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Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
Ffx Resident
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Date: January 27, 2012 08:48AM
Why do they take so long when they stop?! This morning as I was coming to work, a Fairfax county school bus stopped at around 7:30, waited for the kids to get on the bus (they seemed to be kids from high school), waited for them to close their umbrellas, waited for the kids to sit down...waited for about 5 minutes for a dumbass that must have forgotten something 'cause he got off the bus went running, returned and yet waited for another kid that was running from across the street. We were there for 10 minutes!!! should it be that if you aren't at the bus stop when the bus arrives you have to find another way to get to school?
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
Leave earlier next time
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Date: January 27, 2012 08:57AM
If you were there 10 minutes you had time to get out and talk to the driver and find out the answer to your question. I swear people in Fairfax bitch about everything, pretty soon they will have to invent things to complain about
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
duh!
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Date: January 27, 2012 09:06AM
Leave earlier next time Wrote:
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> If you were there 10 minutes you had time to get
> out and talk to the driver and find out the
> answer to your question. I swear people in Fairfax
> bitch about everything, pretty soon they will have
> to invent things to complain about
How whas the poster supposed to know the bus was going to take 10 minutes? Idiot!
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> If you were there 10 minutes you had time to get
> out and talk to the driver and find out the
> answer to your question. I swear people in Fairfax
> bitch about everything, pretty soon they will have
> to invent things to complain about
How whas the poster supposed to know the bus was going to take 10 minutes? Idiot!
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
RunningOnEmpty
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Date: January 27, 2012 09:07AM
Leave earlier next time Wrote:
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> If you were there 10 minutes you had time to get
> out and talk to the driver and find out the
> answer to your question. I swear people in Fairfax
> bitch about everything, pretty soon they will have
> to invent things to complain about
I'm sure the driver was aware of what would happen if Little Boo Boo
got wet or was late handing in homework because the driver wouldn't
wait. Helicopter parents would be ringing the Principals phone off
the hook. Bitch time!
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> If you were there 10 minutes you had time to get
> out and talk to the driver and find out the
> answer to your question. I swear people in Fairfax
> bitch about everything, pretty soon they will have
> to invent things to complain about
I'm sure the driver was aware of what would happen if Little Boo Boo
got wet or was late handing in homework because the driver wouldn't
wait. Helicopter parents would be ringing the Principals phone off
the hook. Bitch time!
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
rnl
()
Date: January 27, 2012 09:22AM
RunningOnEmpty Wrote:
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> Leave earlier next time Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If you were there 10 minutes you had time to
> get
> > out and talk to the driver and find out the
> > answer to your question. I swear people in
> Fairfax
> > bitch about everything, pretty soon they will
> have
> > to invent things to complain about
>
> I'm sure the driver was aware of what would happen
> if Little Boo Boo
> got wet or was late handing in homework because
> the driver wouldn't
> wait. Helicopter parents would be ringing the
> Principals phone off
> the hook. Bitch time!
I agree...
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> Leave earlier next time Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If you were there 10 minutes you had time to
> get
> > out and talk to the driver and find out the
> > answer to your question. I swear people in
> Fairfax
> > bitch about everything, pretty soon they will
> have
> > to invent things to complain about
>
> I'm sure the driver was aware of what would happen
> if Little Boo Boo
> got wet or was late handing in homework because
> the driver wouldn't
> wait. Helicopter parents would be ringing the
> Principals phone off
> the hook. Bitch time!
I agree...
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
bus driver
()
Date: January 27, 2012 10:11AM
Ffx Resident Wrote:
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> Why do they take so long when they stop?! This
> morning as I was coming to work, a Fairfax county
> school bus stopped at around 7:30, waited for the
> kids to get on the bus (they seemed to be kids
> from high school), waited for them to close their
> umbrellas, waited for the kids to sit
> down...waited for about 5 minutes for a dumbass
> that must have forgotten something 'cause he got
> off the bus went running, returned and yet waited
> for another kid that was running from across the
> street. We were there for 10 minutes!!! should it
> be that if you aren't at the bus stop when the bus
> arrives you have to find another way to get to
> school?
