Middle school kids incapable of using the bus?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in a major city and my DD takes buses all over the place no problem.

But when I was a child living in the suburbs, I had NO IDEA which bus to get on after middle school ended. I knew the bus stop near my house, but getting on the right bus to get home was a huge problem. I couldn't figure out how other kids knew. To this day I still don't know. I basically loitered near the buses until I saw someone who lived near me, and then stalked them onto the right bus to get home each day.

The buses display bus numbers. And generally line up in the same order. This was true even in the days of the Late Pleistocene North American megafauna, when I went to middle school/high school.

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OP, as someone born and raised in a major city, I assure you figuring out how to board a bus doesn't require an Mensa membership.

[Anonymous]

Who cares if the kid can figure it or not.

It's a different issue. The issue is OP was asked a favor. She can choose to do it or not based on her circumstances and friendship with this woman.

What should not come into play in the decision making is what she thinks some other person's kid should or should not be able to do.

[Anonymous]

Op, when someone "wants" you to do something and you don't want to do it, it's not a question of who's "right".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If her child not riding the bus is that much of a priority for her then she should have made it a priority to find someone that lives close to her that also picks up everyday. It isn't fair of her to make this your problem.

All the other mom did was ask OP to help. OP declined,then ran to DCUM to post.