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susliktoday at 8:27 AM6 repliesview on HN

I see it like this:

Me: I'd like to get out here please.

Driver: But it can be dangerous...

Me: Noted. Good thing that is not your problem.

And when I am hit by a camel while departing the bus, that is my problem also. But of course, most cultures do not support this line of reasoning - you need to be taken care of weather you like it or not. This approach is well tolerated by most people, but saddens and irritates people like me.


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master-lincolntoday at 9:19 AM

Don't talk to the bus driver while they are driving is also a rule.

> Me: Noted. Good thing that is not your problem.

As if... when you get injured while leaving the bus, do you really believe the bus driver would just mind their business? There is another rule that demands you help people in emergency situations

karmakurtisaanitoday at 10:51 AM

And then you go to the media and file a law suit against the bus company for being reckless. You deny ever asking to get out and say the driver instructed you to get off.

You probably wouldn't do this, but the company needs to protect itself against the people who would.

anonrepliertoday at 8:31 AM

Have you got time to get that in writing with an official witness?

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grumbelbart2today at 9:00 AM

This can be out of your control. Your health insurance will ask why that camel hit you, and might sue the bus operator for their damages for letting you out where they should not.

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ksk23today at 9:39 AM

When you enter the bus you kind of have a contract that states they will safely let you out at the designated places..

mlrtimetoday at 10:31 AM

The people that think like this are the ones that want to pick and choose what is not other peoples problems.

It doesn't work or scale in a society. If everyone gets to arbitrarily choose what is 'not your problem', the everything is everyones problem, or nobody's problem.