Today was a very weird morning! We had all kinds of things going on & not all of them good! Let's see, where should we start.
To the people who pull a u-turn right in front of the school, you can't do this! Number 1, it's a school zone during drop off! There are hundreds of people going in and coming out of the school. The possibility of you causing an accident is pretty high especially during these peak hours! Number 2, there are people who are waiting in line. They may not be right there at that moment, but the crossing guards a few feet in front of you have stopped them to allow the walkers to cross the street. Don't be rude & cut in line of those people who have been waiting. Number 3, you may not know this, but the sheriff has asked us to get licence plate numbers of the offenders and send them to her, which I did to the gentleman who decided to pull a u-turn this morning. We know who the other offenders are, so we will be getting those numbers as well. So if you see one of the crossing guards with a phone in her hand, we are not chatting away or texting, when our phones are out we are using the cameras to catch offenders.
What makes this morning's u-turn incident a bit funny is that after I got a picture of his licence plate when he came out of the school he rolled down his window & commented on our cool (camel) hats. Carrie & I looked at each other & agreed that he probably saw us get his licence plate number & was trying to sweet talk us. It didn't work, pal!
We had another person sitting in the carpool line & must've waited there a bit because she was in it! At the very last minute, she decided to go straight as cars were coming out of the school. I had to quickly stop her to avoid an accident & then advised her the flow of traffic in the morning. She was a bit embarrassed, but I bet she doesn't do that again.
We had a mother decide to drop her child off right at our crosswalk! Pulled right up to the crosswalk & stopped, then let her child out of the car who immediately started to cross the street while cars are coming out of the school! Carrie kept asking the child to get back onto the sidewalk, but he stayed standing right in the street! She spoke to the mother & advised her that she cannot do this that she needs to either get in the carpool line or go to the pool & drop them off there. Her comment back to Carrie, "Oh, we were just running late this morning." Sorry, if everyone did that it would be mad chaos every morning! Why do you think that the rules don't apply to you? The funny thing about this is that we still had a steady stream of cars going into the school. She wouldn't have been late.
On a positive note, it is Wednesday so the camels make an appearance! In fact, in honor of Veteran's day, George (my camel) was sporting an American Flag. We had a gentleman stop behind us, roll down the window, and say, "What's up with the camels?" We yelled, "It's Hump Day!" He laughed & said, "Of course!" We also had a woman roll down her window and say, "I feel every big of Wednesday already this morning, but seeing you guys & your hats, it always puts a smile on my face." Then our dear friend Kim made some comments that I am not able to put here, but if you use your imagination about camels, I'm pretty sure you can guess what she said. ;) But they made us smile. Those happy comments, & people waving & laughing with us, that is what makes this job fun. It is what you make it, right?
And we have not forgotten the Veteran's out there. Thank you for all that you do and have done for our country. We appreciate your service & the price that you paid for our freedom!
~Anneliese
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