amish bus driver rule
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.24 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In other words, Bush broke what I have always called the “Amish bus driver” rule. If your religion requires you not to drive, cool beans, free country — but then you can‘t get hired to be a bus driver if your religion won't let you drive the bus."
- "finally - it's the same as the amish bus driver rule."
- "Rachel Maddow calls it the Amish Bus Driver Rule. If your beliefs dictate that you cannot do the job you’re being paid to do, then you have no right being in that job."
- "The Amish Bus Driver Rule goes like this: If you’re Amish, and therefore have religious convictions against internal combustion engines, then you have disqualified yourself for employment as a bus driver."
- "Amish Bus Driver rule. (If you refuse to do some job, you can’t demand to be hired for it.)"
- "Of course he should be able to stick to his beliefs. He just can’t be an actor if his faith won’t allow him to act. Amish bus driver rule in action."
Etymology
Coined by American television host Rachel Maddow prior to 2009, evoking the common knowledge that Amish communities often prohibit motor vehicles and thus a member of such would be disallowed from driving a bus.