Seriously?

Today was a good day, full of some interesting stories that I could share, but I'm only going to share one of them. We had our end-of-the-year field trip to Springfield where we visited The Discovery Center and Incredible Pizza. I've been on this trip almost every year for the past ten years. It is always a highlight for me. :-) And, honestly, today was a lot of fun. It just had a glitch....

After the Discovery Center, we pulled up to Incredible Pizza, and right before we got off the bus the driver turned to one of our teachers and said, "What time to you want to leave?" And the teacher said, "No later than 1:10. We have to be back by 2:15." The bus driver said okay, and we went inside.

At about 12:50, the teachers were walking around giving the ten minute warning.

At 12:55, we got a 5 minute warning.

I was with one of our Autistic kids, so I was still playing with him, not doing the warnings with the teachers.

So at 1:00, we headed up front to board the buses. I saw the teachers at the entrance, and they told me that they wanted me to stay on guard and make sure the kids didn't get more food or drinks to take on the bus. I was the bad guy as the kids were rounded up.

Once it was clear all the kids were gone, I started walking to the buses. As I exited the pizza place, I saw all of our students (100 kids total) out with the teachers just standing around. I walked up and one of the teachers said, "We're waiting on the bus drivers. They're in line waiting to cash in their tickets for their toys before they leave."

What?

Seriously?

Sure enough, we waited until 1:30 for the bus drivers to walk up with their toys to the buses. We boarded the buses and were on our way. It was 1:35-ish when we left. It put us back at school at 2:52. :-) Our bus riders leave at 2:50 and the Autistic kid I was sitting at missed his Special Ed. bus at 2:40.

All because two bus drivers wanted their toys.

Talk about selfishness.

Sounds like two candidates for Idiotsville to me...

I'm gonna crash now..

Life.
Is.
Good.