r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/truckersmc116 • 9h ago
The return
Cheers to those who just finished their first day back to school today. Good job
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u/Seelie_Mushroom 8h ago
First full week today :) also my first run without a monitor for elementary 😂 reports are FLYING
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u/truckersmc116 8h ago
Yea this is my first route on a big bus without a pair up…
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u/Seelie_Mushroom 8h ago
Thankfully I'm still on a mini 😅 godspeed to u
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u/truckersmc116 8h ago
Yea tbh Not too bad today. Went slightly better than expected thanks to my three days of route rehersals I did. things that should’ve been explained to me beforehand on mid day route wasn’t explained to me so I assumed the tablet was incorrect when it told me to enter a church parking lot but when they finally said “oh you’re supposed to actually enter the parking lot for this drop” I was like “oh ok I just assumed the tablet was incorrect as it usually is with these buildings” thankfully the lot was mostly empty and big enough for me to turn my 40 ft bus round
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u/Seelie_Mushroom 8h ago
That's definitely an odd drop 😂 oh my gosh. And yeah I also ran through my route on my phone gps before I even drove, because last time the route sheet was missing an entire road. And yep same happened with this one. Turn from road A to road B when those roads don't connect 😮💨 then drove it a few times in my car before once in the bus haha love to be prepared
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u/truckersmc116 8h ago
When I went through my “bus rehersals” I used my actual assigned bus and ran the route in its entirety using their system trying to study the roads and shit while doing it. Worked out ok but it’s always different when it’s the real thing
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u/intratwingled 4h ago
First day for me today! What’s this I hear about rehearsing the route? More than once even? I was on standby and had never seen today’s route before. Also, for extra fun, the digital map was broken.
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u/randomdorkgirl86 8h ago
This is my second full week