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Originally Posted by notoldschool
What is funny is that 9/10 of the people in this thread would have let your kid off that bus as well, including the provider of this post. Bus drivers are charged with a very important job, yet they are paid like they work in mcdonalds, so you get less trained, somtimes uncaring individuals who are like employees of every work force.
Bored, tired, stressed, and underpaid = not memorizing every kids parents face to know if she is responsible enough to pick up their kid on time.  |
I have a friend that drives a bus here and he's been doing it for some time. he's a retired corrections officer and took the job because it pays $25 an hour. I don't think you can make that much in McDonalds.
We have a pretty good system here and the younger kids were an ID that has their bus# and address on it. each kid is put on the bus at the school and the driver can only drop the kid to people they have on a list. they also have a list of phone #'s that they should call if none is at the stop for the kid.
I tried to take my neighbors kids off the bus once because he called me and was running late and even know the bus driver knows us both and knows we are friends she wouldn't let the kids off the bus. she took them back to the school for the parents to pick up. I feel fine putting my kid on the bus and feel its a bonding time for him with the kids in the area. I'm not in a city area so I'm not sure how i would feel if i was.