Episode 25: A Student Bus Driver Shares Stories From Her Unusual Job

December 6, 2011, 3:29 am

“You collect crazy incidents that you never expected to happen on your bus.”

Alexa Jensen

University of Massachusetts at Amherst

In this episode, we hear from Alexa Jensen, a senior at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, who tells us what it’s like to drive a bus on campus and beyond.

About this series: Say Something collects stories from college students about what they’re up to and why. Check for new episodes every three weeks. View more episodes.

Photo: Don Chapman. Music: Theme courtesy of John Gravois

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jsibelius

I drove a school bus during my college years. It actually WAS a fun job and there are even times when I miss it a little. As an education major, it was valuable experience, and having that CDL meant I was always employable in a pinch.
music_librarian

Ironic that she recoiled at the prospect of “scraping plates in the dining hall” (my campus job back in the 80s) but then wound up having to clean vomit from a bus.
jsibelius

Maybe. But vomit is a small and relatively rare part of the job. Scraping plates is every day, all day. I’ll take the vomit and say “thank you.”