Passenger (getting on the westbound Eglinton bus at Don Mills): Do you go to Bayview?Bus Operator: I go to Eglinton Station.
Passenger: Oh, so you don't go to Bayview?
BO: What do you think?
Passenger: Um...
I don't make this stuff up, people.
As a rule I don't think anyone should get spat on in the course of doing their job. I do however understand why volleys of spit fly from time to time.
When I was a retail manager, one of the cashiers (Chris) was giving a customer grief as she was redeeming an expired coupon for diapers. He was downright surly, accusing her of thinking he was so stupid he'd take an expired coupon. She left quite upset. I in turn had a chat with the Chris about the importance of using a prick filter when dealing with customers.
About a half hour later, this guy comes in, absolutely screaming at Chris about the way he treated his wife. He screamed, "You think you can treat her like shit? Have some shit back!"
The husband proceeded to throw a used diaper in Chris' face and stormed out. I at that point intervened by restraining Chris, who decided his best course of action was to follow the guy out.
Chris wanted to call the cops and charge the guy with assault. I told him to go ahead, but to make sure to punch out first, 'cause the store wasn't paying for him to be such an ass in the first place.
Chris eventually realised that while the guy was out of line for what he did, it was the end result of his actions. Chris had it coming because he was such a raging asshole.
Let's hope the Transit Union comes to the same realisation.
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