Apologies

The other day I was watching one of those comedy festivals on TV - I think it was the Winnipeg Comedy Festival or something. There was this one comedian whose routine discussed the politeness of Canadians and he remarked that Canadians are so polite that they will apologise even when it has nothing to do with them. Today I saw an example of that on a bus. You know how buses have a number displayed on the front of the vehicle showing the route number - it is usually elecctronic and displays the route number and then flashes up the destination in words i.e "418"... "Aberfoyle Hub to City", or something like that. Well this particular bus was not in service and flashed the typical "not in service" notification, followed by "sorry" on the next screen. I can never see an Australian bus driver offering an apology to waiting customers. In fact the second screen is more likely to say something like "shit happens".