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A Bus Conductor

A bus conductor is an humble but very important member of the society. He is one of the most important organs of public transport system. He has a very difficult duty to perform.

A bus conductor leaves his house early in the morning and reaches the depot before six. He is not provided with my conveyance to reach the place of his duty. He is fortunate if he finds a bus passing his away. He can have a free ride in the bus to reach the depot.      

As soon as he reaches the depot, he marks his attendance and takes charge of the bus. He is issued the tickets of different denominations. He keeps an account of the tickets sold on each trip. Before the start of a trip, he notes down the opening numbers of the tickets on a form. At the end of the trip, he has to note down the closing number of the tickets of different denominations.

During his duty hours, he has to deal with passengers from every walk of life. in the morning and at noon his job is comparatively easy. But at other hours of the day, he has very tough time. He moves from one end of the bus to the other, issuing tickets to the passengers. He has a small bag to keep the money. One wonders how he can keep his balance in the moving bus.

Very often he has to deal with unruly passengers. At peak hours there is a great rush of passengers at every stop. He regards himself fortunate if the waiting passengers have formed a queue. If there is no queue, the conductor has to prevent overcrowding of the bus. Often he is very stc8it with them and does not let the bus move unless they get down.

The bus conductor has to be very vigilant and tactful. Some passengers try to cheat him. They try to travel without paying the fare. Sometimes he has college students on board. They tease him  for the sake of fun. In all such cases he has to be very tactful.

The conductor has a few minutes rest at the end of each trip. During this short period he gets time to have a cup of tea or smoke a cigarette. At the end of his duty, he hand over the cash to the cashier at the depot. Sometimes , eh puts in extra hours of duty to add to his income.