Bus drivers for the win

Naff8000 · 30 Jul 2010 at 23:39

When buying a ticket most bus drivers I meet wish you to depart their field of vision as fast as possible as they grunt in reply to you. They then proceed to drive as slow as possible, stopping at traffic lights the instant they turn amber and letting 50 cars pull out at junctions.

However on my recent trip to Amsterdam I managed to leave my wallet with all my ID's, credit cards and 300 euros on the bus to the airport. The driver who had initially seemed rude, not only found the wallet before anyone else but immediately phoned the bus company and the airport. He then took a large detour from his route once I'd made contact to come back to the airport and give it to me, 20 mins before my flight left. He told me he'd only opened the wallet to check the name and poked fun at me in a nice way for being so stupid enough to lose it.

So I just wanted to say that bus drivers aren't all that bad..... infact some are very good people indeed!!

Fuzz · 30 Jul 2010 at 23:42

Good people left in the world shocker

Morgoth · 30 Jul 2010 at 23:42

I love bus drivers, they drive buses and don't afraid of anything.

Viper² · 30 Jul 2010 at 23:51

Morgoth said:
I love bus drivers, they drive buses and don't afraid of anything.

lol

-TA- · 31 Jul 2010 at 01:19

one friendly local driver decided to sit about 3 inches off my back wheel (on my bike), would be ok in stop start traffic, but not at 20mph!

oh and then he nearly took my head of with the wing mirror when he went past,,,

what a lovely chap he must be.

Dmack · 31 Jul 2010 at 01:49

I can relate, left my wallet on the bus with like £20 and all my cards etc. The driver handed it into the depot and i picked it up a few days later all as was.

franco_22 · 31 Jul 2010 at 02:06

Have you ever thought the reason they drive slow and stop at lights when it's amber is because they may have 20-80 peoples lives in their hands?

G-MAN2004 · 31 Jul 2010 at 02:36

Morgoth said:
I love bus drivers, they drive buses and don't afraid of anything.

Actually lol'd.

Duff-Man · 31 Jul 2010 at 03:48

Nice

I hope you gave him a decent reward!

Biohazard · 31 Jul 2010 at 03:51

I worked in my aunts taxi company as a young teen, used to find all sorts in the back.. always handed in wallets with the contents! Sometimes got a fiver or tenner back the next week.

Only happened every couple of months though.

Used to find parker pens and coins etc all sorts.

digipeep · 31 Jul 2010 at 03:54

Dutch people are the most friendly people on this planet, apart from the eleven gimps who played in the World Cup final.

Stewy · 31 Jul 2010 at 03:57

digipeep said:
Dutch people are the most friendly people on this planet, apart from the eleven gimps who played in the World Cup final.

I was gonna say, Van Bommel is the devil incarnate.

EdGey · 31 Jul 2010 at 05:24

I once found a wallet on the floor at school.

Castiel · 31 Jul 2010 at 06:04

Morgoth said:
I love bus drivers, they drive buses and don't afraid of anything.

That's cos most of us are pretty hardcore mofos.

Castiel · 31 Jul 2010 at 06:06

franco_22 said:
Have you ever thought the reason they drive slow and stop at lights when it's amber is because they may have 20-80 peoples lives in their hands?

That and a bus is not a car, which most people seem to forget.

Larkspeed · 31 Jul 2010 at 07:11

digipeep said:
Dutch people are the most friendly people on this planet, apart from the eleven gimps who played in the World Cup final.

I would tend to agree with that.

I have lived in 5 different countries and I would have to say that the people here are by far the most polite.

Everyone you pass when you are walking or riding a bike says hello

And I live up north close to the german border so i'm not really in a very touristy section of the country. (though we do have a world famous zoo)

leoncc · 31 Jul 2010 at 07:50

Yep, dutch people are extremely friendly. I met some years ago through gaming on the internet and have flew over a few times now to stay over and partaaaaaaaay!

Even with our language barrier, we get on very well!

Cosimo · 31 Jul 2010 at 08:01

EdGey said:
I once found a wallet on the floor at school.

I once found a bus but didn't take it.

Castiel · 31 Jul 2010 at 08:05

Larkspeed said:
I would tend to agree with that.

I have lived in 5 different countries and I would have to say that the people here are by far the most polite.

Everyone you pass when you are walking or riding a bike says hello

And I live up north close to the german border so i'm not really in a very touristy section of the country. (though we do have a world famous zoo)

They're so friendly because they're all stoners....

How many stroppy stoners do you see?

Jimmeh · 31 Jul 2010 at 08:18

Castiel said:
They're so friendly because they're all stoners....

How many stroppy stoners do you see?

Sweeping generalisation of the day? Check.

(true though)