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February 25, 2008

Day Around the Bay

You think Muni is bad? [Nature abhors a vacuum]
Hawthorne Street in shambles. [Curbed]
Our college dormroom soundtrack, Kate Bush's "The Kick Inside," turns 30. [SFBG]
Elizabeth Falkner's "edgy California cuisine" project, Orson, opens tonight. See you there! [Eater]
Wharf diner runs out on bill, shoots at waiters chasing after him. [SFGate]

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Tags: Bush, California, day/bay, Kate Bush, Muni, Nature

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Comments (15)

[1] | 02/25/08 06:47PM

Seriously? Seriously. Stop touching my boobs, you pervert.

[2] | 02/25/08 08:22PM

One more shining example why I am not EVER having kids. I cannot possibly imagine wasting all my time investing in the education, well being and care of a child only to have them socialize daily with untethered future stripper, single moms like that piece of work. Her parents should be bitch slapped mightily.

[3] | 02/25/08 09:57PM

I agree with bitch slapping the parents... but I'm sure they deal with her temper tantrums on a regular basis (and give in each time)

re: the Crab shack dine and dash.. this is probably the reason why Art's Crab shack at 40th and Broadway (Oakland) requires that people pay in advance.

(although.. I've never had to pay in advance. do I just not look like the dine and dash type?)

[4] | 02/25/08 09:59PM

For those of you who've never been to art's..

http://www.yelp.com/biz/arts-crab-shak-oakland#hrid:dS7tC3XbM8zoO-uWvrvXPw/query:art's%20crab%20shack

[5] | 02/26/08 01:26AM

One would have thought that for someone so desperate to leave, she would have tried the emergency exit.

[6] | 02/26/08 07:59AM

btw, I meant to say "breeder" because there is probably an ignorant female (with a few more unsupervised demon spawn) who is the legal guardian of that foul mouthed white trash tramp and some guy who happened to spray his degenerate seed into an orifice in her body before moving on to lift his leg on the next fire hydrant. There is clearly no "parenting" going on at all. Anyone want to take a bet on how many different baby daddy's leave that mental giant with little bundles of joy before she turns 21?

[7] | 02/26/08 09:02AM

This is 100% the fault of the bus driver. Kids can be unruly, but it is the driver's job to have a thick skin and not to escalatae situations into confrontations like this. The bus driver's lack of professionalism is appalling. The school they are going to has people who's job is specifically to discipline children like this girl. The other option would be to call for assistance to meet them at the end point.

Here's how things should have gone. Bus Driver notices child who is unruly/should not be on bus she calls ahead using a 10 code that the child would not know for example "This is 2832 can you have a Adam 10-19 my 10-20 at Whatever High School." and the radio response is "10-4" period. You don't even need to specifiy the problem, if you are calling for an Adam (radio code for police) you need help and the officer should just arrive prepared. It's bad dispatcher form to ask for specifics because the person calling may not be able to give them.

[8] | 02/26/08 09:31AM

It's nice the way Jamie Lynn stuck up for her troubled older sister. Jamie just passed her GED so her school bus days are over.

Is that a voltmeter reading from the buses' electrical system in the lower left of the screen? Bizarre.

[9] | 02/26/08 10:21AM

Absolutely believe the bus driver handled this poorly. Never, never, never should she have started a physical confrontation. Being unruly and hysterical is not grounds for starting a physical confrontation.

Adult meet teenager. Regardless of the teen's behavior the adult has the responsibility of staying in control and not escalating the situation. Period.

Note that charges are being considered for four people in this video. Also note that the linked news article is completely wrong about the amount of time elapsed in the altercation. The 10 minute YouTube video covers the point from the initial verbal confrontation to most kids exiting the bus. The news article states, "The yelling and shoving continued for more than 15 minutes." The video is right there for review by the reporter. Does that give you any pause for the difference between reality and news reporting?

[10] | 02/26/08 10:33AM

As a student who rode a bus to and from school in suburbia I witnessed kids that were bad, and drivers that were bad. Let's face it, if you are a bus driver, you're not exactly a Nobel Laureate. Chances are in fact, that if you are a school bus driver in your mid 40's that you have made some spectacularly crappy decisions about your life.

Kids, well kids are cunts, especially at this age. Every bus driver should be thoroughly trained on how to handle situations like these. Because the bus driver is VITAL to the operation of this vehicle, it is VITAL that the bus driver place a radio call to somebody who can handle this at the destination. Let's face it, unless the kid is creating a dangerous driving situation there is NO reason to stop this vehicle and begin a confrontation. NONE AT ALL.

[11] | 02/26/08 10:34AM

[12] | 02/26/08 10:36AM

Those of you who'd like to bitch-slap the parent(s) have obviously never raised children. It's not so easy, and no two children are the same. Maybe the single mom is the trailer trashette you've conjured (and, if so, shame on her for being poor! jeez, go get get a well-paying job with benefits and a good family-leave policy, you ignorant sow!). And maybe she's not.

[13] | 02/26/08 10:52AM

Tazer was needed, plus cold cream to remove the ho makeup from the kid.

[14] | 02/26/08 11:16AM

Okay, I changed my mind. Clearly the bus driver did just need ho makeup remover. Once the ho was removed, there would've been nothing but a beautiful fat kid.

[15] | 02/26/08 11:19AM

And I thought the time a boy whipped out his penis while we were waiting for our bus was bad.