to get slightly irritated when I'm pushed for time and my local lollypop lady...

[VacheFolle]

decides she wants to halt the traffic at regular intervals and let across perfectly capable adults with NO CHILDREN WHATSOEVER with them, who I imagine are quite familiar with road safety by now...Grr. Am I being unreasonable then? Is it just me?

[moondog]

Me too Voluptua (although it would be hard to gain this impression from my MN persona).

[moondog]

Interesting thread recently by a whole load of MNers who had all decided to be continuously nice to their dhs and were having amazing results.

[VoluptuaGoodshag]

OK lets all join hands and sing some Dylan songs Come on Vache, you know it'll make you feel good .....

[VacheFolle]

Im with ya

[Troutpout]

pmsl @ Hassled gently and persuasively being led across roads by understanding LL's

[Desiderata]

How many roads must a man walk down ...

[cornsilk]

Moondog that thread sounds interesting - where would I find it?

[moondog]

[[http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/7/484504 Here Cornsilk. Note it leads onto another thread as well]

[moondog]

Here

[cornsilk]

Thanks

[Alambil]

Our LPM comes out into the road whilst the people (parents and kids) are APPROACHING - they can be a good 50 metres away and we have to sit there waiting for them to stroll up the hill to cross the road - it is REALLY annoying!

YANBU by the way

[VoluptuaGoodshag]

The answer my friend is blowing in the wind ......

[unknownrebelbang]

YABU.

Our local lollipop peeps cross adults too.

[cory]

It is an interesting attitude among my car-driving friends that noone who is walking can ever be in a hurry or going anywhere important. Being on your two feet equates with dawdling along in a leisurely manner to nowhere in particular. Never dashing off to a business meeting or catching the 9.13.

[mrsruffallo]

God, it only takes a minute for people to cross the road.
Some drivers are so impatient, it's annoying.
Your lollypop lady sounds very considerate
YABU

[MotherFunk]

Message withdrawn

[cheesesarnie]

yay motherfunk-well said!i might print off your post and give it to all the peole on the school run that drive around the corner to the school and still get funny!

[VacheFolle]

ooh, haven't checked this thread since I last posted. Possibly should have mentioned before but half the time I AM A PEDESTRIAN and when out with my youngest in a buggy greatly appreciate our lollypop lady...however I never feel the need when I'm on my own, Maybe it's just me then?

[cory]

I often miss the bus because it takes me 10 minutes to cross the road in front of my house and noone ever slows down for me, let alone stops- I only wish there was a friendly lollipop lady to help me across. Or traffic lights.
Tell me, VacheFolle, do you find it equally annoying that traffic lights stop the traffic flow to help ablebodied adults across? Should ablebodied adults just jump over the cars?

[nkf]

How can you be cross with a lollipop lady. It's like committing GBH on a kitten.

[3NAB]

YABU

[3NAB]

at nkf

[VacheFolle]

LOL..have nothing against traffic lights or kittens!

[CaptainUnderpants]

YABU - very unreasonable ! If you dont like being stopped by the lollipop lady then either go a differnt route or walk !

The school is very lucky to have a lollipop lady - our school has been without one for a year and it is very difficult to get people to do this job !

get a grip !

[OrmIrian]

Our lollipop lady stopped the traffic to let me across the road when I was out running. I was not pleased. I needed a rest and was counting on having to stop for ooh.. at least 1 minute to get my breath back. As it was I had to carry on ...and run faster because all those cars were lined up watching me! Cow!