Mom says late school bus got her fired

A St. Louis County mom said she lost her job because her kids' school bus was constantly late.

[@dreamworkmakestheteamwork9975]

not arriving AT ALL is NOT out of the drvers control

[@KaedeAnimation]

the engine could be broken down half way to the stop. So that could be a reason why

[@roseturnbull8051]

@@KaedeAnimation but it happened more than once

[@911opper8]

Yes he was constantly arriving late

[@KaedeAnimation]

@@911opper8 my school bus driver are late too and sometimes not arriving at my stop at all. So I said to my self I'm gonna drive a BMW to my school.

[@crn1318]

@@KaedeAnimation yeah, bc everyone in the world has that option 👍🏼 awesome advice

[@Sol_Raven]

"But why were they late" "UHHOWWUHHHUUOOUWHHSJOABDKBSIS" Thanks for clearing that up chief.

[@jeremywoods770]

I found the news article. “The mechanic had to do a little bit of work on it before I left the lot because it wasn't driving right."

[@Samuel-I]

That's exactly what I heard, as well. 🤣

[@mariposa9506]

🤣spot on!

[@aapzehrsteurer9000]

> pepe pfp > disparaging towards PoC Every fucking time.

[@jeremywoods770]

@@aapzehrsteurer9000 if you look at a frog and think of PoC, that probably says more about you than it does about him

[@falxie_]

Sounds like she was really put in a rough spot. Really messed up that they will just not show up at all sometimes forcing her to leave work

[@ianchans4983]

That is a stupid reason to fire someone

[@nancyomalley9959]

Some employers are just jerks-Have you seen "Horrible Bosses"? Her ex-boss could be one of them!

[@FlutePlayer777]

Here is the other thing. Some states are at-will employment states and don't have to give a reason to fire you. In this case the company had no right to fire her. She has a kid and stuff happens. But once they are off to school then mom can get to work.

[@pitbul2877]

that's a stupid reason to be always late tbh the kids are old enough to catch the bus on their own she apparently has a car so she could drop them off herself etc etc

[@kbowen1]

@@pitbul2877 if a chid isn’t above a certain age an responsible adult has to be with them until it comes.

[@nancyomalley9959]

@@pitbul2877 First, it's not safe for the kids to be left alone and second, what if the bus doesn't show up at all? It has happened

[@cosmic_rain9417]

We have a bus driver who LEAVS the school like 4 minutes before most classes dismiss (floors dismiss at a slightly different time because of covid) , literally leaving kids behind for no reason, and instead of telling the bus driver to be competent and look at the time, they were telling the students who ride that bus to leave early

[@nancyomalley9959]

Who was telling the kids to leave early before dismissal?

[@cosmic_rain9417]

@@nancyomalley9959 for the first day nobody and the bus left early the next few days it was said over announcements to leave early to catch that bus, but no actual reason for why he was leaving early.

[@rainstorm571]

Haha I remember when I was in middle school we would get to leave early the people on the higher floors to not miss the bus, but of course you needed proof at the beginning of the school year that you were talking a bus, the good old memories

[@aaronmontgomery2055]

@@cosmic_rain9417 I mean, you get to leave school earlier. That sounds like a win to me.

[@cosmic_rain9417]

@@aaronmontgomery2055 no the 8 people who ride that bus get to leave early

[@sandalphoncpu]

People these days don’t really understand the chain reaction they could cause when they don’t do their jobs. Others will become victims of one’s irresponsibility and more often than not, they’re the ones who gets blamed for something they didn’t do or can’t control.

[@BackSeatJunkie]

So the traffic wreck which held up the bus one day is too blame. Road crews working on a traffic signal light held up the bus another day is to blame. The bus company didn't get a substitute driver scheduled in time another day is to blame. Every kid who was not standing there waiting on the bus but made the bus wait for the kid to get out of the house and walk up to the bus is to blame. Sounds like everyone else is to blame.

[@moonbear5929]

She's not a victim. She has her own car. Get the kids ready and out of the house, into the car, drive the kids to school, drop them off and then drive her to work! Why bother to wait for the stupid bus if it's often late. She should bring the kids to school herself. If she had done that, she could have kept her job!

[@hay0099]

@@moonbear5929 maybe they have different routes come on

[@moonbear5929]

@@hay0099 Doesn't matter. If it's a matter of losing your job, you do what you can to keep that job! I say again, She's NOT a "victim"!

[@oohweeoohwee9222]

Drug test that driver he looks burned out.

[@johnathant6735]

@Mexican Doggo He didn’t ask a question. And he also wants to know the answer. Wtf are you talking about

[@squimbwarftestiballs]

Ok Karen

[@BigTBone69]

@Mexican Doggo ok boomer

[@lindanwfirefighter4973]

@Mexican Doggo It is a figure of speech correctly applied in this instance! Relax and don’t get flustered by things around you.

[@ericaschaidt8588]

@Mexican Doggo like hell you don’t look into the background of the employees, regardless if you’re short staffed. It would be FAR worse to have a bus driver whose driving impaired crash and kill children than having to deal with driver shortages. And this is in no way looking a gift horse in the mouth. It’s more like taking an old mare to a vet and putting it down if it’s terminally ill.

[@anthonylyons1879]

Why does it say P.M. I thought school started in the A.M. 🤣

[@nancyomalley9959]

The news crew made a mistake

[@Junomaster2006]

Black people do not know how to tell time.

