mincooper's Blog

When I use to ride Bi-State (in the good old days) for high school I noticed the driving. There were the buses that were behind schedule, they would pick up the speed to get back on schedule. You had to hold on tight and make sure you rang the buzzer long so they wouldn't pass up your stop. If a bus was ahead of schedule they would move so slow.

OK, first I would like to say that as an a American I am highly offended by your name, "mini cooper", as an American why would you choose to use the name of an imported vehicle, don't you realize our economy has crashed due to imports?.

On the subject of Metro, like flaglady said they are on a schedule,if they are so called "speeding" they would be ahead of schedule, I am willing to bet everything I own, (which are American made products), that it is you who is driving slow, those folks on them buses have places to be.

To actually take the time to call Metro and make a complaint about a union driver shows the world that you are a nosy meddling busy body. Another thing, if these buses are speeding it is a police force responsibility, they have the training and the radar guns to prove it in the courts.

QUIT COMPLAINING WILL YA?

dodgeramman I would bet you have numerous non-american products you have purchased. If you are so offended by mini coopers name then don't respond to his blogs.

"make a complaint about a union driver shows the world that you are a nosy meddling busy body" Where do you get off saying that? If a driver is driving dangerously anyone has a right to call and speak up.

What the heck do imports have to do with Metro driving poorly on this issue? FYI I own a new Maxima and Altima and very proud of it. The only mistake I might have made was not buying an Accord this time.

Should I have pity on you since you drive a Dodge Ram - one of the lower residual vehicles on the streets in it's class? Nope - it's your choice.

Making a complaint against a "union" driver is and should be the same as reporting a "non-union" driver - WHO CARES - COMPLAIN! I take it you (dodgedude) are a union worker than MUST buy American ... newsflash Dodge Ram imports foreign parts also.

Now, back to the blog - yes complain about those bad drivers!

The bus drivers I have talked with complain that the schedule is too tight for them. They say that the schedule was done by approximations between stops and to end of the route. Bus drivers have a difficult job to do! They have to contend with other drivers, problematic passengers and an administration who could care less about them!

LOL...nice.

the4th: When someone wants it dished up then life gives it to them. As for bragging - you're damn right I am bragging. LOL.

Until you drive near these buses all day in/out of traffic, you have no idea what they do and don't do. Nearly all drivers are probably pretty good but it just takes that one bad driver to cause havoc.

Now, the4thstooge, do you feel better that the Cardinals finally surpassed last years wins? Another question, would you really classify Nissan as an import?

Yeah refocus. Blog author says that he had a problem with Metro buses and why they drive so fast. I have the same problem.

For people on a tight schedule , I sure see an awful lot of them waiting to leave at proper times throughout the city daily.

They drive exactly as I would expect given the mandatory hiring practices they have.
Same goes for most of the Civil jobs in this area , if not the country.
You have to hire based on criteria , not the best applicants.
Get rid of that practice , you'll see tremendous improvements.

Dodger ,
The industry is failing due to greedy , under worked , overpaid employees collecting paychecks instead of doing the job with pride while being supported by a corrupt self serving union organization.
Ours is a narcissistic , apathetic , super affluent society with little or no concern for any one or anything but self serving and promotion.

lol mr dodgeman ya speaking to the choir...not all of us are union as yourself...we work where we can find work and whether its fifty an hour doing non-union consulting or twenty-two an hour on an assembly line...its work...even at seven fifty an hour its still labor...most of us know the backbone to american work ethic its just that we need to abide by it still...