An Almost Thankless Job-But Somebody's Got to Do It
For some strange reason I was going over in my mind some of the jobs I've had over the years. It's a pretty extensive list as I've done a variety of things.
One of my earliest jobs was working in a little neighborhood grocery store, Grandinetti Super Save Market. Back in the day, most neighborhoods had a few small independent grocery stores. I don't see many of this type store today. The owner, Tony Grandinetti, impressed on me the importance of doing any job assigned well. He also stressed that I was being paid to work, no idle standing around waiting for somebody to tell me what to do. If you don't have something to do, go find something to do.
That's a lesson I never forgot.
As a REALTOR® and reader of blog posts on ActiveRain, I get to read a lot about things that do not work well or turn out as they should. Sometimes we have happy clients, and sometimtes unhappy clients because of something done or left undone. We have associates who surprise us, amaze us, and even disappoint us-sometimes during the same transaction.
Sometimes we get a thank you from a client or associate. Sometimes we get cussed out by a client or associate. That can happen during the same transaction too. Being a REALTOR® can be a tough job, but lots of people appreciate what we do and we do choose to do this. Nobody is forced to be in this profession. Sometimes the thanks is slow in coming, but anybody who remains in this business must be getting enough thanks to keep going. So I'm not classifying REALTOR® as a thankless job.
But I have had a job that I think can truly be classified as a thankless job. Can you say school bus driver?
They school bus drivers were out practicing their routes last week in preparation for today, the first day of school for the new school year. I 
remember my check ride when I got my school bus driver job with the Arlington Independent School District. I remember it was important to stay on schedule, stay on route, and don't horse around with the bus.
Miss a stop, or come late to a pick up and the driver supervisor would be getting a call from an irate parent. I got reported once for driving too fast back to the bus barn. No students were on the bus, but that taught me that somebody is always watching you, especially in a big yellow bus, no place to hide. Actially, I'm glad I got out of the school bus game years ago. It's not unusal now to see school bus drivers breaking up fights on the bus, or even being assaulted or having to defend themselves from students.
REMEMBER-No use of cell phones in school crossing zones in Texas. See Cellphone laws.
So if you have a child that rides a school bus, you might consider doing something nice for the school bus driver from time to time. The drivers are placed in charge of precious cargo as they take students to and from school and school events. They may even have it tougher than REALTORS®.
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