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Stop saying thank you to the bus driver
I don't understand why everyone has to say thank you to the bus driver here. I have never witnessed that kind of behaviour in Toronto, Spain, Miami, London or Scotland. People think they're being polite but it's ridiculous...how would you feel if part of your job was getting thanked literally thousands of times a day, all day, every day? It has to get completely monotonous and irritating. That bus driver has to make the same trip over and over again and so every 15 minutes it's just thank you, thanks, thank you, thank you, thanks...
It's cool to thank people for something they're doing less often, like drawing your blood at the doctor's clinic or bringing your food at the restaurant, but the bus driver has literally more than 20 people thanking him or her at a time, which is like going into the back of the restaurant and thanking them every single time they wash a dish.
Not to mention the fact that all this politeness is mostly insincere, so we're becoming more and more like a McDonalds generation of 'have a nice day' bullsh!tters instead of actually meaning anything. Does anyone else have this pet peeve?
It's cool to thank people for something they're doing less often, like drawing your blood at the doctor's clinic or bringing your food at the restaurant, but the bus driver has literally more than 20 people thanking him or her at a time, which is like going into the back of the restaurant and thanking them every single time they wash a dish.
Not to mention the fact that all this politeness is mostly insincere, so we're becoming more and more like a McDonalds generation of 'have a nice day' bullsh!tters instead of actually meaning anything. Does anyone else have this pet peeve?
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I see where you're coming from though, and while I usually don't thank them on busy buses, I *do* thank the bus driver in certain situations. Eg. leaving a bus with a few people on it, in a residential neighbourhood, through the front door. If you walk right past them out the door without acknowledging their presence, it's kind of an unfriendly, awkward gesture. Saying thanks is just basic decency.
Besides, you thank other service employees, right?
Grocery clerk: Here are your groceries. Have a nice day!
Sane Human Being: Thanks, you too!
... vs
Creepy Serial Killer??: (stares at clerk, walks away silently)
... walks away silently :|
i've had bus drivers stop right in front of my gate and watch me get in and lock the gate before driving off in the evening or stop in front of the bus shelters so you didn't have to get wet.. they're nice people.. so thank them.. =)
Interesting observation though, I was actually wondering about this msyelf... it helps to hear other opinions and talk about it lol
So I guess just be thankful to those who are nice.. =)