I remember back in the day when I used to take the bus to middle/high school. my driveway was about 1/4 mile long.. longer than most but not terrible. 2 houses away in each direction were kids my age who also took the bus. I remember us all being asked to consolodate at one driveway to speed things up, and that was reasonable in my opinion. its not as if we were terribly far away from eachother. just 2 houses away in each direction… took like a minute for both of them to walk to my driveway.
So I got stuck behind a school bus on the way in. he stopped at 4 driveways in a row. each driveway was no more than 50 feet from the other. the bus stopped at each one… stopped, got moving, stopped at the next, etc. It’s completely beyond me why they couldn’t just all stand at one spot. they were almost withing speaking distance ffs. oh that’s right, I know why… each of them was sitting in an idling car with their parents since they can’t be expected to brave the elements for a solid 5 minutes. zzz.
This is a pet peeve of mine. I used to have to walk about a half-mile to the bus. There was a designated spot where like 8 of us would congregate.
This stopping at every house business is ridiculous. The agony of being behind a bus now is bone-bending.
Agreed.
speaking of bone-bending: http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070309-124712-9875r.htm
That ridiculous bullshit is going on down here in Texas too. I was behind a bus last week that stopped at 3 adjacent driveways in a row.
When I rode the bus I walked a half mile to the neighborhood stop and waited with all the other kids. God forbid the little fatties should have to walk the dangerous crime-infested streets of suburbia and *gasp* maybe even socialize with their peers every morning.