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This bus driver likes Jell-O shots…

12:03 PM EDT on August 3, 2015

Tammy Jones bus

The dentist's wet dream pictured above is Tammy Jones. She was recently arrested for knocking back some Jell-O shots while bussing people around an Illinois River resort:

A woman accused of taking Jell-O shots of alcohol while transporting passengers at an Illinois River resort was arrested on a complaint of driving while impaired.

Tammy Jones, 53, of Wagoner was arrested about noon Saturday in Cherokee County on a complaint of driving a motor vehicle while impaired.

Jones, who has since been fired by Eagle Bluff Resort in Tahlequah, posted $2,500 bail that day and was released from the Cherokee County Detention Center, authorities said.

Jones consumed Jell-O shots supplied by passengers, said Ed Fite, administrator for the Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission, which oversees the waterway

“It’s absurd that someone who is retained to drive a bus that the general public has paid is consuming an alcoholic beverage,” Fite said in a telephone interview. “It’s beyond me.

It's beyond you? Are you not familiar with bus drivers? If I'm a driving a bus for an Illinois river resort and a passenger offers me free Jell-O shots, I'm definitely taking them. It doesn't even matter that Jell-O shots are disgusting. The worst thing that can happen is that you'll wreck the bus, which in an odd way, may help advance your career.

Seriously, this Ed Fite guy has no clue what he's talking about. Check out this statement:

“I’ve seen a lot in working 32 years on the Illinois River. But I’ve never run up against this particular type of incident where one of the people we rely on to make sure the public is safe failed to keep their responsibility.”