Guest guest Posted November 20, 2001 Report Share Posted November 20, 2001 I think it was very well written and so much of it can be applied to so many different situations. I may tuck it away for further reference...with your persmission of course. Pam Mom to and Conor Check out our webpage and sign our guestbook <A HREF= " http://www.geocities.com/oceangirl65/index.html " >Yahoo! GeoCities - oceangirl65's Home Page</A> For all my swapboard friends...leave feedback here <A HREF= " http://209.164.119.207/55/mom2ri.html " >A1-Traders View User Feedback for MOM2RI@...</A> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2001 Report Share Posted November 20, 2001 ...it is my opinion that you were way to kind... But I tend to be a hardass... Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2001 Report Share Posted November 20, 2001 , What an a$$hole! I would definately tell the bus co I did not want him picking my children up ever again! The letter sounds very good. He needs to be fired, what a @*#! We have alot of problems with our bus drivers also. I'm to the point where I am just going to start driving her everyday. Sometimes I think they don't even bother to train substitutes or part-timers. Like you getting a child with autism ready for school & the bus on time isn't hard enough, then you have to deal with a jerk like that. Tracey mom to 4 Brynn 7mos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2001 Report Share Posted November 20, 2001 > > Do tell me what you think of this: > > > > ********* > > > > November 20, 2001 > > > > ATTN: Transportation > > > > To Whom It May Concern, > > > > I am the mother of two autistic children, Marilla & Sherman Welch. Every morning I get them ready in plenty of time to get on the bus. Just when the bus is supposed to arrive I put their jackets on. As I get one jacket on and go to put the other on, the first jacket is discarded upon the floor. I finish jacketing the second child and return to the first to put his jacket back on. We have the same " fun " with backpacks. We get to the door as the bus is arriving and then we get to go through a lot of turning kids around to get them out the door. I put one out the front door and go get the other one; meanwhile the first child has turned around and come back inside. I grab him again and put him out the door while I get the second child back outside and.... well, it is a seemingly endless battle. However, we always get on the bus in less than a full minute or two.... although I am sure it seems longer, I usually check the clock as a self-defense measure. :-) > > > > So, this morning we have a substitute bus driver on bus #35. He sees me flipping children around and pointing them in the right direction and he gets off his bus and says, " You need to speed things up. We have a schedule to keep. " > > > > I smile, apologize, and try to explain with a little humor, " I'm sorry. They keep turning around! As soon as I get one pointed in the right direction, the other one turns and heads home! " I am giving the bus driver a friendly smile while I say this. > > > > He says, " Well, your their mother aren't you? You should be able to handle them. " > > > > Now, really, this kind of behavior is completely unacceptable. We mothers of autistic children get enough criticism from strangers who do not know what autism is, we should not be subjected to it from drivers of special ed busses who should know better. > > > > Please advise this driver that he should not insult the mothers of the children for whom he provides a service. A basic understanding of good manners is, or should be, a requirement for any job dealing with the public. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > > > > > Tuggle-Welch SEND IT IN!!!!!!!!!!! Sounds good to me and much KINDER than what I was thinking. What a horse's behind!!! I'm not blessed with the school Cassie attends-------but, I (and she) are blessed with one of the best bus driver's on the planet. This guy should have to stand in line every day at the DMV to renew his license. He wouldn't have time to be obnoxious and he'd understand what it's REALLY like to wait. What a jerk!!!!!!!!! Cinnamon > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2001 Report Share Posted November 20, 2001 Absolutely. But you have to tell me all about the situation in which you use it. :-) Thank you. Smiles! 37 year old wife to , 41 Mom to: na-14-NT Marilla-8-Autistic Sherman-7-Autistic Greilyn-2-NT (so far) " It is never too late to start from where you are. The future is whatever you want it to be. " Dr. , Port " Do not think that what is hard for thee to master is impossible for man; but if a thing is possible and proper to man, deem it attainable by thee. " Marcus Aurelius (121-180) Meditations. vi. 19. Re: Bus Driver Letter I think it was very well written and so much of it can be applied to so many different situations. I may tuck it away for further reference...with your persmission of course. Pam Mom to and Conor Check out our webpage and sign our guestbook <A HREF= " http://www.geocities.com/oceangirl65/index.html " >Yahoo! GeoCities - oceangirl65's Home Page</A> For all my swapboard friends...leave feedback here <A HREF= " http://209.164.119.207/55/mom2ri.html " >A1-Traders View User Feedback for MOM2RI@...