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Sugoi, where were you when that happened? I had something weirdly similar happen on Sunday morning coming southbound down the A1 in Archway, just before the hill. The bus driver sounded eastern European or Russian, from the few expletives I heard.
He seemed to take offence to me cycling two-up with a clubmate, so was honking his horn and slowed the bus right down to gesture at us and motion that we should be in single file. This was clearly an anger management/anti-cyclist issue because the road was completely empty and he could overtake easily.
I was on the way home from really good ride, so I was in a good mood and responded by giving him a really loud cheer and a wave and ignoring him being negative.
He overtook, honking his horn some more, then as we approached him at the next bus stop he was leaning out the window, looking at us and clearly waiting for us. As we came near he shouted "HEY BITCH!" (or, more accurately, "HEY BEEEEEECH!") but I didn't catch the rest because I was cheering again and giving him another wave.
We shot off down the hill as he was impotently honking his horn behind us.
It stuck in my head because I almost never get aggro from bus drivers, I find that they are usually very calm. CCTV in the cabs probably helps with that. But I'd be interested to know if you were anywhere in the Archway area when it happened to you. It was a double-decker bus, but I can't remember the number plate or bus number.