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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have to read the thread to know the responses because this thread is so common.

1. Brayden has sports practice/music lesson/tutoring exactly 20 minutes after school dismissal. Mom needs to be the first person in line, otherwise he will be late.

2. Brayden's little sister has one of the above things exactly 20 minutes after school dismissal and OP needs to be first in line to pick him up in order to get the sibling to her activity.

3. Mom is coming straight from pilates/yoga/orange theory/work and it's not worth it to go home first.

4. It's the only time Mom gets to listen to her favorite podcast/the latest Emily Henry audio book.

5. Mom doesn't like waiting (e.g. she'd rather sit with the car off and parking brake on than wait in line)

6. Brayden doesn't like waiting so mom has to be first.

Let me know if I missed anything!!

My kids take the bus, but when we did Kiss and Ride during Covid, I showed up 5 minutes after the bell rang and sailed through the line. Some people just don't understand that kiss and ride is a well oiled machine and once it gets going, it moves really quickly. No need to show up until the line is already moving.

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I just read the whole thread - I think we hit everything except #2![/quote]

I have 3 kids and #2 is real in my house. I usually can’t or won’t make it to be first in line and will often be a little late. On some days, I have to pick all 3 in a row and drop off and it never goes perfectly smoothly. We live in a high traffic area and I have 3 kids in 3 different schools, all in high traffic areas. The lights before my kids’s schools are terrible and can take 10-20 min alone due to traffic.[/quote]

This is a nice list, but I'd add 7.  Because I know someone who is like this:

7. You are too anxious to carpool with your neighbor 2 doors down, and too anxious to let precious Brayden ride the bus, and you have nothing better to do, so you get to school ridiculously early and wait in your car for Brayden.  This is my neighbor whose kid is in the magnet program with mine.  [/quote]

I can imagine you sitting in your darkened living room, peering from behind your curtains and thinking these lovely thoughts as your neighbor leaves for pick up.

Why are you so into your neighbor’s business? I WFH and have no idea what my neighbors do for school transportation. 
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