New Greyhound Bus Rules | How Will It Affect Bus Drivers? 

Well from what I've seen greyhound treat their customers like absolute garbage. I've seen people being treated like less than a human being is disgusting. I've never seen a company leave such random people out in such large Open Spaces where anything can happen to them. That would never happen in the UK but the fact that the weather in the United States is also much worse I'm sorry but from a humanity as well as a business point of view greyhound other absolute pits.

Greyhound only screwed me over once. After the first check they gave me bounced, I beat feet.

Half of the assigned seats on buses in Europe I have experienced don't enforce it...the driver actually told me 'sit wherever'.

I seen a driver leave a woman bag's on purpose

@@A_Canadian_In_Poland Some would ask where do I sit? I always told them on your arse lol.

​@@HbornDid that for 15 years. I can go on and on how progressively worse it's got and finally I bounced. 'Hound don't giveaf 'bout the equipment, drivers, or passengers. Trust me folks, DON'T become a driver for them! You'll instantly regret it.

What was so bad about it?

In traveling across the U.S. by bus on 4 separate occasions I met some great drivers and terminal staff , I also met and or saw and heard a great many with very bad attitudes torwards all passengers. Basically they were on a power trip. That being said, I also point out that on my journeys at least, most of the on bus problems came from fellow passengers and some of those drivers had the patience of saints . It's really a toss up , never know what you're going to get with each driver change or station layover . A few stations I would literally pay extra and go out of my way to avoid if there was another route that would let me bypass them , there were some drivers I wished to never see again but there were mostly drivers that I felt good about seeing take over the next leg because I knew they would run a tight bus and do it with professionalism.

Pro tip for greyhound. Don't call the customer service number to complain about a driver or station worker. It never gets to the station manager. Call the city manager of that station. Osc and customer service Don't really care. Let the city managers know who is good and who is horrible. If you ever are in wa going to van bc on flix hopefully you ride with me.

@@adamkoecke4582 Thanks for the advice . I wish you safe travels and mature passengers .

Wow that’s a great point! Thanks for sharing that! Always good to here from someone who actually has experience driving Greyhound!

@@BusDriverLife you’re welcome.

​​@@ThethomasJeffersonYes I mean, I show up in Cedar City in the middle of winter single digits and early morning not a soul out everything's closed standing out in the bitter temperature is a person with three hefty garbage bags worth of belongings. Of course I'd do the right thing and pick them up IF they weren't douchebags to me when explaining the rules to them but your skin start to get thicker everytime I do that for someone who doesn't have "Thank you!" in their vocabulary. A passenger once said to me you have to have thick skin to do this job and I told them yeah, and it get's thicker everyday!

@@winterlumikki508yes, any time you work with the general public you get that. I have been locked down at for the different careers I have done. So you are right about having to have think skin.

THAT would be interesting to hear about, you could start a channel with the experiences you had 👍🏽

That works about as much as having an emotional support pest. That got old and annoying 5 years ago.

I agree

I used Greyhound in 2019 for a couple of trips and have a feeling that some of their passengers use two smaller bags to keep the weight down per bag. Wonder if they have a problem in the airlines where one person hauls in 4 or 5 "carry on" bags then fills up the overhead rack? I didn't know Greyhound wasn't owned by Greyhound ... what's the world coming too?

Nice!

@BusDriverLife But you did seem to miss a few things like as I did some more research on flix bus and they don't really have stations like greyhound use to either. Maybe you should do a video where you mention all the differences between greyhound today. Now that it's owned by flex bus. Versus like how it used to be. So people who have only ridden it iback when it used to be its own company are prepared for what it's going to be like on greyhound today.

It wasn't too bad in the northwest. But a few Karens did get kicked off.

