Bus driver deserve $50/hr. Having to put up with whinging little dropkicks, drunks who piss n spew in the bus and learner/wanker 250 m/cyclists that cut them off in heavy traffic.
Cooks deserve f##k all because I say so.
Whaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!
His Excellency
Bus driver deserve $50/hr. Having to put up with whinging little dropkicks, drunks who piss n spew in the bus and learner/wanker 250 m/cyclists that cut them off in heavy traffic.
Cooks deserve f##k all because I say so.
Whaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!
I am a killer blue mantee
In japan bus drivers are wel paid. They have the lives of others in their hands and it is their job to get you safely to your destination. The bus is ALWAYS on time, if early they will tidy the bus stop and when leaving will recite a little oath stating it is their duty to serve and protect whilst you are on the bus. Badass. Plus they wear a uniform.
Hardcore Biker
I've worked as a bicycle courier, and I never take the bus, but I reckon that shit if you're working full time trying to lug a 10 tonne bus around in Auckland city traffic and sort out peoples money, and you are doing it as a career, you deserve at least $20 per hour. And remember people that's NZ Peso's that we are talking about. You want to fix the economy, there needs to be more "trickle down". For people to spend and "stimulate the economy" they need to have munny. The problem is the rich have got too rich and the poor have got too poor and that has stalled the economy.
Funny thing is a lot of people see themselves as reasonably well off even though they are heavily in mortgage debt, it's become the accepted norm by the way financial institutions and government policy have structured the economy.
Forum whore
Right now the ratepayers are saving $1.12 million a week in subsidies to the bus company. Thats good for the rates, nexts years "super council" increase will only be 45% instead of 65%.
If the bus cant run without a subsidy IMHO it should be let go, its a liability not an asset.
As to driver pay ? I don't know how you could survive on $14 an hour. But pretty clearly, there is no shortage of qualified peple standing in line for the job, or the pay would go up to assist with recruiting staff.
David must play fair with the other kids, even the idiots.
could catch a monkey
I fucken love no buses in Auckland. Well, mostly no buses.
Cagers have been more polite and considerate than usual.
Intersections aren't clogged for a full phase cos a bus decided to run a red light and block the intersection for everybody else
Downtown isn't full of 5 buses trying to fit into a space made for 2 buses
Visibility in traffic is much improved on the bike
There are fewer vehicles spewing tonnes of choking diesel smoke all over everybody.
No-one is getting forced out of their lane by a bus trying to swing round a corner clearly not made for buses to swing round.
Hopefully more people, sick of the vagaries of public transport, will see the light and come to the two wheeled brigade.
Huzzah!!
So fuck the drivers. If the money is no good, go and train to do something else that pays better. That's what I did when I was earning fuck all. Shut your fucking whining.
I read that the ARC is paying NZ Bus $150K/day in subsidies. For that money, I'd:
Set up carpooling systems - with subsidised city parking for those who do carpool. And priority lanes for carpoolers (use the bus lanes)
Toll single occupant cages - no toll for carpool vehicles
Set up more free motorcycle parking in suitable places (maybe with lockers to rent by the day for gear.)
Encourage two-wheeled transport solutions (bicycle lanes/motorcycle & scooter lanes)
Sell most of the buses for scrap or for hippies to live in.
Kick the nuts of whoever is (not) running the trains to get them reliable and comfortable.
So in short; Fuck the bus drivers. Vote Mully for Supercity mayor.
Originally Posted by rachprice
Rider in training
I have to say that with no buses running I am very dissapointed we don't have grid-lock, and more terribly congested motorways.
At the moment, from my perspective, I've barely noticed any difference. Obviously people have worked around the issue of needing to bus by car pooling or something else (perhaps the buses aren't used that heavily to make a difference?).
So that makes me wonder - why are we spending so much on subsidising buses and the construction of bus only rapid transit systems if it doesn't appear to be solving the congestion problem.
Perhaps we should be subsidising the use of motorcycles. LOL.
The 2nd-most bad arse KBer.
man if they get $16/hr that'd be close to what i getuni fail!
Then I could get a Kb Tshirt, move to Timaru and become a full time crossdressing faggot
Just faidin away!
Probably your best post!I have to say that with no buses running I am very dissapointed we don't have grid-lock, and more terribly congested motorways.
At the moment, from my perspective, I've barely noticed any difference. Obviously people have worked around the issue of needing to bus by car pooling or something else (perhaps the buses aren't used that heavily to make a difference?).
So that makes me wonder - why are we spending so much on subsidising buses and the construction of bus only rapid transit systems if it doesn't appear to be solving the congestion problem.
Perhaps we should be subsidising the use of motorcycles. LOL.
Forum whore
Dead bloody right Sarge
I was a truckie for 4 years a few careers back, it was farkin hard work to dodge cagers, bikers, cyclists, moms n kids shopping, school hour....
And all the time TRY to keep them fuckers safe from my 48 tonnes of death on 28 wheels...which funny enough at legal speeds looks like its crawling, and takes a year to STOP!
Cheff mate see my point?
Them poor cunts in busses, pushed by shit schedules that never realize realistic travel times, are stressed and hard pressed to do the job and drive well at the same time...but no excuses here
Many are fucking noobs for sure that should never be allowed a peddle car but dude 14$ to drive a heavy vehicle for the legal 11 every day is SHIT money
Im on the commie's side here, union up, pay them right and get some quality people behind the wheels instead of the guy who will accept such as; what hes told he gets, is all he gets....
Just ride.
I'd rather be thinking
Can someone please explain to me why "working to rule" is interpreted as taking disruptive strike action and therefore justifies a lock-out?
What exactly is "working to rule", if not interpreting the provisions of the employment contract literally?
Tempted as I am to apply for a job which pays a generous $14 an hour, I don't think my bladder can go 6 hours without a stop...
Age is too high a price to pay for maturity
Forum whore
And thats why we wont get a quality bus service
Pay peanuts, and monkeys will come for the pay
There was this old bugger Joe, driving my bus home for 2 years or so, real pro through and through 40 years on the job. He retired
Aint seen his like since so I brought the 600 back late last year......no more bus for me
Just ride.
Tornado Alley
If you take your helmet off, you will be able to do it, all on your own, you special boy...
could catch a monkey
Well, yeah there is that. I'm more celebrating the lack of buses.
If I had to guess, I'd say that NZ Bus's position is that the drivers (and the union) are not exhibiting "Good Faith" in the negotiations.
Lumpy
1. You pay your donkey too much
2. How will you steer and accelerate whilst sitting on your donkey?
"No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does."
Marquis
Bus drivers are rude, don't give way and cause a lot of congestion when pulling in and merging back into traffic (or as I like to put it "pushing"). Of course there are good buse drivers, but I think they are almost as rare as a sharks that's a vegitarian.
150k a day is stupid for a system that is expensive, slow, irregular and get's you from "not quite where you are, to not quite where you are going".
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