Yeah lah he got a bit on the extreme side, but I suggest that
you can keep that feedback to yourself at least. Not trying to
interfere, but I have experienced this situation a few times
already, also on Dunearn Rd. The bus driver also insisted that I
tap the card a few times, although always got Entry OK reading. The
EZ-link software has some bugs to start with, and sometimes, the
driver receive the wrong output from the reader, and it always
happen in the morning on service 852. Sometimes, there is no beep
but the Entry Ok is displayed immediately, so the driver have to
check and this sometimes cause a 5 minute delay in the morning at
worst.
Sorry for criticising like this, but you may want to know that
Dunearn Road is a very stressful road to be in, and there are a lot
of " si ren bai lei" of rich people who think they own the whole
bus when they board it. There are quite a few, to say the least,
and they just waltzed into the bus, not paying fares and the driver
also helpless, or they kanna complain for their "service" when they
are in fact doing their job. In this service industry, the commuter
may be in the wrong, but for some reasons, the company is forced to
penalise the driver just to appease the customer for fear that he
blows it big to LTA or the ST Forum.
Furthermore, Bus drivers will kanna when the inspectors find that
they do not tap the card, and believe me, the drivers do get marked
down. Thus I think its Zilchster bad luck that he got a driver with
such a bad mood that day, but I have met many more worse drivers
than this. Well, isn't it so good if we just forget about such
incident and try to remain cheerful cos there are so much more
things to worry about 