As you know prayers never help anyone

​@@elixier33 😂😂😂 your opinion

@@Polemic-2525 I was in Chicago at the Greyhound station and my third time taking the bus and be in Chicago I decided to go in before dark because if you have your ticket for the early in the morning they will let you stay there overnight but if you don’t they’ll kick you out which is rightly so but this is an about that, I was talking with his nice handicap overweight lady who was at the same station for three days and trying to get to Indianapolis Indiana and the buses that were supposed to have her leave on for some odd reason all of them had their handicap part not working and so when I was there talking with her we went into the customer service Area and asked if the next bus would have a working handicap door and The disabled lady was on the phone with her sister trying to get another bus maybe to go to Gary or someplace else so that her sister can pick her up and she missed the call that the lady did which only lasted not even 15 seconds and I called her out on it and so they kicked me out and I got robbed of $200 because I was standing outside the bus station and I couldn’t get back in until my bus left. And then they told her to get another ticket so she had to pay another fee to change the ticket because the ticket was outdated or whatever or they wouldn’t honor it or something. If you don’t cause any trouble even trying to help a stranger in need, then you’ll be fine and they’ll let you stay as long as your bus leaves at 6:30 in the morning or something but they’ll kick you out like I said if you don’t have a ticket because they’ll come around and check your check tickets and they won’t just check to see if you have one Delevan ask what time your bus is leaving and that way they can keep the inside of the station as safe as possible from gangs and prostitutes and hoodlums and stuff like that

🤣 Children have been conceived on the back seats of Greyhound buses over the years. That back seat was party row, people were smoking weed, Crack, magic sticks and everything else! 🤣

well Greyhound had a BAD habit of overbooking and leaving travelers stranded. This will prevent that so it is overall a good thing.

I've rode FLIX busses in Europe several times and the way it works is you can purchase a general ticket or seat assigned ticket for a few extra $$$. Never had issues riding over there.

right I agree with that now

sure was but now oh man

I appreciate you!

I really can't blame some of them Greyhound bus drivers for quitting because the company ain't treating them well. Thank you for your service with Greyhound.

I’m glad I left Greyhound back in 2006 after driving for 10 months . I got a job at a local transit authority.

Just got my CDL b permit is this not a good place to apply?

How much did they start $

I'm also thinking it prevents overbooking which the old company use to do. Rather have an assigned seat than be stranded in a bus transfer because they overbooked and be stranded at a bus terminal or worst waiting for the next one which may take 24 hours and hopefully that one wasn't overbooked as well

@@a-totally-random-person This is very true. They seem to be totally oblivious to the fact that most of their customers are poor. Nobody in the middle class and up takes greyhound.

Been riding Greyhound since 1987. I often had seen passengers with laundry bags as means of carrying items to load underneath the bus. Only once did I see someone carrying a plastic garbage bag. This was in 1998 tho.

@@tidyupclean I thnk they have been trying to use plastic bags since they were invented. Greyhound when owned by the Dial corp. Never allowed plastic, due to people putting in rediculious claims for damaged baggage. LOL I had one guy threaten me because I didn't relize that his garbage bag was baggage. And got really mad when it was not removed from under the bus when we got to Chicago. I wonder if it's sitting against the wall iin Moline, Ill ?

I quit driving Greyhound bus in 2021. I drove out of Cincinnati Ohio.

​@@terrencewalker1982Me too brother. I feel much better now. Best thing that happened. It really is a great job - IF there were NO passengers lmao!

Nice!! Welcome!!

Specially after over 100 years of doing it one way and then changing it.

If the ticket counter sales person allowed the purchase price for extra luggage and allowed the garbage bags customer to purchase a ticket, then I will allow the ride too! They should be enforcing regulations regarding that and they didn't. So I guess I will be boarding passengers in violation with a smile while baggage loaders if there are any will be fussing mad at me trying not to load it.

The problem is their putting that responsibility on the drivers so now your putting them in danger. If want that policy then they need a security guard that checks the bags before boarding other then that their making situation for violence for driver

If I pay extra to choose my seat then I'm going to be sitting in the seat I paid for. Someone will just have to sit where they were assigned to sit if they sit in the seat I paid for.

We have secret riders that would report things on us when I drove for greyhound, but this was also under First Transit owned them.