</A> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2001 Report Share Posted November 20, 2001 That sounds like a pretty decent letter, adn hopefully it will get the attention of those in charge and get this guy out of there ! That was so rude of him, and ignorant as well. They need to realize that it just takes some extra time to get them out the door. ******************************************************************** Amy F. 27 yr old mom of 3 kids: 11 9 93, 11 25 95, 11 5 99, and expecting my fourth 2 28 02. Married since 3 95. Live in northeast ohio. Our middle child was diagnosed with autism in september 2000. Family webpage: http://www.geocities.com/busymommyamy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2001 Report Share Posted November 20, 2001 , That was very nice... Much NICER than I would have been. Where was the phrase " stupid bastard " to describe the driver? Although, your letter will probably get better results Kerri > > Do tell me what you think of this: > > > > ********* > > > > November 20, 2001 > > > > ATTN: Transportation > > > > To Whom It May Concern, > > > > I am the mother of two autistic children, Marilla & Sherman Welch. Every morning I get them ready in plenty of time to get on the bus. Just when the bus is supposed to arrive I put their jackets on. As I get one jacket on and go to put the other on, the first jacket is discarded upon the floor. I finish jacketing the second child and return to the first to put his jacket back on. We have the same " fun " with backpacks. We get to the door as the bus is arriving and then we get to go through a lot of turning kids around to get them out the door. I put one out the front door and go get the other one; meanwhile the first child has turned around and come back inside. I grab him again and put him out the door while I get the second child back outside and.... well, it is a seemingly endless battle. However, we always get on the bus in less than a full minute or two.... although I am sure it seems longer, I usually check the clock as a self-defense measure. :-) > > > > So, this morning we have a substitute bus driver on bus #35. He sees me flipping children around and pointing them in the right direction and he gets off his bus and says, " You need to speed things up. We have a schedule to keep. " > > > > I smile, apologize, and try to explain with a little humor, " I'm sorry. They keep turning around! As soon as I get one pointed in the right direction, the other one turns and heads home! " I am giving the bus driver a friendly smile while I say this. > > > > He says, " Well, your their mother aren't you? You should be able to handle them. " > > > > Now, really, this kind of behavior is completely unacceptable. We mothers of autistic children get enough criticism from strangers who do not know what autism is, we should not be subjected to it from drivers of special ed busses who should know better. > > > > Please advise this driver that he should not insult the mothers of the children for whom he provides a service. A basic understanding of good manners is, or should be, a requirement for any job dealing with the public. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > > > > > Tuggle-Welch > > > > ***************** > > What do you think? I wanted to add some stuff about " I was being perfectly nice to this creep and he had no business returning friendly with obnoxious " and " Please slap his little (big fat) bottom and tell him he must not be impolite anymore. Or please ask him if his mother even TRIED to teach him manners. " You know, all behavior is directly the mother's responsibility, so since he lives by that rule, his mother's skills need to be called into question. > > > Also I left out the part about me saying back to him, " Oh. You must have autistic children of your own. " he says, " what? " I said, " I said, do you have autistic children of your own? " He says, " Yes. " (I am pretty sure he still did not hear me correctly. Maybe he doesn't know that " autistic " is an actual thing and he just heard " children " .) I also left out all the bad words I called him as he drove away. > > > When I called the transportation department I asked the secretary there if she would please slap the bus driver for me. She was very cheerfully in favor of such a punishment! She asked me to write my story down and mail it to her because she gets a lot of complaints about this guy and when she reports them it is considered " hear-say " and not grounds for dismissal. She wants him fired, I think. I don't blame her. what an ass. > > > Well, I have to go get my day jumpstarted. these are the last few hours before the kids come home. > > > Smiles! > > > > 37 year old wife to , 41 > Mom to: > na-14-NT > Marilla-8-Autistic > Sherman-7-Autistic > Greilyn-2-NT (so far) > > > " It is never too late to start from where you are. The future is whatever you want it to be. " Dr. , Port > > > " Do not think that what is hard for thee to master is impossible for man; but if a thing is possible and proper to man, deem it attainable by thee. " Marcus Aurelius (121-180) Meditations. vi. 19. > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2001 Report Share Posted November 27, 2001 Sorry to hear that you are having a hard time with your bus drivers. I know some of them don't care about the kids they just do the job and get paid. I am glad that our kids have parents that will speak out for them. We have to in order to keep them together. Lori Re: Bus Driver Letter > , > > What an a$$hole! I would definately tell the bus co I did not want him > picking my children up ever again! The letter sounds very good. He needs to > be fired, what a @*#! We have alot of problems with our bus drivers also. I'm > to the point where I am just going to start driving her everyday. Sometimes I > think they don't even bother to train substitutes or part-timers. Like you > getting a child with autism ready for school & the bus on time isn't hard > enough, then you have to deal with a jerk like that. > > Tracey > mom to > 4 > Brynn 7mos > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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