Greyhound Bus Driver Abruptly Abandons Passengers — Strands Them for Eight Hours at Truck Stop
- Posted on November 22, 2011 at 6:31am by
Becket Adams
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Think you’ve had bad road trips? Wait until you hear this:
Forty-five passengers were stranded in the middle of nowhere for eight hours by their Greyhound bus driver.
It happened when they were only halfway along their route from Memphis, Tennessee, to St. Louis, Missouri.
“A 45-year-old veteran driver parked her bus at a truck stop outside the small town of Charleston, Missouri, late Friday and left after kicking an unruly passenger off the bus,” reports the Daily Mail.
After the driver kicked off the “unruly passenger,” as all Greyhound drivers are trained to do, passengers started to object loudly. Maybe that’s when she decided she had enough.
Stopping in Cape Girardeo, Missouri, about 3 hours into the four-and-a-half-hour trip, she allegedly told the passengers, “Guess what? I’m going home.”
The driver then got off the bus, locked the passengers inside, and waited on the side of the road for someone to come pick her up.
The annoyed and confused passengers quickly called the police who got in touch with the driver and told her that she had to get back on the bus and resume driving.
The driver complied.
However, she turned the bus around and headed back towards Memphis, driving for about another 45 minutes, before she pulled off and parked the bus at a Pilot truck stop.
After she had finished parking, she exited the bus and took off in a vehicle that was waiting for her.
“In my tenure with Greyhound, I have never heard of something happening like this,” spokeswoman Maureen Richmond told the Memphis Commercial Appeal. “It’s inexcusable and certainly unprecedented.”
It took a full eight hours for another bus to come along and pick up the stranded passengers.
Instead of getting into St. Louis at about 1 in the morning, as originally planned, they did not arrive until about noon the next day.
“I was upset. I was scared because I didn’t know if a new bus was going to come. They kept saying a new bus was going to come, but no buses came so we had to spend the night on the bus,” passenger Ashley Ahart told KSDK TV in St. Louis.
At this moment, Greyhound officials are not sure why the driver (who has worked for Greyhound for almost 7 years) decided to abandon the passengers. It might be safe to assume the altercation with the unruly customer and the subsequent objections from the other passengers prompted her otherwise erratic behavior.
At this moment, Greyhound officials say that she will face “disciplinary action.” One can’t help but assume that said actions will include a pink slip.
See the news update from St. Louis News, KSDK:
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Comments (79)
omgfolks
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:18amGood for this driver, maybe this driver felt threatened by the crowd, maybe she just felt fed up with the mealy mouthed idiots she was driving, maybe she just said“ Take this Job and Shove it”
Report Post »netmail
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 11:37amA higher percentage of the general public are testy and threatening to customer service reps than ever before; without so much as a hint of provocation. Even elderly Wal Mart greeters are mistreated and disrespected without cause on a regular basis. I service their stores and hear about it every day. I bet this driver just broke down and couldn’t cope with the stress any longer. It’s possible she did the passengers a favor by leaving them stranded. Perhaps she recognized that by having a nervous breakdown, their safety could be compromised. Who knows?? Inmates are running the asylum that’s for sure.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 2:23pmMaybe she had an accident in her pants?
Report Post »TexasHunter
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 4:46pmHey OWSHOLES a job opening just came up at the Greyhound. But I am pretty sure you have to take a drug test so that eliminates 99% of you!!
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:12amOnly losers and the mentally deficient take public transportation. The lowest forms of life ride those buses. It’s a rolling cesspool.
Report Post »RavenGlenn
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 11:18amOkay…first…you are an idiot.
Secondly, what the heck does people taking public transportation(things that tons of well-off people do to commute into major cities) have to do with this story? Greyhound buses are not public transportation.
Report Post »LuckyxStrikes
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 12:44pmYou must be some form of special that hasn’t been classified, yet.
According to you, I’m a loser and/or mentally handicapped…
Report Post »I’ve been an Air Traffic Controller with the Air Force for 5 years, now, heading into my sixth.
Every time I go home, I take a coach bus because I wouldn’t drive, by myself, the ten hours to get home.
Kindly go spout your elitist views somewhere else.
Wishkah
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 3:59pmwhat a display of utter ignorance…. your just the kind of person that the libs love to find so that they can accuse all of us of being bigots and haters. Please take your crap and go play by yourself, your sure not appreciated here
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 5:59pmWow.
Nowadays, Christians who don’t want to risk the choice of arrest, starring as a porn star in the TSA’s “virtual stripper” x-ray booths, or want to have someone putting their hands down their pants and arrest them can’t fly any more… unless they can afford a private jet.
So basically, your only choices are to drive, take the train, take a bus, or walk. Sometimes the bus is the only reasonable option.
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 5:59pmMolest them, sorry.
Report Post »dangmc
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:09amBaddoggy’s post is right on. I remember one night being parked next to a Greyhound bus in the terminal while the police were removing somebody who OD’d. The needle was still in his arm. This was during the 1990 strike. I also remember striking drivers on the picket line giving me the old 1 finger salute and hollering ‘scab’ and cursing as I drove into the station, even though we didn’t work for Greyhound and were non-union. These were guys who used to sit with us in their break room & BS about the good old days! (http://www.angelfire.com/al/silverball/strikes.html)
Report Post »dangmc
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:51amFor those who might be interested, here‘s an excellent site dealing with Greyhound’s downfall. (http://www.angelfire.com/al/silverball/strikes.html) As a former charter bus operator I’m fully aware of the conditions Greyhound drivers work under. My company was a non-union interline carrier for Greyhound, eg. we accepted tickets from Greyhound passengers for routes that we operated. I have two former co-workers who went to work for GH without realising what they were in for. No regular routes for them-having to work the ‘extra board’ for several years before being allowed to bid on a regular route, NEVER getting enough sleep! To cap this unholy scenario drivers no longer have the authority to control their environment that they used to…..I feel that the driver in this situation just ‘lost it’!