It wasn't high school at that time. High schoolers generally get on and sit down quick.
It was probably elementary kids and they screw around forever getting on and finding the perfect seat. And that's after chatting with every kid on the way to that perfect seat. If there's a lot of them it takes time (10 minutes is bullshit however). I guarantee the driver was yelling for them to hurry up.
Bottom line: It ain't a MetroBus, we are NOT allowed to take off until everybody is sitting down. Buses arrive about the same time everyday, you should adjust your time a little to avoid them.
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> Why do they take so long when they stop?! This
> morning as I was coming to work, a Fairfax county
> school bus stopped at around 7:30, waited for the
> kids to get on the bus (they seemed to be kids
> from high school), waited for them to close their
> umbrellas, waited for the kids to sit
> down...waited for about 5 minutes for a dumbass
> that must have forgotten something 'cause he got
> off the bus went running, returned and yet waited
> for another kid that was running from across the
> street. We were there for 10 minutes!!! should it
> be that if you aren't at the bus stop when the bus
> arrives you have to find another way to get to
> school?
It wasn't high school at that time. High schoolers generally get on and sit down quick.
It was probably elementary kids and they screw around forever getting on and finding the perfect seat. And that's after chatting with every kid on the way to that perfect seat. If there's a lot of them it takes time (10 minutes is bullshit however). I guarantee the driver was yelling for them to hurry up.
Bottom line: It ain't a MetroBus, we are NOT allowed to take off until everybody is sitting down. Buses arrive about the same time everyday, you should adjust your time a little to avoid them.
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
496
()
Date: January 27, 2012 10:38AM
You self entitled fuck. We can only hope a bus t-bones your ass.
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
Shadow
()
Date: January 27, 2012 10:41AM
Possibly a middle school bus, unlikely it was ten minutes, hell, two minutes feels like forever when you're waiting behind a bus.
Couldn't be high school, since they all start at 7:30 or earlier. And yeah, the driver can't move until everyone is seated. They bitch at the kids, but there are plenty of kids with a 'sense of humor' that delay sitting just to irritate the drivers waiting for the bus to move. Probably the same ones that stroll slowly across the road when walking. But chances are it was some disorganized middle school kid that can't get his shit together.
Change your route or time it differently to avoid the bus. Or move someplace with less kids and therefore less buses. School buses are a part of life here, deal with it.
Chances are someone has missed a light because you were messing with your phone instead of paying attention to the traffic light and when the cars behind you honked, you made the light but people behind you didn't get through.
That pisses me off more than the school buses ever will.
Couldn't be high school, since they all start at 7:30 or earlier. And yeah, the driver can't move until everyone is seated. They bitch at the kids, but there are plenty of kids with a 'sense of humor' that delay sitting just to irritate the drivers waiting for the bus to move. Probably the same ones that stroll slowly across the road when walking. But chances are it was some disorganized middle school kid that can't get his shit together.
Change your route or time it differently to avoid the bus. Or move someplace with less kids and therefore less buses. School buses are a part of life here, deal with it.
Chances are someone has missed a light because you were messing with your phone instead of paying attention to the traffic light and when the cars behind you honked, you made the light but people behind you didn't get through.
That pisses me off more than the school buses ever will.
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
Ffx Resident
()
Date: January 27, 2012 10:49AM
I was fortunate enough to skip the busses for a while. Today due to the weather people drive much slower... I agree with you that the idiots messing with their phone are far more annoying.
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
AW
()
Date: January 27, 2012 11:02AM
Ffx Resident Wrote:
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> Why do they take so long when they stop?! This
> morning as I was coming to work, a Fairfax county
> school bus stopped at around 7:30, waited for the
> kids to get on the bus (they seemed to be kids
> from high school), waited for them to close their
> umbrellas, waited for the kids to sit
> down...waited for about 5 minutes for a dumbass
> that must have forgotten something 'cause he got
> off the bus went running, returned and yet waited
> for another kid that was running from across the
> street. We were there for 10 minutes!!! should it
> be that if you aren't at the bus stop when the bus
> arrives you have to find another way to get to
> school?
