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What's wrong with this generation? "68 year old bullied by teenagers"

2,710 2,027 June 21, 2012 at 11:20 PM in Rant (2) Youtube
Jesus Christ, what's wrong with kids these days?

Karen Klein a 65 year old bus monitor is mercilessly bullied and verbally harassed by a group of middle schoolers on their way home from Athena Middle School in Greece, New York.
In the disturbing video, the children can be heard yelling at Klein, calling her an "ugly fat ass" and telling the widow, "you don't have a family because they all killed themselves because they don't want to be near you."


Here's the video link [youtube.com]. And it broke my heart.


Support has been pouring in and indiegogo [indiegogo.com] has collected over $440,000 for her!


Spare the rod...Spoil the child. I'd like to slap these kids silly.MadMadMad
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06-22-2012 at 08:34 AM.
06-22-2012 at 08:34 AM.
Quote from Maleficent :
I think you guys got lucky then! All the schools I went to and all the kids I talked to, I can't ever recall a bus driver actually being able to stop all the shit that went down on the bus.
Well of course not ALL the shit...but they kept the big meanies and fighting down.
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Iaaaiws
06-22-2012 at 08:35 AM.
06-22-2012 at 08:35 AM.
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They weren't kept in line, like I said, it was the wild west back there. The difference is that 20 years ago if you got into a fight, you got over it. Today your parents sue the bus company and/or the school district. The reasons necessitating a bus monitor is not NEW activity back there, it's that they're suddenly liable for it.
I guess we just had better bus drivers that were capable of doing their jobs Dontknow
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06-22-2012 at 08:36 AM.
06-22-2012 at 08:36 AM.
Quote from shhaggy :
Yea, it got to that point because she let herself get walked all over. She had no control over these kids so the situation snowballed. She should have laid the smack down the moment it got out of hand. I don't believe that things were this bad and that the insults got that personal on the very first day on the job. She likely ignored them instead of controlling them and they just kept going further and further.
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For some reason I can't imagine Schooby needing a bus monitor. laugh out loud
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06-22-2012 at 08:38 AM.
06-22-2012 at 08:38 AM.
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True. I remember a 6th grade girl making 2 second graders make out with one another, wtf? And a big black guy who was 4 years older than everyone else and was a major trouble maker/fighter would never say anything to me but would often rub my hair if he was sitting behind me, I'm glad it never advanced further than that. The bus rides today I imagine would make any reasonable person shake their head.
Yep, I remember stuff exactly like that happening.

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For some reason I can't imagine Schooby needing a bus monitor. laugh out loud
Huh

I didn't say anything about schooby or bus monitors in my post. Dontknow

Quote from shhaggy :
They weren't kept in line, like I said, it was the wild west back there. The difference is that 20 years ago if you got into a fight, you got over it. Today your parents sue the bus company and/or the school district. The reasons necessitating a bus monitor is not NEW activity back there, it's that they're suddenly liable for it.
That's a good point. And I think they should be liable for it. If you're going to bus kids to school, I don't think a little order is too much to ask.
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06-22-2012 at 08:39 AM.
06-22-2012 at 08:39 AM.
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Every generation thinks the younger generation is going downhill. Makes me giggle. Teehee
yes, especially when the exact opposite is true.
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06-22-2012 at 08:41 AM.
06-22-2012 at 08:41 AM.
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Huh

I didn't say anything about schooby or bus monitors in my post. Dontknow
Ah, my mistake. When you said bus drivers weren't capable of stopping all the shit that happens on the bus I didn't realize you were okay with that. Doh
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06-22-2012 at 08:44 AM.
06-22-2012 at 08:44 AM.
Quote from jsean :
True. I remember a 6th grade girl making 2 second graders make out with one another, wtf? And a big black guy who was 4 years older than everyone else and was a major trouble maker/fighter would never say anything to me but would often rub my hair if he was sitting behind me, I'm glad it never advanced further than that. The bus rides today I imagine would make any reasonable person shake their head.

EEK!EEK!


wtf?! And this is something that happens in most public school buses in America?
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06-22-2012 at 08:46 AM.
06-22-2012 at 08:46 AM.
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EEK!EEK!


wtf?! And this is something that happens in most public school buses in America?

I'd like to think it doesn't but I have no doubt crazy shit is going on. The School Bus is Americas Thunder Dome for children. The only rule: there are no rules.
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06-22-2012 at 08:46 AM.
06-22-2012 at 08:46 AM.
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Ah, my mistake. When you said bus drivers weren't capable of stopping all the shit that happens on the bus I didn't realize you were okay with that. Doh
I never said any of that. I said I didn't recall any of my bus drivers being able to stop much of anything. But I think it was more for a lack of trying than anything.

Why you think I'm saying that about ALL bus drivers, or that I'm okay with it, I have no idea. You're clearly not understanding something.
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06-22-2012 at 08:51 AM.
06-22-2012 at 08:51 AM.
Quote from Maleficent :
I never said any of that. I said I didn't recall any of my bus drivers being able to stop much of anything. But I think it was more for a lack of trying than anything.

Why you think I'm saying that about ALL bus drivers, or that I'm okay with it, I have no idea. You're clearly not understanding something.
You take life in the Lounge far too seriously sometimes laugh out loud
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06-22-2012 at 08:52 AM.
06-22-2012 at 08:52 AM.
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You take life in the Lounge far too seriously sometimes laugh out loud
I just don't understand why you're trying to Ryu me! I thought you hated that guy! LMAO
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06-22-2012 at 08:58 AM.
06-22-2012 at 08:58 AM.
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I just don't understand why you're trying to Ryu me! I thought you hated that guy! LMAO
But I never said anything about you wanting to have sex with your daughter. Coverlaugh
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06-22-2012 at 08:59 AM.
06-22-2012 at 08:59 AM.
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But I never said anything about you wanting to have sex with your daughter. Coverlaugh
Age and pics.
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06-22-2012 at 09:03 AM.
06-22-2012 at 09:03 AM.
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Age and pics.
I'm flattered. I usually don't get hit on much in the Lounge Blush
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06-22-2012 at 09:07 AM.
06-22-2012 at 09:07 AM.
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I'm flattered. I usually don't get hit on much in the Lounge Blush
I'm surprised, you have an avatar that assumes the position over and over again.
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