(The following article was sent in by a bus driver in response to yesterday’s Readers’ Scoop). First off i will say that it doesn’t matter if a parent volunteers to be a monitor for free as the BOE will still have pay for the insurance on the monitor or the bus company will have to charge more in the contract to hire their own monitors and insure them, so it is unlikely to happen for $$$ concerns, not that i’m against it though. Second if the parents of these children we drive would spend a little more time teaching their children proper behavior and respect these incidents wouldn’t happen, unfortunately we can’t give 100% of our attention to the children when we have to drive a 30ft bus down the streets of Lakewood and when we try to tell them to sit down or behave themselves its not uncommon for them to tell us they don’t have to listen to us because we are ” goy’s ” which i find highly offensive and has happened to me personally on 2 occasions.
Third i would also like to say on behalf of my fellow school bus drivers that we take great offense to the comments made regarding students being left alone as the last ones on the bus with drivers, these disgusting comments insinuating we would take advantage of a student, now am i foolish enough to believe it could not happen, no, but i think its a reckless statement to make and can lead to a breakdown in trust, trust that many drivers strive for there to be between the driver, the students and the parents…and as far as “corrupting their minds” by talking to them, i don’t know what to tell you, all i can say is i generally only say three phrase’s throughout the course of my routes – good morning, good afternoon, and have a good day/night.
I take my job very seriously and enjoy driving many of your children each day, MOST of them are wonderful kids and the parents are very friendly, i feel we try to work together to transport everyone safely and address all concerns, but respect and good behavior need to begin at home and us GOY’S deserve the same respect we show you and your children, speaking for myself i can say that i have never given any of my students or their parents reason not to be friendly and respectful.
I as a GOY driver find us to be way more curteous on the road then out counterpart jewish drivers who run stop signs and go over the speed limit and text while driving . i see day in day out during my routes through out lakewood.
When did mr. bus driver write his post? it was posted at 9:04. It is well written & must have taken a good few minutes to write it. I HOPE HE DIDN’T WRITE IT / SEND IT WHILE DRIVING OUR CHILDREN…
hmmmmm says:
November 6, 2009 at 9:27 am (Edit)
When did mr. bus driver write his post? it was posted at 9:04. It is well written & must have taken a good few minutes to write it. I HOPE HE DIDN’T WRITE IT / SEND IT WHILE DRIVING OUR CHILDREN…
Please note: It was sent in last night.
I see all goy drivers are into tls, are they really goys or yids pretending to be goys??????
Insurance would go down if there are monitors on the bus, as the kids would be safer.
i agree sir driver, not really liking the goy adjective. thanks for taking the time and writing in. keep up the good work.
Kudos to you, Mr. Bus Driver. You have one of the more stressful jobs in Lakewood, dealing with a bunch of hyperactive children- including my own sweet little neshamos! Personally, if I heard that one of my kids disrespected a busdriver, I would wash their mouths out with soap and water. I give my full respect to these drivers- each one of you are doing a thankless job with a smile on your face! Furthermore, regarding the fact that you would like to know if goyim actually read frum websites, I have a goyish acquaintancewho regularly reads and comments on our sites- she knows more about the different sites than I do! So please remember every time you post that your words may be the ones that are making a massive chillul Hashe.
Goy is not a derogatory word. But I agree with this driver and unfortunately this shows what a chillul hashem we make when we post on this site not using our noodles.
as a former buz driver I aprisiated the most the warm zulent the yechivah rabbi gave me on friday. Thnkx, Hosea
What is the difference between insurance for the children and an adult bus and an adult moniter on the bus? If you have an accident C”V, then every one on the bus should be covered the same. Please explain why it should cost more to have someone keeping order and keeping the kids from not distracting the driver.
Yishukani says:
November 6, 2009 at 11:19 am
Goy is not a derogatory word. But I agree with this driver and unfortunately this shows what a chillul hashem we make when we post on this site not using our noodles.
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goy isnt a bad word and neither is jew boy, swine or pig. it only depent on the context or how one uses it as well as the tone of voice.
Busdrivers are the best! We all appreciate their hard work taking our children to school.
Whoever you are, Mr. Bus Driver, thank you for all you do for our children. Firstly, I apologize for those few kids who are “chutzpadik” on the bus say things in a derogatory way. I hope it isn’t my children (and if I found out, I agree, I would wash their mouths out with soap) but there’s no guarantee since kids pick things up REALLY quickly from the other kids around them.
I do agree 100% that the bus drivers cannot and SHOULD not be responsible for the behavior of the children of the bus. That is exactly why it is extremely necessary to have an adult authority on the bus. I understand that it’s expensive, but I believe that it’s imperative to our children’s safety. In addition, while I agree with you that parents are the key person with regard to role modeling and teaching behavior to their children, even the best taught children can do things that are dangerous. For example, I recently found out from another mother whose son gets off before mine that my primary son, age 5, was laying in the aisle of the bus looking out the back door. He was also waiting in the stairwell of the bus as the bus came to a stop at my stop. Do you think that is a SAFE behavior? And how much control do I, the mother, have over my son when he is on the bus? I have told him how dangerous it is, and what could happen to him should the bus, C”V, be in an accident, but I am not there to make sure that he’s buckled in, or at least sitting nicely in his seat the entire bus ride. I do set a good example- he’s always buckled in and sitting straight in the car before I drive, and he understands the safety issues. And while the bus driver is a sweetheart, and tries to do her best, she has 30 5-year olds to monitor while she is trying to drive a bus safely. It’s just not fair to expect it of her!
I’ve also volunteered in my childrens’ schools to be a bus monitor, but was told that for insurance reasons I can’t do it. I’m willing to place both my money and my physical presence where my mouth is to make it be safe. But no one is giving me the opportunity. Any ideas or solutions?