A bus driver who was attacked with pepper spray at least six times by a 'cowardly' passenger says he is sick of being abused when he's 'just trying to do his job'.
David Yanni, 38, has only been a bus driver in Sydney for nine months, but claims he is constantly abused by commuters.
The most recent attack came in Surry Hills late on Thursday evening when a man, speaking with an English accent, tried to enter his packed bus.
When Mr Yanni explained the bus was too full and he would have to wait for the next one, the man snapped and sprayed him in the face before running away.
Now, the bus driver says he's fed up with the constant ill-treatment he suffers and has a message for abusive passengers.
Sydney bus driver David Yanni (pictured) says he's fed up with dealing with drunk commuters
Mr Yanni says a recurring part of working night shifts is being racially abused by drunks and dealing with desperate drug addicts.
He took the job in March this year when a career as a photographer wasn't paying the bills, but could never have expected to be attacked.
At 10.30pm on Thursday, Mr Yanni was driving the Route 392 from Little Bay to Circular Quay.
Dealing with throngs of intoxicated passengers, his bus was overflowing when he skipped a stop on bustling Oxford Street in Surry Hills.
A well-dressed passenger with an English accent chased the bus before getting on and refusing to get off.
Mr Yanni was sprayed in the face at least six times with what's believed to be capsicum spray in an attack described by police as 'despicable'
'He had already told me to get f**ked and called me every name under the sun when he planted his backside on the front windscreen and said "I'm not leaving",' Mr Yanni told The Daily Telegraph.
Mr Yanni told the man to 'do whatever you have to do' when he pulled a can from his pocket and sprayed the stunned bus driver in the face at least six times.
The man then fled, and has been on the run from police ever since.
Mr Yanni, meanwhile, has returned to work and is in good shape, according to State Transit head of safety Wayne Potter.
Mr Yanni (pictured) says Thursday's attack is one of many he's experienced since he took up the job in March after a photography career failed to pay the bills
Mr Potter says the attack is evidence of an escalation in anti-social behaviour on buses which 'needs to stop'.
'This sort of behaviour is just outrageous,' he told reporters on Friday.
Superintendent Police Commander Gavin Woods said the man sprayed the driver in the face at least six times.
'As a result of that spraying, the bus driver was incapacitated, he wasn't able to complete his shift. He wasn't able to complete the route on his bus.
'It is despicable behaviour obviously by a coward.
'The male bus driver was out working hard, working for the community, driving a bus full of commuters and for that, he's attacked.'
The State Transit Authority bus stopped on Oxford Street in Surry Hills, Sydney's inner city, about 10.40pm Thursday evening when a man tried to enter the overflowing bus
The attack is one of at least 24 assaults - including spitting - at the hands of passengers against bus drivers reported since July.
State Transit said 68 bus drivers were assaulted by passengers in each of the past two financial years.
But Mr Yanni says the terrifying attack isn't even the worst thing that's happened to him while he's behind the wheel.
About three months ago, an elderly passenger got on his bus and racially berated him until he got to his stop.
The 38-year-old bus driver told the man he wouldn't be able to enter as the bus was at capacity and it would be safest for him to wait for another to arrive, but was attacked by the commuter
'He stood behind me and he was saying "you f**king Muslim c**t" … We should slaughter you like the pig that you are and how would you like it if your kids were raped,' Mr Yanni said.
He said the incident left him rattled and opened his eyes to how passengers treat their rides home.
As a result, he has a heated message for his customers.
'Stop throwing tantrums like toddlers. I’ll drive you home but there’s no carry-on like that - I’m just a bus driver trying to do his job.'
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