A Halifax bus driver who handed out cards asking that she be complimented to her boss, has run into trouble with her boss for doing just that.

The driver was handing out cards to passengers as they boarded her bus, asking that they be filled in with compliments about the driver and service, and that they be forwarded to a Metro Transit supervisor.

“Do we condone handing out cards? It’s not part of our process, no,” says Eddie Robar, director of Metro Transit.

The driver’s campaign only lasted a day, after a passenger filed a complaint via Twitter on Monday.

The driver was contacted and Metro Transit stated in an email that no more cards would be passed out to passengers.

Robar wouldn't comment on how the matter was dealt with, saying it was a personnel matter.

He did say Metro Transit does not solicit compliments, but it does promote how to submit them.

“We have a 311 number. We want to hear about good things our drivers are doing everyday.”

He also admits it pays to receive a compliment at Metro Transit.

“Part of their contract is, if they receive a compliment, they receive an hour’s pay.”

Robar says the one-hour pay reward for a compliment is part of the five-year collective agreement signed after last year's six-week strike.

However, city spokesperson Tiffany Chase says the incentive predates that and has been in place for 12 years.

The union declined to comment on the compliment cards.

With files from CTV Atlantic's Rick Grant