Patch's Poll: Does the Video of a Bullied NY Bus Monitor Surprise You?

A YouTube video (warning: the language is laced with expletives) showing a group of New York middle schoolers taunting an elderly bus monitor was nearing 7,000,000 views on Monday after it was posted on June 19.

The kids in the video use harsh language, at one point even telling the 68-year-old widow, "You don't have a family because they all killed themselves because they don't want to be near you." 

As the YouTube hits have shot up, so too have donations in support of Karen Klein, who, throughout the whole ordeal, did not show any emotion apart from holding back a few tears.

As of Monday morning, almost 30,000 funders had donated $644,674 to an online account with the description, "Lets give her something she will never forget, a vacation of a lifetime!"

Some of the comments left on the fundraising website:

• Norm: My contribution is my vote against bullying. A fine example of grace under pressure by Karen.
• Benjamin: Heart goes out to you. I wish I was on that bus, I’d have put them kids in their place.
• Lindsay: Kids can be cruel. Your story moved us in Kitchener, ON, Canada

Does this kind of taunting happen every day, or is it an isolated incident? Take our poll and tell us in the comments.