[@JasonSmith-zp1gv]

Junomaster I hope you don’t mean that in a “black people are dumb” way but lowkey, when u be inviting people to your house for 5, no one come till 7😂

[@Cbd_7ohm]

@@Junomaster2006 Dumbass.

[@jarrodbarkley9061]

Ha, good catch!

[@trigger740]

News crew: this bus is running late as is, lets try to get an interview out of the driver.

[@ericaschaidt8588]

Lo I was thinking the same thing. Here you have a story of a chronically late bus driver, and instead of interviewing him at the end of the day at the bus garage or something you interview him at a bus stop during the school day.

[@divinedragons1761]

The boss wanted to fire her and got perfect excuse

[@spaceygnat19908]

She has the ability to take her children to school but she relied on someome who is "always late". Ya i would look for someone who could put 2 and 2.

[@newsance2u]

@@spaceygnat19908 Just cause she has the ability too doesnt mean its the best thing for the family taking your kids to school in a car diverts a ton of time away from a job that parents have to spend at to pay for thier food and shelter

[@spaceygnat19908]

@@newsance2u ? Best thing for the family? bro she lost her job. There is also such thing called a car pool. I guess only good parents are willing to go the extra mile to help there kids. Edit: wake up early omg so revolutionary if she wakes up 10-20 minutes it might actually give her more time to get them to the school and then go to work.

[@noravalkyrie2588]

My bus back in junior high was constantly late by at least 5 minutes, to the point where that could be considered to be the official time. After moving up to highschool, the bus was late by 5+ minutes maybe 2-3 times a year.

[@Kevin-ez4or]

Man what has become of this world we used to be able to take the bus on our own not too long ago. Does she trust the oldest son so little that he cant watch the others for 10 minutes? If she believes she raised them right she should go to work and stop blaming the others for losing her job.

[@ericaschaidt8588]

That may be all well and good when the bus is “just late”. But what about the times when the bus doesn’t show up at all. Even the oldest is still in elementary school so he can’t drive. What would the solution be then? Other than for mom to leave work and come back? Because a 30 minute car ride would be far too long for them to do on foot.

[@tepilahruach802]

Schedule to work your job later. Not the first single mother to have to schedule around school issues. Cry baby.

[@KingPopinLockin]

One time my mother called the school to have me put on a different bus that would take me to my aunt's house. It's the only time I ever had to ride a different house. She asked them to put on the note I'd need who's house I was going to. The just put the address which I didn't recognize at all. The bus driver took my note and assumed I knew where I was going, she didn't look at the note at all. One of my friends rode that bus and we talked about how neither of us knew where I was going and decided that since it was near his house I'd go there. An hour after I got off the bus she showed up again yelling at me and cussed me out. If she'd read my note she would have known I wasn't getting off at the right place. Instead she actually left me wherever I wanted to get off.

[@pfzht]

Is her husband, the father of the children, able to support his boys? Am I assuming too much?

[@INatalkaI]

Fathers* the only daddy these kids have is the government.

[@RockerSteve73]

You fire me, there would be serious consequences….Like retaliation, throwing shit at the people who fired me. Paybacks are a bitch.

[@grimm0214]

my bus in middle school used to stay parked in the corner for ten minutes before coming to pick us up

[@shermantwip7485]

Relax,hes just finishing his blunt. Lol

[@dimaisatree]

Remember when there wasn’t much going on in the world 3 years ago so they just reported random small day to day problems people had?

[@SapphirePrimrose]

Who else clicked on this video solely because they were confused by the thumbnail? 🙋🏼‍♀️

[@whospilledmybeans]

My bus would be hours late back when I was in school 5 mins wasn’t bad, she should have the kids wait inside until the bus comes and then have them close the door themselves. It looked like grandpa was home too?

[@moonbased7796]

Yeah same, I used to ride the bus when I was in elementary and middle school (and I did ride the bus in High School but normally my parents drop me off but I only took the bus if my parents couldn’t cause of their job) and sometimes the bus would arrive late (most of the time it’s on time but when it does arrive late it’s normally 5 minutes late which isn’t the worst thing in the world.)

[@doidoi8544]

I rode the bus for my junior and senior year. My driver was a mix of on time and late.

[@ITSMERlVER]

Why are kids getting ON the bus at 7:30pm? PM?

[@beaniestofbeanybeans]

Because of where I live and where the other students on my route lived, it was normal for the bus (especially sub drivers) to be late, especially if we had a combined route. It was normal for us to get to school 15-45 minutes late, and luckily it was high school and our teachers would wait or change it when we did arrive. ....sometimes we’d get there after first block ended though

[@peterkelly1314]

well if the bus kept being late why didnt they just wake up earlier and then have the mother drive the kids to school?

[@nathanwalther1588]

The solution is so simple take your own kids to school early then you won't be late to your job its that simple.

[@nancyomalley9959]

Not so simple-She would have to get them to the school when the school isn't even open (which may be against school policy) Just so that she can get to school on time The school ride and the commute time is hopelessly conflicting

[@mypfpisyouinreallife8134]

5 minutes didn’t make you lose your job, pretty sure she’s was just shit at working

[@ahhh4117]

Late 5 days a week, for months at a time will make someone lose their job You've clearly never had a job so why don't u do something more productive like eat glass

[@aciec777]

I had a driver who would be up to 15 minutes early on some days and up to 20-25 mins late on the majority. It was so frustrating never knowing if he'd already come by, because I already had to walk all the way down my long street just to get picked up.