AMEN! AND WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO SLOW ON SCHOOL ZONES
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> Why do they take so long when they stop?! This
> morning as I was coming to work, a Fairfax county
> school bus stopped at around 7:30, waited for the
> kids to get on the bus (they seemed to be kids
> from high school), waited for them to close their
> umbrellas, waited for the kids to sit
> down...waited for about 5 minutes for a dumbass
> that must have forgotten something 'cause he got
> off the bus went running, returned and yet waited
> for another kid that was running from across the
> street. We were there for 10 minutes!!! should it
> be that if you aren't at the bus stop when the bus
> arrives you have to find another way to get to
> school?
AMEN! AND WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO SLOW ON SCHOOL ZONES
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
I FREAKIN LOVE CAPS LOCK
()
Date: January 27, 2012 11:25AM
AW Wrote:
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> AMEN! AND WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO SLOW ON SCHOOL
> ZONES
I TRY TO HIT AS MANY KIDS AS POSSIBLE WHEN DRIVING THROUGH A SCHOOL ZONE.
I USE A POINT SYSTEM TOO. ITS 20 POINTS FOR EVERY KID I HIT, DISABLED CHILDREN ARE WORTH DOUBLE.
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> AMEN! AND WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO SLOW ON SCHOOL
> ZONES
I TRY TO HIT AS MANY KIDS AS POSSIBLE WHEN DRIVING THROUGH A SCHOOL ZONE.
I USE A POINT SYSTEM TOO. ITS 20 POINTS FOR EVERY KID I HIT, DISABLED CHILDREN ARE WORTH DOUBLE.
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
Richard Lugar
()
Date: January 27, 2012 01:14PM
Hey CAP BOY, your mother has your lunch ready, pause the game and come up out of the basement. Your GED arrived today and Mom cut the sandwiches into the the shapes you like just for the occasion.
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
friskydingo
()
Date: January 27, 2012 05:09PM
RunningOnEmpty Wrote:
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> Leave earlier next time Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If you were there 10 minutes you had time to
> get
> > out and talk to the driver and find out the
> > answer to your question. I swear people in
> Fairfax
> > bitch about everything, pretty soon they will
> have
> > to invent things to complain about
>
> I'm sure the driver was aware of what would happen
> if Little Boo Boo
> got wet or was late handing in homework because
> the driver wouldn't
> wait. Helicopter parents would be ringing the
> Principals phone off
> the hook. Bitch time!
I think any parent would be upset if the bus driver intentionally left their kid standing on a corner.
It's a safety matter also, imagine if something happened to the kid because he was left on the street.
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> Leave earlier next time Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If you were there 10 minutes you had time to
> get
> > out and talk to the driver and find out the
> > answer to your question. I swear people in
> Fairfax
> > bitch about everything, pretty soon they will
> have
> > to invent things to complain about
>
> I'm sure the driver was aware of what would happen
> if Little Boo Boo
> got wet or was late handing in homework because
> the driver wouldn't
> wait. Helicopter parents would be ringing the
> Principals phone off
> the hook. Bitch time!
I think any parent would be upset if the bus driver intentionally left their kid standing on a corner.
It's a safety matter also, imagine if something happened to the kid because he was left on the street.
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
The OP
()
Date: January 27, 2012 05:19PM
The OP only cares about himself.
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
Bill.N.
()
Date: January 27, 2012 05:22PM
This AM I came up on two busses stopped on the street with red lights flashing, doors open and nobody in sight, either on the sidewalk or the street. Fortunately the drivers saw me and turned their lights off so I could pass. Who knows...maybe it is the first stop on their routes.
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
hoser
()
Date: January 27, 2012 05:46PM
I don't know why the op is bitching, you wait just as long for any light to change to green in Fairfax. Prolly longer.
