school bus driver. in high demand and easy work . i’m making great money , state pension and summers off . i should of done this a long time ago …. i work 4 hours a day , they consider that full time . i could work more hours but not in my plan … don’t need too…
My dad did that when he sold his Construction company,
after I graduated HS 77'..
He sold everything his ranch & his Construction Co.
& moved with my bitch stepmother, my 2 brothers & 2 sisters
that live with him still, some 300+ miles north to Yreka...
Where she dumped his ***, for her old HS sweetheart a couple of years later,
after he put her through paid for her college, to get her psyc. degree...
Then he
sold his livelihood, for her benefit
moved for her career, for her to be a school Psychologist...
He raised her kids, my 2 younger brothers graduated up there...
The 2 girls left with her...
He couldn't get any other jobs up there, there weren't any
other than a bartender or a liquor store clerk, type ****
So he;
Drove school bus for 2 years (no pension, **** hourly pay)
then moved back down here, after she dumped his ***...
He still drove a school bus for Tuolumne Co. schools
Old habits die hard, for 20 years from 1980-2000 Ca, P.S.E.A. Union...
His pension
sucks ***, the pay
sucked *** too
getting up at 4 am putting on chains, all winter
sucked ***
& driving until all hrs of the night in inclement weather conditions
sucked ***...
He also had to work the fires (on-call always,
sucked ***),
work in the heat no A/C, driving everywhere, worked in the summer too,
or in the freezing *** cold, snowing like crazy, ice everywhere,
taking off & putting back on chains (in the worst condition,
sucked ***)
you name it...
Not to mention HS student's issues/problems...
But now he claims that he liked it...
Has a crapload of stories about driving a bus, tons of people
I meet up here, he'll say "she or he used to ride his bus",
a lot of people about 50-ish now...
(
I remember talking to him on the phone, hearing a lot of complaining,
bitching/moaning about the job)
He did a lot of sports travel, mostly girls' sports teams,
was always home late, always gone somewhere...
He also worked in the high school's maintenance dept. (in the summers)
or security at sports events, during the school year, for some extra $$$...
It wasn't an easy life, that he could have had...
If he had just maintained a Contractor license, do work he knew well, great pay...
Was a damn good thing he had a good investment portfolio already
because he
would NOT have one otherwise...
