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Grandmother Bullied on Bus
Jun 26^th, 2012 at 7:31am

No really is this a silly story or what?

She was the BUS MONITOR! She obviously wasnt doing her job!

Now she has 650,000

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(Reuters) - Donations to a fundraising website for a grandmother bullied by middle-school students on a bus reached $650,000 on Monday afternoon, a record for the website, after a video of the abuse topped 7 million views on YouTube.

Karen Klein, a 68-year-old bus monitor from Greece, New York, was bullied until she cried by Greece Middle School students in a video uploaded on YouTube on Wednesday.

Brian Klein, Karen's son, said the support the family has received has been overwhelming, and that the family was grateful for it.

The fund on indiegogo.com, originally intended to send Klein on a vacation, will take donations until July 20, after which she will get the money minus deductions by the company.

A representative from indiegogo.com said Klein's fundraiser is the fastest- and largest-grossing fundraiser in the website's history. Previously, the website's largest fund raised around $320,000.

Klein will receive 93 percent of the money donated to her. Four percent will go to indiegogo, and 3 percent will go toward credit card processing fees.

Aside from the money, Southwest Airlines has given Klein a three-night trip to Disneyland in California for her and her eight grandchildren.

She also has been given a free week-long vacation by the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort in Florida.

(Reporting By Joseph O'Leary; Editing by Greg McCune and Xavier Briand)

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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26589 Australia	Re: Grandmother Bullied on Bus Reply #1 - Jun 30^th, 2012 at 8:54am The 2 boys got 1 year suspension This is ridiculous. She was the bus monitor, She was responsible for their behaviour. SOB
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Reply #2 - Jun 30^th, 2012 at 10:48am

In the US bus monitors can only write students up for possible disciplinary action by the school's principle. She isn't allowed to restrain them and she certainly isn't allowed to hit them, so exactly what do you expect a 68 year old woman to do given that situation?

You want to blame someone for those children's behavior? Then blame the people most responsible, the parents. If their parents had bothered to properly raise and socialize those worthless little animals then the whole incident wouldn't have happened.

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bobbythefap1 Gold Member Offline Posts: 7026 Listen now to the rain	Re: Grandmother Bullied on Bus Reply #3 - Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:03am While what they did was obviously wrong. We need to stop wrapping fat people up in a bubble of 'cant touch this'. They need the same public reaction as anorexic people get.
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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26589 Australia	Re: Grandmother Bullied on Bus Reply #4 - Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:08am It is natural for a 68 year old woman to have put on some weight. It is what happens to humans (especially women) when they get older. Ask a doctor. SOB
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bobbythefap1 Gold Member Offline Posts: 7026 Listen now to the rain	Re: Grandmother Bullied on Bus Reply #5 - Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:10am Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:08am: It is natural for a 68 year old woman to have put on some weight. It is what happens to humans (especially women) when they get older. Ask a doctor. SOB Strange that doesn't happen in 3rd world countries.
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Re: Grandmother Bullied on Bus
Reply #6 - Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:15am

bobbythefap1 wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:10am:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:08am:

It is natural for a 68 year old woman to have put on some weight. It is what happens to humans (especially women) when they get older. Ask a doctor.

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Strange that doesn't happen in 3rd world countries.

Does in china and india - i have no idea about the middle east though

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Reply #7 - Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:17am

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:15am:

bobbythefap1 wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:10am:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:08am:

It is natural for a 68 year old woman to have put on some weight. It is what happens to humans (especially women) when they get older. Ask a doctor.

SOB

Strange that doesn't happen in 3rd world countries.

Does in china and india - i have no idea about the middle east though

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Yeah but she was obese, not just a bit of extra body weight.

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Re: Grandmother Bullied on Bus
Reply #8 - Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:50am

bobbythefap1 wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:17am:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:15am:

bobbythefap1 wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:10am:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:08am:

It is natural for a 68 year old woman to have put on some weight. It is what happens to humans (especially women) when they get older. Ask a doctor.

SOB

Strange that doesn't happen in 3rd world countries.

Does in china and india - i have no idea about the middle east though

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Yeah but she was obese, not just a bit of extra body weight.

Fair enough i guess

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Reply #9 - Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:53am

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:50am:

bobbythefap1 wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:17am:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:15am:

bobbythefap1 wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:10am:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:08am:

It is natural for a 68 year old woman to have put on some weight. It is what happens to humans (especially women) when they get older. Ask a doctor.

SOB

Strange that doesn't happen in 3rd world countries.

Does in china and india - i have no idea about the middle east though

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Yeah but she was obese, not just a bit of extra body weight.

Fair enough i guess

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All I am saying is that both what the kids done, and what society does is unhealthy. Just two different extremes.

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Re: Grandmother Bullied on Bus
Reply #11 - Jun 30^th, 2012 at 3:48pm

bobbythefap1 wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:03am:

We need to stop wrapping fat people up in a bubble of 'cant touch this'.

While I'm totally down with shitcanning "political correctness", what the hell does her body weight have to do with happened on that bus?

bobbythefap1 wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:10am:

Strange that doesn't happen in 3rd world countries.

That's because the majority of people living in the third world are to poor to afford a proper diet. Which reminds me of a joke...

Q: How can you kill fifty flies with a single swap of a news paper?

A: Smack an Ethiopian kid in the face.

I am so going to hell for that one...

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Re: Grandmother Bullied on Bus
Reply #12 - Jun 30^th, 2012 at 3:51pm

Chard wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 3:48pm:

bobbythefap1 wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:03am:

We need to stop wrapping fat people up in a bubble of 'cant touch this'.

While I'm totally down with shitcanning "political correctness", what the hell does her body weight have to do with happened on that bus?

bobbythefap1 wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 11:10am:

Strange that doesn't happen in 3rd world countries.

That's because the majority of people living in the third world are to poor to afford a proper diet. Which reminds me of a joke...

Q: How can you kill fifty flies with a single swap of a news paper?

A: Smack an Ethiopian kid in the face.

I am so going to hell for that one...

I thought they were abusing her for being fat?

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Re: Grandmother Bullied on Bus
Reply #13 - Jun 30^th, 2012 at 5:21pm

Chard wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 10:48am:

In the US bus monitors can only write students up for possible disciplinary action by the school's principle. She isn't allowed to restrain them and she certainly isn't allowed to hit them, so exactly what do you expect a 68 year old woman to do given that situation?

You want to blame someone for those children's behavior? Then blame the people most responsible, the parents. If their parents had bothered to properly raise and socialize those worthless little animals then the whole incident wouldn't have happened.

Even the best parents can be let down by selfish offspring.

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Deborahmac09 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1619	Re: Grandmother Bullied on Bus Reply #14 - Jun 30^th, 2012 at 5:29pm More fuss was made over this, than when it actually happens to kids.
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