# I graduated! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 5, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/432430 "2008-01-05T20:54:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/432430/1 "2008-01-05T20:54:49Z")
Eleven weeks of training later, I graduated from the Valley Transit Authority’s training program! Its been a stressful couple of months learning how to drive 40-foot behemoths around, but I am finally a full-fledged Bus Operator at last. Here’s me at my [graduation](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y84/Jerjare/VTA.jpg) . Any local dopers that take the bus/light rail to Santa Teresa Hospital or that area of San Jose might see me driving a 28-foot bus around. Anybody that uses the VTA that has any questions regarding the changes they’re going to make this month, I’d be glad to help with some answers. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/432430/2 "2008-01-05T21:09:18Z")
Congratulations! You are now a full-fledged Menace to Society. 🙂 Taxi-cab drivers have you on numbers, but you’ve probably got the edge in mass and number of victims, er, _passengers_ carried. In all seriousness, drive safe. The life you save may be mine. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/432430/3 "2008-01-05T22:59:25Z")
Congrats, **Incubus**! (Heh heh – Incu-BUS!) I am in awe. I’ll bet you’re going to have lots of interesting stories to share. ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/432430/4 "2008-01-05T23:16:17Z")
That’s a… that’s a… great picture too! ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/432430/5 "2008-01-05T23:25:46Z")
Yes. I love the reflective stripe. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/432430/6 "2008-01-06T05:24:57Z")
Congratulations! Be careful out there. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/432430/7 "2008-01-06T06:49:54Z")
Congratulations! I’m glad to hear that they make the training so rigorous. And that you got through it. And nice picture! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/432430/8 "2008-01-06T12:35:51Z")
Congratulations. Enjoy your victory! ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/432430/9 "2008-01-06T15:15:09Z")
Congrats! Don’t run over too many little old ladies!