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Don't understand.

Robert124

I often have difficulty understanding human behaviour.

This thread is about travelling by bus.

A while ago I mentioned that I didn't understand why some people never rang the bell on the bus when they wanted to stop a bus and get off, instead they went up to the bus driver and said, "next stop please."  Is this a form of etiquette that I'm unfamiliar with?

Now I had problems with a day trip by coach.  The driver insisted that everyone say their name verbally to him so he can check his printed list.  He refused to look at our tickets or boarding passes, which have our names printed on them, he kept saying, "you must tell me your name", someone showed him a ticket, the driver told him that he can't look at it because it would just confuse him, and insisted they they say their name to him.

Is this another form of etiquette?  

I thought it would make more sense to check the printed name on the ticket with the printed names on his list.  Because speaking a name can cause confusion with unusual names and how they're pronounced.

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  • I don't think the coach driver one is etiquette, just a weird personal quirk. Maybe he likes the verbal interaction or maybe he really does find it harder to look at your tickets and then check the list rather than just focus on the list while you talk. 

    I've never seen anyone ask a bus driver to stop instead of ringing the bell. My first instinct is that maybe it's a holdover from a time or place where that was what you did and there was no bell, or maybe they just like to deal with people (like how some people much prefer using a checkout with a person at the supermarket). 

  • in reply to T

    Ahh.... back in the day, the conductor would ring the bell. Once for stop, twice for go. 

    Ben

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