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
WestfieldDad
()
Date: January 27, 2012 06:28PM
Tisdadt got pissed off about SLEEP so he made sure his organization moved a bunch of bus stops onto main roads.
Lesson Learned (again) - Never piss off a bureaucrat.
Lesson Learned (again) - Never piss off a bureaucrat.
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
Tisdadt is an ass
()
Date: January 27, 2012 06:32PM
Tisdadt approved of the closing of Clifton ES. Now you have a lot more busses on major roads. This has made commuters and kids alike have a longer commute time. Thanks FCPS!
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
*buses
()
Date: January 27, 2012 06:33PM
Sorry.
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
knows
()
Date: January 27, 2012 07:09PM
Bill.N. Wrote:
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> This AM I came up on two busses stopped on the
> street with red lights flashing, doors open and
> nobody in sight, either on the sidewalk or the
> street. Fortunately the drivers saw me and turned
> their lights off so I could pass. Who
> knows...maybe it is the first stop on their
> routes.
The reason buses stop and activate their lights with nobody around is to "document" the stop. FCPS buses have tracking systems that, among other things, record exactly where and when those red lights are activated.
If they don't do this and a parent calls saying the bus never showed up, they make the driver go back. If it's documented that the bus was there on time, then it's "Sorry, you missed the bus".
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> This AM I came up on two busses stopped on the
> street with red lights flashing, doors open and
> nobody in sight, either on the sidewalk or the
> street. Fortunately the drivers saw me and turned
> their lights off so I could pass. Who
> knows...maybe it is the first stop on their
> routes.
The reason buses stop and activate their lights with nobody around is to "document" the stop. FCPS buses have tracking systems that, among other things, record exactly where and when those red lights are activated.
If they don't do this and a parent calls saying the bus never showed up, they make the driver go back. If it's documented that the bus was there on time, then it's "Sorry, you missed the bus".
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
Jelly Kelly
()
Date: January 27, 2012 09:43PM
duh! Wrote:
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> Leave earlier next time Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If you were there 10 minutes you had time to
> get
> > out and talk to the driver and find out the
> > answer to your question. I swear people in
> Fairfax
> > bitch about everything, pretty soon they will
> have
> > to invent things to complain about
>
> How whas the poster supposed to know the bus was
> going to take 10 minutes? Idiot!
After 9 mins he should have gotten the hint..idiot!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/27/2012 09:44PM by Jelly Kelly.
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> Leave earlier next time Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If you were there 10 minutes you had time to
> get
> > out and talk to the driver and find out the
> > answer to your question. I swear people in
> Fairfax
> > bitch about everything, pretty soon they will
> have
> > to invent things to complain about
>
> How whas the poster supposed to know the bus was
> going to take 10 minutes? Idiot!
After 9 mins he should have gotten the hint..idiot!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/27/2012 09:44PM by Jelly Kelly.
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
jmu dad
()
Date: January 28, 2012 06:55AM
Richard Lugar Wrote:
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> Hey CAP BOY, your mother has your lunch ready,
> pause the game and come up out of the basement.
> Your GED arrived today and Mom cut the sandwiches
> into the the shapes you like just for the
> occasion.
Thanks for the laugh RL! I think you have him pegged.
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> Hey CAP BOY, your mother has your lunch ready,
> pause the game and come up out of the basement.
> Your GED arrived today and Mom cut the sandwiches
> into the the shapes you like just for the
> occasion.
Thanks for the laugh RL! I think you have him pegged.
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Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
friskydingo
()
Date: January 28, 2012 08:00PM
That looks like a damn good sammich
Re: Fairfax school buses
Posted by:
I wish
()
Date: January 28, 2012 08:55PM
Please. That is one Martha Stewart sandwich. I wish. I think we need a Martha like study here in Nova.
We sit in shit traffic, deal with DC and the metro.
We need a intervention.
We sit in shit traffic, deal with DC and the metro.
We need a intervention.