http://metro.co.uk/2014/03/11/nigel...nger-off-bus-in-saltdean-east-sussex-4518578/
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Sacked for throwing a drunk buffoon off a bus...
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Tricky Dicky
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Seems very wrong on the face of it. I wonder what was on the CCTV to make them come to that decision.
father_and_son
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B&H Buses seem very confident that the driver did something other than "throwing drunk off bus" by over-stepping the mark somehow. Don't know we'd hear the details but reporting so far seems very "daily mail" in its one-sidedness.
daveinprague
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They did say it was after reviewing the cctv though didnt they?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I thought the same but one comment on the Argus website made me think there was more to this story than reported.
HawkTheSeagull
New member
Think there is more to this. Also surprising the driver didn't immediately call the police to remove the passenger. Always incredibly risky doing it yourself, not least as the guy could hurt people.
Birdie Boy
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- Jun 17, 2011
- 4,108
So, the drunken threatening idiot gets a £37 fine and £105 costs but the driver who was protecting the public gets sacked... To me it doesn't matter if the driver was heavy handed, as long as he weren't sitting on him and pummeling him non-stop but if you know you can get drunk and violent and only pay a £142 fine/costsif you get caught, how is that meant to dissuade anyone?
With regard the sacking, maybe he was already on a warning.
With regard the sacking, maybe he was already on a warning.
kevo
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- Mar 8, 2008
- 9,094
There's a woman on there saying that when she was 14 the guy who lost his job was physically aggressive and threatening towards her at a bus stop. Probably more to this than meets the eye, I think.
OzMike
Well-known member
Right man for the job I would have thought.
Tricky Dicky
New member
Are you inferring that the papers don't always write the complete and honest unbiased truth ? Well I never, whatever next, bears sh*tting in woods ?
albion534
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Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
See kevo's post 8.
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
It would only need an unproven either way complaint like this on his personal file or a disciplinary warning for something entirely different to persuade his employers what action to take.
emphyrian
Active member
he wasn't the driver he was the supervisor attending the incident after the driver had called it into the depot. I used to work at the depot and knew him. always nice and polite and always looked out for his co-workers.
Westdene Wonder
New member
He had been sent to aid the female driver and kids on board,that meant the drunk had to be taken off the bus,which he was, the Supervisor deserves a commendation.
Surely the union will take up his case.
Surely the union will take up his case.
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
It now costs over a grand to take a case of unfair dismissal to tribunal. It could be the union will only support a member if there is a 75% probability of winning the case.