(04-25-2022, 05:08 PM)Mikey Wrote:

(04-25-2022, 12:54 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: There's an elementary school in my neighborhood.  Parents line up in their cars to pick up their kids 45 minutes before school lets out.  There will be 1000 foot long line of cars down the street 45 minutes before school lets out.  What's up with that?

My wife was doing that, and sitting in the hot car idling while the AC struggled to offset the AC. Then she realized (like this guy) that she could just wait 15 mins after school lets out and basically drive right to the door with no wait and bonus of having an hour more free time around the house.

(Caveat: This only works if the rest of the parents stick to the idling in line strategy)

I will say all our kids are in one school, so pickup isn't a logistical nightmare. If you have a kid in middle and a kid in elementary the dismissal times are fairly close and you want stop 1 to be done ASAP so you can haul down the road and get in line for the other.

If it doesn’t work out to where you can pick up both in separate schools, sounds like a great time to pick a favorite.  “Say, kids… which one wants to get picked up my mommy while the other  rides the (shudder) dirty germ infested school bus?!”  If you say it with a smile, you might be able to get away with it for about a year or so before they catch on and hate you.  Unless you have older kids.  May not work with older kids too well.

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