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That's what my parents had to say anyway.. I mean I guess I would say my interview went well though I guess, but probably only because no one wants to be a school bus driver. xD It's all part time, and the company here only pays 12.50 an hour starting. I've heard a lot of people say the position is more for retired people or people that are already set up with some kind of other pay though. Anyone here have any thoughts or experience in this matter?

 One perk is you at least get a class B CDL out of it. I think that's the main reason I applied.. 

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Alot of drivers here came from school bus companies if that matters. Its an easy way to get an endorsement on your license and the one year driving experience you need to qualify to drive here. 

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God bless you.

You couldn't pay me $1,000,000,000 to drive school buses. I have some cousins who drive school buses and the stories they have told me...Lets just say they are some tough cookies and if it was me I'd probably have a charge or two, lol.

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I mean part of me likes challenges like that.. but I remember being a kid, and though I was always respectful to the bus drivers if I had to even take the bus I remember what kind of dumb ass shit kids could manage to do on even a short trip.God.

I think I remember seeing a girl bleeding out because she got cut with a pencil.. or that's what the kids around her had said anyway.. I think I remember the driver lady screaming if anyone had a knife they better tell her now. I knew that bus driver.. and even hung out with her daughter later on in life.. but I would not want to have been her in that position. From what I've been reading a lot of companies don't even let you take them to the hospital it's either home..or a school nurse/ medical facility, and back on the road. :|

That article I posted above pretty much covers it all though I think. 

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4 hours ago, PhilosipherStoned said:

I've heard that's what brake checks are for.  I'll use my command voice..

Jokes aside I can see the kids being the hardest the part of the job. :S

If i had to do it (of course theyd never let an ex pornstar drive kids to school) i'd just try and build a habit of blocking them out completely and focusing on the road unless they had an emergency. I wouldnt even try to engage them to keep them quiet. Maybe theyll be too into their phones to be loud like we were tho.

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That's a pretty optimistic thought anyway. At this point if I do this my main focus is going to be passing all the drivers tests, and getting the license anyway.. That lady said I probably wouldn't be working until August anyway ofcourse. So I'll need another friggin part time at least to make this work. Unlike the last job offer I had I actually don't see much of a reason not to give this a try though at least.. For the license endorsement, and driving experience if nothing else. 

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20 hours ago, PhilosipherStoned said:

That's what my parents had to say anyway.. I mean I guess I would say my interview went well though I guess, but probably only because no one wants to be a school bus driver. xD It's all part time, and the company here only pays 12.50 an hour starting. I've heard a lot of people say the position is more for retired people or people that are already set up with some kind of other pay though. Anyone here have any thoughts or experience in this matter?

 One perk is you at least get a class B CDL out of it. I think that's the main reason I applied.. 

I was about to link you the Cracked article about bus driver life, buuuuuuuuut, it look like you found it and are choking on your elated pride right now......so....I’m out. 

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The only thing I can say is if you've been tried and acquitted of a felony as a minor and it shouldn't show up your record, you're fucked.

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4 hours ago, lupin_bebop said:

I was about to link you the Cracked article about bus driver life, buuuuuuuuut, it look like you found it and are choking on your elated pride right now......so....I’m out. 

choking on my elated pride.. Ok lovecraft. 

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4 hours ago, 𝙍𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚𝘼𝙡𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚 said:

My mom drove bus when I was born and for a couple years after... I remember running up and down the aisle while she cleaned it

I see you were a hell raiser from a young age.

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15 minutes ago, Ric said:

The only thing I can say is if you've been tried and acquitted of a felony as a minor and it shouldn't show up your record, you're fucked.

Yeah there is something that might stop me then, but there's only one way to find out. 

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15 minutes ago, PhilosipherStoned said:

Yeah there is something that might stop me then, but there's only one way to find out. 

Good luck.

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4 hours ago, garbagepailcat said:

man, that job would fucking suck. I remember kids on the bus raising so much hell that the driver would either pull over and call the police to come talk to them or just go back to the school.

Well I mean I'm used to being in a position were I'm pretty much screwed if I get involved my self.. it's different as a correctional officer because inmates don't get as much outside sympathy as kids do, but that wouldn't bother me.. I'd be getting paid by the hour anyway, and I'll let them know it doesn't bother me to have to stop the bus, and get behind. I mean usually students are more than ready to go the fuck home, and stopping the bus isn't getting them home any faster than it's getting me there.

Also I may not be able to hit the kids, but if worst comes to worst that doesn't mean I can't pay another kid to do it for me.. I wouldn't do that unless I thought it was necessary like some of the instances talked about in that cracked article though. Also as a skateboarder that's going to be working my local area I'm pretty sure I'm going to meet some kids I already know that'll take my side. I've already looked after, and took a lot of the kids home that needed rides at the skatepark. 

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That was a joke bud... I'm just saying that's kind of how it works. There's always gonna be a bigger kid there , I've known plenty of bus drivers myself. If older bigger children don't want the bus stopped, dispatch called, and a possible police intervention that might delay their ride home for like a half hour they'll break a fight up. Proper judgement has to be used though in those kind of situations though I agree.  Yeah I worked in corrections for a year. 

 

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