[@BzBlade]

Those kids are old enough to wait for the bus

[@WanWan-re2mz]

Grow up in that hood or raise children in it and maybe you’ll understand why the mother waits with them children every morning. The bus arrives at unpredictable times every morning so there is no telling how long those kids will be out there, everyone can’t be as privileged as people living in the suburbs or the country where crime rate is lower and safer.

[@ryanbarker5217]

moral of the story is school's shouldn't hire third party companies for school busing.

[@ryman52379]

not all 3rd parties are like this but First student is. I work for a 3rd party and we make sure to be on time and if we can't be we try to contact the families if its a major delay

[@ryanbarker5217]

@@ryman52379 i hear FS pays well, at least around here, but you get no benefits, and that's a pretty typical business practice of companies who *could* get you benefits, but would rather just keep the money and slid you an extra buck or two. pretty simple rule of work -- unless it's a tiny, tiny company, don't work for a place that doesn't have insurance.

[@ryman52379]

@@ryanbarker5217 I agree we're small company as well but it's usually the school system that's screwing everybody over FS is a very large company and they do pay well I'll agree with that but their business practice sucks

[@ryanbarker5217]

@@ryman52379 my district is fairly good. not only does it pay in the top tier locally, but we have insurance (granted, it's pricier than some large factories i've worked for), a retirement plan that's not that 401K hedge fund scam, and an union... which, like the three i've worked for so far, is entire useless (i'm still a sub, which is getting old fast after this long). seem about 75% of these stories i've watched involve FS, and i had a conversation about it with another driver i work with who knew someone who worked for them. since we're board owned and operate out of the school itself, we have state inspectors check us out and we do things by the book. we have two dispatchers for about, oh, 35 buses or so.

[@The_Endless_Summer]

Maybe don't have a bunch of kids you can't take care of?

[@edgarquinonez7347]

Facts

[@matteakrantz5769]

Tell me why my bus driver comes to the stop at 8:00am when it should be 8:15am and leaves at 8:20 instead of 8:30

[@haydendavis9409]

Here is another idea leave early and drop your kids off at school, then you wont have to worry about them being late and you loosing your job, it's not that hard to find more than one solution to things like this, sounds like she can also be blamed for this problem as well.

[@sportsfanatic6611]

Leave the kids for 5 minutes it’s your fault not the bus

[@DayDreamer774]

The best bus driver I had was one that was literally parked across my bus stop waiting for the pickup time. Nonetheless I still got out ten minutes earlier. Being the first pickup made mornings so relaxing

[@dystanysam9896]

I remembered my middle school bus diver used to driver to the wrong bus ,stoped & wait for us to come to her . it’s gotten so bad . We’re all stand up for us & the teachers used to wonder why we’re come late I used to say it’s “ it’s are bus divers fault “ Nobody never believed us.

[@nancyomalley9959]

When several kids are simultaneously late, that should have given the teacher a clue that the kids were telling the truth. But some adults have a negative, even hostile attitude towards kids and will assume that kids always lie-Just because they're kids

[@GameJam230]

Okay- yes the bus should have been on time, but given that there were three kids, all of which seem old enough to know not to get into stranger's vehicles and one of which old enough to know where to get help if something happens, does she really HAVE to stand at the stop with them every day? Again, I'm not justifying the bussing, but I'm just suggesting that she had options to try before it escalated to this point.

[@RespawnRestricted]

I know this is old but I live were this report is from it came out about a week later that she starts work at 9 so how she can't make it their by then when the school bus comes at 7:30 is beyond me . the lack of research news does is crazy

[@kalimul2143]

when i lived in ny state as a kindergartener - middle schooler, my school buses would usually never arrive and/or arrive 15 mins late, resulting in around 80 young students standing outside in the cold and many carpools with kids having to be driven to school it was hell

[@name4601]

Had a bus driver that would consistently come before the allotted time ( maybe 5-10 mins early), sit for 30 seconds, and then leave. She would not stop unless you drove in front of her and there have been several instances where my mother had to drive me and several kids to school because of how early the bus driver came. She also would not let us chew gum on the bus and one time while walking on the bus I saw her chewing gum so when I got off I acted like I was chewing gum and the bitch had the audacity to tell me to not chew gum on the bus.

[@ghettogrower3499]

Get a job that starts at 9

[@kamally]

If only american culture and infrastructure allowed kids to go to school themselves.

[@TheBudgetTraveller786]

First transit is the owner of this bus company. You wanna know what else they own? Greyhound bus lines.

[@strawberrymochisugarpulmiv]

The oldest kid can't look after the other two for a few minutes while they wait for the bus? That mom is way too overprotective and was just looking for an excuse to be late.

[@nancyomalley9959]

Many cities and states have laws forbidding kids under certain ages to be left alone

[@mrwhammer]

If it’s late every once or twice then it’s not that bad but constantly like stated, that’s shitty

[@jizzaymz]

Kids are too coddled these days. I grew up in the 80's and the school bus I took would arrive within a 10 minute time frame. My bus stop was 3 blocks from my house and not once did my parents have to wait at the bus stop with me. In fact that would have looked really strange back then (parents waiting for their kids before and after school). More often than not my parents were already gone to work before I left the house to go to school and they would still be at work for approximately an hour after I got home from school. I never missed a day of school for bus related reasons cuz I knew I'd get in a lot of trouble if I did. It was my responsibility to make it to the bus on time or I'd be getting the belt. The good old days 🙂 wish things were still like that cuz I could guarantee you kids would be a lot more independent and responsible if they were still like that.

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

Everyone does not have to do what your parents did. You are very strange if you think everyone has to follow your rules.

