Did you really forget how to drop your kids off at school over the summer??

It’s the first day back at school today.

I don’t have kids so it doesn’t really affect me, except when it comes to the drive to work.

I can’t get to the office without passing at least two schools and as usual, it seems that over the summer, the parents have forgotten how to drive, and also forgotten how to behave courteously while dropping their kids off.

This morning, when I came out of our neighbourhood and came to the local junior school, the roads were carnage. Cars were blocking all of the lanes, people were parked on any piece of land they could find. Even the police showed up to try and direct traffic so people could get through.

Did these people really forget how to drop their kids off at school and move on with the minimum of fuss?

It always strikes me how the first couple of days of school are always like this before people start to get back in their routine.

Come on people, summer wasn’t any longer than other years was it? It always amazes me how much more traffic there is on the roads when the schools are back, and not just the roads around the schools.

The roads are a lot quieter in the summer so there must be millions of people who only venture out of their house to take their kids to school.