to expect people to get their kids to school on time and NOT block my car in!!!! grrrr

[Blurry29]

mini rant..............

My DS's school starts at 0830

Gates open at 0830

I park behind the school everyday, away from all yellow lines. The same parents at least 3 times a week park right up behind my car ( on the yellow lines) because they are running late AGAIN....

Honestly it's the same families (about 3 or 4) that just can't seem to get their kids to school on time, panic then throw their car behind mine just as I am getting back into it!!! which means I am waiting about for a further 5 to 10 minutes before I can move my bloody car!!!! I have to wait for them to sign in LATE at reception etc etc etc before they can come back

don't get me wrong I know people may be busy in the morning but for goodness sake...set ur alarms earlier people!!!!!

Grrrrrr Thursday rant over...... :)

Ooh fanjo I wonder that too. Some mums park a good hour before the end of school and sit there staring into space, probably bored out of their brains, just so they get the closest spaces (I know this because my mum lives opposite another school). How can it possibly be worth losing five hours out of your week?

I also bow to EmmatheFox... :)

Parking so you block someone else in is being a twat, no matter how pushed for time you are - it's like saying to them "my time is more important than your time so fuck you."

I'd be taking registration numbers of the usual offenders and passing them to the school - so what if it's 10 minutes? It could be that you've got to get to the hospital to visit a relative, or an appointment or anything else - you're parked in a proper space and they're parked in an impromptu tosser space screwing the rest of the world around them.

Number of kids is immaterial - you don't have the monopoly on being a wanker if you just have one, you don't have immunity from being an inconsiderate wanker if you've got 5 or 6.

Are they parking on yellow lines or zigzags? Parents dropping off at DD's school get their registration reported to the police if they park on zigzags/yellow lines/corners/over driveways etc. There is usually a community support officer or a member of school staff on the look out and taking registrations every morning. The residents living nearby have had a gut full of parents' bad driving apparently.

Can you park further away from the school? On the occasions where I do have to use the car I wouldn't dream of parking on the road the school is on, I would either get hemmed in or end up reversing down the road trying to let cars coming the other way past whilst watching out for small kids darting into the road. It's not unusual to see parents yelling at each other over who's going to let who past.
If you were parked further away then other parents' tardiness wouldn't be your problem?

Well Emma I will wrestle you for that badge

I have a hormonal teen who won't leave the house until every strand of their hair is preened perfectly into place, a dreamy DC2 who takes about an hour to wake up in the morning and DC3 who desparately wants to stay with mummy every day and regularly attaches herself to my leg and won't let go. Hence why I generally get up whilst it's still dark .

Thinking being late is ok is a bad habit to teach children - so there.

so you are taking your earlier frustrations of the day out on my OP...

My frustrations are with the parents of the cars that cause me further hassles because of their timings etc

I stand by my ATTITUDE... parents are aware of the school timings and it is their duty as parents to ensure their kids are on time everyday!!!!

(that last post was meant or Altinkum BTW....)

I don't park near any zigzags or near the yellow lines...........

there are about 10 spaces available away from all yellow lines or private spaces, I park there everyday because I am on time and a space is available. :)

I would be very annoyed if someone else's parking blocked my car in and then prevented me from getting to work on time.

Could you place a friendly note in the rear window of your car asking other drivers to leave you enough space to get out?

Does your school newsletter include reminders about things like this as it could be worth a mention.

Also, what do the other drivers say to you when they return to their cars? I would be mortified of I'd inadvertently blocked someone in etc!

gosh i thought it was about car parking

yanbu
if they're gonna be late they should at least park somewhere else
it's selfish

BTW - you want examples of parents getting to school ridiculously early to dibs the good spaces? I used to work at a school where the parents would arrive for a 3pm pickup at 1.30 in the afternoon! We really couldn't believe it - knew they were showing up early but when carparking hostilities hit stupid levels, the head came out to keep an eye on things and actually clocked them showing up that early.

It's bloody rude to block anyone in, it's illegal to park on double yellows. I would be tempted to bump them back personally. And if you think it is ok to be constantly late for school you are setting a very bad example to your kids - oh but of course, they are SPECIAL aren't they, and of course it's ok because the world will always revolve around them, blah blah.

You will all adore the day your children are old enough to get themselves to school and the older ones take the younger ones in

pins badge of honour and goes back to bed

Weird thread..

YANBU, they are being rude and parking badly.
I can't see why anyone would think your mild rant was anything other than perfectly understandable to be honest!

Adjust your parking so you can get out of the space.

Still cannot see why Altinkum is making this thread all about her...

getting rather with altinkum

you clearly are taking your frustrations out on my OP

Yes you clearly do have different circumstances..............my rant wasn't to you personally was it?????

Again I will REPEAT just incase you are atill too wound up to notice.....

I get ds to school on time
I park in a correct fashion in a correct parking space
I get frustrated with the SAME parents blocking me in 3 or 4 times a week because they are late............

I can't see where my attitude is coming from to expect people to be on time and not to cause others (not just me) further hassles because of bad timings etc...

an attitude to expect people (who don't have extinuating circumstances) to get their chidren to school on time without causing further hassles to others...

yep I must have a poor attitude for getting DS to school on time everyday and don't block anyone in......................

Bad Blurry....Naughty Blurry with your shite attitude :)

There are very few reasons which make it OK to park someone in and many, many examples of insane parking around schools.

We have a regular offender/parent outside our school who always parks on double yellows. This week she was preventing an ambulance (with sirens on, I might add) getting around the corner. I don't actually think it matters what her situation is/was, behaving in an illegal, anti-social, dangerous way is not OK.

We are very lucky because there is a separate access to the school - safer and with disabled parking, which families who need it can use. There is also a free parking building which any parent can use for an hour morning and night, or where you can do a crossing-free drop off if you do want to eject your children, without obstructing anyone. That is just six shops away.

We still get crazy parking (as above), and I do think it is bad planning and a lack of consideration because we are lucky enough to have so many other options.