This was a conversation over the radio while I was driving bus one day. I don’t remember the specific routes.
Driver 1: Bus 84 to Base
Base: Go ahead.
Driver 1: Bus 84, when I hit a good sized bump beeps. As in an alarm is going of but very shortly and only if I hit a good sized bump.
Base: Okay I will see if it’s written up.
Driver 2: Base if it’s bus 84, then it’s been doing that for a long time. It’s a “door ajar” alarm from the overhead circuit breaker box that only goes off on a good sized bump.
Base: Do you know how to make it stop?
Driver 2: No, I tried tightening the door and it didn’t work then.
Driver 3: I vote we take it out back a put it out of its misery.
Base: No, we can’t do that.
Driver 1: I agree with that idea. Can we shoot it?
Driver 2: I second that. Motion agreed and seconded. Can the motion carry?
Driver 1: Yeah, I think the motion carries. We’re going to shoot it Base.
Base: No.
…So much for Democracy, and working buses.
6 Comments
November 4, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Ahhh, reminds me of the good old days of driver mutiny.
November 5, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Hey, the driver that reported this was me! Thats not EXACTLY how the conversation went, but it’s pretty darn close. This happened last Monday.
November 5, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Yeah I was driver No. 2.
That was priceless.
November 6, 2009 at 11:06 am
At least you followed Robert’s rules!
November 19, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Priceless. I love reading stuff like this.
December 1, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Ahh I sure hope no one shot the bus…Dad might have been a little mad