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Originally posted by Sentinal The other drivers make our job harzadous is what I was saying.

Cry me a river:

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Originally posted by evil_cookie I don't give a shit about the drivers on the road being "inconsiderate,"--they are not being paid to professionally drive for a living--you are. If your working conditions are causing you emotional distress then I suggest you find a new job, but it's entirely illogical to use this as a justification for your overcompensation.

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Originally posted by Sentinal I would really love to see you try and do what I do everyday. Thats like saying a cop doesnt deserve a good job because 85% of their job is writing tickets and doing paperwork. Different anology but same idea, we deal with the public, most of which

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Originally posted by evil_cookie Oh, stop it, you’re breaking my heart. You’re not a soldier fighting in a war--you're a god-damn bus driver--please spare me the melodramatics.

You are not a police officer--YOU ARE A BUS DRIVER.

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Originally posted by Sentinal Different anology but same idea, we deal with the public, most of which

What the...

What was the point of this post? You did not address a single point--all you did was paste the same crap. Not only are your arguments from "anology" absolutely nonsensical--you haven't said anything.

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Originally posted by evil_cookie Cry me a river: You are not a police officer--YOU ARE A BUS DRIVER. What the... What was the point of this post? You did not address a single point--all you did was paste the same crap. Not only are your arguments from "anology" absolutely nonsensical--you haven't said anything.

dude i have nothing to prove to you. you got a hate on cause i make a good living. i think your the one who should be crying. I don't have to justify my living or that of my co-workers. we get paid what we do because anyone who knows anything about transit knows that we deserve it. I don't know what you do for a living and I don't care. But I certainly wouldn't give slack to someone on the internet because they are defending their means of making a decent living. I'm going back to work now, to my so-called overpaying job. I certainly hope the next time you decide to open your mouth you think about what you say before you say it because quite frankly all you have proven today is that you are incredibly short sighted and angry.

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Originally posted by Sentinal dude i have nothing to prove to you. you got a hate on cause i make a good living. i think your the one who should be crying. I don't have to justify my living or that of my co-workers. we get paid what we do because anyone who knows anything about transit knows that we deserve it. I don't know what you do for a living and I don't care. But I certainly wouldn't give slack to someone on the internet because they are defending their means of making a decent living. I'm going back to work now, to my so-called overpaying job. I certainly hope the next time you decide to open your mouth you think about what you say before you say it because quite frankly all you have proven today is that you are incredibly short sighted and angry.

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alright I'll admit it, I'm a bus driver and there's no way i deserve the money I make. lol I sleep 2 hours a day minimum.

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Originally posted by Sentinal same as any other government employeee. LCBO workers get it too.

and im sure if some cashier at the LCBO was making $117,000+/yr, regardless of overtime, people would have a problem with that as well lol

I don't think that anyone is arguing that bus drivers/collectors don't have the right to make a decent living, of course they do, they provide a valuable and essential service to society. However, making well over a hundred grand to collect change and follow a route (yes yes if you don't pay attention people's well-being is at risk blah blah blah, same with the McDonalds guy making your burger, or the construction guy fixing an overpass @ $13/hr) will just always seem alarming to me.

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Originally posted by waynoinsano your retarded. have you ever tried driving something for a living, all god dam day. you think bus drivers might occasionally drive poorly, have you ever seen the way the rest of the fucking people on the road drive? you think boxing someone in a glass cage would make their job easier, or subtract from the amount of shit they put up with?

Hey retard! Have you ever bothered going outside of Canada and seeing how other, more competent transportation systems are run? Drivers are boxed off for the simple fact that their job is to drive the damn bus, not to be a fucking hostess to the passengers (which they would fail at miserably to begin with, because so many of them seem to be so miserable). Box them off and people will begin to ignore them.

As for them being piss poor drivers, let's see: step on gas pedal to accelerate. Gently step on the brake's to stop. It's not fucking rocket science. Yet the drivers for the TTC here (streetcar or bus) drive like this: step on gas pedal until desired speed is reached; let go....hit gas pedal again...let go...hit gas pedal again...let go. When they pull up to make a right hand turn its the same thing. They don't go up to the intersection smoothly but in a jerking motion. I'm sorry but if your job is to drive and that's how you drive then you're retarded. It's not difficult: stick to 1 lane, pay attention to whats going on around you and stop at the required stops. GO, Greyhound or Coach Canada drivers are at more risk than the guys at TTC simply because they make much longer trips and at way higher speeds.

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Originally posted by infinity HiGH Hey retard! Have you ever bothered going outside of Canada and seeing how other, more competent transportation systems are run? Drivers are boxed off for the simple fact that their job is to drive the damn bus, not to be a fucking hostess to the passengers (which they would fail at miserably to begin with, because so many of them seem to be so miserable). Box them off and people will begin to ignore them. As for them being piss poor drivers, let's see: step on gas pedal to accelerate. Gently step on the brake's to stop. It's not fucking rocket science. Yet the drivers for the TTC here (streetcar or bus) drive like this: step on gas pedal until desired speed is reached; let go....hit gas pedal again...let go...hit gas pedal again...let go. When they pull up to make a right hand turn its the same thing. They don't go up to the intersection smoothly but in a jerking motion. I'm sorry but if your job is to drive and that's how you drive then you're retarded.

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Originally posted by infinity HiGH Yet the drivers for the TTC here (streetcar or bus) drive like this: step on gas pedal until desired speed is reached; let go....hit gas pedal again...let go...hit gas pedal again...let go.

Lol. Seriously, maybe one of the drivers in here can explain this, why DO you do this? Does the bus stall or something?

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Originally posted by Sentinal because quite frankly all you have proven today is that you are incredibly short sighted and angry.

I'm the angry and shortsighted one?

Interesting.

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Originally posted by Sentinal I'M FUCKING PISSED. fuck you to everyone who posted on here bitching about the wages.

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Originally posted by Sentinal I don't know what you do for a living and I don't care. But I certainly wouldn't give slack to someone on the internet because they are defending their means of making a decent living.

If your means of income is funded publicly via our tax dollars then it is a public concern.

I may be angry, well, certainly frustrated; however my discontent is justified. I have very clearly stated my warranted concerns; being a tax-payer and all. And insofar as providing a reasonable rebuttal, all you have managed to demonstrate is that you are offended.

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Originally posted by DigiNut Lol. Seriously, maybe one of the drivers in here can explain this, why DO you do this? Does the bus stall or something?

the ttc orion buses (low floor) have a retarder that kicks in automatically when not accelerating