THE WACKY BUS DRIVERS

Wacky Bus Driver #01

Route KL/Kajang, via old Kajang Road, sometime during a weekend while I was still a student. I used to visit my sister in Kajang. My brother in-law worked as an officer in Kajang Prison. I visited them from KL almost every weekends to see my favourite one year old niece. Just love my niece so much that made me took the trips although sometimes my pockets run dry for the bus fare.

I found KL/Kajang bus drivers rather strange those days. They drove the bus like they owned the bus company. Most of the time they stop the bus in front of their house and their wife and kids would run to the bus to deliver their packed meal. Got used to it and it didn't bother me at all.

But in one my KL/Kajang trips, one of the driver took things to a bit too much. In this particular incident, a few naughty boys in the bus were disturbing a girl. The girl screamed at the boys a few times and the bus driver couldn't stand it anymore. He stopped the bus and went to the boys, scolded and warned them not to disturb the poor girl, or else. Because of the sheer size of the bus driver, the boys were afraid and stopped disturbing the girl. Along the journey, the boys got off the bus one by one until the last of the naughty boy left.

Finally the last boy pressed the buzzer which mean he was going off the bus and that will be the end of the misery of the girl, the other passengers and the bus driver. When the bus stopped, at the door, the boy gave the bus driver the F words (Malaysian version of F words), spitted on his face, jumped off the bus and ran away into the village.

The bus driver got off the bus and gave the boy a chase. After a few minutes both of them disappeared amongst the village houses.

The bus engine was still running and everybody thought he would be back very soon and all of us would be back on our way. Well he did not return after five minutes, and okay he might be coming back very soon. Ten minutes later we were still waiting, there was no sign of him. Now all of us were getting restless. A few other later busses passed us already. The big question mark was, is he ever coming back to continue the journey?

Finally. the bus driver came back after twenty minutes, cursing under his breath, then got on to the bus and started to drive towards Kajang.

There was no doubt either he didn't get the boy or he was whacked by the boy's father.

Wacky Bus Driver #02

Route KL/Kelang via Subang Jaya. Sometimes during a weekday when I started working. I took KL/Kelang via Subang Jaya bus. That was the best way to commute for me as I can't afford to buy a motorbike, let alone to buy a car. I was renting a flat near the municipal council football field with a few friends.

The KL/Kelang bus drivers behaved differently. They thought they were the Formula One drivers. They sped the bus immediately from stand still, braked heavily when approaching traffic light or stopping and took a very sharp corners. You would definitely swerved left and right heavily and you had to hold to anything you can hold.

In this particular incident, it was rainy and I was in the bus on my way home to Subang Jaya from work. The bus was a bit packed and there was this passenger, a huge lady standing and holding an umbrella. One of the passenger, a nicely dressed gentleman offered his aisle seat to her and she took it with thanks.

And as usual the bus driver did his thing, speeding and swerving the bus. It was kind of cool as I can see that this huge lady swerved along. Probably she was enjoying the Formula One bus. I was seating two seats behind her.

When the bus was approaching Subang Parade after exiting Federal Highway, the driver took a very sharp corner. In such a sharp swerve, the lady lost control and fell on her bump on to the aisle. She composed her cool and climbed back to her seat. I could see that everybody in the bus were about to laugh, but they held back. The driver saw what had happened in his mirror and I could see that he was worried. One can expect an extreme reaction from the lady, but she just kept her cool and behaved as nothing had happened. By this time the driver slowed down and tried to behave in his driving.

After a few corners, the lady pressed the buzzer and the driver stopped the bus. When she walked towards the door the whole bus were quiet. Everybody must had expected an outburst to the driver from the lady, but she walked to the door elegantly with a sweet smile. Nevertheless, the bus driver looked panic.

Just before she exited the bus, ADOII......... the bus driver yelled. She had whacked the bus driver with her umbrella and walked elegantly exiting the bus.

By now the whole bus bursted into laughter. Served the bus driver right.