Would you stop a school bus?

Ahnimus

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?

norm

i didn't but i was on a school bus that was stopped.....someone spit out the window and a woman stopped the bus......at rush hour in downtown los angeles on the freeway! :eek: needless to say i think the driver laughed and we continued on....i mean it was spit....now a full water bottle could do damage or injury but i'd just take the license # and report the bus....

Abookamongstthemany

I always chuckle when I see kids act up like that. I like to see a little bit of spirit still burning inside them. I know it's wrong and a lot of parents here don't find this funny at all. But as much as kids have to put up with from adults. I mean their parents usually never listen to them and treat them like they aren't as important and shouldn't be taken seriously like 'big people' should be. It's no wonder kids act out like this. It's nice to know you can't break them all. Flame away.

Jeanie

Well perhaps the driver lipping off at the bus driver was pointless but I'm glad the kid was made to own up. I hope it gave him a fright. And possibly scared him.
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.

There's a really cool play about one of the incidents here that has toured around to schools. And has been a huge success in educating kids. It's also had a lot of acclaim and has been sponsored to tour around Canada and parts of Europe and America too.

http://www.zealtheatre.com.au/htm/shows/thestones.html

CJMST3K

earlier this year some kid emtied his waterbottle out on my father's car at a red light. If he would have had the balls to stop the bus, I would have been glad to force my way on and put that kid in his place.

chadwick

We lived like 5 miles out of town, rural Iowa.
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.

Ahnimus

So, I'm the only one that thinks it uneccessary? Ok.

chadwick

Ahnimus wrote:

So, I'm the only one that thinks it uneccessary? Ok.

yea dude it is.
i think the guy
is a self-centered
prick.

onelongsong

Abookamongstthemany wrote:

I always chuckle when I see kids act up like that. I like to see a little bit of spirit still burning inside them. I know it's wrong and a lot of parents here don't find this funny at all. But as much as kids have to put up with from adults. I mean their parents usually never listen to them and treat them like they aren't as important and shouldn't be taken seriously like 'big people' should be. It's no wonder kids act out like this. It's nice to know you can't break them all. Flame away.

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?

Ahnimus

chadwick wrote:

yea dude it is.
i think the guy
is a self-centered
prick.

Well, yea, he is.

Abookamongstthemany

onelongsong wrote:

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?

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.

Ahnimus

When I was a kid and my mom was driving. A passing truck hurled a rock at us and smashed the windshield it made a loud pop sound, but my mom maintained control over the vehicle.

Jeanie

Ahnimus wrote:

So, I'm the only one that thinks it uneccessary? Ok.

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.

Jeanie

Ahnimus wrote:

When I was a kid and my mom was driving. A passing truck hurled a rock at us and smashed the windshield it made a loud pop sound, but my mom maintained control over the vehicle.

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.

chadwick

its weak.
its lame.
the dude is a prick.
and a baby.
re-reads the start of this.

Ahnimus

Jeanie wrote:

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.

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.

Abookamongstthemany

Jeanie wrote:

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.

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.

chadwick

chadwick wrote:

its weak.
its lame.
the dude is a prick.
and a baby.
re-reads the start of this.

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.

onelongsong

Ahnimus wrote:

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.

you're taking a piss now aren't you mate? you can't be serious.

Ahnimus

onelongsong wrote:

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.

chadwick

Ahnimus wrote:

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.

For one of the first or second times in the history of the universe
and beyond, I agree with Ahnimus.