On 27/11/2019 23:30, MissRiaElaine wrote:
On 27/11/2019 21:15, Basil Jet wrote:
On 27/11/2019 17:24, MissRiaElaine wrote:

I have never understood why people are so reluctant to ring the bell.
Do they want to get off the bus, or not..? In my driving days I was
plagued by people who would lurk somewhere behind the cab and expect
me to "sense" they were there.

I vividly remember one guy, quite well dressed in a business suit and
carrying a briefcase, who, when I had missed the stop that he'd
wanted (not deliberately by any means, I assure you) got very vocal
and started questioning my parentage in very colourful language.

I said to him very politely, why didn't you ring the bell..? He
replied that he never did. I said that if he didn't, it was quite
possible that he might miss his stop.

He then stamped his foot like a petulant 5 year old and shouted at
the top of his voice, making the entire bus sit up and take notice,

"I *WON'T* ring the bell..!"

I just said "Ok, I won't stop the bus" to which he didn't say a word
and got off (at the next stop 100 yards down the road) very quietly.


I find this very hard to believe.

Believe me (or not), it happened. You tend not to forget such things.


As a bus passenger, I notice numerous occasions when people at bus stops
(serving multiple routes) stick their arms out - after the front of the
bus has passed the stop -- and then look puzzled / annoyed when the bus
fails to stop. They must think that bus drivers are mindreaders...