Hello, my name is Takara Owens. I was traveling from Virginia to Philadelphia 10/28/25 Tuesday morning- afternoon. I boarded the bus in Petersburg, Virginia around 9 AM. We drove to Baltimore Station and were told that we had to de-board due to a driver switch as well as bus cleaning. ( which sometimes can be the case, depending on ticket). They informed us that the switch would only take about 20 to 30 minutes. It ended up taking about two hours in total, so about 45 minutes in, I asked the new bus driver when we'll be re-boarding the bus to take us towards Philadelphia , her response was very rude and unsettling. "we're not boarding yet. Do you see anybody boarding the bus !!". My response was "why are you being so rude? All I asked was when we were re-boarding." She then further goes to say "well you're not supposed to be out here you're supposed to stay inside, why don't you go wait like everyone else. I don't know why you're out here asking us questions" as in (herself and the other drivers). But the reason I was asking those questions outside instead of inside was, because I was in the smoking area and I didn't want to chance missing the bus. So then I go to say, "that's not how you talk to people , and I didn't ask you the initial question anyway, while you're being an indignant ass bitch!" Which, I can take accountability for my choice in words. Following that encounter, she says "if you're on my bus you're not getting on" , which I needed to to get home from Baltimore to Philadelphia. So I say "but I paid for my ticket and all this started over a simple question". She expressed back to me "I didn't care" , I go to take to customer service and security about the incident and by that point I was hysterically crying and visibly upset. They tried to reassure me that it'd be fine and to calm my nerves because as long as I didn't threaten her I would still be able to re-board. As this was happening she was walking around outside , laughing and shrugging her shoulders at me , trying to antagonize me , in my opinion .. I said nothing else to her. Another hour or so goes by they start to board and as soon as I put my ticket up to be scammed, she denied it. She waved her hands in a surrender stance saying, "I'm not letting you on my bus you threatened me". which did not happen. She then got on her bus. They let me take my luggage off of the bus, and she took off. I was talking to the rest of the staff (drivers, customer service representative, security and the people that announce the boarding). About not knowing how I'd get home and that this was already my second ticket in the last few days due to me missing my bus that Sunday and that it was not feasible for me to get a third ticket.. Eventually they transferred to a different one by the grace of God and the favor from Another staff member because they saw the whole incident and it wasn't my fault. I think it was a an abuse of power, disrespect to the customers, and inappropriate as a whole. I did not appreciate the experience or feeling of being stranded or left without a way home.. (Which was her goal) which is again inappropriate and with malicious intent. it did not leave me feeling safe with greyhound or comfortable to even travel with greyhound from here on out. I'm not sure what the next steps are for the driver, but I do know that I would like to make sure that doesn't happen to anybody else , I was not able to get her full name but her first name is Helen , she was the driver that was switched in Baltimore. I was supposed to re-board the bus around and make it back to Philadelphia by 3pm but they didn't even start boarding again until 3pm (when I was getting denied). I didn't make it back to the city of Philadelphia until around 8-9 pm that night. I do appreciate the effort and dedication from the rest of the team at the greyhound station in Baltimore, Haines st. read more