[@oedhelsetren]

Having heard the full story, I think she's exaggerating the amount that he's late. It's a half hour drive, things happen. I understand being a single parent is hard, but you shouldn't be cutting your work schedule that close.

[@itsurfrind]

Bruh i live up in the north where days can sit around 30°F all day and my bus has never once been on time in the past 2 years, i should be on the bus by 6:40, bus showed up from 6:50-7:00, after school i waited for my brother to be dropped off from the elementary school bus, supposed to arrive at 3:30, every day the bus rolls up at any random time between 3:20 and 3:45, and its a pain to sit in the weather for so long, and i cant exactly just have my brother walk home because the bus stop is literally on the sidewalk next to a house that houses 2 felons

[@ajb627871]

1:00 7:31pm. Midnight school?

[@AMDixon]

Doesn’t show up at all!?!? Come on! I can understand an occasional late bus due to bad weather or accident on the road - but consistent lateness or not showing up at all is inexcusable. When you allow employees to consistently underperform, that is exactly what they will do! Wonder what the performance standards are for the bus drivers - also wonder if they share this with parents?

[@menoitius5587]

Solution: Drive them there, and cancel the bus. She says she already would drive them, when the bus doesn't arrive, so just drive then yourself.

[@someguy7029]

Where is the dad?

[@JoeGrunt9]

wow, the husband cant even pitch in and help....oh wait.

[@hampton-roads-bus-guy]

Y'all complaining over a 5 minute late school bus while I'm over here waiting for my bus for almost an hour and missing my first period 💀

[@defineivan]

Wait. So she is late cause the bus is late but somethings it doesn’t come at all so she has to leave work to take them to school? So which is it? She waits with them for a late bus or is she just late? If she leaves them cause it’s taking to long then she could have just left them regardless and not have been late and only would have had the issue of having to leave to take them to school.

[@McKayliAnnessia]

Ok I am sorry too and me too sometimes I want be disappointed about my lunch already yes

[@deadazzz]

Yes 7pm is late in the evening The bus is on time

[@RanchKings]

She outta drive her own kids to school

[@rayrayqbaby]

I wonder how common these problems are in rich neighborhoods. 🤔

[@damnbabygirl8926]

there’s no buses in rich neighborhoods let’s be real

[@foxi1609]

My school bus always came SO early so we would have to sit in a cold bus at my school for 20 minutes waiting for the school to let us in, so the younger kids would have to use the Before Care building to use the bathroom since we waited so long at the school 😑

[@LinkTheFusky]

My school bus was always late when we had an asshole driver, nobody was allowed to stand close to him even when it was packed (it was a double decker used for public transport but gets hired as a school bus in the morning) he even stopped the bus and kicked a kid off for looking at him through the mirror

[@storiesfromdifferenteras]

Pop-Tarts® S'Mores & Spongebob backpack

[@missladyanonymity]

I guess the eldest can't supervise bus duty or maybe its a bad neighbourhood, which is sad. And i guess its too much gas to leave early enough to drop the kids off at school before she goes to work.

[@nancyomalley9959]

It may also be against school rules to drop the kids off too early. Many schools give a short window of time to drop off the kids-that window usually conflicting with commuting time

[@goldwinger5434]

The district manager never took her seriousLY. You're professional journalist, for crying out loud.

[@reiryghts639]

There is probably a reason the bus was late -_-

[@SwordM]

1:39 that pop tarts are photo bombing the shot

[@KingSlimjeezy]

IMHO this is the difference between the left and right left: we should bus kids into you school right: why thats the whole reason i moved here left: federal taxes right: damnit fine ok but thats dumb left: too bad suckka! right: look this shit dosnt happen by magic ya know left: PASSED right"fine ok ---- a few years later--- left: THIS ISNT WORKING right : i told you left IMA SUE right ok then but thats just gonna make it impossible for the other left SUE ----- a few years later left: y we cant get no bus service right: we had one, once

[@maxdudomite]

1:05 Don’t Americans know the difference between A.M. and P.M.?

[@braupaul]

Okay..that solves the bus problem. What about the mother getting her job back?

[@casmatori]

Why on earth would she want to go back to the job she just humiliated on TV?

[@sterlingpuffer4781]

well she needs some sort of income! Sue the bus!

[@DisneyCruiseShip]

This is going to sound crazy but why doesn't she get a different job? And she should have picked a school that is in walking distance.

[@joshuaroney]

@@DisneyCruiseShip sounds like victim blamming

[@zammmerjammer]

@@DisneyCruiseShip No, it's going to sound like you haven't the faintest idea what it's like to be working poor. You think she had her pick of jobs and she chose the one she liked best? You also clearly have no idea about segregation in schools in the USA. The news report mentioned the bussing is because of a "transfer program" so her kids can go to a BETTER school than the one that may be within "walking distance" of where she can afford to live (in the USA, schools are funded by property taxes, which is nuts, but which means rich white neighbourhoods get better schools than poor black ones) Seriously, pick up a book once in a while.

[@The_Endless_Summer]

Maybe don't have a bunch of kids you can't take care of?

[@hs5167]

As a bus driver in Minnesota, I picked up the kids at the same time everyday. The only time I was late was bad weather or when the bus broke down. Something is wrong with the driver if the bus is late all the time.

