforce in the public domain as being 'overcompensated' 'overpaid' 'lazy with archaic work rules' etc etc.<br /><br />This constant harassment of a workforce publicly creates a disdain for the people trying to provide the service.<br /><br />I directly fault transit executives (not just Trimet but Trimet included) for vilifying their work forces publicly in their viscous attempts to steal back the gains that unions had made over the years.Al Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670275801784105978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595057345294486478.post-16554564770375025592014-02-25T18:57:33.089-08:002014-02-25T18:57:33.089-08:00http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/loc...http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/long_island&id=9444880<br /><br />Jeez, I'm glad I'm no longer driving a bus. <br /><br />Just like this driver, I can recall several instances of driving an express route and refusing to stop at a stop that an express didn't have to service and having a passenger get upset. I guess I have to be thankful that I didn't get assaulted or shot. <br /><br />Plus, just as this driver cried as she explained that not ONE passenger out of the 30 or so that were on the bus, came to her aid or called 911 as she was trying to protect them by struggling to keep her foot on the brake --I too sometimes felt that if anything happened on the bus, that I was on my own and it would be me against all the passengers on the bus. <br /><br />Maybe a driver can feel safe when working a commuter run that is taking downtown office workers to their jobs from the suburbs but on the typical routes in an "urban bus district," it's an entirely different story. always roaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04616661692680890381noreply@blogger.com