TTC Bus Driver Slams Passengers For NOT Paying

Toronto bus operators gives passionate speech about bus fare. We explore wild situations that transit bus drivers deal with daily.
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[@ElectroSharpTurtle]

Thank you Mr. Keywan for defending that TTC bus operator. 🙂👍 I live here in Canada in the Greater Toronto Area and I ride the TTC quite a lot and I see so many teenagers and young adults evading fares and it's terrible. 😥

[@AGentlemansJourney77]

I live in Mississauga and it happens a lot here. I just shrug it off and tell them "I'm not surprised" when they ask. It's generally the younger generation and they never ever say thank you neither.

[@Omen6]

Good on this operator for giving his speech. Fare evasion on TTC is so rampant and it's terrible when people who paid watch an entire adult family just walk on like the service is free.

[@NeilQVLGA6455]

I have a lot of operator friends and when I ride with them, I always see them deal with stupid questions passengers ask like “Do you stop at 123 Main Street?” and I also hate it when passengers show the operators a map on their phone to the operator, like you have a phone for a reason, people can be so stupid these days…

[@gerrylee1687]

My uncle will not move the bus until the guy pays. Look how fast the crowd in the bus attack the non paying person

[@Opinionatedguy1989]

I agree with the bus operator. No fare, no ride. You gotta pay to play.

[@CurvyTribune]

As a NYCT member, I totally look down on grown ass adults and kids who just choose not to pay their fare.

[@AGentlemansJourney77]

Fellow Torontonian here 🇨🇦🍁

[@BusDriverLife]

@@AGentlemansJourney77 I always appreciate you man! I’m still grateful for the fragrances that you sent me a while back!

[@AGentlemansJourney77]

@@BusDriverLife My pleasure man. I didn't think you'd remember me. I took down my social media cause I needed some peace and I've had some privacy issues.

[@transitfan2000]

I agree with bus driver in Toronto, the passengers must pay for their fare before entering the bus

[@TheBadCivilServant]

I drove for GO Transit, Toronto’s suburban bus and train service, for 13 years up until 2017. That was when my wife commanded me to move us to Orlando, where I now drive a bus at one of the larger theme parks in town. I’m so glad that city bus BS is behind me. The worst thing about being a GO bus driver was they don’t have fareboxes and (until 2020) drivers had to sell tickets and make change. I drove the 12 - Niagara Falls / Burlington, where all of the tickets are expensive because of the distance from Toronto. The amount of cash I had to carry on me was unreal. I understand the working conditions for GO and TTC drivers have become considerably more violent. It really says something that a Canadian bus driver is safer in Florida than back in Canada.

[@unovox]

Agree! Big city transits are even worse..... Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver.....no thank you!

[@AGentlemansJourney77]

I've been working for Miway for 20 years and its getting worse here.

[@BusDriverLife]

@@TheBadCivilServant Wow..I can’t imagine carrying cash and making change for people. That is horrible!!

[@alimn8365]

As a passenger that lives in Misssissauga and uses public transit, I must say that people in the Greater Toronto Area are getting ruder and ruder. I must say I am not surprised with your statement. I have also heard passengers not use their manners towards other drivers and even customers. I will say from my experience, I even found passengers at Transit Windsor had better manners than with Brampton Transit.

[@ElectroSharpTurtle]

@@alimn8365 Brampton Transit is terrible here because of most of the Brown East Indians are the ones using that transit service. They are known for fare evasion, rudeness to drivers and passengers, they stink very badly and so on. 😥

[@1downpoison]

Good on the driver; TTC drivers deal with so much bs from immature adults. They get assaulted for literally nothing sometimes. As for a bus driver story, my friend had someone ask if they could help them prepare a cover letter and application for a transition service lol. My friend was on duty and couldn't help anyway.

[@obus7800]

Nobody forces you to take the bus...if you don't want to pay you can walk, hitch, ride a bike, bum a ride from a friend, etc. So I never had a problem with fare evaders on my trolley...I'd turn it off and we'd wait for the police to help them off if they refused to leave.

[@SchoolBusTalk]

For School Bus Drivers it’s a common thing that little kids get on the bus that don’t know what school they go to, and they don’t know their last name so you can look them up on the route sheet.

[@bestestusername]

My bus in Melbourne Australia goes to a couple of train stations and I get asked about the train timetable and also the Vline country buses timetable. I also get phones thrust in my face while driving "do you go here". We do have a interesting job.

