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School drop off Rant

School drop off Rant

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by: TexINS Active Indicator LED Icon 12 OP 
~ 11 years ago   Mar 20, '13 8:34am  
Every morning parents don't get it and slow the drop off line down. Here are the culprits:1. The parent that has to sit and watch their child walk the 10 feet from where they are dropped until they go into the building. What the heck can happen in those 10 feet?2. The parent who has to let their kid exit the vehicle in some strange manner. For example, there is always a lady whose child has to exit their SUV through the rear of the car.3. The parent that does not move up to the front of the line (so all the cars behind can move forward), but has to let their child off at the closest door.   4951
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PedroDePacas Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 11 years ago   Mar 20, '13 8:36am  
thats why they make bikes and buses and boots for walkin! 4951
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BooBear Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 11 years ago   Mar 20, '13 8:36am  
There is also the on that waits until they are at the front of the line to search for lunch money or write a note, and the ones that have the kids store their stuff in the trunk so we have to wait for the kid to walk around and get it. 4951
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silly123 Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 11 years ago   Mar 20, '13 8:39am  
Removed By Request 4951
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elguapo Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 11 years ago   Mar 20, '13 9:06am  
You would think most of what I have to say would be
self-evident behavior for the drop off line at school, but sadly, it seems not.
What the hell are you people thinking? 
 
First, of course,...people, get off your damn cell
phones! How many times do people have to be told this? You’re in line for 2
minutes (unless there is another inconsiderate putts like you in the line),
don’t you think the high profile world issues you face on a daily basis could
wait until you drive off? Pull forward retard! 
 
Second, coffee...you prepping your $6.50 cup
cream-mocha-latté-whateverthehellitis is not an acceptable reason for holding
the rest of us up. If you just have to mix your lead filled package of Chinese
slave labor flavoring before heading off to your stressful day, could you drop
your child off, pull to the side, and do it out of the flow of traffic? Pull
forward retard! 
 
Third, whatever the hell it is you are digging for
in your console. Why do you stare at the line, eyes fixed forward,
waiting...waiting...waiting...and then just seconds before it’s time to pull
forward, you pull your hands away from the wheel, flip open your console, and
start digging for...?...what? What the hell are you digging for? You never find
it! The statistical odds of finding anything in your console, while waiting in
line to drop off you child, is nill. You have proven time and time again. It’s
not there. It’s never there. Pull forward retard! 
 
Next, dressing your kid in the car. If you don’t
have your child dressed by the time you arrive at the drop off line, then you
are not ready to get in the drop off line. Most of us dress our kids at home…I
know, weird concept! If your kid is late, your kid is late...and dressing him
or her in front of the school, in line, holding the rest of us up, does not
somehow magically stop the clock and make it all OK. I know, I know, “It takes
a village,” but the village is stacking up behind you, and we really wish you
would pull forward retard! 
 
OK, “Snoop-Dog”...yes, you driving the 1987
Corolla with the snap-on hubcap spinners and the bumper sticker that says “My
other car is Tupac”, stop getting out of your car each day, defiantly starring
at the line waiting behind you, and doing that damn swagger where you hold your
balls with one hand and walk as s-l-o-w-a-s--p-o-s-s-i-b-l-e around to the
other side of your car to let your kid out. There are two teachers and ten
monitors there to make sure you kid gets out safely. If you just have to do
this routine everyday, then move to the side, otherwise...pull forward retard! 
 
Slack-jawed people...I am pretty sure you can’t
read this, but hopefully a nose breather has seen it and passed it on to
you...that big empty space in front of you...the big 5 car space between you
and the lady up there on her cell phone...that is a space which your car and
the 4 people behind you should be filling in. Those people up there with the
safety vests, waving their arms, looking at you like you should close your
mouth and step on the accelerator are giving you the universal signal to...pull
forward retard! 
 
