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Gift for bus driver - am I being silly?

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WesternIsle · 04/07/2011 16:01

DD goes on the bus 5 days a week, and the male bus driver is very good, and as she is the youngest always looks out for her.

Helps us out if we are running late (either morning or evening).

Would like to give a token gift to say thank you. But for some reason I think giving alcohol to a bus driver is just wrong - not that I think for a minute he'll drink and drive.

Come and slap me and say he'll love that bottle of wine give it to him!!!

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LindyHemming · 04/07/2011 16:06

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skybluepearl · 04/07/2011 17:42

what a lovely gesture. it's nice to be appreciated.

rebl · 04/07/2011 17:47

I'll be buying my dd's bus driver a present. Probably a bottle as well!

Elibean · 04/07/2011 18:17

Lovely - go for it

We don't have a school bus, but dd always gives the office ladies a box of chocolates - they do an awful lot more than admin.

OwlMother · 04/07/2011 18:56

We gave ds1's bus driver a present, like your bus driver he really went out of his way to make things easier for us.

We gave him alcohol too (cliche, but what else do you buy a gruff middle aged man) - we actually spent more on him than we did on the class teachers. This was not because they weren't good (one particularly was fantastic) but more to do with the fact that we felt that he'd gone well beyond what was expected of him.

Presents should be more like this - a genuine thank you to those you feel have particularly made a difference.

aliceliddell · 04/07/2011 18:59

Nice!

asdx2 · 04/07/2011 19:57

I buy ds's taxi driver because he is really good. I usually buy bottled beer or lager and he is always very grateful.

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WesternIsle · 04/07/2011 20:34

Oh good - yes gruff middle aged men only really want alcohol

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kennythekangaroo · 04/07/2011 21:35

We used to give a box of Liquorice Allsorts or jelly babies to DS's bus driver and chocolates for the escort.

OwlMother · 04/07/2011 22:34

I have to say in my defence, the gruff Middle aged (rangers fan) bus driver was very pleased with his whiskey! We did soften it with a huge bar of fruit and nut!!!!

Alternative suggestions gratefully received!

onepieceofcremeegg · 04/07/2011 22:35

What a lovely idea

wordsmithsforever · 05/07/2011 15:20

I think that's a really nice thing to do. At my DD's old school, there were so many unsung heroes/heroines who were so excellent with the children and never really received any recognition. Often people like that are so great with children even though it's not really their job to be.

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