[@PaceBusOperator192]

I support the angry TTC bus driver in this video. Thank you Keywan, my favorite channel. I can't stand these fare evaders neither.

[@Queensway8033]

I don't blame him

[@TheTransitTopian]

Way too many fare evaders!

[@Queensway8033]

@@TheTransitTopian yup. Especially in the subway

[@TheTransitTopian]

@@Queensway8033 I know!

[@Queensway8033]

@@TheTransitTopian yup

[@AshGreen359]

Looking for addresses, ugh reminds me of my parattansit days. Now that's a much harder job and the pay sucks. Especially when it's dark and you can't see the numbers.

[@cupcake22293]

Thank you for being a bus driver with out you bus driver us bus passengers can’t get from point a to point b thank you

[@akiira69]

When I lived in San Diego, CA I used to have to rely on the bus to go everywhere. Before I started my trip I always printed a copy of the routes I needed and when I got onto the bus I would ask if they would tell me when I got to a certain stop for that route. Most of the time the driver would be willing to do something like that.

[@TXMEDRGR]

We live in a community and should respect the rules of the community and our fellow citizens. I love Popeye's too. Thanks.

[@thesoundoftransit]

My buddy has a motto about this kind of thing. I’ve been using it as well. We can make more money, but we can’t make more time. Just keep the bus moving.

[@galileykwong7017]

Companies usually take you word for it when you say you paid whatever you said you paid on public transportation. Just said what bus agency you took.

[@BlindGordie]

I wonder which route this was, as not every route has people who do not pay, who are not using a CNIB card or a pass. I agree completely with the driver and if it is one of the routes in a ruff area of Toronto, good for him. At least on the routes I normally use, such freeloaders are rare for me.

[@xxfloppypillowxx]

I mean here in Canada if I were a bus driver and had habit fare evaders I'd just let them board and the first cop car or police station I see and I'd stop and ask them to handle the fare evader on my bus. But there is a lot less chance that I'd be getting shot in Canada than the US. Anyone whose life is so bad that they find themselves having to dodge bus fare has a lot less to lose than I do so I'm not about to put that to the test.

[@captainkeyboard1007]

This bus operatress was really saying something. Just when I thought stealing rides happens only in New York City. Some grownups just need to grow up. Bus operators and operatresses are right and the freeloading passengers are wrong.

[@barfoonisland2003]

I've been saying this for years. The best job in the world is a job where you do not deal directly with the public.

[@ilbambino96]

I'm from Toronto and use the TTC all the time. People are always getting on buses for free or walking into stations from the street. I've been told from talking to a few drivers is their told in training not to say anything if someone doesn't pay their fare and a lot of drivers are also scared of getting attacked as it's happened before. Some drivers do speak up if someone doesn't pay.

[@AshGreen359]

Those barricades are nice, wish we had those where I'm at.

[@robleeg]

Drove the city bus in Atlanta, GA 3 years, & NY 2 months...I'm in nursing school now. I still hold my CDL, but man I'mma just hold it for now.

[@williamhaynes7089]

A co worker of mine had a "customer" get on bus and put 34 CENTS in farebox.. (fare is $2.00). after driver told him the correct cost he dug thru his pockets and pulled out a $20 bill. The driver suggested he go to Circle-k at bus stop and get change and catch the next bus.. "Customer" got mad and threw his drink at the driver.

[@BusDriverLife]

Sad but not surprising unfortunately

[@3089280288]

And did he really have time to leave to get change?

[@mjsteward5508]

Chicago stores don't accept EBT at all even though I don't get any EBT at all. I have to used cash from my hardworking job to spend. I had some passengers feel like I'm supposed to know things when I'm just a passenger myself. They have a cell phone themselves and the tracker is on top of the board at the train station.

[@DaOfficalSwat]

That's Wild bro! Can't believe it

[@NKP-1985]

Good driver

[@thebronybusfan4740]

Yeah you can't hold the bus up because people don't pay their fare. It's not fair (pun not intended) to those good honest customers who's trying to get where they need to be. I document a lot of crazy encounters I have with passengers. I'll list one right here. *Driving down the street and there's heavy police activity. A police car is involved in a crash and police has the road blocked.* Me: *Stops the bus and contacts control.* Control Center: *Responds in a minute. They send supervision to the location after speaking with them.* Old man That didn't pay his fare: You see where those cars are going? You need to turn down the street and follow them. That's how you do it. You sitting here like you don't know what you're doing. Me: .......... Woman whispering: "Old man shut your dumb *** up. He'll go off route."

