The Bus

Another title can be "The thorn in my side."
I have no problems with the bus for the elementary school.  Our bus driver is great.  He is always on time.  Very dependable.
Then there is the high school bus driver.
Never sure when they are going to pick up in the morning, or if they are going to change the pickup time and not inform the students (or parents). 
Will there be enough room on the bus for those big high school kids and their back packs or will they have to sit on the floor of the bus? (it has happened, twice) 
And, expecting three students to fit in one seat?  Yes, I know they think that three adults fit in one bus seat.  I'm not sure if there is a size on these adults?  Are they three skinny petite women?  Or three large football players?  That's a good idea!  Let's try putting three large football players in a bus seat and see if they fit. 
The bus is the one thing that really gets me all riled up, can you tell?
Today they were doubling up routes (apparently our bus driver didn't show up and the bus company didn't think to get a sub).  Nick came home at 7:10am (30 minutes after his bus is to pick him up).  His bus never showed.  A quick call to the bus company and I am told they will be there any minute.  Nick told me that one of the kids called someone at the first pickup and they were still there waiting.  Everyone else at his stop scattered to find rides to school.
I ended up driving him to school.  If he waited, he would be late for school.
Driving a child to school was not exactly on my list of things to do this morning.  When I call the bus company, the person answering the calls always sounds irritated.  Well, getting calls from complaining parents can't be quite pleasant.  Maybe if they took these calls and tried to figure out how they can reduce the complaints (and fix problems?) it would reduce the number of phone calls.  This wasn't a fun way to start the morning.  I have 2 other children who need some supervision in the morning because they have to get ready and go to school.  Lucky RT was home to make sure things ran smoothly.
Hopefully this was the first and last incident for this school year.