If I am a BC, I will do the following when i got into such a
situation. Whether its flouting the rues or not, or you dun feel
like it, but I guess its the best I would do...
As a SBST BC...
1. Early: Once the DDU indicates I am early, I will check my
time against the timesheet. If the timesheet is not the same as the
actual time, which means that the timesheet is wrong, I will mark
the time against the timesheet, like +2 or -3 and so on, and
continue on with the journey. And when the buffer is reached, like
5 minutes, I will stop the bus and apologize to the commuters on
the bus, and stop the bus at the bus stop until the time have
dropped to 0 or +1 and I would move off. Saves my wallet and my
points too. Being so, i will drive at a safe speed of 50km/h
maximum on normal roads and maximum vehicle speed on
expressway.
2. Confiscating cards: I will not confiscate cards. I swear I
will never do such anti-social things, even if it gives me SGD1000
bonus per year. Ethnic is ethnic. Irritating customers is the last
thing I would do.
3. Late: Once I got into a late situation, more than 5 minutes
behind schedule, I will go off service immediately. I will not ask
OCC cause this is plain stupid and I hate being late. Before
entering Interchange, or when time reaches +1 (early by 1 minute),
i will put back the plates and resume service. Only in dire
conditions will I ask OCC if I can go off service. I believe on the
road, the BC sees more than the guys in the office.
4. MC: Believe me, unless I am bed-ridden or under heavy
medication, I will not take MC. This is making loss to the company.
Serious loss, as men are its tools in profit, in turn, will the
company then care about its employees.
As a SMRT BC:
1. Late or early: same as above. DDU have to be the iBOS
though...
2. Confiscating cards: Same as above.
3. MC: Same as above.
4. Vehicle performance: You know the underhand methods of making
the bus run fast. Then you do it.
These are the views I have as the shoes of a bus captain. There
are just some rules which have to be followed, there are some which
are meant to be broken sometimes. And some rules are plain stupid
rules, which need no following...
hmm, lemme think.
as an sbst bc, i would follow:
1) timing-
if ddu says im early, i would slow down reasonably, say, instead
of trying to rush over traffic lights, i will slow down to a speed
of 30km/h at every set of lights till the ddu tells me im back on
time. of course, i wont slow down till sv.119 type of speeds where
the drivers in the late afternoons are praying for every set of
lights to be red. i will enter bus stops even if it does not seem
that the ppl in there are going to board my bus. on highway routes,
i will drive at a constant speed of 50kmh till the ddu says im back
on time
if ddu tells me im late, i will speed up, not to really chiong
and overtake everything i can overtake, but speed up reasonably,
and if no one at the bus stop flags down the bus, i will accelerate
and keep pace with traffic. on highways i will try to hit the max
speed of the roads or as fast as the bus allows me to go, this
continue until ddu says im on time.
if i get into a really late situation, i will make contact with
the occ to check wat i shd do next, to remove desto or carry
on.
2) ezlink cards and fares-
i will not confiscate any adult ezlink card. this are standard
ezlink card and its right for anyone to own one.
student ezlink card, only if the holder really does notlook like
a student. as for ppl paying by cash, if student lack the 5 cents
to pay i wont make a fuss over it.
3)mc-
i believe that i can take 10 or less mc per year. usually much
less.
4) bus-
i belive as a bc it would be my duty to take care of the current
vehicle under my charge. i will do checks at the start and end of
my duty and report any damages. ;likewise, i will keep it clean,
sweeping the floor when i am parked at interchange.
