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Wednesday, December 17, 2003

Bus drivers

What do you think DeLijn looks for in a bus driver? What causes them to give some people a job and others not? Is there even a selection or do they hire everyone that can drive?
I think it's a combination of a strange sense of humour (giving back 10 euro change in 10 1-euro coins, then saying "you'll spend them sooner now they're in coins), the original driving style (pull up right behind cyclists, then honk and roar that engine till they get out of your way), the homicidal tendencies (nearly murdering a postman on his bike) and the bad judge of age (asking "how was school, exam go ok?" when I got back from the job interview).
They're a unique brand, our bus drivers. Some of them sweethearts, others down right dangerous and still others plain freaky... like the one who asked Melissa and I if we were sisters, after he'd seen us kissing...
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