Why did they do this? These fourteen bus driv-
ers who eagerly sacrificed so much to get out from behind
the steering wheel and get behind a broom, gave these
reasons:
( a) "Passengers hardly ever have the right
change. They are always pestering us for
change."
(b) "There's no feeling of cooperation between
the passengers and us."
(c) "In the winter, kids throw snowballs at
our b us. "
( d) And again ... "that pesky job of making
change."
That's why these fourteen bus drivers gave up
their jobs and long seniority to take lower-paying jobs
as bus cleaners I
Now let's not be critical Gf those poor, harassed
men. Many people have found peace and happiness by
admitting that they were incapable of dealing with the
trivial (and to them, annoying) aspects of human nature
and then withdrawing to the relative seclusion of more
solitary jobs. Mter all, somebody has to do this more
menial work, and who is better qualified than those who
cannot get along with their fellow men?
I would venture this guess, however. Most of
those men who chose to clean buses will not find happiness
in that work, either. The irritating passengers will not be
there, but the debris they left behind, will be. Mter
scraping thousands and thousands of wads of used chewing
gum from beneath the bus seats, the cumulative effect may