Grievance
Posted by: Sakhi on: February 23, 2009
Unedited version of an employee’s grievance letter to admin. department. Names have been removed / changed to protect privacy.
Dear Sir,
I am very disappointed due to bus driver’s behaviour of Sattadhar Route (Bus No. 2190).One of my collegue Mr. ABC from Engineering Dept. came 10 minutes before the bus arrival at Prabhat Chowk pick up point. But, due to his personal work at ATM which in first floor of that Complex where we stand daily. As & when he went to ATM, the bus came. Meanwhile I called him to come down. I requested to bus driver to wait for a few seconds till his arrival. But, the driver roughly replied me.
At the same time some persons from our bus also instructed driver not to wait for a few seconds. This has happened the first time from my pick up point. Further, from Sattadhar point & Gulab Tower point,Mr. Baldev & Mr. Dilip Patel also requested to bus driver.But, he didn’t stop.
Sir, on 10/9/2008 due to breakdown of Maninagar Route bus, I was one of the persons to push the bus to start for the benefit of our employees. From next time if anything happens to Bus from MNO Travels, please don’t expect any help from me.
Moreover, please instruct driver to behave softly.
Thanks.
XYZ
32 Responses to "Grievance"
February 23, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Happens with most of us na!!!
We try to contribute to the society but this is what we get…
I hope we all don’t give up!!!
February 23, 2009 at 10:11 pm
welcome back ( i think i am late 
)
well etiquette classes …..thats the ultimate solution
February 23, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Ha ha. This post was good!!
This really takes the cake, “From next time if anything happens to Bus from MNO Travels, please don’t expect any help from me.” 
Keep Blogging!
February 23, 2009 at 11:24 pm
umm… intention praiseworthy, but execution: the less said, the better!
February 23, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Good one.. Once, the bus broke down n all guys got down and pushed the bus.. lol
February 24, 2009 at 12:59 am
Even though it was funny I think the poor guy managed to put his thought across which was important in this case
February 24, 2009 at 8:38 am
Really disturbing to see such behaviour even from co-passengers… they should realize that someday even they could be in such circumstances…
February 24, 2009 at 9:44 am
This was one innocent letter, reflecting several of us what we think inwardly.
February 24, 2009 at 10:19 am
this happens…when you are already seated you want to get to the destination as soon as possible , not worrying about the fellow pessengers …..
February 24, 2009 at 1:00 pm
These bus drivers are castigated really badly if they are even a minute late. That’s what I read somewhere. On the whole though we have lost our humanity. Time has become of the essence!
February 24, 2009 at 2:30 pm
It’s natural human tendency to expect back if we did some kind of favour…let it be a bus driver or someone else! And these days, it’s purely give and take relationship. We all are running low on perseverance.
Liked ur pet…fun to rotate my mouse pointer around it! 
February 24, 2009 at 3:29 pm
@ All
hmmm… Got a lot of perspective other than mine.
When I posted this I thought of humour arising from faulty language and weird expectations from employees! 
@ Suda
Hee..hee..
@ WW
you can even feed my pet (hamster) by clicking in the window and make it run on the wheel
@ Vimmu
hee..hee… Well, I am a doctor but this gentleman had marked this letter not only to the admin department but everyone in the office!!! 
February 24, 2009 at 10:11 pm
lolol! Sorry to laugh but then maybe we dont have a choice but to laugh at ourselves!
February 24, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Hats off to XYZ.
I think his friend shouldn’t have gone on his small errand.
February 25, 2009 at 12:37 am
quite a horrible letter which made me to laugh… but at times those bus drivers and co-workers were not co-operative enough in odd situations
February 25, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Well this proves I am not alone, I just gave up my moronic driver and started taking my own bike
February 25, 2009 at 2:16 pm
@I am for it.. let me know what you want from me! (in case you feel i am worth it 
) …… Obviously
February 25, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Heyy i feel that bus driver was justified in a way!! I know its weird.. but yeah!
February 25, 2009 at 5:02 pm
I believe it is a company bus – or a bus hired by the company to transport employees, not a public transport bus, correct? So what’s the problem with the driver? And the passengers? Are they not colleagues of the two stranded guys? It’s not as if they are strangers on a public bus. I hope the driver wasn’t asked to wait for too long.
February 25, 2009 at 9:30 pm
what if the reply states :
Madam, I notice the inconvenience caused, but for the sake of punctuality, and keeping in mind the worse traffic conditions possible, I ask of you to appeal to your colleagues to maintain punctuality, even as I am asking my driver to be as hospitable to the commuters as possible.
February 25, 2009 at 10:40 pm
& she’s back with a bang….. ( i know im late……) but…. glad to have u back…
ushould see the kind of applications and profiles that get send to HR…. you’ll end up wtih a stomachche with alll the laughter….
February 26, 2009 at 11:52 am
Hello Sakhi,
if bus stops for everyone like this then there will be blogs of bus reaching late, buses shud be treated like trains- cannot be stopped – so famous saying – don’t run after bus, train & girls – all cannot be stopped also one goes another comes …lol
This is a service industry so driver cannot be rude under any circumstances – next time he does like that u just give him one slap + 1 from me …but u don’t stop to help…luv u…:)
February 27, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Lol!!!…A cute innocent letter…
Sir, on 10/9/2008 due to breakdown of Maninagar Route bus, I was one of the persons to push the bus to start for the benefit of our employees. From next time if anything happens to Bus from MNO Travels, please don’t expect any help from me.
This reminds of a school kid trying to bully his classmates…The “I will tell teacher” thingy….hehe
so kiddish!
February 28, 2009 at 5:57 pm
lol ..
was that an employee ??
like she said it looks like a school guy complaining to the teacher /.
March 6, 2009 at 12:41 am
hmm……it happens with most of us agree!
We feel bad coz we expect driver to stop if someone is late…..here its not like that [in UK] ….ppl dont expect the bus to wait…it comes on time and goes on time….but we cant implement that, no bus comes on time n so everyone expects bus to wait for a few secs..
its diff coz india is not small to move arnd, neither we have infrastructure to maintain speeds……we have so many people who use mass transport unlike here ……
afterall its all not as bad as they say…….its a diff way!
March 12, 2009 at 7:46 pm
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
upsssssssssssssss
ha… ha… ha… ha…..
i enjoyed more with the ‘comments’ section.
UK… US….. INDIA?????? wht????
is there a driver who was leading story!!
i thought it was XYZ
anyways, we all hv forgotten to think ‘child-like’ and became simply CHILDISH at criticism.
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February 23, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Reply:
Dear Sir,
Thanks for noticing us with your good amount of support and help. We surely notice the driver and thank you for the helping.
(m)admin dept
Cheers
