First day of school... Yea, I remember that... Mom walked us to elementary school, and made sure we knew the way, and how to get there safely... It was not pleasant at that age, but the lessons were pretty simple... Stay on the sidewalks, don't walk through parking lots, cross at corners, preferably with a crossing guard... Basic stuff... Sensible stuff...
I was headed to my local Quick Check a couple days ago to get my morning coffee... I didn't know it was the first day of school... Not having kids, these things don't usually effect me much... My Quick Check however is right across the street from an elementary school... This should however not be a problem if things are still done the same way... Sadly that apparently isn't the case... We suffered major gridlock as there was the usual morning traffic of coffee seekers (who manage the parking ballet quite well normally), there was a crossing guard just past the parking lot entrance, the traffic light just before the entrance, and the parents walking their kids through the parking lot, then standing in the entrance to the parking lot to cross in the middle of the street, only to have to walk down to the corner where the crossing guard was since there is a damn fence around the school... Hello?... There are sidewalks... There is a traffic light...There is a crossing guard... Why the hell are you standing in the middle of the apron leading to the parking lot? There wouldn't be so many dangerous cars to navigate if you walked where pedestrians are supposed to walk...
It took me 15 minutes to be able to make the turn in to the parking lot... I could have walked from my house to the store in that amount of time, and probably managed to get halfway back... 15 minutes sitting there shaking my head at these idiot parents teaching their kids how to most annoy drivers, and put them in danger... Hell I don't like kids, but that doesn't mean I want to run them down... Their parents should be run down though... What the hell did their parents teach them?....