[@fatdabs7379]

Yeah homie parked around the corner smoking some weed that's what it takes these days to deal with these little bastards

[@twonklez]

@@fatdabs7379 lmao

[@aferreiro3622]

@@JKiler1 james I will tell you that you are more than wrong. First off schools actually amend the times school buses should be around + and the drivers actually account for the distance and time via the district. The second point I should make towards you is that why are you pushing a political agenda in a problem which doesn't need it and you have no expertise on?

[@aferreiro3622]

@@JKiler1 did you not even read what I wrote? I quite litterally said schools amend the scheduling of buses based on the route. The fact that you avoided listing and are saying I did not prove shows that you are living an echo chamber and have no way of defending yourself if your poorly defended point (which by the way shouldn't even be here) is contested. next time please do actual research ( looking at articles that show both sides , reading up neutral articles , and looking up general facts) before making assumptions.

[@aferreiro3622]

@@JKiler1 here you want a citation on what school officials do when it comes to buses..guide.saferoutesinfo.org/school_bus_locations/determining_school_bus_stop_locations.cfm This is an entire one that the us follows there are also many ordinances in cities and many district specific amendments to these which add more rules for planning

[@cygnus_XI]

“But, why were they late?” *Loud bus engine sounds.* Ah, so that’s why.

[@THEDankMaster]

Exactly Lmaoo I couldn’t hear what he said at all

[@misz3]

Oh thank god it wasn’t just me who couldn’t understand

[@karateka_95]

I couldn't hear much either. I think it was about "having other jobs to do. That's how bus drivers work".

[@jeremywoods770]

I found the article. “The mechanic had to do a little bit of work on it before I left the lot because it wasn't driving right."

[@cygnus_XI]

@@jeremywoods770 You’re a legend.

[@scotthayes5933]

She should sue the crap out of the bus company.

[@ryanbarker5217]

for what? busing is a privilege, not a right and in most places not a law for regular students.

[@scotthayes5933]

@@ryanbarker5217 it still got her fired so the school district should be liable.

[@ryanbarker5217]

@@scotthayes5933 i get that she says she got fired, but getting your kids to school is ultimately the parent's job. her better options would be to contact other parents and have them take her kids to school, too, have a friend or granny wait with the kids, take the kids to school herself, arrange to drop the kids off at a different stop, or just have the kids wait on their own, i mean, damn, quit coddling your spawn cuz none of them are babies. she just doesn't have a lawsuit, as frustrating as that may be. adulting is hard sometimes! she wants her kids to go to a better school, but that involves transfers and quite a distance. the shitty third party school bus company (it's usually first student in these kinds of stories) didn't get her fired, her lack of figuring her alternatives out did. it's the typical victim mentality. as an aside, i'm a sub school bus driver and i'm consistently late because of several reasons. traffic, trains, stop lights, road construction, kids who forgot their mask, kids i have to wait on as they run out their front door, and the fact my route sheet accounts for none of that and operates under the assumption i'm able to teleport from one stop to another. on paper, i have one route that begins three minutes before my previous route is scheduled to end! there obviously is a window i'm supposed to be there, and 15 minutes is beyond that, but given everything we have to do it just is what it is. these guys don't want to be late, they're not stopping for coffee, it just sounds like there are a lot of variables out of the driver's control especially if you have to meander through a city.

[@Alastor_Boss121]

Exactly

[@jamied98576]

I had the same problem last year. I hated it that I was late 1 hour to school and I missed the first class . The bus company was Southland. It was a small bus. They should cancel the small buses out because they are a waste money.

[@TheKrasnak]

no decent human being boss would ever fire someone over this.

[@teamnep]

and not all bosses are decent human beings unfortunately

[@subhanamjad8787]

that's america

[@alymetz2020]

Some places don’t care about your excuses

[@nicholasselke5214]

@Baka Matai no business in America owns slaves. Not a single person was ever forced to work where they do and the only ones that can’t simply quit are only those under contract, which they voluntarily signed. Besides, if every business paid what you might consider a “living wage”, the vast majority of the businesses forking over the extra pay would start hemorrhaging money and go under. Perhaps you don’t understand profit margins. So here’s an example: Worldwide, Walmart has about 2.3 million employees that, adjusted for US dollars, make an average of $12 per hour and 32 hours per week. Walmart sells an average of $499 billion in merchandise per year, but after taking into account payroll, cost of goods and overhead, their net profit only amounts to about $9.8 billion per year. If that was divided among all Walmart employees with zero profit to the shareholders, the average wage would be $14.56 per hour. And since most people clamor for $15 per hour as their standard of a “living wage”, yes, even Walmart cannot afford to pay a “living wage” to all employees

[@zankthegreat4291]

@@nicholasselke5214 You really took that slave thing literally huh.. People can be slave drivers even if they have no slaves.

[@MM-rz8hr]

Reminder for everyone saying “she should sue” that lawsuits are expensive and she now has no job which would make it impractical to initiate a long lawsuit like this one would end up being. Also she doesn’t have much of a grounds for a law suit imo anyway so through all those expenses she would only lose money probably.

[@goodnight63]

She should set up a gofundme while this is new and fresh to get the cash to sue.

[@iaminevitable936]

There are attorney that do take cases that pay based on the settlements although they do take a substantial part of it because the attorney does pay out of pocket for everything and it may take a long time before it's settled. Edit: She can also sue for attorney fees on top of that. Of course they will investigate her job as well because getting fired from a job for being late because of school bus problems really don't seem to add up to why they fired her it but could be in addition to why they fired her. For example, if she opens the place of work and she's late... The business looses money and other workers are left waiting as well. Until knowing all the variables it would he hard to say if she can sue AND most importantly can she WIN. Otherwise it would be pointless if she can't win.

