"I'm riding because it's free and I'm bored" - Bus driver disciplined for verbally abusing disabled person

It was discovered that in February, a male driver in his 60s working for Sanko Bus (Kumamoto City), a bus company that operates a route bus in Arao City, Kumamoto Prefecture, had verbally abused an elderly disabled female passenger, saying things like, "I'm riding this because it's free." The woman had a "special welfare pass" that allowed her to ride the company's buses and other services for free. The driver has been given disciplinary action.…