Guy behind bus monitor mania gets cash too as love and money flow Talk about paying it forward: Less than 24-hours after Max Sidirov asked the people of the Internet to help him send beleagured bus monitor Karen Klein on vacation, the Internet has responded by raising money for Sidirov, as a thank you for his noble deed. So far, the "Love for Max Sidorov too" campaign has raised more than $2,000 of its $2,500 goal. The campaign that Sidorov started for Klein Wednesday morning has raised more than $290,000. Sidorov said he was touched when he found out about the secondary fundraiser. That was insanely nice, i just almost released one single tear, no, wait that can't happen. I'm supposed to be manly..." he wrote on Reddit. I never asked for anything but this just warms my heart. The fund was started by a fellow Reddit user who calls himself Case2000. "I figure the guy deserves a new laptop or something for his good deed, and for the undoubtedly huge amount of attention, phone calls & skeptical-redditor-scrutiny he's had to endure just today," Case2000 wrote late Wednesday night on the Indiegogo page where the Sidirov fundraiser is set up. I'm sure it will only ramp up tomorrow when this rage-inducing-yet-hope-inspiring-feel-good story hits the morning news. Sidirov was inspired to send Klein on vacation after he watched the 10-minute video of middle-school boys calling Klein fat and poor, asking her why she is sweating so much, hurling expletives at her, and asking if she has herpes. In a video interview posted on the Democratic and Chronicle, Klein said that she was trying to ignore the boys throughout the ordeal. "I would turn my head and I was looking out the window," she said. [I thought,] Maybe they'll go away, but they're still there. She said she didn't write the boys up because it was almost the last day of school. I thought why bother, what good will it do? And a lot of times you write up the referral and nothing would be done about it anyway," she said. But they have the proof now. At the end of the interview she says that she will continue to work for the school district becuase, "all kids aren't bad." How the Internet sent a bullied bus driver on vacation Three simple ways to keep track of your tricky passwords