So since school has started back up in Seminole County I have been quickly reminded of one my biggest pet peeves. No it's not getting stuck behind a school bus or having to cut your speed in half for a school zone... it's kidnappers/pedafiles, etc. Ill explain.
Every morning when I drive to work it is still dark outside and school buses are not picking up students yet. However that doesn't mean students aren't waiting for the buses. When I went to school there was always a group of us hanging out at the bus stop waiting to be picked up by that big yellow beast. Whether we were jocks, popular, nerds, or just plain weird... we looked out for each other. Today, I feel like it's not like that anymore. Now, kids wait in their parents cars.... and I believe it's because of all that crappy and bad people that are out there trying to take people's kids. So what's the pet peeve? These parents park on the side of the street at the entrance of their neightborhoods... where what do ya know there's a traffic light. And since they are parked there waiting on the bus, they set off the sensor making their light turn green, with no one wanting to "Go" except me... who now has the red light.
You may think no big deal... but how annoying is it when it happens 4-5x in a row... on the same road. It's incredibly frustrating and tests my patience so early in the morning. I don't blame the parents, I blame the horrible people in the world that have now casted this shadow of fear that kids can't even wait at the bus stop anymore. So sad.
