As a school bus driver, one Saturday morning I was driving a high school choir to a competition meet. I parked the bus at the school and soon students started boarding. Nobody said hello or asked if I was the charter bus or anything.

The choir director boarded, counted the students, and said it was OK to leave, also not asking if it was the correct bus.

About two miles down the road, I spoke up in a loud voice saying, "When we get to the work site, the deputies will issue each of you an orange vest, gloves, and two plastic trash bags. When you fill a bag, leave it beside the road. When you need more bags, raise your hand and the deputies will give you more."

I then looked in the mirror and saw the most shocked kids I've ever seen. I explained what happened to the director; and we both, or perhaps I should say all, had a good laugh. Bet those kids never "assumed" they were on the correct bus again.

Received from Thomas S. Ellsworth.

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