Why don't more people thank the bus driver....

@Beautifullyderanged Just dig down! lol.

@GeistInTheMachine i suppose no one would know if it spread out to other people's gardens if it was deep enough lol

@Beautifullyderanged Bingo.

@helenS its nice that they do that for you :)

@Beautifullyderanged The next official bus stop is more than a mile away...

@OverTheHill Absolutely.

@OverTheHill and it isnt something thats encouraged or thought of as important anymore

@SW-User exactly, and its nice to let people know they are appreciated

@OogieBoogie Cause you got lots of corners. I think the NZ buses are copied from NSW.

@KiwiBird yeah, as school kids we loved sitting in the bendy bit.

@OogieBoogie I see! Thank you! Quite a number of European cites use those, too. We use double-deck buses in Britain to solve the same problem of trying carry as many seats as possible in one vehicle.

@MartinII it was not meant as either because I did not aim it all, let alone identify the offenders.

@ArishMell There is absolutely no basis for your imputation that people who take the view quoted in your second paragraph have the motives described in your third. Also, the bus driver and the shop assistant are completely different cases. The shop assistant is doing something for an individual customer. The bus driver is driving a bus which will usually have many passengers.

@MartinII I'm sorry but I don't differentiate between the shop worker and the bus driver in that way. Both are serving many people.

My point was simple: - some, not all replies imply a degree of considering whether someone is worthy of acknowledgement by what they do, not for doing it.

@Lanyx People will get a rude awakening when society collapses.

@Pretzel So people do not deserve their work to be recognised? Still, at least your greeting is often taken as acknowledgement.

I always thank the shop assistants, sometimes have a joke or two with them; though I have to suppress a grimace when they parrot that awful, managerial-speak "Have a nice day" insincerity.

@ArishMell thanking a person for doing their job is not necessary unless they have done something out of the ordinary.

now I DO thank cashiers etc when they work on a holiday or when a hurricane is headed our way and they could be at home prepping for the storm.

but the bus driver being thanked..nah. I don't see it as necessary.

I don't get thanked for doing my job - and I don't expect it. I expect my paycheck on time and to be treated courteously - but no more or less than they would treat any other stranger.

@Pretzel I understand you point about being extra courteous and understanding at difficult times such as holidays or storms, but I suppose if your employer doesn't value your normal work it won't encourage you to value that of others.

In my experience seeing those who alight from a bus without at least a nod to the driver are very much in the minority.

@helenS hope I pronounced them right and spelt them, right

@helenS Europe is beautiful all of Europe. I like to go more east and west would like to see more it’s old so beautiful.

@Funlov The notion of "old" and "new" is completely different in America and Europe, in my opinion. When I was in the US an American friend said "Look at that old church" and the church was only 200 years old... 😏

@Havesomefun2 It is, but that's no reason to treat them as non-persons.

@ArishMell I just think a job

@Havesomefun2 So manners don't matter?

@nevergiveup Well in my case it has been rather different. When I was a lad, all buses had both a driver and a conductor and you got on and off at the back. You literally never saw the driver, and if you wanted to thank anyone it had to be the conductor. Nowadays, where I live, all buses have only a driver, but although you get on at the front, you are required to get off through a door further back. So if you want to thank the driver, which quite a lot of people do, you have to call out down the bus. Since the drivers are cocooned in a post-covid perspex cubicle, I doubt if they hear the thanks very often. Of course, it may be different in different countries and regions.

@MartinII Yes. In the UK it's on the front and off the front also. A cubicle is there for the driver's safety but enough gaps for them t hear. Some have half a cubicle - depends on how much companies are willing to go for their drivers' safety.

@Sazzio I’m in the UK. In London, where I live, you are not allowed to get off at the front. I’m sure it’s different in many other areas.