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:13amshe just did what a lot of us have wanted to do,as a great poet once wrote “”‘ take this job and shove it,i ain’t working here no more, you better not try to stand in my because i am walking out the door, take this job and shove it,i ain’t working here no more,”"‘
johnny paycheck.
some times you just have to say screw it, you can only take so much B.S. and i guess she had shoveled her last shovel full of crap.takes a lot of guts to do what she did, but we have all wanted to do it and some of us have, maybe not the smartest thing to do, but when you have had enough, enough is all that’s left.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:19amHappy Thanksgiving Common!
Report Post »jnobfan
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:23amIf I’m a customer on that bus I would have taken a cab the rest of the way and sent Greyhound the bill.
Report Post »t00nces2
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:23amAtlas Shrugged moment? It sure reminded me of that book when I read the story headline.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:30amIf this driver has a stellar 7 years, I would hope Greyhound would give her the benefit of the doubt before firing her. We put up with too much from people who do not have the safety of the public in their hands, but will sue if there is an accident caused by the unruly passenger. Perhaps next time, if there is a next time, she should just call the police to remove the passenger and subsequent complainers.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:30am@gonzo, thanks, and i hope you and yours have a great Thanksgiving also, we received some much needed rain here this morning and we are thankful, we are thankful for all of our blessing that we receive, have a great day gonzo, you can bet the driver is having one this morning,
Report Post »dgktowntx
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:12amHey Greyhound….When the 99ers get on the bus make them take the duct tape from the newly placed roll to the right atop the steps…place a strip over there mouth ..this will help them treat people with respect and avoid much confussion…
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:01amIt was reported by MSNBC that this incident was George Bush’s fault. MIka was outraged at Bush.
Report Post »Choctaw25
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:25amI read the same story, Damn Bush. Mika is so smart, she should be proclaimed “The Godess of Smart”
Report Post »JustJP
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 11:59amMika is a name you give to a dog.
Report Post »BransonPastorMan
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 10:56amYou, Sir….are an idiot.
Report Post »mikellyusabr
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:00amSounds like Going Galt to me.
I wonder if those passengers will mouth off their sense of entitlement to keep unruly people on board on their next bus trip.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 7:43amPart of the 99% strikes again. She evidently didn’t like her destination.
Report Post »Quiata
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 7:42amWho knows what actually happened on that bus? Apparently the driver had simply had enough…and she’s probably not paid nearly enough to deal single-handedly with “unruly” passengers.
Report Post »PingPongPing
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 7:40amit had to be the minority in the group that makes the majority suffer at their expense.
typical.
Just like today’s liberals, gay marriage advocates, atheists, democrats, etc etc…. useless idiots.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:21amExactly.
Report Post »olddog
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 7:36amIf it’s a union bus driver, they will be suspended with pay for a week. If they’re non-union the driver will be fired..
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 7:53amI would rather ride a mule than take a bus…. No doubt.
Report Post »fsprandy
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 7:34ammenopause?
Report Post »nobull14
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 7:33amIt sounds like they got what they deserved !!!! ha ha.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 7:32amMaybe Atlas Shrugged?
Report Post »thunder4570
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 7:11amMaybe the driver felt like there was a possible terror situation,we need TSA agents at all bus stations to protect us!
Report Post »LOLReally
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:15amHaHa bus marshals.
Report Post »Bare Rock
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 7:06amSounds like a bad trip on the Hound
Report Post »Dirty Harry
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 7:01amLife Lesson #26: If you don‘t own a car and can’t drive yourself to and from, don’t get on a bus and cop and attitude with the honky driver.
Report Post »FugMan
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 6:47amDont be a jerk to your bus driver liberals.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 6:55amI hate to be the one to say it, but since I’m from that area, I feel qualified. It was probably a black person who was disruptive and all the others on the bus tried to defend him/her. It wasn‘t someone from Cape GIRARDEAU because they don’t have a bus station anymore.
Report Post »BO_Bill
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 6:47amVery clearly a hate crime.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 6:46amYou idiots, it’s spelled Cape Girardeau. I’ve been able to spell it since about the third grade. That’s my home town, and my grandma was born in Charleston. And it’s not the middle of nowhere, except for the fact that there is no longer a bus station there. It got closed down. That’s the same bus station that I left from in 1984 to be taken to the AFEES to join the Navy.
Report Post »Buggs
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 6:56amHaHa so offended!
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 3:44pmI see you’ve been on here almost 3 weeks. You’ll get used to the typos too. Let‘s see if they can mispell your home town’s name. By the way, I was wrong about Cape not having a bus station. They moved it out in the middle of no where, instead of being in town like it used to be.
Report Post »FugMan
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 6:46amDont me mean to your bus driver.
Report Post »sodun
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 6:46amQuote from article: “In my tenure with Greyhound, I have never heard of something happening like this,” spokeswoman Maureen Richmond told the Memphis Commercial Appeal. “It’s inexcusable and certainly unprecedented.”
Don’t believe it. I’ve had problems with Grey Hound in the past myself, and a Google search will leave you wondering why they’re still in business.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:25amI rode a Greyhound about 12 years ago. I said NEVER EVER again. The passengers that travel on buses are lowlife loudmouth drug addled morons for the most part. They do not know how to be quiet or respectful. I don’t blame the driver.
Report Post »GeorgeWashingtonslept here
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 6:44amhahahahahahahaha. I love it.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 6:39am.
Report Post »With a bus full of folks, I bet the Lot Lizzards were happy…………