Next Stop - EP2 - Getting to know Ant
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- Welcome to Next Stop - EP2- Getting to know Ant. The Podcast is back and here to look at what it takes to be a driver.
Buckle Up! Hitting the Road with a Bus Driver
Here's what you can expect:
How I became a Bus driver
The news about the routes and expansions
Life on the open road: How I deal with people and situations
Timekeeping 101
Mental Health awareness and how i handle it.
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Enjoyed seeing your beautiful face hopefully i can join in on the next one zz
Of course!!
in regards to 13:42
Yes, i can relate. The Burnley to Preston departure at 15:23 is so late almost every day! With the time I finnish school, I shouldn't be making it in time for it. But by now, I simply walk into town and catch it, for example, at 15:40 (like it departed today). Honestly, it's not really an *issue* for me, but I can agree that it may be bad for others
It's kinda silly 😞 but it's the way of business it operates. Maybe it will get better with the timing
@@anthonyleecooke From all I heard, they're only planning to add the late night departures. Nothing about the rest of the day (I think)
@@Endermite123 oh, I thought 💭 they were gonna rejig the times cause drivers have complained about the running times being too tight
@@anthonyleecooke Honestly, a few minutes waiting time at a bus station isn't great, but it can't be too long or else the next departure can maybe catch up
Thought you forgot about this podcast. Good to see it back. :)
Yea, I'm gonna hopefully get into the swing of it soon 😁
Good to hear.
Hey Anthony I hope you are doing well. Do you know when you will be able to do a video of the buses fuelling, washing and parking up at the end of there working day if you are allowed. Cheers Matt.
It is planned, just every time I've gotten back the lads haven't been ready.
@@anthonyleecooke ah no worrys look forward to seeing when eventually you do get round to it
I don't think the abuse is personal, it's just that people get very frustrated when buses are late, and the driver to them is the representative of the bus company that is making them late in their eyes. It's unfair that they are the ones that get the criticism though as it is usually all the damned road works (like the current 3-way ones near Futures Park) that are to blame. Mind you, if Carly is taking up boxing you certainly won't be hearing any complaints from me when she is the driver!😆 I will miss the paper tickets from next week though, to many of us enthusiasts they are a mine of information with the bus and reg numbers on there (we are probably the only ones who ever look at them, most people just chuck them straight in the bin when they receive them nowadays).
Totally agree, hence why you always find myself apologising for any kind of delay but some people just cannot be reasoned with
@@anthonyleecooke When Northern Rail's service was at its worst they often had someone on the platform handing out business cards with a number to call in the event of complaints, and this often took the sting out of things as it passed the job on to someone who was paid to do it. Maybe bus companies should do the same, and then drivers could just hand them a card and deflect their anger elsewhere? It was always one of the problems caused by deregulation that there was no longer a proper independent complaints procedure for passengers, or travelling Inspectors to make complaints to, and it will be interesting to see if the introduction of the Bee Network and the return of such things changes anything for the drivers in Greater Manchester.
Bit of a random question but would you recommend going into a job with Transdev when you learn to drive at like 22 or something?
The money is good and if you enjoy driving it can set u up in good stead. It all depends on what you want to do in life. I've worked with customer service and like I said I enjoy that aspect of it
@@anthonyleecooke I'm just debating whether I want to go into that sort of work or into something like teaching or even the police
@@baileysagar5204 both very respectable choices. Both have crossovers in comparison. Your gonna be working with the general public and kids and sometimes getting the experience will help if you want to become a teacher or police officer. Life experience is differently what I would recommend and by that it's getting to work with there's type of people and seeing how deal with them.
Experience is the key in both of them roles.
@@anthonyleecooke thanks for the help man, much appreciated
@@baileysagar5204 any time. I hope it makes sense 😀