Had the weirdest bus driver earlier this week while on my way home from work. Boarded a 196 from UIC building on Tuesday and at first I thought he was ultra-polite because he greeted every passenger that boarded with a 'Welcome'.
However, as the bus made its way down Shenton, I got the feeling that something was not quite right. First of all, the ‘welcome’ sounded very robotic, no warmth in it. And then he started burping and sighing very loudly, and I mean loudly. So much so that I felt like gagging whenever he burped. Very gassy indeed.
Anyways, what tickled me was how he said goodbye to passengers alighting. Everytime someone stood at the exit, he would start chanting robotically in between burps:
Thank you, goodbye
Have a nice day, goodbye.
Welcome, welcome
Xie xie ni, zai jian
Thank you, have a nice day
Goodbye, welcome
And he did this at literally every stop, even when no one was alighting! Is it me or do you find it weird as well? Either he’s ultra polite and vying for some courtesy award or, something’s not quite right…
However, as the bus made its way down Shenton, I got the feeling that something was not quite right. First of all, the ‘welcome’ sounded very robotic, no warmth in it. And then he started burping and sighing very loudly, and I mean loudly. So much so that I felt like gagging whenever he burped. Very gassy indeed.
Anyways, what tickled me was how he said goodbye to passengers alighting. Everytime someone stood at the exit, he would start chanting robotically in between burps:
Thank you, goodbye
Have a nice day, goodbye.
Welcome, welcome
Xie xie ni, zai jian
Thank you, have a nice day
Goodbye, welcome
And he did this at literally every stop, even when no one was alighting! Is it me or do you find it weird as well? Either he’s ultra polite and vying for some courtesy award or, something’s not quite right…
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