Last, the stay at home moms...do you have to talk
to every other stay at home mother that you happen to see on school grounds?
What the hell do you have to talk about each and every day? You just talked to
her yesterday when you held us all up, what could possibly transpired in the
last 24 hours that would require you to once again pull forward 5 feet, step on
the brake, try to roll the window down, hit the locks, lock again, roll down
the window, talk for-damn-ever, and then roll your window up, pull forward
another 5 feet, and repeat the whole process again? Maybe you could start a
coffee clutch, a “La Madelin’s For Moms,” or some other type of morning meeting
that would satisfy your craving for endless conversation, but somewhere other
than in front of the other 20 cars trying to drop their kids off. Until you
come up with a plan, could you please pull ALL the way forward retard!  4951
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mpjp0907 Active Indicator LED Icon 12
~ 11 years ago   Mar 20, '13 9:11am  
Luckily I seriously don't do any of these. My kids would rather me just slow down and let them jump out then be seen being dropped off lmao!! 4951
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elguapo Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 11 years ago   Mar 20, '13 9:12am  
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EvanCarroll Active Indicator LED Icon 6
~ 11 years ago   Mar 20, '13 9:12am  
3. The parent that does not move up to the front of the line (so all the cars behind can move forward), but has to let their child off at the closest door.
 
@TexINS: I don't think the first two are problems worth tackling. This one could easily be solved by driving around that car, asking the driver to pull up to the front, or if all else fails strategic use of the horn. People do this crap at airports and it does get annoying.
4951
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BooBear Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 11 years ago   Mar 20, '13 9:23am  

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>> 3. The parent that does not move up to the front of the line (so all the cars behind can move forward), but has to let their child off at the closest door.
 
@TexINS: I don't think the first two are problems worth tackling. This one could easily be solved by driving around that car, asking the driver to pull up to the front, or if all else fails strategic use of the horn. People do this crap at airports and it does get annoying.
 
@EvanCarroll:
 
Trust me..the first 2 ARE problems and no you cannot always drive around them. People ignore the horn in line because they believe what they are doing is important enough to hold up traffic. 4951
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pksbar Active Indicator LED Icon 5
~ 11 years ago   Mar 20, '13 9:42am  
 #1 should already be taken care of because it is ILLEGAL to use a cell phone in a school zone, much less on the school grounds! But most people's newest addiction is their device, phone, i this or that...we'll just add this addiction to their many others, booze, prescription drugs, cheating on their spouse, physically & now cyberlly!  4951
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~ 11 years ago   Mar 20, '13 9:50am  
Why sweat the small stuff?  It's a school drop-off line.  If you are in such a hurry that  a few extra seconds of waiting is causing you stress, leave your house earlier.  I don't think any parent goes through the line with the intent to slow down other parents.  The horn honkers, the angry passing too fast on the left because they are late and can't wait the few extra seconds for someone's automatic minivan door to close are the ones that annoy me.  Life is too short, use the extra wait time to give your kid an encouraging word before they go off on their own for the day. 4951
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BooBear Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 11 years ago   Mar 20, '13 9:52am  
Why sweat the small stuff?  It's a school drop-off line.  If you are in such a hurry that  a few extra seconds of waiting is causing you stress, leave your house earlier.  I don't think any parent goes through the line with the intent to slow down other parents.  The horn honkers, the angry passing too fast on the left because they are late and can't wait the few extra seconds for someone's automatic minivan door to close are the ones that annoy me.  Life is too short, use the extra wait time to give your kid an encouraging word before they go off on their own for the day.
 
@seriouslyoverbooked:
I disagree. I think some people could not care less about causing a hold up. I will not make excuses for someone to be inconsiderate. Their time is no more important than mine.
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TexINS Active Indicator LED Icon 12 OP 
~ 11 years ago   Mar 20, '13 10:31am  
@seriouslyover if it was a one off then it wouldn't be a problem. But it seems to happen in every set of 5 cars. Parents seem to become more and more inconsiderate each year.   4951
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KTownTexican Active Indicator LED Icon 11
~ 11 years ago   Mar 20, '13 10:38am  
I will reply to this later,,, I have a lot more to tell,,, 4951
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Becky Active Indicator LED Icon 1
~ 11 years ago   Mar 20, '13 12:58pm  
My pet peeve would be the parent who has each kid unstrap seatbelt come to the front to kiss them goodbye. We have a mom with three kids and does this every time and slows our line. If she is on the phone it takes even longer and god forbid if she is in the mood to get out and hand them all their backpacks and coats. All the while we are all sitting there waiting for her to finish so that our children can be dropped off. 4951
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ShineyApples Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 11 years ago   Mar 20, '13 1:07pm  
Oh please... I love to watch my children walk up to the school.  I look at them and think how much they have grown and how lucky I am to be a Mom and I also say a Prayer for their safety.Deal with it. EmoticonWhere's my Emoticon 4951
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