Wed 21 March 2007 - When the rain comes
You know, there’s a reason they’re called golf umbrellas.
It doesn’t make them suited for crowded CBD footpaths.
And why is it that smaller people seem to like them so much? You’d think they had less body mass that needed rain protection.
Fair enough if multiple people are cowering under them I suppose. But more often than not, it’s just one person.
By the way, I reckon parking inspectors could write loads of tickets if they just turned up to schools at drop-off time (especially when it’s raining) and fined those clueless/selfish people who treat the drop-off zones as regular parking spots.
March 21st, 2007 at 8:06am
You can’t expect people, especially busy parents with 4-wheel drives, to park a little way down the road and actually allow their children to WALK the 100 metres to the school gate. Daniel, this would constitute child abuse.
PS At our primary school, it’s apparently OK to park in bus zones, 2 minute drop-off spots and disabled areas for over 30 minutes. Must be a new council by-law.
March 21st, 2007 at 10:49am
I don’t know why people even use umbrellas anymore. It rains so rarely that you think people might want to savour the moment and just enjoy it.
March 21st, 2007 at 3:30pm
no doubt a ‘ban’ is proposed for these insensitive umbrella wielders.
March 21st, 2007 at 10:26pm
Thomas/Alfred: As I’ve said before, I only suggest banning things that needlessly kill people.
Though I might make an exception for annoying blog comment posters who refuse to back-up their assertions and randomly change their alias.
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:20am
I love the “Illegal Parking Around School Endangers Young Lives” stickers. It’s like a giant beacon screaming out “Watch how bad a driver I am elsewhere”. More often than not, it’s very very true.