tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68503487311242100592011-04-21T17:15:33.200-05:00This is the tales and adventures of a bus driver. All of the stories are real some of the names may have been changed to protect the innocent. Don't ask me what School District I work for cuz I won't tell you.Yella Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498063484175791241noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850348731124210059.post-49729058713746972612008-12-01T17:45:00.005-06:002008-12-01T18:38:00.931-06:00

I know I'm just tired and irriatated. After not driving the Yella Dawg, aka 252, for nine days straight will do that. 5:30 came early, it seemed extra early today though. Going to work in the dark and getting home when it's almost dark blows. It's days like today when I wonder if I'm really cut out for this job. It's fun and all but 12 hour days get old quick. I'd miss the kids if I ever quit.

Yella Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498063484175791241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850348731124210059.post-39800367126634797552008-11-20T10:03:00.003-06:002008-11-20T10:41:38.312-06:00

Wow a month since I last posted? I guess there really hasn't been much to post about 252. 252 is alot tamer than 13. ALOT! I can only think of one incident and it happened last week. It went a little something like this....My first HS stop in the morning has about 15 kids that get on. My 2nd stop has about 10 kids. So that's ~25 kids by the second stop. I was about to close the door at the 2nd

Yella Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498063484175791241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850348731124210059.post-30197772009860615492008-10-20T20:48:00.004-05:002008-10-20T21:37:03.588-05:00

I didn't realize it had been so long since I posted anything. So let's get 'cha caught up on the happenings of bus 13 errrrr......252 I mean. Yeah, I got an aircoditioned bus. It was weird how it all went down too. I had signed up for an open route that became available. I knew it has a/c on it so of course I wanted it. I didn't think there was much chance at it because open routes go by senority

Yella Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498063484175791241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850348731124210059.post-2117139689694098372008-09-29T09:53:00.005-05:002008-09-29T09:59:31.133-05:00

Remember homeboy from last week who said he ain't never gonna run to the bus???He wasn't lying....Guess who was walking to the bus stop this morning and showed no interest in running?....Take a guess who got left behind?

Yella Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498063484175791241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850348731124210059.post-45357109957561975842008-09-25T10:11:00.005-05:002008-09-25T10:44:47.655-05:00

Two things....When I made it to a normal bus stop this morning one student got on like she should.Another student who was a real pain in the ass last year was walking. For some reason something came over me and I decided to wait for mr. slow poke to get on the bus. I don't know what came over me, I normally wouldn't wait like this. What the heck was I thinking???So homeboy finally makes it to the

Yella Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498063484175791241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850348731124210059.post-11049681500984352612008-09-17T11:39:00.003-05:002008-09-17T11:54:43.236-05:00

Let me give some of you parents some shocking news. Your kids act up when you are not around.Yes! It is true..So when I tell you that your kid was standing up on the bus while the bus was moving try not to act like you just saw an alien.To the High School kids that ride my bus. This is the 4th week of school. You should by now know what time I arrive in the morning. From now on I will leave you,

Yella Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498063484175791241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850348731124210059.post-12745456833992912422008-09-10T18:26:00.002-05:002008-09-10T18:37:33.521-05:00

One thing that amazes me, or shocks me I suppose is the presence of police at schools these days.I tried to remember at least one time when I remember cops being at school when I was growing up. The only time I can remember is in kindergarten when my Dad came to talk to us. That's it.Everyday on campus I see cops, not rent-a-cops but real cops carrying guns. I understand why they are there, but

Yella Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498063484175791241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850348731124210059.post-7068431264301114482008-09-10T09:25:00.005-05:002008-09-10T09:39:40.428-05:00

Minding my own business this morning and picking up the High School kids. I'm driving thru this neighborhood and look over to see two people rolling a body out of the house on a stretcher with a blanket over the body. They were loading the body into a hearse.Everything else has been pretty normal. Still hot as hell out there in the afternoons. The mornings aren't so bad, but the afternoons.....

Yella Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498063484175791241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850348731124210059.post-30859284723311430912008-09-01T20:30:00.000-05:002008-09-02T13:38:18.113-05:00

My wife reminded me of another story from last year...A fellow driver had switched routes in order to get more hours in a work day. The route she took would mean that she would become a multi-route driver. Basically a fill in driver that drives the routes of drivers who call in sick or are on vacation. We used to drive the same elementary and middle school routes until she switched over to the

Yella Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498063484175791241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850348731124210059.post-42629354413939274692008-08-27T09:24:00.004-05:002008-08-27T17:58:35.899-05:00

I had a parent tell me today as his son got on the bus."Be careful with him cuz he don't speak no good english much"I still have no idea what that means or what I'm supposed to do with that information.Am I supposed to drive differently? Am I supposed to help him on and off the bus?Why should I have to change my routine because your son "don't speak no good english?"Stuff found on the bus today:

Yella Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498063484175791241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850348731124210059.post-76771002895657426302008-08-26T19:48:00.003-05:002008-08-26T20:09:20.157-05:00

Well the first day of school has come and gone....Wow what a mess.The elementary kids are the most fun. Everyone is dressed in new clothes, and the parents look more excited than the kids do. Parents were taking pictures as their kid got on the bus. They would actually pose on the steps of the bus so their parents could snap the picture. Of course this made me late for every other stop. I didn't

Yella Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498063484175791241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850348731124210059.post-70876202410900952232008-08-25T15:19:00.010-05:002008-08-25T16:54:34.939-05:00

This will be the official blog for bus 13, the Frog. I really don't like blogs. I've never really understood what the point is. Most of them are a bunch of worthless babble. I'm sure this one will be no different. However, I wanted to chronicle a full school year and keep a "journal" of all the wild, goofy and crazy stories that happen on a school bus.Let me try and catch you up from last year...

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