Before reading the article I assumed the driver had told them that the bus wasn't for livestock, but apparently there's a different story......
Before reading the article I assumed the driver had told them that the bus wasn't for livestock, but apparently there's a different story... Source: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/fareevading-women-punched-bit-spat-on-bus-driver-20141212-125jni.html Bus driver Faavae Tuiloma has been left shaken and embarrassed after being the target of a violent attack by two female passengers. Police are searching for the two women, who punched, bit and spat on the bus driver, after he asked them to pay their fares in Melbourne's south-east. I wasn't expecting ladies to do that sort of thing ... It is disgusting. The women did not use their myki cards when they boarded the 893 bus at Dandenong Plaza shopping centre about 2.50pm on Saturday, November 29. The pair allegedly verbally abused Mr Tuiloma after he asked them to pay for their journey when the bus reached its final destination at Dandenong train station. The women then turned violent, punching, biting and spitting on the driver in front of other passengers."All of a sudden she just ripped my shirt off," Mr Tuiloma told reporters on Friday. "I just grabbed the lady in the mouth and pushed her away from me … The second time I pushed the big lady in the mouth I felt my thumb went straight in her mouth and she bit it. "I wasn't expecting ladies to do that sort of thing ... It is disgusting." The father of five, who serves as a bishop at his local church, said he had been left both bruised and embarrassed. "They seemed like they were very good people when they walked on the bus." The bus driver of five years said he may not have been able to restrain himself had his attackers been men. "I can't believe I let them get away without me doing anything to them," he said. "Sometimes I'm driving and I think 'I can't believe this has happened,'" he said. Senior Constable Chirath Pathirana said the public attack in broad daylight was a "very low act". "The bus driver is just doing his job to support his family and he just wants to go home in one piece," he said. "He's definitely shown a lot of restraint. It's hard to say what anyone else would have done, but he's definitely shown a lot of professionalism and I commend him for that." Senior Constable Pathirana said the women were mistaken if they believed they were exempt from paying bus fares. "There's no compromise. You jump on a bus, you've got to pay your fare. For someone to have a dispute about it and carry on the way these two females did is just not on," he said. One of the women is believed to be aged in her 50s and was wearing a dark top. The other woman, believed to be in her 20s, was wearing a pink shirt. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1300 888 000. Less
