Dear Queenie,
I’m just writing to express my concerns towards one of your columns.
I am an 18-year-old student in my last year attending school. I go on that particular bus at least twice a week and the bus driver that little boy is referring to isn’t a bad person. The only thing she asks for is a little respect. That means simply saying “Good morning” or “Good afternoon.”
And this comes from a young person, another student: the majority of the youth are rather rude and disrespectful. Maybe if that little boy would have the common courtesy or proper home training he would not have been thrown off the bus.
I mean come on, is it so hard to tell someone who is taking you to and from home and school, “Good morning” or “Good afternoon”? I would give her the right to throw him off the bus.
And as far as going to reporting her, I find that is total BS! You don’t have any manners and I am going to allow you enter my bus? You got another think coming, boy. Next time, think to see if you are the one who did anything wrong.
Queenie, tell him: when you are wrong admit you are wrong!—Undercover joker
Dear Undercover joker,
I agree that too many young people today do not have the good manners to say “Good morning” or Good afternoon” and that is a pity.
However, as I understand it, the school bus drivers work for government, either directly or indirectly, and are dealing with children whose parents depend on them to transport their children safely to and from school. Throwing a child off the bus or not allowing him to board the bus simply because he is not as polite as he should be is going too far.
Meanwhile, I hope you, as an older student, are setting a good example for the younger ones.
