Jenni Lee's Blog

Absolutely she should be held accountable for her actions, as should all of us. And yes, she should pay for whatever costs were incurred.
The city doesn't have the money to pay for everyone's drama-filled angst-driven lives, and this woman's life should not be an exception. Counseling is good, yet of course we will have to pay for that, right?

Holding someone accountable for their actions is not a 'strong statement', it's upholding the rules of society and law.
And yes, there are others (white collar criminals, politicians, even minorities crying 'victim' at the drop of a hat, etc.) who seem to 'get away' with many things you or I would get the rack for. Yet you cannot equate this with that: it's apples and motorcycles.

Also, saying your bus is being hijacked and bringing out APD in full-force thinking the worst is not a 'spoof'. Throw the book at her.

Agree. I think Crime 101 teaches how to skirt the law.
We'll see what happens to this driver. I wonder if she is going to turn around and sue the bus company for making her drive a bus?

One only has to think about having a job such as that to begin with to know how it could be psychologically damaging to a persons mind set.

You come to work pick up your bus which you probably have to clean the gum people spit out and the spills of gooey stuff all over the seats trashy people spill on a daily basis.

Then your off on your route picking up the extremely few people that even ride the bus anymore wondering all day how long your job will last when 90% of all the bus stops you stop at have no one there what so ever.

The few people you do pick up never say a word to you besides maybe a grunt about how expensive it is to pay a dollar just to ride the bus a few blocks.

Then every once and a while some total moron sits right behind you exclaiming how a total moron such as Barack Obama is the greatest thing they have ever known and you cannot say a thing about it because of some company policy that says you cannot tell riders they are total morons with no clue what so ever.

Once the day is over you return the bus to the motor pool to find more gooey stuff all over it and gum that was spit out all over the floor by the trailer trash type people you have to deal with all day.

Yep those bus drivers probably need psychological testing about every two weeks just to determine if they might decide to carry a gun to work someday and start shooting people they see spitting that gum out on the floor of their bus or making up wild stories about how they were hijacked just as a way to relieve the boredom and stress of their typical day.