The way people drive at my children's school gives me fits. The layout of the drop-off zone is very easy to follow. There's one long curb for people to pull up to. You drop off your kid and pull forward, then out. However, there's usually a really long line which can sometimes reach a half-mile long or more. Impatient parents will often pull onto the shoulder and then cut back in later in an attempt to skip the line. Instead of waiting for the curb line to move forward, they'll also dart around cars there too, including those in line/ actively dropping off children. It's bad.
This is the only place where I get "road rage." It makes me mad that I'll sit in line waiting and they won't. It also frustrates me because it's an elementary school and there are small kids everywhere. It's just a matter of time before one of these impatient parents kills a kid because they can't be bothered to spare a few minutes to wait in line.
Today while I was waiting in line and got cut off, I said out loud (yeah, I talk to other drivers... I bet you do too) "Ooh... you're a special kind of person," and then to another driver, "Cut me off and I'll squish you." (I wasn't serious. Just venting and being silly.) My daughter shook her head in disgust and expressed frustration too, and then it hit me. What if I actually said those things to people in real life? I wouldn't. I'd either get decked or put in an insane asylum. My kids and I actually had a good laugh about what life would be like if we all talked to people the way we do from our cars. So, now I'm curious... what would happen if you guys talked to people the way you do from you car? O_o
