Kickin' back
Unexpected time offPosted by Janice on January 28, 2009
The school calendar had already given the kids no school for this past Monday and Tuesday, but the weather has kicked in with some winter weather storms and given them Wednesday and Thursday off too! I’ve enjoyed having the time off to spend with my family! The only drawback is that if I don’t work, [...]
Bus driver found guilty of endangermentPosted by Janice on January 22, 2009
Today when I went to the bus yard there was a paper tacked to the bulletin board that was written about a bus driver in Illinois who braked her bus too hard in an attempt to get the kids on the bus to settle down because the kids were being too rowdy. A few of [...]
Caught a bad coldPosted by Janice on January 18, 2009
One of the bad parts about driving a school bus is being exposed to all of the germs that kids carry. Not to mention that when you are a sub driver, you are usually subbing for a driver who is sick, and his/her sick germs are all over the controls. So I carry a can [...]
Bad bus dayPosted by Janice on January 15, 2009
Well, today was a “bad busday.” In fact, just about everything that could go wrong today DID go wrong! The bus I was driving was an automatic (yay!) but that was the ONLY good thing about today’s run! It was also rather strange because the regular driver did the early morning high school run but couldn’t [...]
Being a substitute driver has its advantagesPosted by Janice on January 12, 2009
Aside from being snubbed by many of the “regular drivers” being a sub has some advantages. Being a sub means you can decide what days you will and won’t work. (Of course that risks not having a route that day if they don’t need you!) Regular drivers have to request time off, and sometimes that [...]
