Travelled from Dublin to Belfast on the 3:30 am bus this morning (20/6/24), the two drivers talked very loudly the whole way home. I don’t mind conversation as I understand it’s human nature and have nothing against them talking, however it would have been nice if it was a little quieter given the time, a few of us were complaining amongst ourselves as we couldn’t get any sleep due to this. On top of that the conversation included talking about past travellers who had annoyed them, using foul language such as “wankers” to describe them, on a bus full of families and young children. As we approached Belfast the radio was turned on at a low volume in order to wake up the passengers, no issue there; the issue lies in what happened next. The bus driver decided it was funny to take the microphone and run his nails across it, while laughing to the other driver saying “that’s how I wake them up”… not that we got any sleep anyway. The most ironic part of their entire conversation was the discussion about lack of respect from passengers, alongside passengers not saying thank you when getting off… I believe respect is earned, it works both ways, not just automatically granted. Usually I would always thank a bus driver when leaving, however this time I didn’t, they didn’t deserve it. Again, I have no issue with conversations being had, but some common sense surrounding the time, location, topic and volume of the conversations would need to be revisited. Quite frankly the few seconds between the Scottish fella talking were absolute bliss…until he started again.