Your Kids' School Bus Is About to Become a Roaming Surveillance Vehicle
https://www.thedrive.com/news/your-kids-school-bus-is-about-to-become-a-roaming-surveillance-vehicle
https://www.thedrive.com/news/your-kids-school-bus-is-about-to-become-a-roaming-surveillance-vehicle
22 Comments
Mongostein@lemmy.ca · 51 pts · 73d
I don’t doubt it. I drove a school bus for three years. The companies don’t give a fuck about anything but money.
Your route is literally impossible to do because of the laws of physics? Tough shit. Routes go over an hour and a kid has to pee? Let them pee their pants. Also, we’re going to pay you minimum wage while being responsible for a heavy vehicle carrying 30+ children in rush hour traffic. These are the problems drivers face. Its why they have like 300% turnover.
areakode@riskeratspizza.com · 12 pts · 73d
I work in the technology department at a school district. Last year, they were so desperate for drivers, they actually offered staff to drive busses. I would get paid to drive a bus while still getting paid for my full time job. But fuck that. Not enough money in the world to get me to do that.
Mongostein@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 73d
I’m a former truck driver. I went back to school and graduated during the pandemic to an industry that required people to be around eachother. I took the job to tide me over until things opened up again.
Knowing they were short qualified drivers, I was very loud about these issues. I did eventually get my route fixed, but it took 3 months! I quit when I was reprimanded and told to let kids pee their pants after stopping at a gas station to let a little girl pee.
partofthevoice@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 73d
You had a healthy immigrant population that didn’t mind taking up the jobs everyone else didn’t want. They did it, they worked hard, and they had a beer at the end of the day. Too bad they were chased out of town, slandered, kidnapped, tortured, deported to foreign states, …
uberdroog@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 73d
Historically its been retired people.
Mongostein@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 73d
In my area it’s retired people and immigrants. Regardless, the job is a huge responsibility and should pay as such. Safety concerns and late routes should be taken seriously.
uberdroog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 73d
Agree
AzuranAurora@piefed.ca · 10 pts · 73d
Oh, and we hope you like getting sick all the time because kids are disgusting and the bus is a giant petri dish on wheels!
Mongostein@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 73d
Actually I found that I stopped getting sick. I guess being exposed to everything in small doses every day strengthened my immune system. 🤷♂️
AzuranAurora@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 73d
My dad wasn't so lucky when he drove a school bus. He was always sick with whatever the kids brought in and said it was the worst, most boring, most miserable job he's ever done. Worse than driving a taxi for an extremely sleazy guy who later went to prison.
Mongostein@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 73d
I actually didn’t mind the job part of the job. I thought I would hate having my cargo talk to me, but the kids were alright. It was the low pay and management’s bullshit that made it awful.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 73d
You just described the concept of vaccines.
Soulg@ani.social · 6 pts · 73d
Pretty sure everyone on this site is pro vaccine
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 73d
What part of my comment made you think I wasn't also pro vaccine?
Mongostein@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 73d
No way. Did I!?
Thanks so much smart guy!
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 73d
Red mayor promises tax cuts.
Those cuts come directly from public education.
2 years later they realize they can't afford to run the schools after tax cuts.
Pushes emergency levee or threatens to cut school bussing.
Rinse repeat
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 73d
You guys are getting buses?
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 73d
You guys are having kids?
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 73d
I was referencing that my local schools got rid of buses several rounds of austerity ago in favor of free public bus fares for students. And in a more recent round of austerity they also got rid of those. So now it's drive or get fucked I guess. Gotta teach those kids to support themselves I suppose.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 73d
Look at this journalist, thinking anyone with kids can afford to have more than one.
EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml · -5 pts · 73d
Not my kids.
Kids are fucking stupid.
fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 72d
Hey Stupid. Stop fuckin them kids