[@Junomaster2006]

@@iaminevitable936 she can’t win. She clearly looks like a meth addict.

[@Helladamnleet]

You do realize most lawyers will take clear cut cases probono, right?

[@user-fp4dm6od1b]

No job? No problem. The lawyer only gets paid if she wins. Now that she has no job, she can hang out all day in the lawyer's office.

[@sweetwolfsteve5583]

I would have sued the bus company for making her lose her job

[@arberfilms5998]

@Freddie Boom Boom Washington that’s easy for you to say lol

[@KingSlimjeezy]

why not her ex husband lmao

[@pavvey1605]

@Freddie Boom Boom Washington it could be traffic problems and she can't help it

[@mrike5651]

She should’ve left the kids out there so they can get to school or make them walk that’s making men out of them.

[@georgieporgie6103]

@Freddie Boom Boom Washington Your name and your comment confirm my suspicions of you being a total dumbass. Maybe take your nonsense somewhere else, bud.

[@RayMak]

She's iron mom. Such amazing dedication

[@PlXEI8177]

You are everywhere

[@luck0158]

Nobody comment or like this after this comment

[@Kev_the_panda]

@@luck0158 no

[@JETS5]

Ikr?

[@Arrow_bro]

Shut up ray mak

[@42luke93]

Can’t imagine nowdays with the virus how many people not only had lost their job but left it for the kids

[@Jackietubepro]

@Made by 4783 and..?

[@joe-vm5hl]

@Made by 4783 Dead

[@elokin300]

@Made by 4783 thats why they said nowadays

[@dima97]

@Made by 4783 ok boomer millnieum falcon thing

[@Multipotentialitis]

People lost their jobs because the government shut everything down, covid wouldn't have changed a thing, it would be like H1N1, people could have gone out. But this world is full of weaklings.. who can't assume the risk we've assumed for a thousand years, going outside into the real-world.

[@joshuadelafuent3]

Bruh I had some days where my bus was a whole hour late. Like bruh.

[@tylerholland4652]

How is that allowed💀💀💀

[@crisptomato9495]

Same.

[@nancyomalley9959]

That is what was happening with this bus-And the bus company refuses to even acknowledge their incompetence

[@rougepenguin2839]

Damn😂

[@hakiikah8343]

Bro same, like what are y’all doing.😂😂

[@thatmaninblack]

Translation: - The bus driver said the bus is too slow and he needs a yellow Lamborghini Diablo to pick up the kids.

[@Cutiezombie210]

😂😂

[@noahk258]

My bus was so late, I mean once it was 20 minuets late, so we all had to drive to school, and I got in trouble with my teacher because I “wasn’t at my desk when the bell rang”

[@nancyomalley9959]

If your teacher marked you tardy, then your parents need to speak to the principal so that s/he can tell the teacher that it's not your fault if you're late

[@noahk258]

@@nancyomalley9959 that was a few years ago

[@zetahurley294]

I remember on my trip to school id take the train to the stop closest to my school, and there the bus would pick us up and drive us to school, it made a 15-25 minute walk into a 5 minute bus ride, it usually left right on time, but occasionally it would be 10 or so minutes late (still better to wait for the bus) but occasionally it just wouldn't show up at all, and so we did the long walk after waiting for a while in hopes it was just late, winding up us arriving a good 15-20 minutes late to our 1 hour classes - luckily though a couple of teachers took the train bus also and they'd give us notes to show our teachers

[@tinytt854]

Why didn't you decide to drive anyway?

[@noahk258]

@@tinytt854 it was Minnesota, in the middle of winter. So we thought that it would be better to take a bus rather than a car

[@leannestrong1000]

This is one of the dumbest reasons to fire someone! Employees DO have families and other obligations that they need to attend to outside of work.

[@Leviatiemily]

Not in corporate America. You get a job it has to be 100% focus on it or they call you worthless and drop you.

[@Leviatiemily]

From my experience pre pandemic. Haven't worked since. Not worth being walked on anymore.

[@FlutePlayer777]

@@Leviatiemily No kidding. I was not even told how to do a part of my job and they got rid of me for it. Train me, teach me and I will do the job well. Thats the trouble with a lot of corporate companies. No one is willing to train anymore.

[@Shockkings0714]

If she can't get to work on time and fulfill her end of the contractual obligation, thr employer has every right to fire her and find someone who can. Employers are not obligated to take care of your mistakes.

[@FlutePlayer777]

@@Shockkings0714 Do you have kids? Stuff happens and most employers understand. Its not the ladies fault her kids bus never comes or is late. It is not a safe neighborhood to be leaving them there alone. Have some compassion.

[@CarRevvedGaming]

Ye I remember my school bus came 20 minutes late and one time my bus showed up 1 to 2 hours late due to the bus failure as they had to bring another one and I missed almost 2 of my first lessons

[@stinkstink69]

wait so did you just wait at the bus stop for 2 hours?

