DMenace83 t1_it10x3z wrote on October 20, 2022 at 3:40 AM

MTA drivers are terrible.

One time as I was getting off at the front door by myself, the bus driver closed the door on me as I was half way out, and started driving! Half my legs were out, but my upper body was still in the bus. I fell down, ended up sitting on the floor of the bus as I screamed at the driver. And he IGNORED me, until another passenger yelled out telling him to stop. He opened the door, I was able to get off, but no apology.

Another time, I missed the bus by 1 second and the door closed in front of me. Understandable, since they could be on a tight schedule. Seeing the next stop is just a couple blocks away, and I see that the traffic light was just turning red, I ran to the next stop. I got there on time, nobody else was at the stop, and add the bus got near, the bus driver just stared at me as he drove past the stop without stopping.

These happened about 10 years ago, and I will forever avoid taking the bus no matter what.

Many_pineapples t1_it2m3ap wrote on October 20, 2022 at 2:15 PM

I have a story a lot like the second one but even more extra. I was in Staten Island, where the buses are quite awful and the bus blew past the stop I was at. Next stop was close so I gave chase alongside the bus yelling something along the lines of hey where ya going?

Beat the bus to the next stop where he had to stop at a stop light, but he still refused to let me on. I stuck my hand into his door and held him there for a few red lights until I finally felt bad for the other passengers and just let it go. but I was close to the dispatch at the ferry terminal, so I walked down there with the bus number and filed and in person complaint.

I was informed that the bus driver was forced to show up at a hearing with a union rep, but ultimately got away with it because the act of me chasing after the bus that refused to stop for me was "creating a dangerous situation."

Honestly though, I was satisfied. The driver wasted like an hour of my time, and I think I probably wasted more of his time and caused him more stress then he caused me so I considered it a fair trade.