Thanks?
It’s funny that sharingtime says New Yorkers don’t say thank you to bus drivers, because just this morning I noticed the way that every person getting off the bus said some form of “thank you”. Even the Tough Guys, who just sort of grunted it, but were still unmistakably expressing their appreciation.
I don’t think all New Yorkers are jerks, I think it was just Lee.
It took me a while to get used to people saying thank you to the bus drivers as they exit the bus here in Colorado. Now I’m doing it too. I’ve never said thank you to a bus driver in my life. In New York, there’s an unspoken rule about not talking to other human beings on public transit, transit employees being no different.
The words feel weird coming out of my mouth. I’m used to being polite and saying thank you to people in the service industry, but bus drivers are not exactly directly serving you. I’m a little freaked out by my own courtesy. I can’t really imagine any other situation where this would hold true.
“Thank you for performing that life-saving operation on me, Dr. Jewsurgeon.”
“Why, you’re welcome Lee.”
“Ok, I feel gross now.”
