I have to post this, because the very week I aired this complaint in this post in a recent thread, the situation improved - as if by magic. It could have been a coincidence, but there is a small chance that someone associated with the school in question was reading, and took action. If not, maybe some other local resident made a direct approach.
This was the basic complaint:
Note: I didn't name the school or specify the location, but a later post by another poster who used to work at that school, knows me personally and knows exactly which route I was talking about, gave some more details and all but identified the school.
There are stewards working there, supposedly to control the drop-off process, who never seemed to do much to control badly-stopped vehicles, because like many employees in these situations, they would probably get the: "Do you know WHO I am?" response from anyone they dared to challenge, and risk losing their jobs. Note again: this goes a long way to explain certain behaviours by certain social sectors in certain situations.
Mr C did the morning school run on Friday and when he got back, he reported that things had improved in that particular spot. I did it this morning and what they appear to have done is stopped people from parking on one side of the street, so that through traffic can pass unhindered.
If by any chance the comments on DR1 had anything to do with this, I would like to express my thanks. We can now think of leaving home just that little bit later in the mornings, which is a most welcome development.
Credit where credit is due!
This was the basic complaint:
First day back at school for Chirimoyito and the trip involved running the gauntlet of the parents and chauffeurs taking their kids to another school, who block one of the side streets on our route. They simply stop their vehicles in the middle, once the sides of the road are taken up, and the lesser mortals in transit have to wait patiently until their precious cargo has been unloaded.
Note: I didn't name the school or specify the location, but a later post by another poster who used to work at that school, knows me personally and knows exactly which route I was talking about, gave some more details and all but identified the school.
There are stewards working there, supposedly to control the drop-off process, who never seemed to do much to control badly-stopped vehicles, because like many employees in these situations, they would probably get the: "Do you know WHO I am?" response from anyone they dared to challenge, and risk losing their jobs. Note again: this goes a long way to explain certain behaviours by certain social sectors in certain situations.
Mr C did the morning school run on Friday and when he got back, he reported that things had improved in that particular spot. I did it this morning and what they appear to have done is stopped people from parking on one side of the street, so that through traffic can pass unhindered.
If by any chance the comments on DR1 had anything to do with this, I would like to express my thanks. We can now think of leaving home just that little bit later in the mornings, which is a most welcome development.
Credit where credit is due!