call me old fashioned but......

.....when all the seats on the bus are taken and a more 'mature' person gets on the bus - I believe that a man should be the one to get up to let that person sit down... Or even school kids/teenagers with young legs.

Don't get me wrong I am happy to give up my seat for someone older or someone disabled but for some reason I like to see a man offer up his seat first, as I said call me old fashioned....

Instead of Sexy - Bring Chivalry Back ;)

to be continued...

.... so this morning 'proper' bus shows up, I got on and see two people running to get on the bus. Bus driving starts to pull away as a man is 'dipping' his bus card, 'dipping' man says 'wait, there are still people to get on', (they were literally only about 10 metres away), I also shout out 'wait' as I didn't hear the man at the front say it and bus driver shouts out 'it's not my fault they are late'. They weren't even late, the bus was a minute or so early - NOT LATE.

Things like that make me so mad so I called up the 1300 number to complain because if that was me (nearly was yesterday - sort of!) I would be so annoyed as buses only come every 30-40 minutes from that bus stop.

I guess you were right Haydn.

It got me thinking that as Christians should we complain or should we go about our business doing 'everything without complaining or arguing' Phil 2:14? . As I worked and kind of still do in customer service for a long long time bad customer service and rudeness really gets me wound up. I often will say something 'complain' if really necessary, but should I? I know this is an extreme example but Jesus who was taken to the cross to die for the sins of the world did so without 'complaining or arguing' and so when I think of that the things that wind me up pale into insignificance.

BUT if someone is treated unfairly or if you receive bad customer service should we say something? I know there are many extremes of someone being treated badly/bad customer and I guess if you see someone beating someone up and you are a guy then you should go and help that person but what about the day to day things like what happened today?

I know there is a way to say things and being rude isn't the answer, we need to be examples and lights for Jesus. So if and when we do complain or state when we are upset then we need to do it in a 'speak the truth in love' manner.

Anyway, just a few thoughts.

What do you think? Is it worth it or should we just walk away.

follow that bus

They have greatly reduced the number of buses that go from the two roads near where I live and so you have to make sure you are on time to catch the right bus. So this morning I was nice and early and shortly after I arrived a bus turned up, I was about to get on and the bus driver asked where I was going and I told him the city. He said he wasn't going there so I didn't get on and waited for the proper 'I'm going to the city' bus to arrive. As I was waiting three other girls arrived, the bus that I tried to get on moved forward to make room for the 'proper' bus. A few minutes later said 'proper' bus drove right past us all and we just watched it gobsmacked it hadn't stopped!

We looked bewildered at each other for a few seconds and then the other bus driver told us to jump on his bus and he would take us to 'proper I didn't stop at the bus stop to pick you up' bus. We all jumped on and I said 'Follow that Bus'! It was so funny, myself and the other three girls were giggling and about three bus stops later our bus stopped in front of 'proper' bus and we jumped on, explaining that he had forgotten to stop at our stop to pick us up, he apologised and we all took our seats, destination - the city!

The End.