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I don’t doubt it. I drove a school bus for three years. The companies don’t give a fuck about anything but money.
Your route is literally impossible to do because of the laws of physics? Tough shit. Routes go over an hour and a kid has to pee? Let them pee their pants. Also, we’re going to pay you minimum wage while being responsible for a heavy vehicle carrying 30+ children in rush hour traffic. These are the problems drivers face. Its why they have like 300% turnover.
I work in the technology department at a school district. Last year, they were so desperate for drivers, they actually offered staff to drive busses. I would get paid to drive a bus while still getting paid for my full time job. But fuck that. Not enough money in the world to get me to do that.
I’m a former truck driver. I went back to school and graduated during the pandemic to an industry that required people to be around eachother. I took the job to tide me over until things opened up again.
Knowing they were short qualified drivers, I was very loud about these issues. I did eventually get my route fixed, but it took 3 months! I quit when I was reprimanded and told to let kids pee their pants after stopping at a gas station to let a little girl pee.