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Maybe she just really needed a drink...

Stafford Palmieri
1.9.2009

I know driving a school bus can be tough. Screaming kids, early hours, perhaps an empty stomach... unfortunately, none of that means one should make a stop at the liquor store to buy some booze. Guess this school bus driver from Billings, Montana totally missed that memo. The bus was stopped after a bystander saw it stop at a liquor store one morning (news flash: don't drive a huge freaking yellow bus when you want to do something on the lamb!). While no students were on board when the driver made said stop for firy sustenance, she did ask a couple middle school students to hide the booze when the cops pulled the bus over shortly thereafter. Wow. There are so many bad choices going on here I don't even know where to start.

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Stafford Palmieri
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