Get on the bus!!! But be careful.
June 21st 2007 22:17
Why is it that every city bus driver manage to take on the characteristics of the routes that drive. Who is in charge of the hiring processes at the Detroit Department of Transportation? Do they just look at the applicants and say “You’re going to drive the Oakland route, you seem like you can deal with old bums and even older prostitutes.” I mean seriously! Why is it that the Grand River Crosstown coach driver is so withdrawn and sad? Is it because she literally has to watch the city digress as the bus zooms from the east to the west? And what about the Hamilton-Northland driver, why is he so upbeat everyday? Maybe it’s the happy spirit of the potential shoppers and students that ride that route everyday.
So today I get on the Woodward bus and as I say hello to the driver, he peers out of the side of his eye and barely opens his mouth to say something back. Treat other people, right? Well, I guess not. A few days earlier, I think it was like Tuesday when I was on a bus that completely cut off a biker that for some reason was pedaling as fast as he could right next to the bus. Of course he ran directly into the side of the coach as it made one of its most frequent stops. The driver had no remorse, the biker on the other hand wanted to exchange words, they yelled for a few minutes and the bus won.
I don’t know if anyone has heard about this, but about a month ago the bus drivers association decided to strike because they felt unsafe. They wanted to make the city put mandatory officers on the buses, for protection. But it is my understanding that bus drivers can hold their own. I wish I could get a personal bodyguard whenever I get a job working for the city. But as of yet I haven’t seen any officers on buses. Thanks City of Detroit, I really feel safe.
So today I get on the Woodward bus and as I say hello to the driver, he peers out of the side of his eye and barely opens his mouth to say something back. Treat other people, right? Well, I guess not. A few days earlier, I think it was like Tuesday when I was on a bus that completely cut off a biker that for some reason was pedaling as fast as he could right next to the bus. Of course he ran directly into the side of the coach as it made one of its most frequent stops. The driver had no remorse, the biker on the other hand wanted to exchange words, they yelled for a few minutes and the bus won.
I don’t know if anyone has heard about this, but about a month ago the bus drivers association decided to strike because they felt unsafe. They wanted to make the city put mandatory officers on the buses, for protection. But it is my understanding that bus drivers can hold their own. I wish I could get a personal bodyguard whenever I get a job working for the city. But as of yet I haven’t seen any officers on buses. Thanks City of Detroit, I really feel safe.
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