Full disclosure: This video of kids harassing an elderly school bus monitor is so disturbing, I couldn't even watch the whole thing. It takes a lot -- a LOT -- for me to say this, considering the bullies on the bus don't look any older than 11 or 12, but somebody needs to beat some sense into those kids. Because they're horrible, malicious creatures who deserve to experience physical pain for the horrible, malicious things they said to this poor old woman.
For a full 10 minutes they taunt the bus monitor for being "fat" and "disgusting." They curse and swear, ripping apart every aspect of the woman's appearance: "Look at those ugly-a** ears. You can see the sweat dripping down her face." They're relentless, even after the woman starts crying. What the hell is wrong with these kids?!
And I hate to be obvious with my next question, but what the hell is wrong with their parents?! What these kids did to this woman goes beyond "misbehaving" or "not respecting elders." This is like Lord of the Flies-level "bullying," for lack of a better word. It's like these kids are possessed or, perhaps more accurately, like they have no soul at all. I don't understand how it ever entered into their heads to be so incredibly mean to another human being (who, as far as we can tell, was just sitting there minding her own business)? If either one of my kids ever did something like this, I don't think I'd ever sleep again -- just lie awake at night for the rest of my life wondering what I did wrong.
I am truly at a loss here. Disgusted, confused, and just ... sad.
See how much of this video you can bear to watch:
Why do you think these kids were so cruel to the bus monitor?
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I was taught respect for my elders. My mother would have knocked me upside the head for acting like this and I would have deserved it. I think God for my mother. She wasn't perfect, but she taught me things that I remember well as an adult and I will teach my children. Such as, Respect your elders, treat those how you would like to be treated and never wish bad on others no matter how much you think they deserve it. My mother said these things to me and I remember everything about when she said it. These kids deserve harsh discipline and the parents deserve some as well.
I FEEL SO SAD FOR THIS WOMAN! I HOPE THE PARENTS OF THESE KIDS SEE THIS IS KICK THEIR ASSES! THEY SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED THAT THEIR KIDS ARE DOING THIS AND THEY SHOULD HIDE DO SOMETHING DRASTIC ABOUT IT! ALL THOSE KIDS NEED TO BE KICKED OFF THE BUS AND DO A FORMAL APPOLOGY TO HER!
SO SAD!! THATS WHY I SAY PEOPLE DONT BE SCARED TO DISIPLINE YOUR KIDS! IT WILL MAKE THEM BETTER PEOPLE!
I was disgusted by this. I have not spanked my 5 and 1 year old daughters before bc frankly we haven't had any reason to. They are very well behaved and listen as they should. They say Yes Man and No Sir. Manners are big in our home. We are blessed thank God with our girls. That being said if I were to find out by kids were involved in anything like this I can guarantee they would be terrified to come home. Just because I haven't spanked doesn't mean I'm against it when necessary and when done correctly. Those parents should be ashamed of themselves.
CeciliasMom has a point. And not a political one. So let's take Michelle Obama out of it and focus on the true problem. There is a huge "Fat Hate" thing going on in this country. All you need to do is look at some other posts right here on The Stir... look at the ones about people being bounced off of airlines for being "too fat", or ones about banning sugar in NYC... those discussions might start out well, debating a topic, but they very quickly degrade into, "well, you CHOSE to be fat, you're stupid, you're lazy, quit eating, get off the couch", "you fat piece of crap, you are disgusting," "I shouldn't be forced to look at you," and so on.
The bottom line is, kids hear this kind of stuff every single day. They are inundated by stuff on TV, in print, saying that you MUST lose xx pounds or you're not beautiful. Only thin is pretty. Only super-skinny is healthy. They don't have the capacity to understand, nor has it been explained to them, that health comes in all sizes, and skinny does not necessarily equal healthy.
Yes, this behavior is appalling and inexcusable. By why are we surprised? We do it every day to one another, yet when our kids do it, we're shocked?