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Oh absolutely - I like the thinking.
Unfortunately, for the general public, you can't demand it - merely encourage it.
However, for a "professional" in a service industry, that's why I believe the apology should be unmitigated and absolute - provocation or otherwise.
ABOUT TIME 1244Ian Dalziel" wrote in message Not necessarily. One common situation where someone might drive a car not owned by them is when they go...
Don't get me wrong, I don't want to see the driver hung, drawn and quartered - or even necessarily face harsh discipline with his job. However, I do believe that the importance of being professional, especially with pbuttengers on board, and to other road users needs to be firmly stressed.
Possibly.
But if dealing with that sort of treatment isn't possible without losing his cool, whilst driving a large vehicle, on public roads, with numerous pbuttengers, and everybody else's safety at mind, then perhaps questions need to be asked about suitability for the job.
Absolutely, especially when it's a service industry, and the general safety of both pbuttengers and other road users is at stake - to say nothing of customer service and relations.
ABOUT TIME 1243car, car, clearly to that the should That may be the case in general, but as far...
Nope.
But not terribly sure I see the pertinence.
I expect you have your reasons, though.
Well that's your prerogative.
Me, I don't care what the reasons. I'd expect the driver to take it in his stride. And if not, I wouldn't want to be a pbuttenger, or in the vicinity. But that's just me.
No, and I'm not expecting that. And I realise that like many in service industries, they regularly have to deal with difficult customers, abuse, and trying situations.
Indeed.
Does that mean society should just let it slide, though?
In the same way as if CCTV had caught pbuttengers abusing the driver, I'd expect there to be action taken.
But by action taken, I'm not so judgemental as to suggest he forfeits his job for the behaviour, just that something needs to be done - and done on all counts, for both the abuse they have to sustain, and for how they choose to deal with it.
Sometimes, though, from a drivers perspective (and they can be like taxi drivers where this is concerned) I frequently find they do themselves no favours. When they must need to lose time, they appear quite happy to drive quite slowly compared to the prevailing speed of traffic, and appear unconcerned about the inconvenience to the traffic behind them. However, when it appears they have to make up time, they seem rather impatient and bullish with traffic that's travelling at reasonable speeds.
"Professionals" like this, sometimes appear that their cause is automatically of higher priority, and whether that means inconvenience to other traffic, or showing their frustration when merely traffic and reasonable speeds hold them up. I'm not suggesting that's representative, but it's something I fairly regularly observe.
