To report the sweet lollipop lady for being too bloody nice

[Pantone363]

She stops and chats to parents and kids in the middle of the zebra crossing. She hugs the kids in the middle of the crossing. She frequently waits on the crossing for people who are twenty meters away. She seems incapable of noticing the traffic jam which is frequently a quarter of the size on the day she is not working.

AIBU and frankly a bit of a bitch (my mate tells me yes) to think that in the middle of a busy town, during school run/rush hour traffic what you need in a lollipop lady is rigid german efficiency. Parents and children ushered across at a forced march. People grouped together and not crossed under a minimum number.

I want shouting. Hand signals. Kids and parents running across the crossing. Not the nice old lady handing out hugs and good mornings.

AIBU?

pantone

maybe she lost in a lollipop jousting competition and is walking with a candy cane

This might get me flamed but I am not sure I can see the point of a lollipop person where there already is a pelican/zebra. Fair enough when there is no such crsossing in place and it is near a school where children need to cross. But surely if there already is a zebra/pelican that should be enough.

If the children are too young to use one of these safely then they would not be walking to school alone anyway so their accompanying adult can see that the crossing is properly used. If the children are old enough to walk to school alone then they are surely also able to work the crossing safely.

If a lollipop person is working on a crossing then does every pedestrain have to be assisted across the road by them? Frankly if I was trying to cross and I was helped by an elderly person with a big stick I would be embarassed.

Speaking as another school crossing patrol,you are supposed to hold the lollipop like you are in a jousting competition as it makes it very visable to drivers,it is in the training so she is only doing what she is supposed to(maybe a bit over zealously)

Where we live fewer and fewer people stop at zebras these days. :( Sounds like they need a lolly there too because of this.