Ignorance Must Be Bliss!

 Hey Peeps!  This is Cara, posting my first ever blog post!

I have been at this Crossing Guard gig for almost 4 years now.  Things never cease to amaze me out there on the streets.  This job ain't for sissies!

Yesterday, Anneliese was busy puking up a lung at home with the rest of her family as there is a nasty stomach virus going around.  James, one of our other Crossing Guards, and now the only man on the team, bless his poor estrogen enriched soul, was also out for the day. Needless to say, even though Carrie is now on board, we were still down two Crossing Guards.  This left me dealing with the car pool line rather than my mostly blissful staff parking lot spot.  So, yesterday afternoon I am by myself directing 3 directions of  traffic and walking kids.  A lady is coming from what is typically the moving lane of traffic and I have her stopped to cross my pack of heathens... I mean children (just kidding, they are all awesome) as I am standing in the middle of the street, stop sign up, blood running out of my arm, she decides it's her turn to roll.  I stop her, and tell her "please watch the sign".   Her response, "I thought you were going to walk across with them".  Well, my dear, great excuse, but I don't know if you realized my team of ghosts can't seem to manage the traffic on their own, so it's basically up to me.  And still, there is a stop sign in your face. Don't assume.. cuz well you know what they say about that!

Today, I am back in my mostly blissful parking lot.  A mom comes blazing towards the exit.  I throw my stop sign up, somewhat for shits and giggles, because technically the kids approaching the walk way had a few seconds to get there.  I ask her to please slow down in the parking lot.  "Was I going to fast?" she says.  Um,  that sudden force throwing you towards the windshield wasn't an indication to you???   Any faster and there would have been skid marks.

Ignorance must really be bliss.  All those responsibilities a driver has through a school zone, meh.. maybe tomorrow they will be more obedient to the law.  We'll see...