Would you stop a school bus?
Ahnimus
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So... one of my coworkers is telling me this story....
Yesterday on his way home from work (morning) a kid chucked a water bottle out of the school bus window and hit dude's truck. So...
He drives his truck infront of the bus and stops it and gets out. He's lipping off the bus driver saying it's their fault the kid is acting up. The bus driver tells him to file a complaint with the school board, and so dude calls the cops. The cops show up and are like "Wtf do you want?" and so he says he wants to talk to the kid who threw the bottle. I guess the kid finally came off the bus scared shitless and dude got what he wanted.
It seems kind of ludicrous to me. Anyone here do something like that?
Yesterday on his way home from work (morning) a kid chucked a water bottle out of the school bus window and hit dude's truck. So...
He drives his truck infront of the bus and stops it and gets out. He's lipping off the bus driver saying it's their fault the kid is acting up. The bus driver tells him to file a complaint with the school board, and so dude calls the cops. The cops show up and are like "Wtf do you want?" and so he says he wants to talk to the kid who threw the bottle. I guess the kid finally came off the bus scared shitless and dude got what he wanted.
It seems kind of ludicrous to me. Anyone here do something like that?
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Shame it has to be that way, but kids need to realize just how dangerous throwing things from moving vehicles and at moving vehicles can be.
And it would be really nice if the adults around them took it a little more seriously. We've had several cases here of kids throwing stones and bricks and the like from freeway overpasses. And in at least one incident it ended in the death of a motorist.
I realize that kids can't fully understand the stupidity of seemingly "harmless pranks" but I think the driver did the right thing by making a big deal out of it.
Better that the kid is embarrassed and the police are called to mediate than some poor sod is killed because of idiocy. I'm quite sure that would be a much harder lesson to learn for the kid. Not to mention tragic for whomever he killed.
Anyway, kids will be kids I guess but throwing things at cars is not cool.
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We, as in my 2 brothers and I, were kicked off
the school bus none stop for years.
Walk to school, ride bikes, rarely get a lift from
the folks if I remember correctly.
I, we, were not angels, nor were we terrible.
Playin around, yes.
Fighting, yes.
Slightly more energetic hyperactive country boys
than the rest of the group I would say.
We were on the (well off spoiled lil shits) school bus.
Which that was not us by any means.
those were some nasty lil kids.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
yea dude it is.
i think the guy
is a self-centered
prick.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
when i was a teen in chicago a kid dropped a can of soda off an overpass and it smashed a windshield; the driver lost control; and died when he hit a pylon. how's that for a bit of spirit?
Well, yea, he is.
Yeah, I'm not saying they're right about doing dangerous things that can harm other people. I'm just saying I get where thay are coming from. And if it isn't too serious, then it does make me chuckle.
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I think it probably could have been handled better. But I don't think it was a harmless prank.
A harmless, childish prank is when kids do stuff that is just annoying but couldn't actually result in harm to themselves or others.
If they'd thrown shit at someone's front door in a bag I'd find that damn annoying but ultimately harmless.
It's the adults job to help kids to learn what is harmless, silly even stupid fun, but to also draw to their attention when things can be dangerous.
I think this is a situation that could be very dangerous.
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And that was really lucky for both of you wouldn't you say Ryan?
That she was able to?
I do hope that you reported the driver to authorities if he hadn't taken adequate precautions to secure his load.
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its lame.
the dude is a prick.
and a baby.
re-reads the start of this.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
Adults throw stuff out of moving vehicles all the time. I see it almost everyday. So, maybe that's the route of the problem. However, it didn't damage his truck, so I think he should have just kept on his way and let the bus driver dish out the punishment.
Yes, this could have resulted in something very serious. Kids don't think about how their actions could possibly harm others sometimes and they do need to be taught that kind of responsibilty. I'm not saying we should let children do whatever they feel like.
I'm only saying if no serious harm comes, I get where the kids are coming from. It still doesn't make their actions right or excuse it but I can see the frustration of being a child. And I don't think they mean serious harm in most cases. And I can find humor in how they sometimes disrupt the adults lives by their pranks....as long as they haven't harmed anyone seriously.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
i was right, the dude is a weak, lame, prick.
and a baby.
the kid is not an angel, lil excited with his water bottle, yes.
i am sure the water bottle laid on the ground to.
littering, that sucks.
the bus driver should have shut the door on the fucker.
and dialed up the cops on the prick.
some dude wouldnt be yelling @ me like that.
and not in front of kids goin to school on my bus.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
you're taking a piss now aren't you mate? you can't be serious.
No I'm sitting at my desk doing my work. I haven't taken a piss for a couple of hours.
For one of the first or second times in the history of the universe
and beyond, I agree with Ahnimus.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
he stopped the bus and called the cops. that's a completely rational response.
Yeah, maybe that's because nobody bothered to teach them that it's wrong Ryan. Adults shouldn't be throwing things out of vehicles either. AND I mean NOTHING! They should know better!
Maybe as there was no harm done he should have just kept on his way.
I certainly don't think it does much good being a prick to the bus driver, like he has any control. Or an asshole to the kids.
But I do think it's interesting that neither the police or the bus driver could see the potential danger. The trouble is that kids when they're skylarking about don't always see how things could be dangerous. This time only a bottle of water, and I'm assuming it was plastic, but what if not satisfied with the results the kid continued and with other things? It's the responsibility of the adults around them to make sure they understand the potential dangers and consequences.
Do I think he should be hung, drawn and quartered? No.
Do I think that the guy in the truck was possibly just being a prick? Quite possibly.
Do I think that both the bus driver and the police had the opportunity to teach kids that throwing things from or at a moving vehicle can be dangerous? Yes.
And I think they should have been a little less au fait about it and used the opportunity to their advantage. If it was handled well then I think it's a valuable lesson for a kid to learn.
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i'm not sure where he lives but we're strict here about littering. people throw cigarettes out their windows and start bush fires so we watch them closely.
the guy is probably one of those dudes
with many freshly waxed vehicales stuck up
his stupid ass.(oh no my truck might get a blemish)
the dude in the truck probably sucks as a
person.
i actually feel bad for the bus driver and the kids
on his/her bus and the cops.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
What do you do about the sun?
The guy only has one vehicle, it's a Ford F150, he talks about it consistently. Actually, we share the same desk at work, and it's been a bit of an issue that he keeps a model F150 ontop of the monitor. He has it in plexiglass and shit, but I keep just about knocking it off and it's a nuisance to me. We had it out one day and he basically said practicality takes a backseat to his desire to have his truck on display.
Oh I agree abook! I hardly want to fry the little bugger in boiling oil.
I don't even have a problem with their harmless pranks being disruptive to be honest, but if there's the potential for danger to themselves or others then I think all adults have the responsibility to point that out when they see it.
And like I mentioned this has the potential for serious danger. It's the adults' job to show them that danger. I'm not so sure that going over the top is the way and perhaps this guy did. But I'm not sorry that the kid has had to rethink throwing stuff at cars. And quite possibly every other kid on the bus too. Yeah, it was probably humiliating and I'm not so much into humiliating kids to teach them, but he'll get over it. I'm quite sure it won't be the worst thing that could ever happen to him.
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I don't care if he fucks his vehicle in the tailpipe with a 14 inch dildo, it's HIS vehicle, HE PAID FOR IT, and this little twat on the school bus had no right to throw something at it. a minor scratch would be the least of the problem. like somebody else said, what if the guy lost control of the wheel and gotten killed? the little shit deserves a lesson in manners.