Since there is a lot of angst about bus drivers here, I thought I'd provide some feel-good stories.
I don't really use buses very much these days at all, but happened to be on one last week, when an exactly same situation like some of those described above happened - a guy comes on with a $20 note, and the bus driver has no change for it. But rather than kicking him off, the driver told him to take a seat, and that the guy can pay his fare once the driver had enough change for the $20 note. So that guy just sat down clutching the note in his hands, and I got off the bus before I could see whether he actually ended up paying or actually getting a free ride. So guess not all bus drives in Wellington are all that bad.
Since there is a lot of angst about bus drivers here, I thought I'd provide some feel-good stories.
I don't really use buses very much these days at all, but happened to be on one last week, when an exactly same situation like some of those described above happened - a guy comes on with a $20 note, and the bus driver has no change for it. But rather than kicking him off, the driver told him to take a seat, and that the guy can pay his fare once the driver had enough change for the $20 note. So that guy just sat down clutching the note in his hands, and I got off the bus before I could see whether he actually ended up paying or actually getting a free ride. So guess not all bus drives in Wellington are all that bad.