u/cami93

One of my pet peeves is when kids get on the bus and don't acknowledge their driver at all when being greeted. I always greet kids with a smile and cheerful hello and some of these kids act as if I'm a peasant 😅 And I'm NOT talking about genuinely shy or sped kids.

I rode with one driver during training and he said a couple of his kids never acknowledge or say a word to him (grade school age) but always want to perk up when there's treats being given out. Which figures, lol.

I have children of my own and before any fieldtrip I remind them to always say hello to their driver and thank them before getting off. As a driver, I personally don't expect any thanks but just plain acknowledgement and common curiosity goes a long way. I don't take it personally, just a little annoying is all.

Also when there's zero respect for other's time all together... whether from parent or child. We pickup just about same time every day and they're not ready, traffic starts to back up, walking like a snail and dragging their feet as if there's all the time in the world. Drives me crazy 🤪😅

4.5 days left after today! haha

SUPER new driver here and finishing up the remainder of the school year on a route for someone who's out on medical. I'll then get my own route in the fall.

I have a student on my bus (around junior high age) that smells like body odor just about every single day... it's pretty bad. Sometimes in the morning, but nearly every single afternoon. It doesn't help that they almost always wear a hoodie even when it's 70+ degrees (I don't have reason to believe they are wearing it to hide SH marks or anything as they sometimes take it off). They sometimes wear the same hoodie for 2-3 days in a row which doesn't help the situation.

I literally have to bring scented hand sanitizer every day to help make it somewhat bearable in a discrete way. The monitor said the driver I took over for used to blast the fans even when it was chilly to help get the smell away.

My only thing is, there's only 7 or 8 school days left for the year. How would you handle this? Or would you just ignore it?

I'm NOT saying they don't activate hazzards, stop and open the door. But I've ridden with several drivers and have noticed no one does ALL the steps including emergency break, neutral, open driver's side windows (along with everything else). I do all the steps every time because... integrity. But does anyone else notice this from other drivers? Is it just burn out over time?

I took over a route for someone who had a medical procedure and the monitor literally was like "you have to do the emergency break, shift gears and open the window? *name* never did that!"