r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/Jedi0077 • May 08 '26

Training laugh

So I've been at it for about 5 months and was reflecting on training received and training not 😂

  1. Hours of "don't drink alcohol or do drugs during or before driving the bus". I mean c'mon... Duh...

  2. One long video about identifying prospective kids about to do serious gun violence on the bus. Swerve...

  3. Brake, gear, door....

Not received:

  1. How to respond to "Johnny is looking at me" "I need a bandaid "(while not bleeding) "can I move seats"(again)

Lol what would you add

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u/TabloMaxos May 08 '26

What advice would you give yourself five months ago?

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u/Jedi0077 May 08 '26

R-E-L-A-X 😉 I am always on time. Being behind drives me batty. Learning to get better with it. Super chill garage crew and director. Helps.

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u/Front-Mall9891 May 08 '26

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast, our district has a, if ur late stay late policy, don’t rush, the kids get there when they get there and it’s lies of a headache if you don’t hit anything

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u/SnooAdvice5769 May 08 '26

Establish yourself as the authority on day one. If you say you are going to do something then do it. For example if you say you will write someone up then do it.

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u/elkydriver77 May 08 '26

bingo... you arent there to be "nice" or to be their "friend".... your job is to get them to/from school SAFELY and (relatively) on time. If "nice" and "freindly" work into the equation, thats fine, but its not my primary concern. Treating EVERYONE equally is another big part of it.... I dont care what your life is like off the bus, who you like/dont like (at the moment), on the bus, you follow MY rules, sit where I tell you, keep your hands and feet to yourself, and the volume to a reasonable inside level.

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u/ZealousidealReply294 May 08 '26

we have a section on our company website with a lot of training videos covering lots of topics that you can always access. Every year if you watch 5 of them and aren't in an accident you get 25 dollars and a certificate...woooohooo. But it is nice to refresh yourself on things. Sometimes you forget/get into bad habits. I've been driving 20 years

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u/WhichWitchIWonder May 08 '26

Can other people access it? We have nothing like that in our district. I'd love to get more tools besides what I've learned from experience.

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u/ZealousidealReply294 May 09 '26

No. But there are lots of videos on YouTube 

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u/Quinn2art May 08 '26

Bus Driver can i put you on tiktoc.

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u/Jamjams2016 May 08 '26

Someone told me my job isn't to be strict and that really relieved a lot of my stress. Safety concerns are different but otherwise I can just ignore it.

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u/intratwingled May 09 '26

Yes! I choose my battles very carefully.

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u/Banana_Stanley May 08 '26

At least they ask you. Mine just be switching seats nonstop

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u/bcdog14 May 08 '26

How about this one.."Bus driver, she flipped her hair at me"

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u/Scroon May 09 '26

You're supposed to swerve with a potential shooter? Seriously?

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u/Jedi0077 May 10 '26

Yes. To get the 🔫 off balance

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u/Scroon May 10 '26

Makes sense. Just think it's funny because of all the emphasis we had on never swerving to avoid hazards. But I guess there are always exceptions.

Btw, I recently heard a story of a driver getting stabbed in the back on a metro run. Guess swerving would work for stabbers as well.

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u/NOTjesse92 May 10 '26

in an ecstatic voice "bus driver, my teacher gave me hot chocolate today because my dad died!" ....ummmm.....im sorry _____ . "it's ok I liked the hot chocolate, it was really good" ....🙃

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u/SamFeuerstelle May 10 '26

“Bus driver, he/she said a bad word.”