New - The things that really annoy you

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Fewer cars on the road should be a genuine aspiration. Always.

Just for a kick off, the amount of kids I see getting picked up from school when they could quite easily walk or take a bus is insane.

Yep. Winds me up too, however "the fear" is why parents are reluctant to have their kids walk home.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

When I lived in Bilbrook I had to avoid the Co-Op between 3pm and 4pm because it did my absolute nut in. Hordes of fat kids clogging up the aisles and stuffing their faces with sweets. Get the fuck out of here.

Child obesity is a massive, massive looming problem.

 

[ROVERT47]

Trev's got the cash to just Uber Premium everywhere he dow need no advice

Once again, Fuck off!

 

[machin05]

When I lived in Bilbrook I had to avoid the Co-Op between 3pm and 4pm because it did my absolute nut in. Hordes of fat kids clogging up the aisles and stuffing their faces with sweets. Get the fuck out of here.

Child obesity is a massive, massive looming problem.

Sweets after school aren't the issue really. They'll rot your teeth i suppose, but it's the fast food and ultra-processed garbage that they eat for every meal that is the real contributing factor.

 

[lemonjelly]

Fewer cars on the road should be a genuine aspiration. Always.

Just for a kick off, the amount of kids I see getting picked up from school when they could quite easily walk or take a bus is insane.

This. So much this.
Were I to drive to work (3.5 miles) it would take me an hour. Purely due to how many cars are queueing at every junction. The volume of traffic is obscene.
The same journey via bike is 15 minutes. Hell, I've walked it in the snow in 55 minutes.
Too many drivers are dropping kids at school, or short unnecessary journeys that could be walked.

 

[ROVERT47]

What were they repairing?

All I will say on EV is get yourself in one and try before dismissing. Might be perfect for what you need, might not be but in general ignore the horror stories that people who are not a fan put out there, most of it is utter bollocks

My Son has a Cupra Born (Company Car), he’s driving us down to Heathrow in Jan.
A, I hope it’s got enough juice to get us there and B, for Del’s benefit, I hope there’s enough room for our suitcases.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I hope there’s enough room for our suitcases.

That's the butler's job to sort, surely?

 

[ROVERT47]

This. So much this.
Were I to drive to work (3.5 miles) it would take me an hour. Purely due to how many cars are queueing at every junction. The volume of traffic is obscene.
The same journey via bike is 15 minutes. Hell, I've walked it in the snow in 55 minutes.
Too many drivers are dropping kids at school, or short unnecessary journeys that could be walked.

Absolute chaos around here when Smestow finishes for he day, I love half term.

 

[ROVERT47]

That's the butler's job to sort, surely?

He’s a bit old for that nowadays.

 

[lemonjelly]

Absolute chaos around here when Smestow finishes for he day, I love half term.

My workplace is surrounded by schools & appreciate your experience. A mate used to live opposite a primary school in Codsall & in the 1990s their experience was horrible. Parents parking in front of, or sometimes on people's drives. Codsall ain't so big you need to drive from 1 side to the other ffs!

 

[The Bear]

He’s a bit old for that nowadays.

 

[BillyDee]

The fireworks have started.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Our daughter walks to school and back everyday. It’s about a 30 minute walk either way.

Our son usually gets dropped off but that’s only because he’s too young to walk by himself and my wife would never make it to work on time if they walked. I cycle from work to school to pick him up and we walk back together.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

My daughter walks home in the afternoon, she's 11, takes her about 40 mins. I drop her in the morning on the way to work.

My 7 year old gets dropped and picked up, she's too young to walk yet.

The way people drive around both schools is incredible.

 

[Alan]

I didn’t think it was possible to be a 40 minute walk away from anything over there!

 

[Tredman]

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I didn’t think it was possible to be a 40 minute walk away from anything over there!

Do Americans ever even walk 40 mins?

 

[Alan]

Maybe over the course of a lifetime

 

[b3h]

I didn’t think it was possible to be a 40 minute walk away from anything over there!

A 40 min drive on the other hand is pretty long for me. Couple more hours and I could be most places on holiday

 

[Jack Regan]

Group exercises to come up with a "team mission statement" at 44 years old like I could give a fuck.

 

[machin05]

Group exercises to come up with a "team mission statement" at 44 years old like I could give a fuck.

The. Worst.

Spent a whole day doing that once and I work at a secondary school