New Schedules

New schedule this week. (Dec 1)

Some times people challenge the bus driver – we have a new bus driver on the route, one lady insisted he should stop at a certain place where a man was waiting. The new bus driver said “Only TTA stops” the lady insisted that the other bus drivers did. The bus driver, past the stop now, politely said he’d check when he got back. The lady, one of those forceful people, argued back. The bus driver said she could call the office. She promptly got on her cell phone and had an animated call with the office. I'm not sure the result, but she was friendly and mentioned something to him when she got off.
It can be tough being a bus driver on your first day on a route.

On the way home….
Change can be good. New schedules can be nice! Instead of waiting out in the cold (I thought it was going to rain so just wore my raincoat) the bus was there a few minutes early! We had the luxury of waiting for a few minutes in the warm bus instead of the cold wind.

Passengers again helping out – a woman wanted to go to South Hills, and one of the helpful passengers alerted her to her stop.