Cumfybus

[Mayneway]

RE: Cumfybus

(05/11/2014 14:49)mathias Wrote:  Like I said in an earlier post, I've actually witnessed the behaviour of this driver.
He's harmless enough and I think he jokes around with passengers to ease the boredom of his job.

Not a bad guy, not unpleasant or rude or anything, just likes having a laugh.
What worries me is the one-sidedness of this video clip, it paints him as some kind of villain and it's giving him a lot of grief.

Who's to say the passenger didn't try to provoke him?
He may have thought "Let's wind-up the driver, film his reaction then tell the papers!"
Either way, this 'stunt' has worked.

Got to agree his behaviour was unprofessional as he shouldn't of left his cab.
Other than that, I can't comment on facts, as I wasn't there.

Lastly, we're dealing with the Liverpool Echo here, a local tabloid that goes for the drama-angle.
Mountains and Molehills etc.

I do agree that it is unfair that he's been hung drawn and quartered by the public while the investigation by his employers is ongoing, and fair play to the echo for telling his side of the story.
Like I've said in a previous post. I'm not a bus driver but I work in retail and it's a fact that there are some sad and strange members of the public who enjoy getting a rise out of the people providing a service for them, then making a complaint when they get a reaction, but the big mistake is giving them what they want which is an outburst. If it's true that the passenger is a serial complainer/trouble maker then the driver has played right into his hands.

I've heard the word banter mentioned a number of times but at the end of the day telling someone repeatedly to 'shut their mouth' then lunging at them from thier cab is no way banter. He's paid to driver a bus not lark about and sadly he's come unstuck.