Today's charter is a shuttle service for local university's sorority rush where we do a loop every hour. This is my in between entertainment. What do you guys do when on charters where you have to stay with the bus and can't go wander off?
I cleaned all my windows and swept the floor already
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If anyone has thoughts or comments on this, please let me know.
Discussion topic: What would you do in this situation?
Long story short - Trying to replace motherboard and cooler in my computer to covert it into a gaming server.
While removing the AIO cooler, it pulled the CPU out of the socket and then eventually fell from my hands and bent a few pins.
Are there any local places that can repair/unbend the pins for a reasonable cost?
Snagged 1st place in our company's regional school bus rodeo.
Unfortunately we don't participate in official state or national rodeos which sucks. It would be nice.
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The win aside, the only complaint I have is that the prizes generally suck. One of our trainers goes around so a lot of our prizes are similar to swag you see at home and garden shows, free item coupons, etc.
Imo company should let us use the onsite fuel pumps to fill up our car if we win, or things that make our job nicer. I have a feeling if a new bus for your school route was a prize, more people would come out to compete lol. Our brand new buses (as usual) go to senior drivers first. If only.
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Anyone else here compete in the yearly rodeo? Do they do rodeos or something similar in other countries? I remember seeing somewhere in Europe has a tram driver competition which looks amazing.
Google Maps “measure distance” says the Street View car was about 200’ away when the red lights came on and sign came out on the bus 😬
Took a trip out to a rural creamery for a bunch of preschoolers and kindergartners. They're on a tour. I would be too if my leg wasn't killing me. So here I am relaxing outside my bus on the green grass.
Perfect.
The only thing better would have been if I brought my camping cot.
I am looking to make a small wiki entry of allllll the things us drivers use to make our jobs better. I'm talking useful things like neck air conditioners, specific cushion brands, certain water bottles, etc.
I want to build a resource for anyone who wants to go see what the community uses on a daily basis to make themselves more comfortable. This can include links to amazon to buy, or just general descriptions of recommendations.
For example, I personally use all of the following on my bus:
Summertime accessories:
etc.
would this be something you all are interested in having handy? I am aware that some of the things that you all suggested may not be legal in certain jurisdictions, so I would make it clear that YMMV and to check with your district / company to see if these are allowed.
If you do want to add items that you think others might like, feel free to post them. if enough people don't want this, i'll just close this topic or let it fade away without doing any more to it.
EDIT: In the wiki, you will be credited for the suggestion or link to a specific product. So if people hate it, it's on you :P
I do not understand why schools insist on giving out bags of popcorn at the *end* of the school day.
I have to confiscate every single bag and label them otherwise I end up with popcorn all over my bus.
It is absolutely infuriating.
/rant
Context: random days throughout the year our district just gives out popcorn to kids. Unsure if it's during lunch or if they just have them in the hallway for kids to grab.