Ace told me once it's hard for him to deal with disrespectful customers. He ruminates - although he doesn't use the word.
Today's driver was, too. An obese older man "I haven't ridden the bus in 20 years" got on the bus and wanted to sit in his walker. At the same time an unrelated older lady in a wheelchair "I'm new to Houston" was riding as well. She clearly had very limited bus riding experience as well, she kept going off if people got near her but the bus was packed.
If she wanted her space she should have booked a ride with para transit. The driver was catching a lot of attitude from both. The walker was a clear safety hazard so he parked the bus and called dispatch as the man refused to sit in a seat.
The walker user and the driver got into it verbally with a lot of bad language on the customers part. The old lady was chiming in shouting about bus delays.
Eventually the man sat in a regular seat and we got going again. The bus driver was supposed to be training a new driver and he went on a 20 minute tirade about "these people" which got walker guy fired up again too. After he got off the driver did another tirade. I don't think the driver is going to make it very long.
It was exhausting. Sometimes I really wonder about my mission field.
If a customer is rude to me I let it go, hopefully after praying for them. One thing I admire so, so, much about Buddy is his calm and easy going attitude no matter what happens.
I hope whoever I end up with is like that.
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