Words just don't do it justice

[Big Wallaby]

You know, I had always suspected they may have come from parking.

The other problem... it seems that when you washed them, they turned into a parking skirt.

[T'Kirr]

I said you could flirt with him, not shave him! Oh goodness, what am I to do with him, now...

[ktulu]

I said you could flirt with him, not shave him! Oh goodness, what am I to do with him, now...

You could oil him up and...nevermind...

[BRWombat]

You could oil him up and...nevermind...

Nah, then he'd just keep sliding out of the driver's seat.

[ktulu]

Nah, then he'd just keep sliding out of the driver's seat.

That'd probably be a good thing, the steering wheel would keep getting in the way :giggity:

[mechurchlady]

I said you could flirt with him, not shave him! Oh goodness, what am I to do with him, now...

He started it when he broke my back scratcher.

Cran Biz do you think you can get some axle grease from a bus?
Does anyone have a fan?

On the count of three we will pour axle grease on Wallaby then turn on the fan and let the fur fly. Hopefully some will stick to him. If not wait a week and it will in theory grow back. Maybe.

[Big Wallaby]

Nah, then he'd just keep sliding out of the driver's seat.

That was a problem all freaking day. And the worst part they were cloth seats.

I had forgotten what life without fur was like. It really itches.

[mechurchlady]

That was a problem all freaking day. And the worst part they were cloth seats.

I had forgotten what life without fur was like. It really itches.

Be thankful it was not naugahyde.

[Big Wallaby]

Anyone remember my original post in this thread? Today, it was even worse.

I was working Studios, where all the load zones are basically in one big square around the perimeter of a parking lot. That means you have one through three on the first side, four through six on the next side, seven through ten on the next side and eleven through fourteen on the last side before you exit the lot. At each corner is a crosswalk for guests in the ADA parking lot around which the busses drive.

My first dispatch upon arriving was to go pick up the bus pulling into LZ9 for Pop Century. I loaded my guests, got into the bus, adjusted my seat, mirrors and etc, and pulled out of the load zone. As I rounded the next corner, I saw the bus in LZ 12 begin backing up (a big no-no). I was rolling, so it took me a moment to stop, but I was still at about the middle of LZ11. The bus in 12 continued backing, not once even looking in his left mirror. I started getting nervous and lay on my horn, hoping he would hear it and think about stopping. He didn't. He continued backing until he was about three inches behind the front of my bus. As I picked up my radio mic to call in the Signal 4, he pulled forward into LZ12 and began unloading a wheelchair. He never realized he had pushed some of me out of his way (or was it he that bent?). There are a multitude of reasons he should have known I was there, the biggest being that I was offset from him by about five feet so that the left three feet of his back bumper met the right three feet of my front bumper. Only when a coordinator jumped on his bus and told him did he stop what he was doing and notice. They directed me out of traffic since there was negligible damage, and a manager started over to talk to me. While the coordinator was double checking whether my passengers were okay (most of which were standing), he came over. I was outside to get ready to talk to the manager, and he had the gall to say words that I will never forget as long as I live.

"I don't think I hit you."

I am so glad I held my tongue, beyond, "Yes, you did."

They released me to take my guests to Pop Century (they cheered for me when we got there, and two offered to be my witnesses if needed), telling me they would break me when I got back so I could go talk to a manager and make my statement. They never did until my lunch came up.

I went into the coordinator booth, and they said not to worry about it, as there was no way it was my fault, even had I been moving. The other thing they said was that this driver was Mr. Perfect and that attitude had swayed things even more in my favor. There isn't even any paperwork that says I was involved, because I was so not responsible for what happened. I did everything I could to stop it, more than just a good effort. The only thing I could have done beyond what I did would be to set the brake, put the bus in neutral, get out and run up the side of his bus and try to get him to stop... Oh wait, that would have taken too long.

I just don't understand how you get behind the wheel of a bus and so not care about safety. I want to see this driver retrained from scratch or fired, because what he did is so irresponsible... then to come and tell me that what I saw and heard happen didn't. What kind of attitude is that?


:stick: :acidbath: and finally

Look at that great therapy to be found in the Violent Smileys. I feel better already.

Thanks, Zazu! I would pay you, but I work for Disney and 1) feel entitled to discounted and free services in the Orlando area, and 2) couldn't afford it anyway.

[mechurchlady]

:hi5: :hottub: :lovers: :lovers: :love2: :lovestruc :toncheek: :wheelchai :waves: :twitch: :fatlady: :bluesbros :flyingfai :hankhill: :snoopy2: :dalek: :turtlepwr :porcupine :sheepdanc :deadbun: :wallaby: :coke: :pepsi: :bigcake: :congrats: :memribbon :xwin: :newyear: :easter: :monotoss: You are hugged. I am sorry you were hit but should have yelled whiplash. Some people asssume things when driving and do not remember saftey like checking mirrors. I had a truck driver stop at a light and decide to go right by backing over my dad's Ford Courier which I was driving then he said it was my fault. Big truck on public street backing up, yeah.

Time for you to be hugged and snugged and happy thoughts sent your way. Be thankful you had witnesses, people who liked you onboard your bus and that you did not get blamed. You stopped and waited unless you tried backing up but having driven sweepers I know backing can be dangerous when you cannot see what is behind you like VWs, lol.