Okay well it really wouldn't be me if I allowed the car pool situation to pass my by without unleashing me views onto you... my lovely "blog family" :)
So... new school year. New drop off / pick up lane at the elementary school. Oy...
It's a whopping 3 weeks into school and I'm already plotting the deaths of many of the carpool, suv'ers at the drop off! I HATE the drop off situation, I'm using the word hate... about morning drop off!! It's going to be a very LONG school year!
This year we do not have kindergarten, so we have sidestepped that landmine. phew... Although we have now moved onto the "big kid" side of the school and I dare say it might be worse! There are TWO lanes for drop off. TWO! Of course you don't want to actually drop kids off in the second lane because they would have to cross in front of cars to get to the school. So, it would be safe to say that the first lane if for drop off, and the second lane if for PULLING OUT OF DROP OFF AND LEAVING WHEN YOU'RE DONE! Well, that is a complicated task to pull off I guess. So instead people pull up into the first lane... drop off their kids... pull SO close to the car in front of them they can't pull out of line. So they wait, and of course the car in front is on her PHONE, and it's not the perfect spot to drop off her kids so she's sitting and waiting as well. And before you know it... everyone is WAITING and no one is actually dropping kids off anymore, and no one is getting out of the way either!!
And this is even better... then there will be a 3 or 4 car space and the next car has decided to let their kids out at the end of the line, and NO ONE has decided it's a good idea to go around that car and pull into the empty spaces!!
Seriously, it's NOT ROCKET SCIENCE HERE!!
Riddle me this Batman... Why does carpool drop off have to be so painful? And heres another question for the masses... when 75% of the Prom Queens I mean Moms are not even dressed yet WHO IN THE WORLD ARE THEY ALL TALKING TO ON THEIR CELL PHONES?!
Okay I'm done! well... for now... it is of course only the first month of school.
Heaven help us all...
7 comments:
That's funny! It's a wonder they can't get it figured out?? Maybe they should have one of the 'sane' mom's offer up some advice!
Your post is exactly why I LOVE that my kids ride their bikes to school. :)
That beign said, I have in other neighborhoods had the same nighmare of drop off. Really? What is so hard about it?
It reminds me of the movie Mr. Mom.
"You're doing it wrong!"
Good luck and may you be granted patience to deal with the homecoming queens :)
♥ Dang that would be irritating!!! I'm so glad my kids take the BUS!!! :)
Sounds like a lovely experience! We don't have these lines up here in Canada, most kids are bussed to school. Avoids this lovely chaos!
love ya!! you make me laugh :) can't wait to see ya next week
Drop off is a NIGHTMARE no matter what school you talk about. I was always totally freaked that the van would die at the drop off and I would hold up the line.
So nice that my kids walk now. (And yes, the cackle I just let out about that IS a little evil.)
So at my school the other day, some person in a pickup truck was trying to go the WRONG WAY through the parent pickup area. It was awesome.
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