Generational Difference at the School Bus Stop!

The difference in generations can be found at the bus stop - and it can be applied to your company today.

The loyalists told us over and over that they had to walk for miles through rain, sleet and hail to get to
school some five miles away.

The Baby-Boomers would have walked to elementary school if it didn't exceed a certain mileage, and if
it did, you would have bus service. Few would drive to High School.

The X and Y generation would rush to the bus stop and make it in the nick of time. Most would drive to
High School in vehicles their parents would die for.

Today’s generation today is driven to the bus stop mostly in Lexus’. All of the children remain in the
vehicle when the weather is too cold or hot (Below 50 or above 70). Only when the school bus comes
to a complete stop do they start to prepare for the 10 yard walk to the bus. No sense of urgency is
exhibited at any point in time. The pace was classified as “snail-like”.

Cars behind the stopped school bus are now backing up for miles. Most of the people in those cars will
now be late for work.

Their boss has heard this excuse before….but it is very real!