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Today is a rather embarrassing rant. I try very hard to be patient in the car, but if anything will push me over the edge, it's going to be someone doing something dumb on the road. It just really aggravates me that anyone would have the gall to endanger my life.
I'm getting off topic.
I've been dealing with this particular thing for the entire school year. It aggravates me nearly every day and I try and I try and I try to let it go. I'm hoping that by pounding out my frustration on the keyboard, I'll be able to move on more quickly.
My rant today is about the car rider line at school.
You know, the line of cars dropping children off who do not ride the bus.
There's a certain way to do it at every school.
Remember the movie Mr. Mom? Annette goes to Mr. Mom with regard to the carpool line and says, "You're doing it wrong."
I think this every morning that I am behind a certain black car in the line, which happens to be a lot of mornings.
When you pull up the school is on the right side of your car. It makes sense to have your child sitting on the right side of the car. You are supposed to unload 3 cars at a time and then move on and exit the line so that it will keep moving, the next 3 cars will come up, etc.
I like speed and efficiency in general, and I know that everyone is not like me, but I think the mom who gets under my skin is a little over the edge in the opposite direction.
She pulls up in the correct way, 3 cars at a time, I'll give her that.
She unstraps her seat belt.
She gets out of the car.
She opens her child's car door, which is on the opposite side from the building.
She gets her child's backpack.
She puts the backpack on her child.
She spins her child and zips his coat.
She hugs and kisses him.
She puts her hand on him and ushers him around the back of the car to the sidewalk where the building entrance is.
She hugs him again and kisses the top of his head.
He begins walking toward the school entrance.
She takes a few steps, turns around at the back corner of her car, and watches him go in.
She moves to her car door. She opens it. She looks back once again to the school entrance.
She gets in.
She puts her seat belt on.
In September, I figured she was new at this and it was hard for her to send her baby to school.
In October, I thought she must really miss him.
In November I began praying to not think about this every morning.
In December, I talked to God in the car rider line, telling him how much I wanted to have a loving and compassionate attitude toward this woman.
In January, I continued my talks.
In February, I started to think maybe I should nicely say something to her.
It's March. I really need to not let this bother me as I pull up every morning. I don't think about it until I see her car. It's usually in front of me, and I groan. I'm sorry!
I'm hoping that getting all of this down will help me to move on even more. I don't want to even think about it when I see her car in the morning!
Does anyone want to share their pet peeves so I don't feel like such a big meanie? Please?
5 comments:
The simple solution is to adjust your schedule and leave for school five minutes earlier.
I did leave earlier this morning and I cannot express in words the triumphant glee and relief I felt as I saw her pull into the school driveway just as I was LEAVING!! Big smiles for me this morning.
This rant made me laugh. Most mornings my children go to before care. But, on the rare occassion that I get to drop them off in car pool lane, I want to scream.
We are lucky in the sense that the children meet you out at car pool lane and they will not let parents out of the car. So, the teachers have a tendency to speed it up.
Top that off with my children go to a school where....well I don't know how to not be snotty--but the parents feel as though they run the school and do whatever they want. So, there is always someone in the group that has to hold up the whole system becuase they are more special then the 50 other cars in line!!!
At least I'm not the only one!
HAHAha....I am immediately sending this to my friend who I frequently have discussions about the car rider line with! Serioulsly this is my life. I don't have the same issue you do with the lady but a different one. Here they place children out along the line and they wave people forward. The problem is the children pay no real attention and wave people forward whether or not there is room to move forward or not. And I've seen 2 almost car accidents over this. Not to mention the 20 or so children out there in the middle of it. It's very odd. i could go off on a rant myself so I'm going to try to rein it in except to say YES I get this! And you are SO not alone!!
Ha ha ha! Thank you Charlene and Holly! I'm glad to not be the only one.
I was unsure if it was clear, after I posted this, that one should pull up in front of the school, allow their child to exit the car and then you leave. There are teachers outside to supervise and escort! Hug and kiss at home!!!!!!
I'm such a meanie. I pull up and say "See ya, have a good day!"
No hugging and kissing in the car rider line.
No getting out of the car.
Your kid is in elementary school. He can put his backpack on. If his coat is not zipped before you leave the house, why do you think he is going to freeze his hiney off walking 10 or 15 feet from your car to the school door????
I guess I'm not over it yet.
Shoot.
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