@user-zn4nu8yu4gwhen I drove for greyhound you had to be 15 years old to ride alone. This was 2015 the last time I worked for them.

I got home from Greyhound and No way will go on Greyhound anymore I had to pull own Laggage bags never Again there was no help til last minute

They will beat you for your money no refund of Hotel voucher or food,20 hours in the station Fuck the Greyhound.

Oh stop crying ppl, just follow the rules!

@@Gina-tz5nz exactly

First laylaw Then first student Now flex bus Can they make up their mindsMaybe flex busWe'll bring more modern equipmentTo the Fleet. Rather than greyhound outdated coaches.

What state did you drive? I've taken them when I go to LA

The best thing to do is to ignore the seat number on the ticket, and sit where you're most comfortable, as was always the case for decades. Passengers need to push back strongly against this dictatorial policy.

I haven't rode Greyhound in a while, did you had to pay for your seating when you used their company? If you're a regular Greyhound rider?

Do they search you

I took the Greyhound bus many times in Canada mainly because I live here, lol but trips between Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton were very pleasant, fun drivers and mostly, on time connections, Greyhound was fun in the 90s and 2000s

stupidity

I too rode the Hound years ago when bus travel was still very respectable. I used to love it. Nowadays I wouldn't ride under threat of death. The professionalism is gone, the route structure sucks big ones, and cancellations and unreliability are ridiculous. Hopefully Flix can do what the last few owners couldn't.

Fun???

@@blast4me754 Yeah, many European backpackers and American kids rode the bus then. It was cheaper than flying in those days.

There is absolutely no need to identify a passenger with a specific seat.

Does greyhound require Id to ride their bus ?

Did they search you

They're following the airlines with the bin bag rules, it's all about making money. Passengers won't have any option but to comply if they're reliant on Greyhound.

Southwest Airlines here in the U.S. has an official open seating policy.

when it's time to go, go .... and if people don't want to sit where they are supposed to, get off the bus. Americans are so annoying, they think they can do whatever they want, wherever they want, whenever.. It's surprising, overall as a group they are not an exceptional people 🤔

Eh... If I were you I'd get in with a private coach company (like Croswell or Jaco Limo or Queen City transportation here in NKY/greater Cincinnati)

Well when you compare the $20 extra bag fee to the price of the ticket, it’s pretty expensive. Just looking now, a ticket from LA to Phoenix is $49.99. And a 2 month advance ticket from LA to NYC is $186.35. A lot of people riding the bus don’t have an extra $20 to spend, especially now that they have to buy a duffel bag, and still have to pay for their meals.

Thanks for being out there for the traveling public, I'm sure it isn't an easy job.

@@TXMEDRGR Thank you thank you 🙏🏽. Yeah it can be hard at times, but it’s all in a days work 🤷🏽‍♂️😂

Thank you for your service of driving Greyhound. I know that you're dealing with some decent people and some crazy people while you're on the trip for long period of time. I used to sit in the back of Greyhound bus but not anymore so I like to sit in front now because a lot of craziness in the back of bus.

@@mjchicagoland2314 Appreciate the thanks! 90% of my rides are smooth, it’s that 10% where I have “those passengers” on the bus making everything overly complicated 😂. Good call sitting up front, things seems to be a lot better the closer to the driver you are 😂.

@@poorlittlebiker6476 As a former Greyhound bus driver, I just want to say that I appreciate y'all bus drivers still out on the road. Most of my trips was awesome but very few people would irritated you especially married and dating couples.

I carried mine with me, but I use a 13 inch Kanken, so it's not as large as some backpacks .....

@@latachia_2981did they check your bags

Passengers should be allowed to sit wherever they want and ignore the assigned seating rule. After all, they're the ones paying for the ticket, not the diktators at Flixbus/Greyhound. Furthermore, open seating was in place for decades. Apparently, Greyhound never heard the phrase "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

Under the new dictatorial seating system, you could be assigned to sit next to someone creepy, and wouldn't have the option to move to a more comfortable location as you would under the former open seating system. This is true even if there were empty seats available.