Do you say thank you to the bus driver?

[lemons]

I say thanks on small buses if it isn't packed because I know the driver will actually be able to hear me, but on large buses I don't because there is too many people for the driver to hear! I also don't say thanks to bus drivers who drive like ***** :)

I live in London and generally most people don't say thanks unless it's one of the last stops on the route


So, do you say thank you to the bus driver?

[-:Undertaker:-]

I always say thanks, unless he's a ****.

[Samantha]

Yeah I usually do :P.

[Red]

I do :)

[e5]

Always say thanks haha, just polite

[Daltron]

yeah always!

[Jurv]

all the time!

[j0rd]

I haven't been on a bus for at least 10 years. Although i'm sure I would out of politeness :P

[orientalframe?]

i always do, hate it when people don't :( it's just polite

[wixard]

living in london no i don't
living in dublin yes i do

[Gina]

always do hahaha

[Zelda]

No i barely ever do, I think I tell them to **** off more tbh cause most london bus drivers are just annoying idiots who just cause problems with everything and haven't a clue what they are doing and can't even speak english ;l

[Phil]

Yeah I always do :o

[wixard]

No i barely ever do, I think I tell them to **** off more tbh cause most london bus drivers are just annoying idiots who just cause problems with everything and haven't a clue what they are doing and can't even speak english ;l

bit racist, the majority of london bus drivers are lovely and will let you on if you dont have enough money on your oyster or if they see people running to stop i usually see them wait for the person

[Absently]

It depends really. It's probably half and half whether I say thank you or not.

[-Amyy]

Yeah I always do :) feel guilty if I don't haha

[Zelda]

bit racist, the majority of london bus drivers are lovely and will let you on if you dont have enough money on your oyster or if they see people running to stop i usually see them wait for the person

you must be going to a different part of london clearly then to me LMAO cause like none of them will let you on without a bus driver they are all rude and grumpy and argue with everyone and they certainly dont wait for people who are running they just purposefully wait for you to get close then close doors and drive off literally where i am

[lemons]

bus drivers have to keep to tight schedules


and yes it annoys me when they don't let me on without an oyster card but yday a nice man did

[Cerys]

I get the bus home everyday from school, and everytime I get off I say thanks.

Though as I'm reallllyyy quiet, they never hear me </3

[Empired]

I smile but don't often say thank you. My bus is always really packed though so I don't usually even see the bus driver when I get off. Trying to say anything would be pointless because the person next to me would barely hear me over the noise, let alone the driver.

[MKR&*42]

I say cheers unless the driver is an utter ****.

[Kardan]

Always... Except the one time the bus driver decided to swear out of his window at someone... :P

[myke]

Yeah, I feel like its common courtesy.. I've not used a bus in about 3 years though

[xxMATTGxx]

Yeah, I always say thanks to them. I've never come across a driver that was a **** or an idiot towards me.

[lawrawrrr]

I try to but a lot of my busses at home have a door halfway down so they wouldn't be able to hear anyway lolol

[Hollie]

yeah every time, i feel rude just walking off without saying anything :P

[Yawn]

OF COURSE

however i dont ever get buses (for poor ppl)

[Mr-Trainor]

I live in London, and no. I'm often last on the bus on one of the ten routes around me and I feel awkward being the last off because I want to say something but then at the same time I don't lol. So no, I don't.

[davecool656]

yes I do

[Circadia]

Yeah all the time, they always look happy when I do! Mustn't get it much from young people :')

[buttons]

ya i always say thank u... i find it rude not to n even thought less of sum1 who didnt lol :). i say it even if they're grumpy cause they've done me a favour despite it and it might make their day/less grumpy lol

[geo]

yes, always. my friends laughed at me because we got on our school bus, there wasn't enough seats for us and i said thank you whilst walking off of it, even though there wasn't a seat for me. ;| i feel so rude if i don't

[JACKTARD]

Most of the time I'll say thanks unless they've been rude or are just moody.

[Shar]

Where I live I do but in London its pretty hard but I still try to.

[lucaskf390]

I don't go to school by bus, on foot, but in any situation i say thanks

[Andeeh]

I always say thanks, unless he's a ****.

^ this is what i'm like

[!x!dude!x!2]

i always to :) , it feels good to make them smile

[Elegance]

i always say thank you no matter what stop i get off at, i feel really rude after i get off if i don't say thanks :(

[Ekelektra]

Always, but if I get off at the back doors and it's kinda crowded I wave. I haven't had a rude bus driver in ages but I guess if they were rude I would still say it anyway.

[Mr-Trainor]

bit racist, the majority of london bus drivers are lovely and will let you on if you dont have enough money on your oyster or if they see people running to stop i usually see them wait for the person
Not where I am! Well, I find it depends what bus company and what route specifically, but idk I wouldn't say the majority. At the bus station near me that I travel through, I think there's at least one person who runs for each bus and most of the time the bus will drive off. Recently I saw a bus drive off without warning to someone who wanted to get on the back in a wheelchair, but the ramp wasn't opening and he just drove off after it didn't open :(.

you must be going to a different part of london clearly then to me LMAO cause like none of them will let you on without a bus driver they are all rude and grumpy and argue with everyone and they certainly dont wait for people who are running they just purposefully wait for you to get close then close doors and drive off literally where i am
LMAO. Same with some of the bus drivers I see.

bus drivers have to keep to tight schedules


and yes it annoys me when they don't let me on without an oyster card but yday a nice man did
Where I am, only a few of the 10+ routes are timetabled routes, the rest are just more frequency based I guess, and I'm sure they could afford to wait an extra 10 seconds to let someone on who's running :P.

Always... Except the one time the bus driver decided to swear out of his window at someone... :P
Similar to last year when I was on a bus going home, and a car tried to overtake while going round a corner so the driver got out the bus and started shouting at him :L.

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Oh and I do say thank you if a driver lets me on after running and he waited, or if the bus is pretty much full but I still get on :P.

[lemons]

the other week I was on the bus and the driver was driving really stupidly and he had to break quickly and a womans pram with the baby in it flew down the bus it was awful to watch

[Betsie_Curatola]

I only say thank you if I've ran and they waited for me, which isn't very often since most bus drivers round here just drive off once you get to the doors.

[Aaron]

Yep, don't see why I not. Polite thing to do really, well unless he/she isn't an absolute ***** then it's a different answer altogether. :P

[uniqueusername]

I haven't got a bus in years but when I did I always, always said thank you. You think of the amount of rude people they have to put up with each day, it's no wonder they are sometimes a bit grumpy. I don't like being one of those rude people so I always make the effort to say please and thank you wherever and whenever. Walking past the bus driver and stepping off the bus without as much a simple 'thanks' is nothing more than plain ignorance