[@wildk5367]

@@stinkstink69 Ik like wtf this man waited 2 hours outside to go to school. I woulda quit after 15 mins

[@Niomar0108]

You Find That Bad But I Find It Fun 🤪

[@CarRevvedGaming]

@@stinkstink69 nope, it's not like that. They just come to my house and I waited inside. Also I would take a taxi instead of waiting but it's expensive as heck, $20 in my currency just to go to school. I live in UAE

[@CarRevvedGaming]

@@wildk5367 inside*

[@maddalynnewatson4161]

I can relate to the kids about a late school bus. My bus didn't have a driver when I wrnt into 11th grade, so I was put onto another and the driver had to drive a double route. My bus is supposed to come at 8:25, but some times, the bus didn't come until 9. Another time when I was in 10th grade, I had a different driver that was out on medical leave due to surgery, so we had a substitute. There was 8 of us at a stop and we stood there for 30 minutes. I called the school and they transferred me to transportation. They said our bus picks up at 7:50 when we didnt get picked up until 8:20. I even spoke to the person who drove and we were furious. We waited another 20 minutes until we decided to walk to school, which is about a 4 mile walk. We spent over an hour walking to school and we didnt even get there until 10:30, which ment we had to walk an hour and a half. I complained to my teacher because my legs were throbbing and killing me and he took me to the office and complained about how me and my friends at the bus stop had to put ourselves in danger to get to school. My dad eventually heard about it too and he called the board of education, which resulted to the substitute to not drive for our high school anymore.

[@ambisinister1190]

same @RAWsawXp but for me it wasn't that my bus didn't have a bus driver (cuz it did) but she would always show up late and i would sometimes have to wait in the cold for more than a hour (like until 8:40-9 ish and that's if she came but if she didn't i would have to walk to school which is a good 20 minutes away from where i live). everything was solved out tho cuz we ended out getting a new bus driver who would show up SUPER early and would leave us behind if we weren't at our stop (which wasn't really a problem for me cuz i would show up early anyway). i called transportation multiple times too and they were pretty helpful actually and would sometimes send other buses to pick us up if our assigned bus driver didn't show up (which was pretty common for her like i mentioned). my mom was pissed tho cuz she said it wasn't good for my health to be waiting outside with heavy winds for a long period of time but my school didn't care when she went to complain.

[@tommyboy256]

Wtf our first bell rings at 9am in highschool

[@ambisinister1190]

@@tommyboy256 ours too actually but my regular pick up time was at like at 8:10

[@VlogJunk]

@@tommyboy256 damn lucky my first bell is 720

[@maddalynnewatson4161]

@@tommyboy256 well, ours did too. But we just had a ton of bus issues when she was out for surgery. Didnt have her back for 3 months-

[@justjenny4871]

Did anyone else notice the typo? Instead of A.M, they put P.M 😂😂😂

[@ladymire]

lol they be finishing school at like 3 am? 💀

[@JETS5]

everybody gangsta till its not a typo

[@Junomaster2006]

That’s the black education system for ya.

[@wennw2711]

Easy, the school bus company hire the mom. Problem solved.

[@darthkillerhog]

Dount she has the certs to drive a bus

[@darthkillerhog]

@vMystjc Dumbass they are the same thing

[@darthkillerhog]

@vMystjc You need to be certified in it by the company and DMV

[@djo9c1]

@vMystjc "Licensed" if we're arguing semantics. To be a school bus driver, one needs a CDL (class B and/or C) with 'P' and 'S' endorsements.

[@zankthegreat4291]

@vMystjc literal semantics. Its a synonym.

[@djo9c1]

1:10 Wait a minute, what time do they start school now? 8 PM? When do they get off school, like 2 AM?

[@michaelmccartney4870]

I think that was meant to say a.m

[@c140075]

good catch lol

[@Nabee_H]

nah 3 am

[@ogg5]

@@michaelmccartney4870 nah

[@My.Lifes.Journey]

That's one of the reasons I clicked on this video. Lol.

[@fbbWaddell]

This is silly to me...buses are rarely on time. The real issue is her job. They should have just told her to come in 30min to an hour later for work so that she is on time. I've never worked anywhere that won't accomodate a mom's schedule.

[@cheryldahl9192]

I agree. I used to be a school bus driver and it's difficult to be on time because traffic, lights, mechanical problems, previous drivers leaving messes, and many other things can make a driver late to the stop. She should ask her job for some accommodations so she could get her kids to school before her work day begins.

[@rudythompson7377]

Unfortunately, your job doesn't have to accomadate anyone. Its a luxury if you find a job that will. If you just started (under 6 months) or you are a temp.. There is a 99% chance they won't be flexible with you.

[@debbiebalnaves4842]

I have had same problem.. and my work said it wasn't their problem they ran on a schedule period no delays .. we as working moms depend on school buses I didnt want my kids bused when a school was 10 min away I HAD NO CHOICE IN IT because of the SCHOOL DISTRICTS RULES to bus kids .. I thought it was a STUPID idea than and I still think it is...

[@rudythompson7377]

@@debbiebalnaves4842 You can still take them to school in your vehicle. The school district cannot legally force you to have your child take the bus. So long as your child does not miss school.

[@juanitau2012]

Wow, really you're lucky. I worked for a major fortune 500 company for many years that wouldn't accommodate schedules , unless you're like a manager or higher up. Schedules are based on business need. So if they need u there at 6am or until 6pm, whatever time the schedules are, that's when u need to be there, regardless if u have kids to take to school. Which is why I had to spend thousands over the years in childcare at my sons school ,to be able to drop him off before school and pick him up a couple hours after school ended, but not all schools have this nor can all parents afford this.

[@katemiller7874]

Same exact thing happened to me 20 years ago. I ended up getting up earlier and driving them to school everyday. Ya it was a pain but I did what I had to

[@MrBlackmagic314]

7:31 P.M and 7:46 P.M how does that pass and make it on the news and you actually put it in your thumbnail too wow lol

[@LewisPhillipson]

That is possibly the most poorly edited news package I've ever seen

[@Junomaster2006]

Yeah, I hate it when they try to make the mother the victim when her job had every right to fire her.

