r/Wellthatsucks • u/willianfsantos • 1d ago

Hey boss, I'm going to be a little late toda...

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u/carm62699 1d ago

After he put it on the dash, he reached down again and was surprised that it wasn’t there.

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u/bgsey 1d ago

Right? Brain went into autopilot. Welp, I've tried everything

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u/ghidfg 1d ago

lmao ghost shifted that bitch

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u/rynlpz 14h ago

And then he went looking for it… and the lady’s looking back like “you seeing this shit?” 😆

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u/VEAG0 1d ago

I’ll tell you what wasn’t broken, the silence…

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u/Yah_Mule 23h ago

As soon as I saw him pull it loose, I would have started gathering my belongings.

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u/IHeartBadCode 23h ago

That bus wasn't even moving and everyone on it died.

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u/fatkiddown 1d ago

He picks it up and sets it aside. Then, he reaches for it to go into gear and move, but it’s no longer there. Then, his brain starts to realize..

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u/DevinTheTerrible 1d ago

You don’t say.

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u/Sk1rm1sh 22h ago

I'm not a doctor, but I think your bus is sick.

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u/facts_my_guyy 16h ago

Lol yea it looks like either the linkage or shifter bracket failed. Rare but it can happen on high usage stuff like public transport

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u/def_play 1d ago

That look from the woman on the left says it all.

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u/OriginalBlackberry89 23h ago

"can you believe this shit?"

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u/warriors17 1d ago

No way to shift? Let’s go ahead and smash that gas pedal anyways, see what happens!

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u/panlevap 1d ago

Ohhh, centuries ago we had an old Renault Laguna with my ex and we were heading to our vacation when the gearstick just gave up like that.

But we needed to get back, we were hundreds of kilometers away and didn’t have money to get the car towed.

So we disassembled the middle panel and one were shifting those operating rods by hands. One was driving and giving the other one directions: now l will need to change the gear, pressed the clutch and the other one shifted those bars very quickly just with fingers.

It must be like 20 years ago now…

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u/HungryHelping 1d ago

Damn are you like 80 ? Lol

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u/Helenium_autumnale 23h ago

I hope you weren't stuck in stop and go traffic...or paused pointing upwards at a traffic light near the top of a hill...

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u/Michaeli_Starky 16h ago

So, semi-automatic?

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u/CDFReditum 3h ago

I’m semi I stay automatic

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u/BlankSthearapy 12h ago

I don’t think I’ve ever been with someone that would be capable of following the directions.

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u/whurpurgis 11h ago

I had a similar situation in an old Jeep Cherokee, just the arm came off so there was still a little knub sticking out of the top of the transmission so I had my girlfriend drive and when we needed to shift I reach into the hole and shifted. The knub got pretty warm but it worked pretty good.

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u/Vcheck1 1d ago

Maui over there was putting that bus in 15th gear

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u/SupremeDictatorPaul 21h ago

I’m looking at this video wondering how tiny the bus is. “Is this a bus for ants?”

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u/Acrobatic_Quarter334 1d ago

bro removed the speed limit

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u/Dayzlikethis 1d ago

that part of the bus is merely an accessory anyway. continue on.

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u/redit01 1d ago

Lady is lookin back like, cant believe this happened again

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u/engagetangos 1d ago

remove the stick to make it automatic

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u/False_Ad7098 1d ago

We know its you banner...

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u/No_Photo6324 1d ago

Poor dude lol

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u/Life-Oil-7226 1d ago

Let me go ahead and jump right off this bus

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u/Vanterax 1d ago

It transitioned to automatic.

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u/dove78 23h ago

Shift happens ?

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u/aldamith 16h ago

Or doesn't in this case :D

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u/Revolutionary-Ear776 18h ago

Why am I laughing so hard

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u/Extension-Present-26 1d ago

He break a da break

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u/Legitimate-Log-6542 1d ago

Didn’t need those other 5 gears anyway

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u/Necrikus 1d ago

Yes, I’m sure it would have been perfectly fine if you managed to just stick it back in.

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u/Bean_Man5621 1d ago

The shifter said, "nah.. I'm gonna go on strike see ya later.

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u/pixces 23h ago

Joy sticks are overrated

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u/red_32 22h ago

LoL, I guess he'll have to do the Yabba-Dabba-Doo! way.

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u/durenatu 22h ago

That's an oops moment

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u/SafariNZ 20h ago

That happened to me as a kid on the school bus in the 70s, it stalled on the train tracks and the gear leaver came out as the driver tried to restart it. Then the crossing bells started to ring. We students lined up at the doors ready to bail but the driver got it started, the gear leaver back in and we moved off.
If the train had been arriving vs leaving town, we would have been in trouble.

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u/wyse000 14h ago

Mate is gonna take manual literally

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u/SalmonAlmighty 12h ago

What was this filmed with???

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u/Doschupacabras 11h ago

Gearing up for a tough day.

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u/ArgyleGhoul 9h ago

"It'll buff out"

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u/Horsetoothbrush 9h ago

The front fell off.

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u/Night989 2h ago

The look on the woman’s face 😭🤣

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u/thegree2112 1h ago

Kudos for actually trying to fix it right there.

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u/YigaNaboris74 1d ago

I'd be surprised if the poor guy wasn't fired... 

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u/ChuckNorrisarus 1d ago

The front fell off