Impending Rain Makes You Forget

The skies were quite dark today with the threat of rain, so we were all in our rain gear waiting. Ms. Ricks announced that she was going to open the kindergarten wing for drop off as well, but I'm not sure that that actually happened. But she did start the drop off line super early this morning, before everyone was there & before the safety patrol were in their spots. She started the cars rolling at about 7:45! Made for a long morning! But I think the impending rain may have made people forget what certain things mean...

I know that in front of the school there are not two specific, marked out lanes for traffic flow in the morning & afternoon, but there is a sign indicating to form a right lane to turn into the school & a left lane for through traffic. If you see that sign, & you see the flow of traffic, why would you sit in the lane that isn't moving if you need to go straight.

Today we had at least 5-10 cars in the wrong lane, so we think that they are turning into the school, but at the last minute try to go straight. Then they roll their eyes, throw their hands up in the air, & everything else when we have them stop because we are allowing the school traffic out of the school.

And I also think that some people forgot what the big red thing with the word "stop" on it, that we hold up in the air, is. We can be standing right in front of the cars, with our signs up, & people will still keep moving without stopping. A man today did just that. I pointed at my sign because through traffic was coming, & he rolled his eyes at me & shook his head. Okay, dude. You can go, but I'm not responsible when this truck coming hits you.

Also, there is one gentleman who insists on doing a u-turn in front of the school to avoid having to go around to get into the carpool line. I do believe the sheriff needs to see that one! But the thing is, she was sitting about 100 yards away, facing the other direction. I wonder if he would've done it if he had seen her.

And to the impatient man walker, who makes underhanded comments about having to wait, please... Here is my stop sign, feel free to stand out here & do what we do for one morning. Watch for the tags, watch for the people who don't follow the rules, the people who don't stop, & everything else. We are sorry if you have to wait for one minute as we clear out traffic, but dude, would you rather us keep you safe or get you across the street fast?

Sorry for the complaints. It's early dismissal today so I'm sure there will be lots of yahoo's this afternoon who don't normally do pick up. We shall see....

Have a fabulous day!!
~Anneliese