[@jeremywoods770]

“The mechanic had to do a little bit of work on it before I left the lot because it wasn't driving right."

[@glendaburton903]

That one kid is old enough to mind his siblings.

[@TijaunaK]

That's what I was thinking.

[@gonnagohate3230]

But is he old enough to drive them to school when the bus doesn't arrive? Is he old enough to be able to defend his little bros when there's creeps? No

[@zakira50]

I’m thinking that since they ride the short bus they might all have cognitive disabilities, or atleast that’s what it means in my state.

[@blacky_Ninja]

@@gonnagohate3230 It‘s not like ‚creeps‘ instantly appear when they smell children without an adult. They are three, can scream for help, and probably know the way back to their home if the bus doesn‘t arrive. For emergencys they should also have a cell phone to call someone. It‘s really not that hard.

[@annetteobulinji1331]

The child laws in your country are so strict. If she leaves those kids by themselves am sure CPS would take them from her. Like that mum who was working and had left her kids at the hotel room where she worked. It is choosing between keeping the kids and getting fired.

[@bonniekeyworth3123]

This is not an isolated thing happens all the time. Kids bus has arrived after school has already started more than once. It's because there aren't enough busses and they often have to bus multiple schools on the same bus

[@haiqax]

This was a bus specifically meant for one school so no the bus driver is at fault

[@coraldiamond1922]

It really doesn't happen all the time though. This was an error on the bus drivers part.

[@ericaschaidt8588]

@@coraldiamond1922 sounds like MULTIPLE errors on his part.

[@kyriljordanov2086]

She doesn't have stand there with them until the bus arrives. That oldest boy is big enough to look after them for a few minutes.

[@mmj546]

Okay but it’s literally look like it’s on a high way and u alr know about creeps

[@Acrophobia-X]

If the bus doesn’t come though I don’t think the oldest boy can drive them to school

[@Fiyera]

Sure, but what if the bus doesn't show? Apparently that's part of the problem.

[@mrpollingz7169]

You'll be surprised of how many kids get kidnapped and killed over that stuff

[@Alicia-st3pl]

The bus needs to be on time , she may not be comfortable leaving all the kids alone regardless of the ages

[@jimhanold9026]

Outrageous!

[@anastaziaveira9032]

Wow.this ridiculous.this is not fair to her that she had to lose her job.this happens to plenty of children too.the buses in the morning are always ridiculous late.like sometimes my bus would come late and plus it’s winter Too.these buses need to stop doing this to these students.it’s not fair to them.why should kids be standing out in the freezing cold.that’s how kids could get sick.

[@scrapmanindustries]

wear a jacket

[@sociallyawkwardoptimist]

@@scrapmanindustries not everyone can afford a jacket

[@damnbabygirl8926]

@Hey Boss Is moving one employee’s shift over 30 min too hard? lol

[@crisptomato9495]

I live in Canada and on one of the coldest days of the year the bus was almost an hour late. The new bus driver said that she couldn’t see which street to turn onto because the sun was blinding her. She spent 45 minutes driving up and down the same road. Most kids had left by that time but both my parents started work really early and I had no one else to drive me and the roads were way to dangerous to walk to school. It was around -30 and I was lucky I didn’t get frostbite. I’m just glad I was in middle school by that time and not a little kid.

[@JunaidWolf3]

Y didn't she just have the oldest watch his 2 younger brothers

[@RazerTheDuck]

I like your thinking, but its the U.S.

[@gretchenortner]

She probably isn't the only one this has happened to though. Not everyone has older kids to watch their younger siblings.

[@Coochieeater3000]

@@RazerTheDuck I live in the hood where people get shot all the time . I’ve been walking my lil sister to school every since I was 8 all she needs to do is to teach her sons how to walk across the street and be aware of their surroundings and keep a phone on them

[@nancyomalley9959]

And what happens if the bus doesn't come at all?

[@Haproopt]

She said they all go to elementary school so maybe thats why

[@Virtualnerd101]

Algorithm brought us together once again!

[@thestarswillshineagain1824]

Yess

[@alymetz2020]

Yep 😂

[@PKMNFan4664]

When I was in 8th grade, I dealt with a period where the school bus often never came, or came so extraordinarily late that I would have to call family. It was honestly a scary experience because before my bus would come when it was on time, my parents would both already leave for work. Fortunately my grandmother lived in town and either she would take me to school, or she'd get my uncle who was often in town to take me, but it was still a massive headache and I'd always have to wait for my grandma or uncle to pick me up after several minutes. This meant I would obviously be late to school and was stuck at my house until one of them could come. Fortunately the extra time at my house gave me an excuse back during these times in 2013 and 2014 to play Animal Crossing: New Leaf. :P

[@TheDel4873]

I had the same problem during the same school year, except I was in fifth grade (last year of elementary school). In November 2013, the bus driver we had quit and found a new job. From November to January, the bus in the morning never showed up on time once. Not even once. The very least was 10 minutes late. About 10-15 times it was more than 35 minutes and mom would have to drive my friend and I into school since we had a substitute driver who ended up having to do extra runs everyday, and the other elementary school he drove for was on the other side of town. Thankfully we got a new driver two months later, she was very nice and actually gave us cookies at the end of the year.

[@PKMNFan4664]

@@TheDel4873 Wow. One time during that year, my school bus, because it never came, and I had to wait on my uncle, I ended up almost entirely missing my English class.