Skippy06 Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 There's nothing I like more than walking to school with my children, when I have the chance to. Unfortunately I have to drive them to school as I have to make a mad dash to my workplace straight after. Does that make me lazy? I think this about sums it up. Most people are either going to dash of to work or are doing the mad dash back from work. My daughter isn't ready for school yet but I do the school run twice a week. One day it's dropping them off and it is a mad dash to get to work for about 9.30 I then do a 7.30 hour day and have to be home to pick daughter up and get her in bed for about 6.30 -(at least 30 minute journey from work home). The other time I do the school run is picking up on my day off - I normally have two sleeping babies in the car from shopping so find it much easier waiting in the car at school instead of going home getting the double buggy waking them both up and having the cream for 10 minutes walking to and from school.
KenH Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 At my children's school the real issue isn't the people who use cars, it is the way they drive and, especially, the way they park. It extremely dangerous for children to cross the raods near the school because of inconsiderate and idle people who park on the pavement. One day a fairly stupid, idle, woman entirely blocked the path in front of me with her car. On asking her to move whe replied that she had to rush off to work and didn't have time to use the car park. Funnily enough this same idle woman can be seen most days gossipping outside the scholl rather than rushing off to her high powered city job.
luybell Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 change your working hours under employment law you have the right to flexible working Lol! Is this a joke? I am not being argumentative and I know what the law says but I actually work for the government & have to really fight every little issue. Work life balance is also a joke. If the government can't get this right then what hope do we have for other employers to abide by this. I walk to school if I can but on the days I work I have to drive as I have to dash straight off to nursery then work. I have 3 children to drop of at 3 different places & literally could not do this on foot. I do try to walk as much as possible. I know what the OP means but this really is a sweeping generalisation.
fluffystuff Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 change your working hours under employment law you have the right to flexible working Yes we all have the right to ask but the employer doesnt have to agree
Foxprom Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 change your working hours under employment law you have the right to flexible working Nice if you have that luxury of being employed by a corporation or empire big enough to pander to the "needs" of its employees, probably the reeason that some others have to drive their kids to school and chase around like mad things to get to work in time to cover those who are having flexible working times. I have non of those luxurys as I work (very long and hard) for my self, mrs Foxprom works part time and whilst our child was at primary school if needed I would happily take her to school in my Van, normally on the way to work or some work related issue, and why shouldnt I the vehicle is taxed, tested, road legal and runs on fuel which is suficiently taxed to support it. I walked to school as a child simply because we hadnt got a car! as i am sure did many children. Today in howling winds and rain my daughter went to wait for the bus to take her up the hill to her secondary school, at 8.20 she phoned me to say the bus was missing and had had to start walking up to the school and was then worried about being late arriving and getting a bad mark as the doors to school are closed at 8.40. Currently i am unable to drive following an operation on my arm, otherwise i would have gladly driven her to the school. What really boils my P155 is these parking spaces at supermarkets and shopping centres reseved for disabled and kids, I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH GENUINE DISABLED USERS, but the whining parents and non genuine disabled users who have to park within spitting distance of the shop door need to get a life, everyone with a small child has a pram or buggy the car paks are flat parking spaces are all within sight of the shop or shopping centre, why then do they need to be so close, my parents as mentioned earlier didnt even have a car, my sister & I were taken on a bus by mother to be dragged around town all day and taken home with a bag full of shopping from the market or wherever and then walked home from the bus stop, no luxury like taxis for mothers then. I will not park in the spaces that are reserved, but get so annoyed when they are empty and not needed and I have to to park nearly at the arena to find a space at meadowhall that my van will fit into.
Skippy06 Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 What really boils my P155 is these parking spaces at supermarkets and shopping centres reserved for disabled and kids, I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH GENUINE DISABLED USERS, but the whining parents and non genuine disabled users who have to park within spitting distance of the shop door need to get a life, everyone with a small child has a pram or buggy the car parks are flat parking spaces are all within sight of the shop or shopping centre, why then do they need to be so close, my parents as mentioned earlier didn't even have a car, my sister & I were taken on a bus by mother to be dragged around town all day and taken home with a bag full of shopping from the market or wherever and then walked home from the bus stop, no luxury like taxis for mothers then. I will not park in the spaces that are reserved, but get so annoyed when they are empty and not needed and I have to to park nearly at the arena to find a space at meadowhall that my van will fit into. Sorry you do talk Sh17 you comment in your post about walking to school as a child as you didn't have a car then go onto talk about being dragged round town. Like you I have a car which I paid for with hard earned cash and it's all legal with fuel which I also paid tax on so why should I then pay an extra £3 to catch the bus to town and carry heavy bags home. When I go shopping why should I pay an extra £6 for a taxi when I can use said car! I don't need to park in a mother & toddler spot I will park anywhere but don't blame me if the car to the side of me is marked because I have to open both doors to get the children out. No one has asked for mother & toddler spaces to me near the door I would be quite happy for them to be as far away as you like as long as the parking attended leave some trolleys near by for putting said child in. Yes we do have prams but show me someone who can push a pram and a weeks worth of family shopping super woman/man springs to mind. You have made your generalised sweeping controversial statement not get back to the topic "school runs" not mother/toddler & disabled parking.
Minesadouble Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 Is it just me but i have two children I sometimes walk to School or the wife does it what makes me mad is those idiot parents driving to school when they only live a few streets away. I think they should be forced off there lazy selfish backsides and be made to walk in 15 mins walk is hardly going to kill them and might stop there kids getting fat and lazy. I used to walk 2 miles to School and if anyone replys with the usual peraniod but there odd men about thing i dont buy that exscuse its just pandering to media driven hysteria to justfy being to lazy to force there huge backsides out of the car seat:rant: TBH You say 'SOMETIMES' ???? Hardly doing your bit then I always walk - albeit we don't live far away but still would walk anyways! I do agree though - the kids are getting fatter and fatter and I blame the parents !!!!
md25 Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 I don't think anyone should have a problem with parents driving young children to school, but dummy mummies driving their precious artifact older children the fifteen minutes' walk is irksome! I don't think the route to school is one tenth as dangerous as many of those parents think.
ragtag Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 My next door neighbour used to drive his kids to and from school in his 4 x 4 even though it was only 200 yards and he wasn't working. Both kids are fat, heavy and eat sweets all the time. The parking outside the school is a nightmare and on a bus route too. A street opposite the school becomes effectively a one way because of parents parking; if cars going up meet cars coming down, it's deadlock.
Titian Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 change your working hours under employment law you have the right to flexible working As someone has already said... you can apply for it but it doesn't mean you will get it. Also the nature of the work I do it just wouldn't be possible to make that flexible. If it was, children would be educated at night school to fit around my children's day.
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