# the big yellow bus **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 6, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-yellow-bus/371702 "2006-09-06T22:08:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-yellow-bus/371702/21 "2006-09-07T16:29:22Z")
[QUOTE=Lissa] We have this same phenomenom here. Little Johnny is so SPECIAL that he cannot walk 200 feet. I inquired one time and the district school board basically said, we get so many requests for special consideration that our policy simply became if the parent asks for it, give it. If you get behind on a bus on some roads, your in for a long haul. [/QUOTE] Not only is little Johnny so special that he can’t walk 200 feet, he also apparently can’t stand outside on a perfectly sunny pre-fall day. He has to sit in the SUV and wait until the bus has shuddered to a stop - THEN he can gather up his gear (backpack, luggage hauler, books, jacket, lunch, WTFever else he has) and saunter to the bus. :rolleyes: It’s optional whether mom unloads herself from the SUV to have a 5 minute conversation with the bus driver while commuters pile up behind. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-yellow-bus/371702/22 "2006-09-07T17:53:06Z")
Maybe I’ve been reading too much on the Crime Library website, but I always assumed that most of this behavior was a by-product of parents afraid for their children being abducted by strangers. Or worse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-yellow-bus/371702.md?page=1)