I'm getting a bit sick of these learner bus drivers. I appreciate the following:

• They need to experience the traffic so they have to train them at inconvenient times
• Driving a bus in public is probably pretty unnerving re. turning, hazards and suchlike
• The presence of a friendly face in a supervisory capacity is surely very neccessary

...but for pity's sake, if there's an empty road ahead of you, you're quarter of an hour behind schedule and practically everyone on the bus is relying on you to get them to work put your bloody foot down rather than gassing with the guy next to you and slowing down to appreciate the scenery.

I needed an extra cup of tea today.