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...when they won’t make room for man in wheelchair.
Wow. Paris bus driver was fed up with his riders when no one would move to accommodate a passenger in a wheelchair. After making everyone get off his bus, he allowed the passenger in the wheelchair and his caregiver to board and everyone else had to wait for the next bus!
I'd like to be a fly at that bus stop and see what the people's reaction was after that bus pulled way!
...when they won’t make room for man in wheelchair.
Wow. Paris bus driver was fed up with his riders when no one would move to accommodate a passenger in a wheelchair. After making everyone get off his bus, he allowed the passenger in the wheelchair and his caregiver to board and everyone else had to wait for the next bus!
I'd like to be a fly at that bus stop and see what the people's reaction was after that bus pulled way!
PARIS (RNN) – A Paris bus driver is racking up major kudos for kicking everyone off the bus when they failed to move for man using a wheelchair.
Francois Le Berre, who has multiple sclerosis, posted his story on Facebook on Oct. 19.
I wonder if the bus driver saw the US story a few weeks ago. Good for him. I would have told the people up front to move and if they didn't I would have kicked them, not everyone
I wonder what would have happened to that bus driver if he was in America? Would he be seen as a hero on social media while the bus company fires him because the booted riders filed a complaint for their ignorant inconvenience?
I wonder what would have happened to that bus driver if he was in America? Would he be seen as a hero on social media while the bus company fires him because the booted riders filed a complaint for their ignorant inconvenience?
Europeans often expect a citizen to have a regard for his fellow countrymen, thus the Paris bus driver was lauded and the passengers held in contempt. But in the United States we hold our fellow countrymen in contempt and think our our needs come before that of our less fortunate countrymen, so here I think the driver would be canned.
Id be curious though did the wheelchair guy try to board when the bus was already full? As this happened on a Muni metro trolley in SF in the past when a homeless man on a wheelchair tried to get into the door that was already bunching with riders. And it was a non ADA accessible entrance as well. In other words people were already on the bus before he showed up. At that point there was no way to let him on unless you force quite a number of people who already have paid and boarded to wait for the next bus. On this overcrowded tram, there were of course other mobility impaired people who were occupying the priority seats as well.
Though the homeless man with the wheelchair after negotiations was eventually asked to wait for the next bus and he gave in.
Would you voluntarily give up and wait half an hour or more and possibly have to pay again just so someone who came late can ride? Normally the latecomer would be the one to wait for the next bus and they normally agree with that. The fare these days are close to $3 a boarding in some agencies.
Last edited by citizensadvocate; 11-10-2018 at 10:28 AM..
I wonder what would have happened to that bus driver if he was in America? Would he be seen as a hero on social media while the bus company fires him because the booted riders filed a complaint for their ignorant inconvenience?
Hero on social media, fired by the transit authority, riders file class action suit against the TA months later.
What an idiot driver. Many disabilities are hidden - not fair to punish collectively. Overreaction.
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