Bus Rider Finds Unusual Way To Avoid Missing Their Stop, Driver Calls It Abuse
Missing the stop too many times pushed this commuter to improvise.
A 28-year-old bus rider thought they found a clever workaround, then somehow ended up in a full-on Reddit argument about “abuse.” The post reads like a commute gone wrong, the kind where one small choice turns into a whole debate over who’s really being unreasonable.
The rider claims they were trying not to miss their stop, so instead of doing the usual chain-pull at the right moment, they used an unusual method that the driver did not appreciate. The driver called it abuse, commenters piled on, and suddenly everyone was dissecting bus stop timing, habits, and whether the rider should have just paid attention like everyone else.
And the wild part is, the replies don’t just disagree, they roast the logic so hard it feels personal.
Let’s dig into the details
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We gathered some interesting comments from the Reddit community
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“YTA…Once you pass the stop before yours, pull the chain. It's really not that difficult.”
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“YTA what in the weaponised incompetence did I just read…”
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This is similar to the AITA where a brother kept begging for bakery money and the OP refused.
“I’m not sure I understand why you’re unable to look at Google Maps and see exactly when your stop is coming up.”
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“Google maps shows bus stops as points on your route and it shows which stops you've had and which are still coming.”
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“Set google maps to a location a block or two before your stop.”
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“With all due respect I would suggest the solution is to be a bit less st*pid and pay attention to your surroundings.”
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“YTA. You've been riding for a few MONTHS and you still haven't learned where your stop is relative to the outside surroundings?”
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The OP’s “avoid missing my stop” plan is where the thread starts heating up, right after the driver says it crosses the line into abuse.
Once commenters point out they can pull the chain after passing the stop before theirs, the whole argument shifts from “miscommunication” to “why didn’t you do the simplest thing.”
That’s when the Google Maps debate kicks in, with people insisting the rider could track past stops and upcoming ones instead of improvising mid-ride.
By the time someone calls it weaponised incompetence and another says the rider has been on this route for months, the driver’s side starts sounding like the thread’s default setting.
Commuting systems often rely on small habits and signals that regular riders learn over time.
The bus ride might be the same, but in this story, the real stop they missed was accountability.
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