{"id":4467,"date":"2009-04-20T10:14:22","date_gmt":"2009-04-20T10:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=4467"},"modified":"2009-04-20T10:14:22","modified_gmt":"2009-04-20T10:14:22","slug":"hopping-mad-french-bus-driver-faces-sack-for-frog-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/hopping-mad-french-bus-driver-faces-sack-for-frog-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"Hopping Mad! French Bus Driver Faces Sack for Frog Rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A French bus driver working in Germany has been suspended from work after she stopped her double-decker bus to save a frog from being flattened under the wheels.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Passengers, already hopping mad because of a 20-minute delay, were incensed when Christina Pommerel, 46, jumped from her seat, rescued the frog, put it in a box and set it free on the side of the road.<\/p>\n

Ms Pommerel, who has been driving buses for 13 years in the southern German city of Regensburg, told German daily Die Welt, “I couldn’t just squash it. I did my job and saved a life.”<\/p>\n


\nHowever, furious passengers didn’t share such a positive view of the magnanimous rescue mission, and one miserable specimen even complained to the bus company, which promptly suspended the driver.<\/p>\n

According to company representative Maximilian Jobst, “If the bus was already late and the passengers were angry and I then picked up a frog, I would have to ask myself if I was in the wrong job”<\/p>\n

However, following a media uproar and messages of support for the driver, the company has softened its tone. The frog-loving driver can now start work, but only if she promises not to carry out any more mercy missions in future.<\/p>\n

Image Credit – avmaier<\/a> via flickr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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