Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Tired of waiting?

Okay, my most recent experience for today is waiting in line to pick up my kindergartner. Is everyone really in that much of a hurry? So one mom decides that it's taking the staff too long to find the kids to get them in the cars ahead, so what does she do? Puts the car in park and gets out to find hers herself. And lo and behold, the cars in front of her are starting to move up. Meanwhile, I am stuck behind her trying to figure out if I should pull around or if she is on her way back. I don't get very long to make that decision because two other cars, who were not in the original line, mind you, pull around the entire line, see an open space, and pull in. Umm, hello, did you not see the long line of parents waiting to pick up their little one? I decide to pull out and go around the parked car just so no other cars can cut in. I make it up to the front and see the mom of the parked car barely going back and now rushing as she realizes how all the cars in line have now trapped her in. As I am waiting for them to get my son, another car pulls ahead of me, parks the car, and gets out to find his kid. Again, is everyone else behind you just in some random line because they like to wait? You would think they would at least rush out of the car and attempt to look like they are in a hurry. Nope, they just walk leisurely up to the entrance and kind of look around....no worries, there's no reason to hurry. I tell you it just drives me insane! There's a reason for the order....to prevent chaos, but some just believe they are too special for orders. Well, what if we all thought we were too special...what if we all tossed out all order...what if we all decided it's me or you?? It is just frustrating for those of us who understand the order and who follow it to keep order, not to make it easier for all you "special" people. For the record, these two parents were told the rules, and of course they nodded their heads - yeah, yeah - but they'll do it again. They already got away with it today. The staff should keep their faces in memory, so when they see them again, which you know they will, they can make these parents wait until every other child is picked up, and then they can get theirs. Since this is unlikely, I would settle for the parents being asked to move their car to the parking lot to park it or back to the end of the line.

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