================================================ Subject: Re: Who thinks this is LUDICROUS??? From: "Alexis M." To: Date: Tue 4 Sep 2001 14:56:52 -0700 ================================================ That was definitely wrong of him. Did the ones who actually threw the trash on the floor get in trouble for it? Reminds me of one of my old teachers. On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 21:07:01 +0100 Gina Kovach writes: > OK, I guess I'll have to start from the beginning to explain all of > this > to you guys. > > In my high school marching band, it is tradition that the squad > leaders > give their squad members that kind of candy, Pixy Stix, before each > game > (for those of you who don't know what Pixy Stix are, it is > essentially > flavored sugar in a paper, straw-like wrapper). This year, since I > am a > squad leader, I brought some for my squad members as well as my > friends. > Me, my friends, and one of my squad members all ride on the same > bus. My > friends and I, since we're juniors and therefore the oldest on our > bus > (seniors get their own bus btw), sat in the back, while my squad > member, > who is a freshman, sat towards the middle with all her "freshmen > buddies." So anyways, my friends and I were having a great time, > eating > our Pixy Stix and being sure to put all the wrappers in the bag I > had > brought for trash. A few seats up, however, my squad member had > given > away most of hers to HER friends, and they threw all the wrappers on > the > floor (which I didn't know until later on). > > We arrived at the football game and got off the bus. I left the bag > with > the wrappers AND the leftover Pixy Stix on my seat. As we were > standing > around, waiting to go in, a chaperone came and got me and my friend > Lisa, > who is a sophomore, who was sitting next to me on the bus. We > followed > the chaperone to find a VERY IRATE bus driver talking to our band > director, who by the way was trying to reason with her. She asked if > WE > had brought the Pixy Stix, so I said no, it was just me. Lisa just > happened to be sitting next to me. Then the driver went on a tirade > about > how "from the back of the bus all the way to the front, there were > wrappers all over the place." So we offered to clean it up, to which > she > responded, "No, I did it MYSELF." Then I said how it wasn't possible > for > the wrappers to be in the back too, cuz like I said before those > sitting > around me all gave me their trash, which she refused to believe. > Then she > told us that it was a state law that you weren't allowed to eat, > drink, > or chew gum while on the bus. Which we didn't know. So then she was > like, > "YOU BROKE THE LAW, SO I HAVE TO WRITE YOU GUYS UP." So she took > our > names, phone numbers, AND addresses. In the meantime, our band > director > kept saying to her, "Listen, this IS NOT an issue, nobody even got > hurt, > these two didn't make the mess, it was OTHER people..." etc. and > kept > saying he was gonna call the assistant superintendent and all this > stuff. > Not only that me and Lisa aren't even TROUBLEMAKERS. We're both > honors > students and take band seriously and would never do ANYTHING to > cause > trouble. She found out where we were sitting because we had left > our > instrument cases on the bus seats, and since the bag with them in it > was > right there she knew it had to be one of us two. I can see why she > wrote > me up cuz I brought them, but it was TOTALLY unfair to Lisa. All she > did > was eat some. But I DEFINITELY DID NOT make the mess. > > Once we got in the stadium, I talked to my band director, who was > COMPLETELY PISSED at the bus driver. He said that as soon as we got > back > to the school, we was gonna call the assistant superintendent and > the bus > garage guy and straighten everything out. He told me he thought the > bus > driver was a PSYCHOPATH and that he didn't want any trouble, and all > this > stuff. He was SO incredibly nice about it, which I really > appreciated. He > said he would be mad if we had been throwing rocks out the window, > but we > had been doing something essentially harmless. > > Then after the game, when everyone got back on the bus, she > announced > that she was gonna pass a sheet around and "if you were brave > enough, > sign your name on it." Then she said if no one signed it, the WHOLE > BUS > would be in trouble. Only about 15 people signed it, out of probably > 40 > on the bus. Everyone that signed it basically put their name, and > then > "ate one Pixy Stick and threw the wrapper away." One of my friends > said, > "Gave my wrappers to Gina and waved out the window at people. 118 > waved > back, and 4 flicked me off." Another one wrote, "Oh my god!!!! I > killed > Kenny!" > > So, how many of you think that the bus driver overreacted to the > situation? How many of you think it was my fault cuz I brought them > and > was trying to uphold a tradition? How many of you blame the > freshmen, for > throwing them all over the place? Sorry this was so long, but I HAD > to > get this story out. > > --->|Gina|<--- > e-mail me > "Carry on my wayward son, there'll be peace when you are done, lay > your > weary head to rest, don't you cry no more..."--Kansas > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! 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