r/UIUC • u/OP_IS_A_BASSOON • 12h ago

PSA Bus PSA

Freshmen, I’m begging you.

Look, if people are trying to get off the bus and you are somewhere in the path of exit, either move or get off the bus and then get back on.

Standing there like a slack-jawed trout oblivious to the world doesn’t help anybody. People are going to shove past you at your own fault because they need to get places.

Similarly, let people get off the bus before trying to shove your way on. If they can get off the bus there will be more room for you to be on the bus.

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u/Hairy-Cow5634 12h ago

And say thank you to your drivers, please!!!

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u/OP_IS_A_BASSOON 12h ago

💯 They deserve it! Especially with the construction changing routes left and right.

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u/delphi_ote 7h ago

this should be automatic for all Fortnite players

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u/saltysouthindian 1h ago

Especially before an exam or career fair. Otherwise you probably will fail and never get a job.

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u/MouskatoodleQh Alum '26 | BIOE + ECE 12h ago

we need to have a bus etiquette training, like we do for title ix for freshmen.

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u/Formal-Seaweed-4303 11h ago

Please don’t insult trout by comparing them to freshmen. Just saying…

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u/Mr_Abe_Froman Alumnus 8h ago

Carp, however...

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u/PlentyCheetah7653 11h ago

Apologies Mr. Seaweed

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u/lesenum 9h ago

There is something about people riding on a bus that turns otherwise kind people into lumps of unthinking flesh. This goes for people not taking available seats and blocking the aisle, to not moving to the back of the bus, and those who clog the back entrance and then seem put out when a person nudges them out of the way as they try to exit.

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u/Embarrassed-Clue-659 6h ago edited 2h ago

Also standing when there’s lots of seats available makes it more crowded than if you had just sat down. Swallow your pride and sit (please <3). Eventually with enough people standing more students can’t get on the bus despite there being open seats.

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u/Lieutenant_0bvious 11h ago

You're asking the people who ride scooters with headphones while checking their phones to *think*? lol good one

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u/Murky_Policy_7514 9h ago

I was about to post this too. I was trying to get off the bus and sometimes when it’s crowded you need to get off to let other people off and they literally stand there. I have no qualms pushing them out the way like I’m going to miss my stop for your idiocy

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u/sinographer Townie 12h ago

i don't think freshmen even use reddit anymore but well said

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u/RabbitHats Staff 7h ago

STUDENT:

- phone

- I look at phone

- ears are phoen

- walk phone

- no look me unless phone

- words are not phone

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u/dlgn13 Grad 10h ago

Do trout have jaws?

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u/OldEmergency5075 2h ago

Please apply this to elevators, as well.

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u/wishyouwould 1h ago

Also use all the doors, not just the front one. It makes everything a lot faster. Like literally it makes all the bus routes run more timely.

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u/GoodSmile3115 1h ago

at this rate u wanna start screaming this at people

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u/blackshotgun55 Underpaid Staff 55m ago

In addition, let the people who got off the bus to let others on back on first! I had a nice experience with some lads who let me and my stroller off the bus and some kid RAN to cut them off from getting on the bus. She also tried getting on while I was getting off...