Hop on the bus, bring your halos and your horns and get ready for a ride unlike any other. Benjy Downing, a young husband, father, teacher, coach, graduate student, and bus driver for the UNC Chapel Hill late night shuttle, the P2P, takes you on a ride you have to read to believe. Get ready to laugh a lot, cry a little, and repeatedly have that “awkward” feeling as you get an inside look at what college today is really like. What started out as an extra job to supplement his teaching salary became an inspiration to create a textbook for life, with hilarious stories of regurgitations and shocking fights.
The book begins with the reader stepping into Benjy’s shoes as he shares a bit of his own story and how he ended up driving the “drunk bus.” The author, who calls himself a fly on the wall, just happens to have a life story that would put any soap opera to shame. It’s easy to see how he is at home in all the craziness. Don’t be fooled, this book is not just another one of those tell all reads about the devilish, drunken debauchery of college. Instead, Benjy explores the lessons behind the craziness. We never get too old to laugh at ourselves or someone who is acting unintelligently. This book is about all of us and it was written by all of us, as we all have had our own moments of wearing our halos or horns.
Benjy will proudly graduate with his Master’s Degree and he will soon move on from this late night shuttle job. Before he is done, he had to get a written record of what he has seen and experienced and this book does just that.
