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Old 16-04-2009, 10:24 PM #1
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A bus driver was sacked from her job after reportedly stopping her double decker to remove a frog from the road. Christina Pommerel said that management at German bus company RBO had advised her to simply drive over the creatures in the future following a passenger complaint.

Bosses then apparently sacked the 46-year-old when she said that her conscience would not allow her to. "It was in the middle of the road so I slowed down and put on the hazard flashers. Then I climbed out and put the frog in a box so I could take it to the side of the road and let it free," Pommerel explained.

"They told me I should have squashed the frog and not stopped. When I said I couldn't do that I was fired." Pommerel, who is originally from France, had been working for the company in Regensburg for 13 years before she was sacked.
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Rage for her, thats abit unfair but =|
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What a surprise, women bus drivers are useless. Always late, always take ages to let you on, and once for me got lost. Had a male driver about 10x more often, none of this has happened.
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Good on her, someone with morals.
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When I first saw the title I thought that it meant she stopped at a bus stop to let a frog get on the bus.
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When I first saw the title I thought that it meant she stopped at a bus stop to let a frog get on the bus.
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What a surprise, women bus drivers are useless. Always late, always take ages to let you on, and once for me got lost. Had a male driver about 10x more often, none of this has happened.
well thats not a very fair statement, its around 50/50 where i am and its not a problem. Plus i don't think that sexist comment will be tolerated on here
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Good on her just shows that the world still has some decent humans left.
I know when i get a car i will stop for anything a cat,a dog Etc just like my dad does.
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Good on her just shows that the world still has some decent humans left.
I know when i get a car i will stop for anything a cat,a dog Etc just like my dad does.
totally agree, if this was in the uk you could claim unfair dismisall and probably win
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What a surprise, women bus drivers are useless. Always late, always take ages to let you on, and once for me got lost. Had a male driver about 10x more often, none of this has happened.
well thats not a very fair statement, its around 50/50 where i am and its not a problem. Plus i don't think that sexist comment will be tolerated on here
Yes i hope the sexist idiot gets banned
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That's women drivers for you.
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What a surprise, women bus drivers are useless. Always late, always take ages to let you on, and once for me got lost. Had a male driver about 10x more often, none of this has happened.
well thats not a very fair statement, its around 50/50 where i am and its not a problem. Plus i don't think that sexist comment will be tolerated on here
Yes i hope the sexist idiot gets banned
yes me too, i hate sexist people, everyone is equal. A woman bus driver is just as capable as a male bus driver as in any other proffession, its that kind of attitude that stops women from doing the so-called "men's jobs".
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Another sexist comment, whats wrong with people??


i once had a man driver who stopped the bus on the main road to rescue a bird that had fallen in the road, and there was an inspector on board who helped him!
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i once had a man driver who stopped the bus on the main road to rescue a bird that had fallen in the road, and there was an inspector on board who helped him!
Thats the type of man i want to marry one that's not heartless
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i once had a man driver who stopped the bus on the main road to rescue a bird that had fallen in the road, and there was an inspector on board who helped him!
Thats the type of man i want to marry one that's not heartless
u'd wanna marry me then
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That's women drivers for you.
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i once had a man driver who stopped the bus on the main road to rescue a bird that had fallen in the road, and there was an inspector on board who helped him!
Thats the type of man i want to marry one that's not heartless
u'd want to marry me then
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i once had a man driver who stopped the bus on the main road to rescue a bird that had fallen in the road, and there was an inspector on board who helped him!
Thats the type of man i want to marry one that's not heartless
u'd want to marry me then
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tbf, people have places to be :/
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a minute or so aint gonna hurt anyone. Fair enough if the bus was majorly late.
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