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ParkingšŸ˜”

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Escumator · 31/01/2019 08:50

Ok.. so school drop off parkin is tight first come first serve kinda thing
.The road has houses with drives dropped kerbs etc so limited. However one lady is pissing me off.
A person who.lives in the house takes there car off her drive and parks in one of the limited spaces and waits for her friend to come then moves her car so her friend always has a space. Petty i no..but wtf if he friend cant get up early.like the rest of us this isnt our problem isit?? Petty i no. Bad morning.

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Jeezoh · 31/01/2019 09:28

Iā€™m not getting why the lady is lazy, sheā€™s no lazier than any other person who drives to that road. Iā€™d say sheā€™s a lucky lady who has a friend willing to make her life a bit easier for her!

Beenherebefore · 31/01/2019 09:28

A perk of having a friend that lives near the school. How nice.
It's just 1 less space, say to yourself it's another dropped kerb or disabled space so you would never be able to park there anyway and put it out of your mind.

FrancisCrawford · 31/01/2019 09:30

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DobbyLovesSocks · 31/01/2019 09:30

Can you not park in the next street? Further to walk i know but it might stop you getting pissed off at seeing this every morning. Parking is like this at our school

Sirzy · 31/01/2019 09:30

So she is lazy for parking where you want to park? Errm.....

FrancisCrawford · 31/01/2019 09:31

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Norma27 · 31/01/2019 09:32

I live next door to a secondary school and the awful parking by parents drives me mad. I walk my youngest to school most days but in a Thursday I drive and park a 5 minute walk away. On the days I do drive I take my car off my drive and park somewhere on my road. Sometimes outside my house, sometimes further up. I really couldnā€™t care what the entitled parents and children think.

diddl · 31/01/2019 09:33

Well I think that it's bloody ridiculous tbh-especially if the friend could park on her drive momentarily.

So the space can't be used whilst she saves it for her friend-sounds really inconsiderate to me.

Iamthestorm · 31/01/2019 09:34

The thing is, though her parking is dodgy, if she didn't park there someone else would so I'm inclined to think what a kind and thoughtful friend. Honestly and truthfully op, if your friend or family member did this for you, are you completely sure you'd do the honourable thing and say no, so you could fairly join in with scrummage for spaces with the rest of the riffraff (kidding on the riffraff bit)

Fab stray cat pic tho!

CallMeVito · 31/01/2019 09:34

No one has to park on their drive ever anyway. It's safer for your car in most cases, but it's a personal choice. People can have perfectly valid reasons to let their drive empty anyway.

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Escumator · 31/01/2019 09:34

Okay... i never said i wanted to.park there..i have a few drops to do but do them at a time where i am able to still park. I said in my post petty i no but it just one of then things because there is grandparents who drop children with mobility issies that could use that space theres people who get up early just for parking this woman drives down at 8.45 minutes before the bell!!! Jesus

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Sirzy · 31/01/2019 09:36

Well if people are daft enough to get to school early just to get the best parking spaces more fool them!

daduck · 31/01/2019 09:37

Why can't you just arrive 5 minutes earlier, and park a bit further away and walk in?

CallMeVito · 31/01/2019 09:38

theres people who get up early just for parking this woman drives down at 8.45 minutes before the bell!!!
again, so what? She has a friend who is helpful, good on her. If other people chose to arrive 1 hour before the doors open because they cannot be arsed to walk 3 minutes, it's their choice.

If I have a friend next door to the school and she invites me for a cup of tea at school pick up instead of waiting in the rain, does it make you jealous too?

Samcro · 31/01/2019 09:38

maybe the woman has a reason why she needs help. maybe she has other drop off's
maybe she has to wait for a child with sn to be picked up.
maybe her mate is just helping her.
you sound jealous op

Itssadsometimes · 31/01/2019 09:40

very annnoying. I don't think you can do anything about it though. Maybe stroke the cat?

I like the diagram.

SkylightAndChandelier · 31/01/2019 09:44

The idea of a parent having to drop off at 3 different schools, and this not even being that uncommon is insane - what are we doing to parents!

I almost wish it would go back to everyone just going to the local school, and the council being obliged to find places at that school, or provide transport to the next closest with space - because this system of choice really doesn't seem to be any better for most people.

debbie1990 · 31/01/2019 09:45

This seems a bit weird surely it would be easier to just tell her friend to park on her drive, or blocking her drive whilst her own car is on it.

Do you actually know the mum to call her "lazy" though? My DS has a life long illness that means lots of medication and treatment in the morning but is not obvious to someone who doesn't know us. We are always cutting it fine in the morning and getting there early isn't an option unless we get up earlier than we already do at 5am. If someone was kind enough to do this for me I'd really appreciate it. It's just a downside of driving to a school in a residential area.

Eliza9917 · 31/01/2019 09:45

Okay... i never said i wanted to.park there..i have a few drops to do but do them at a time where i am able to still park. I said in my post petty i no but it just one of then things because there is grandparents who drop children with mobility issies that could use that space theres people who get up early just for parking this woman drives down at 8.45 minutes before the bell!!! Jesus

So what. Suck it up. Catchments should be enforced and driving kids to school should be banned anyway unless there are disabilities involved.

Think how the residents feel with their road being blocked twice a day.

Beenherebefore · 31/01/2019 09:46

Of course she drives down at 8.45, she has someone who saves a space for her - what a touch! At least one nice thing that happens in her day, good for her, may we all have at least 1 thing in our lives like that!

RupaulsGagRace · 31/01/2019 09:47

First rule of cat mention.
We need a photo of the cat.

FrancisCrawford · 31/01/2019 09:47

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Escumator · 31/01/2019 09:47

The residents moved there knowing there was a school on the road knowing there would be parkin issues 2 times a day. If driving to school was banned all my children would be last everyday (except the first).

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debbie1990 · 31/01/2019 09:48

The grandparents dropping off children with mobility problems would usually be entitled to a blue badge and could park closer if necessary. You said yourself you would park on this road so its not like you are really that bothered by these people or you'd park further away to allow for them...

VanGoghsDog · 31/01/2019 09:48

That doesn't make any sense at all. Why would her friend not just park over the end of her driveway if the woman whose house it is isn't going out at that time, freeing up a space on the road?

It's not illegal to park in front of dropped kerbs (everyone thinks it is), only to block someone in, so if the drive is empty you can and if the driveway owner lets you, you can.