Yes, it’s sad but true, this wasn’t the year that I became fabulously wealthy over my summer vacation. So….I guess that means I’m going to have to go back to work in a couple of weeks. Back to driving a school bus. Sigh. At least I’m driving for a new company in a new school district this year so I’m getting a fresh start with new faces and MORE MONEY!!
I went to an orientation meeting this morning. Wow, the new company is way more relaxed than the one I used to work for. Things that were general practice are just suggested things you might (probably) want to do. The people seem a lot nicer, too. One of my biggest beefs about the old job was the atmosphere. The people were a bunch of gossips and someone was always spreading someone’s business around. A couple were pretty mean spirited about it. You really couldn’t trust anyone. All that conflict and drama just wears me down. From what I’ve seen at the new place, the drivers aren’t like that for the most part (there’s always going to be one or two in every crowd) and the drivers themselves tell me it’s a pleasant working atmosphere. The manager is funny and really laid back (and a real cutie!).
I don’t have a route yet. The manager put a couple of runs up for bid today. Depending on what happens with those and any runs that other drivers give up to take them, I’ll be assigned. There are 5 new drivers and I have more seniority than the others since I was hired back in May. So when the older drivers are settled, I’ll get the best run remaining or first choice, if for some reason I don’t automatically want the highest paying run.
Met up with a few of the drivers from the old company I’m friends with for lunch. We went to the lunch buffet at a really swanky place. We are not, for the most part, a swanky crowd and we were pretty loud and obnoxious today. I think we opened the buffet and closed it down. The staff was probably glad to see us go, but we left a huge tip so it should be safe to go back in a month or two.
Oh, Stacy you are so my kind of woman! We have a favorite buffet up the road from my house that just makes me hungry just thinking about. What I love about buffets is that you get to eat right away and taste a little bit of everything.
One of my close friends is a bus driver and she has had a real hard time with the gossiping that goes on. I am not sure why it is but it seems to happen often with bus drivers. We have a scanner which I usually keep on during the day and during the school year and the bus driver channel is always buzzing with gossip and attitudes.
Good luck with your new job hope there is less drama!
Comment by Sarah Forhan — August 14, 2006 @ 9:12 pm