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[quote=Anonymous]Please stop.

1. Some schools have magnet buses dropping the kids off about an hour after the school finishes.   So, don't use the bus loop as your parking space just because you are too lazy to walk that extra 10 to 20ft.   You are blocking the buses from getting through.  The bus drivers will not let the kids out of the bus if they cannot pull right up to the school.   And if you are in the car waiting, FFS, get out of the way.  Drive out of the loop and come back in if you must.  Don't just sit there expecting the bus driver to try to navigate around you.

2. If you are picking up your child from after care, don't park in the dropoff loop and get out of your car.  You are blocking other cars from getting through.  And if you have a toddler in the car, don't leave your car running in the loop with your toddler strapped in, while you go into after care, and the doors close behind you.  I was very tempted to say something to the after care provider.  I am normally a MYOB type of person, but this is a bonehead move.

I have witnessed both these things at Ritchie Park ES, but I'm betting that this occurs in other ESs.

While I am at it, stop double parking on the street in front of a store waiting for someone.  It reduces the street to one lane with cars trying to get through on either direction.  It's one thing if the person you are picking up is already outside waiting for you, and it only take a few seconds for that person to get in the car, but it's a whole other thing if that person is in the store, and you are just waiting, blocking traffic.  Drive around the block until the person comes out.  And FFS, if you are blocking traffic, don't just sit there staring at your phone.  Pay attention to what's going around you and you'll notice that people are getting really annoyed with you.

Have a nice day.  That is all.   [/quote]

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