Salon.com > bus http://www.salon.com Sun, 19 May 2013 18:14:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Weird news: Bus driver kicked woman and baby off bus for odor http://www.salon.com/2012/10/19/weird_news_bus_driver_kicked_woman_and_baby_off_bus_for_odor/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/19/weird_news_bus_driver_kicked_woman_and_baby_off_bus_for_odor/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:10:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13046364 SEATTLE — Metro Transit in Seattle has apologized but says it won't discipline the driver who asked a woman with a baby to get off a bus because of a stinky diaper.

Metro told KOMO the driver did not violate policy when she acted for the comfort of other passengers.

An apology is not enough for the mother, Nichole Hakimian (hah-KIM'-ee-an), who threatens to sue.

She was taking her 1-year-old son to a clinic Tuesday when his diarrhea became an odor issue. She says the driver insisted she exit.

Hakimian says she found a place to change the baby and caught another bus to the clinic, where her son was diagnosed with a stomach bug.

Metro says the driver is a nine-year employee with an excellent record.

 

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