Santa Hat offensive.

[sparks19]

Santa Hat-Wearing Bus Driver Allowed to Keep Job

Ken Mott (Newsday)

A Santa hat-wearing school bus driver on Long Island, N.Y., has won the right to keep wearing his festive headgear, Newsday reported.

Kenneth Mott, who keeps a long, white beard, almost lost his job after a parent called the bus management to complain. Mott, who has worn the red and white hat every Christmas since he started with the Bauman & Sons bus company five years ago, was ordered to stop wearing the hat because a child didn't believe in Santa Claus and was bothered by the hat.

"I said, 'What, are you kidding me?'" Mott recalled. "I thought it was a big joke," Newsday reported.

However, after Mott told other parents he might be fired for wearing the hat, supervisors changed their stance and said he could continue to wear the hat.

At least he can wear the hat again. Very sad when something so simple "offends" others.

[lvpets2002]

Now why would a Santa Hat be hard to except.. Some people are so puthetic .. Well I am glad he won & gets to wear it..

[elizabethann]

Okay, so now I've heard everything!

[Husky15]

Okay, so now I've heard everything!

Right on.

How pathetic is that? Sounds like a pretty immature and stuck-up parent to me.

[Queen of Poop]

I've never heard of something so stupid. I'm glad they changed their minds and let him continue.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

This entire "I'm offended" thing is way out of control. Don't they know by now you can't please everyone?

Maybe people need to stop believeing "you can have it your way", because you just can't all the time. I'm not fond of seeing tattoos but don't throw a hissy fit about it. I just feel that what people wear on their body is their business, not mine.

I'm glad he got to continue to wear the hat too.

[junescrater716]

Kids are annoying that way. If they get "offended" by something all the adults are like "oh honey it's ok we'll get him to stop wearing that hat" It's so dumb. If they can't deal with Christmas and people who celebrate it, then they should stay home instead of ruining it for everyone else.