Tuesday, March 6, 2012

School Parking Lot Rage

I'm feeling the need to vent about my parking lot rage at the kids school.  I got into it with a little mom of one child who felt the need to park wherever she would like.  I'm behind her pulling into the parking lot where she conveniently starts to stop in the middle of the lane.  Turns out she is pulling along the curb to park there.  This is not a parking space and makes it difficult for us moms with the large vehicles to hold the car full of kids to get through.  I'm tired and my crankiness today prompts me to give her the WHAT THE F hand gesture.  She notices this.  I get my point across.  As shes coming out of the school, with her one child in hand she says to me " Oh don't worry about me.  I'm just walking in to pick up my son."  Really?  I can't figure out why else you would be here.  Then the conversation goes like this..
me- you can't park there.  It makes it really difficult for larger vehicles to get through.
Her- well you got through didn't you.
Me- Barely.
Her- gives me dirty looks.
Me- Why don't you park where your suppose to and walk your bootay up there like everyone else.

She gives me a dirty look and drives off.

Seriously.  I have to say that we came from a school that had there drop off/pick up system, and parking lot procedures down.  Almost perfection.  This school...not so much at all.  At this school, everybody just parks wherever they choose and they school is like...welll ok.  We have non-handicapped parents parking in the handicapped spots bc they are clearly too lazy to park an additional 10 feet away from the building, people parking horizontally behind the cars parked vertically.  I had one dad a few weeks ago park so close to me that his passengers side mirror was touching my drivers side mirror.  He got the stare down, not just what what the f hand gesture.  Every once once in a while they decided to enforce the rules.  Really this is usually just on Friday mornings.  That's my usual parking lot rage day.  Its early this week which doesn't make the remainder of the week look good.  Tomorrow  I will purposely get to the school early, steal some cones that they already put out to block off a few spots, and block that spot off.  I'll teach that mom.  If I have to walk her to the main parking area, point out the spots where the cement is painted where your suppose to park, I can do that too.  We have a few Asian drivers at our school which are usually the culprits, but this mom was white and American.  No excuse for her.  I think the principal and I need to have a chat.  I think he needs my superior organizational skills.  There would be far less bitching BTW parents if they actually enforced the rules.  I'll be happy to stand out there everyday and give out parking violations.  I may just suggest this tomorrow!

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