[@TheSheiban]

How does the route information that you see on the display above the front window get put on? Does every bus need to have a USB plugged into it and get uploaded or is there something more sophisticated?

[@Nicholas-kl5gb]

Hey Mr. Keywan I appreciate learning from you 😎🙂. Can you help me to get on the program pls.

[@robisalwayslearning8616]

I had a high guy get on my bus, he asks do you go past my place? I said no man the bus right behind me does.

[@ctabusoperator5796]

As a Southside Chicago Bus driver, I'm not about to argue with you about bus fare because too many bus drivers in my city got hurt and lost their lives about the bus fare. I seen young dudes got on my bus and didn't pay, some would say hey bus driver, could I ride. I just don't say anything but click on this button that say fare evader. I want to go home to my wife and family.

[@TVHouseHistorian]

Here’s the main problem I have with fare evasion: when you allow evil to get its way, it overtakes everything and always demands *more.* And as for the EBT question, my canned response for every question I cannot answer is always *YES.* Same thing with directional questions: *”Bus driver can you tell me where 34567 SW Main Street is?”* “Why yes, just hop off here, walk three blocks, turn right and you’ll be there!” Never mind the fact that I gave them the wrong directions. Then that’s it. Let them go on their wild goose chase. Let the good folks at Popeye’s deal with the fallout when they have to tell their customer “No.” The rule of thumb with EBT is that, if the food is cooked onsite at the restaurant, then they don’t accept EBT. If it’s prepared at the restaurant, but not cooked there (like Papa Murphy’s) then yes, they accept EBT. The passenger should have known that, and probably did. They were waiting for you to say, “I don’t know” so they could throw a fit with you. People are dumb. You just have to be smarter than them.

[@JackMorrison-jz8hz]

I live up here in Dayton, OH and I can't stand these fare evaders myself because I buy my 30 day pass to ride the GDRTA to get around. My city only have buses only, no trains.

[@harbringerf9416]

It's OK if people don't pay I can always call and get transit police to sort it out. I sometimes pay someone's fare if they can tell me a good enough story.

[@williamhaynes7089]

as a driver I can press the "FREE" button if I so desire , i wont reach into my own pocket

[@3089280288]

Do you have time for that?

[@seattleharris8113]

That's crazy!... the operator should avoid fare evasion ... its not the operator's job to get beat up for 2-3 dollars???

[@3089280288]

So, if the bus ia crowded in the front, how are they suppose to pay if they have to load from tje back?

[@robleeg]

Yea Ebt accepted at fastfood places in California. I lived in LA for some time in 2022.

[@Grassmpl]

This is why i dont understand why usa have to allow open carry.

[@RenoBusdriver]

I read body language first. Tell them the correct fare and go about my day unless I recognize the face.

[@mauricepurnell303]

In not the fare police. If they say they short on fare I tell them just to put what you have! It's definitely not worth it over $2.00 bus fare!

[@BusDriverLife]

💯

[@GardenerEarthGuy]

Pro Tip- Canadian quarters work on US bus so you can get a big discount! 😂❤😂

[@AtlExpress]

Me I don't say nothing I don't even say what the fair is I just keep it moving

[@3089280288]

I'M NOT ANSWERING STUPID QUESTIONS!

[@rossmcgarrie9787]

I know in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 if you have a disability which I do with my MS but you don’t have to pay to use the buses 🚍 if I came over to ride your buses 🚍 & meet you in America 🇺🇸 it would be entirely up to you if you would want me to pay a bus fare. I wouldn’t have an issue at all but it would be entirely up to you mate.

[@AshGreen359]

Transfer is reciept enough for most people.

[@jenniferminge6200]

Cashless. It takes the hassle out of it. Dayton ohio. Either u pay by app or there's a card. There's no cash hassle arguments

[@BusDriverLife]

I love that!! I’m totally onboard for cashless fare!!

[@Kishanth.J]

TTC does have a card system and recently introduced the ability to pay for your fare via credit card.

[@seattleharris8113]

sometimes i wish i had EBT

[@blackpanda7298]

F TTC.. I’m not paying them

[@unovox]

Toronto? Not surprised......

[@AGentlemansJourney77]

It's turned into a shithole here.

[@Malcolm-o7c]

2:12 SOINC

[@LifeOnCoach]

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