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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP the point of carpool is to reduce (not increase) the number of times you need to drive your kid.  Most people who carpool do so because on balance, driving the other kids is more than balanced out by the days off driving duty.

That said, with the pandemic, if that's the reason you don't want to carpool you could say you aren't carpooling yet.  [/quote]

Defending OP, I know this is the point, but in actuality, there are many working parents who have so many reasons why they can't uphold their end of the carpooling bargain.  It isn't always the case, but frequently the carpooling ends up less 50-50 and more 75-25 with the working parents almost inevitably the 25.  I'm a working parent and I've had many working parents try this stunt on my.  They text me at the last minute that their boss blah-blah-blah and can I go and pick up the kids.  They think that because my job is flexible that it is easier for me to go and pick up "all the kids" than for them to get out of their work commitment.  Sorry, not playing that game.  I'll take care of my kids and make my own arrangements.  I'd rather go everyday, schedule it so that I know what my schedule and commitments will be like than to make plans and have a disorganized other parent keep making me look disorganized for having to make frequent last minute changes to my schedule to accommodate them.

Yes, I know that not every parent is like that, but enough of them are that it discourages many of us from trying to find normal equal carpool duties with responsible parents for fear of ending up with the irresponsible ones.[/quote]

Ive been in a gazillion carpools and have never experienced a working parent like this.

Anyway... what I have found is most people are very unorganized and can't remember the schedule and I'm constantly dealing with texts... "who's picking up today"... "what time is pick up again" "can you switch Monday and Wednesday, did I say wednesday, i meant Thursday... Thursday... do i pick up today?

This is what I found annoying, some people are just unorganized and I can't take texts during my day because i'm busy... if your too flighty to make a calendar, i can't carpool with you.[/quote]

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