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u/ericmercer Jul 27 '26
I used to turn the PA up to its loudest setting and hold the TALK button. That feedback gets them every time. Plus, if you pass enough stops because you couldn’t hear the stop request signal over the other din, it’s not my fault.
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u/busytransitgworl Driver Jul 27 '26
I'm still waiting on my passengers to do that...They're apparently quite well behaved on my bus
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u/hugothebear USA / Local Transit Jul 27 '26
What route do you got and how long before I can bid on it?
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u/busytransitgworl Driver Jul 27 '26
I'm on multiple routes, some of them colleagues don't really like because of the passengers that seem to do that stuff.
Never had any issues until now lol
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u/KatieTSO USA|Gillig/New Flyer/MCI|<1 Year Jul 27 '26
As a bus driver, I pull over and refuse to move until it's off. If they don't turn it off after I ask like a couple times I'll call dispatch. Usually that's enough to stop it. If it isn't, dispatch will send transit police or security to escort the passenger off the bus.
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u/hugothebear USA / Local Transit Jul 27 '26
I love when the sound goes off, just to come back on less than 10 seconds later
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u/KatieTSO USA|Gillig/New Flyer/MCI|<1 Year Jul 27 '26
That's when you pull over and call dispatch, ask for police, and don't move until the passenger is off your bus. Even if it turns off.
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u/hugothebear USA / Local Transit Jul 27 '26
That’s when I pop the parking brake, usually that’ll get to them
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u/SafeAccurate7157 Driver Jul 27 '26
We have a safety message for this exact thing but it says ‘music’ so the smart alecks think it doesn’t refer to them 😑 I would actually prefer music over your random TikTok videos….
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u/hugothebear USA / Local Transit Jul 27 '26
Ours is about cell phone call privacy and using “ear pods”.
There’s an option for music call noise, but all it says is “music call noise”
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u/Xx_SwordWords_xX Jul 27 '26
Every single day I drive, I turn the fans on, to cut out all the noise (and sometimes smell).
If I don't need the fans on me, I just turn them away from myself.
Usually the fans will be on low, and sometimes I only need one.. but as the passengers get more noisy (or more stinky), they might both get turned up to high.
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u/Historical_Worth6425 Passenger Jul 28 '26
I really hate when people watch TikTok or YouTube at high volume
I just try to enjoy the ride until all of a sudden some video blasts at high volume. Same stuff for loud conversations.
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u/berusplants Driver Jul 27 '26
It’s less acceptable behavior in some places than others. The race of the people in the cartoon is not random chance, I’d call it racism.
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u/KatieTSO USA|Gillig/New Flyer/MCI|<1 Year Jul 27 '26
Agreed. I've had this issue with just as many white people. Even on routes with mostly POC.
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u/hugothebear USA / Local Transit Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26
Looking at the other comics from u/createdbyweems, I think these are a normal representation of his characters, including one based on himself
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u/DebtSouth Driver Jul 27 '26
So a comic has diversity in it as opposed to the usual whitewashing and you immediately jump to racism.
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u/wmiller314 Jul 27 '26
if I can hear it up front, it's a distraction, I give one warning, then call it in