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Original poster

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

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Blurry29 · 07/07/2011 09:09

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...... :)

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Blurry29 · 07/07/2011 11:02

funnysinthegarden:

I am keeping my beak out, I don't get your point???

I don't think I am being judgy otherwise I would have talked to the parents already (which I haven't)

I agree others time keeping is none of my business, but it becomes my business if I can't get my car out of a legal space!!!!

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FunnysInTheGarden · 07/07/2011 11:11

Blurry I think you are getting the two issues confused. The solution is either to speak to the parents who block you in and ask them not to or to park elsewhere and avoid the situation entirely.

You are being judgemental hence the mini bun fight on this thread.

Incidentally if you do speak to the other parents, the best way to cause a row about it is to refer to their time keeping. It would be better to just ask them not to block you in thank you!

altinkum · 07/07/2011 11:12

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FunnysInTheGarden · 07/07/2011 11:14

Quite altinkum

MrsDaffodill · 07/07/2011 11:14

Actually, if you are an Ofsted lover, then in a way other people being late is everyone's concern as it impacts the gradings. It is also disruptive to the class if a child comes in late. (and any school worth their salt would have special arrangements/dispensations where required e.g. one boy at our school with Aspergers starts his day with the head, who he adores, and is walked round to his class by him when he is ready - his official school start is 20 minutes after all the others as he doesn't do crowds well).

But I don't really think any of that is what the thread is about.

The crux of the issue is whether, in your lateness, it is OK to park people in illegally. Which I would say it is not. In fact, the clue is in the ILLEGAL part!

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Blurry29 · 07/07/2011 11:18

I am stubborn (maybe the wrong thing to admit on here :) )

Why should I re arrange my routine??? I AM on time EVERY day, I get the chance to pick where I can park because I am on time EVERY day!!!

I wasn't the one who wrote about setting alarms earlier BTW but I do agree with it...........

0840 school start time is 0840 school START time...unless otherwise arranged!!!

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MrsDaffodill · 07/07/2011 11:22

Blurry29..... maybe you shouldn't have to, but it would make your life much more calm. I always park in the furthest parks at our swimming pool because mums behave insanely anywhere nearer. Much nicer, even if I do have to walk a bit further.

FunnysInTheGarden · 07/07/2011 11:25

thats the issue here really. To make your life easier Blurry the sensible thing to do is not to get all het up about things you have no control over, but rather find your own solution even if it does mean changing your routine.

Unless of course you rather like getting het up, in which case carry on just as you are!

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HeadfirstForHalos · 07/07/2011 11:53

Apologies if it's already been mentioned but if you're talking about parents that pull their car in behind yours 5-10 minutes after the other children have gone in, then why is your car still there if your dc were on time? Then you're saying they block you in for 10 mins, really? It takes that long to Pop the dc in the office and sign?

HeadfirstForHalos · 07/07/2011 11:54

In reply to ops post on page 2

HeadfirstForHalos · 07/07/2011 12:00

Also if they're pulling up just as you're getting back into the car, can't you just "hey you've blocked me in, shift your car back a bit" to them?

Ishani · 07/07/2011 12:04

You need to get a traffic warden involved if they are parking dangerously the DC's are at risk and that's not right at all.

altinkum · 07/07/2011 12:13

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StayingDavidTennantsGirl · 07/07/2011 12:14

I may be wrong, but it seems to me that Altinkum is taking out on the OP the frustrations from the incident this morning where someone called her a lazy twat for not getting her kids to school on time, and that is just not fair or right, imo. I can absolutely understand why altinkum is upset by this woman, but don't take it out on someone else.

Shit happens, and sometimes the morning's routine before school can be thrown out by something unexpected - but that doesn't give anyone the right to park illegally or to block in other drivers. That shows a lack of consideration and a level of selfishness, imo. The yellow lines outside schools are to help ensure the safety of the children going to that school (and other siblings), and parking on the double yellows puts them at risk - which is wrong.

Malcontentinthemiddle · 07/07/2011 12:17

Altkin my mental picture is like the parking at my dd's school - there's a long road, a section of which you can park on by the pavement - double yellows stop and start before and after it, white broken lines to indicate where you can park. So if OP is parked at the end, facing either way, in a line, then someone comes and parks where the spaces are finished and the yellows begin, he or she would block her in, if parked close enough.

altinkum · 07/07/2011 12:18

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cpbp · 07/07/2011 12:22

Blurry, this all sounds familiar to me!

Does your school have the initials B H by any chance and is it in a place beginning with a C?

CurrySpice · 07/07/2011 12:27

I cannot believe the hard time the OP is getting. MN is odd. On another day this thread would have turned into a group rant about the kids that are always late for school etc etc. Odd

ClaraDeLaNoche · 07/07/2011 12:28

No blocking ever allowed in my book OP. When this happens I give the perpetrators the secret fingers (done under the steering wheel).

HeadfirstForHalos · 07/07/2011 12:31

Parking on double yellows outside school is wrong, I just don't understand some of the ops niggles.

Ormirian · 07/07/2011 12:32

Try parking a bit further away. Our school is an area of Victorian terraces with no off-street parking. If you try to park anywhere near the school you will struggle and almost certainly be delayed getting away. Now I park about 3 streets away and walk.

I might add that since we moved house last year I am one of those hopeless parents who roll up at the last minute - due to having 2 older DC to get out of the house and some horrible traffic to get through.

Ormirian · 07/07/2011 12:33

Oh and I second the suggestion to get traffic warden of PCSO inolved. Ours appears every once in a while and the parking outside the school improves miraculously for a few weeks

NearlySpring · 07/07/2011 12:41

I live next door to a primary school. It's lovely but my daughter goes to a different one. So once we leave to get her to school the parents of this primary come and park outside my house! It's off street parking (cul de sac) and each space is private parking and clearly numbered with my door number. I always honour and get them to move, sometimes they get shitty even if we have pulled up and can't park in our own space, they sit there and refuse to move. I often have to get out the car and tell them thy HAVE to move. It drives me bonkers. We have repeat offenders, I tell them one day it's private parking, they next day they think were out and they park there again.

School says they can't help, police can't help as it's out of their remit and council refuse the cost of putting up signs or providing traffic wardens! Argh!