L’uomo di Howden Lollipop ha detto di smettere di dare ai bambini di alto livello – BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3w469ypxzxo
di CasualSmurf
L’uomo di Howden Lollipop ha detto di smettere di dare ai bambini di alto livello – BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3w469ypxzxo
di CasualSmurf
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Haha the article had to explain what PC meant. Damn they must have been mad not getting a chance to fire out woke officials say no to high fives.
>In a social media post, he said he could not high-five the children anymore, because “it upsets some drivers having to wait another 10 seconds”.
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>East Riding of Yorkshire Council said it was vitally important children learned to cross the road safely, without any distractions.
I’d say the council is right.
Even high fives are frowned upon, depressing country
Sounds like a total cuntsworth in the council. Judging from the article, locals are against it.
> “He’s going to hold the traffic up to let the kids across so I wouldn’t have thought it would add any more time to people’s journeys at all. It’s crazy.”
The fact we need someone in high vis clothing to go and stand in the middle of the road to ensure drivers adhere to the conditions of their driving licenses is a damning indictment of the system we’ve built and normalised.
He needs to stop lying to kids too. The other week he told us that Jackie Chan was coming to see him for some paint. One coat gloss he told us.
I’ll get banned if I use the language I want to. Suffice to say that it is utterly damning that we are putting car-brained morons’ convenience over friendly human interaction.
Heaven forbid cars and SUVs are forced to wait longer for small kids to cross a road.
Convenience of the driver comes first as always.
Yes, children need to learn cross the road safely, but the real story is that this should be seen as a damning indictment of the rubbish infrastructure we’ve chosen to build. The fact we have lollypop men and women is by itself a problem with urban design – they shouldn’t be necessary. We really should be prioritising getting cars off the road, providing realistic alternatives for people.
What you’re communicating to children through this is that they aren’t the priority: the cars are. You’re communicating that they are an inconvenience to the drivers, not the other way around, i.e. that drivers are an inconvenience to them. If this man can inject a little bit of joy into the start of children’s days with a high five at the cost of 10 seconds of drivers’ time, then I say keep going.
[Motornormativity.](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/17/motonormativity-britons-more-accepting-driving-related-risk)
It’s not like once the cars get past the lollipop man there is a vast empty clearway where they can continue on cruise control for the rest of their day. If anything, the extra delay will open up a slightly bigger space in front of them for a few hundred yards lol. Same with any slow moving traffic, cyclists, tractors etc. it doesn’t amount to anything.
slow walk to the centre of the road. don’t allow any children on the road until all cars have come to a complete halt. very carefully look round, allow one child at a time across the road and then slow walk to the side of the road. keeping a very close eye on all traffic then allow the cars to continue on their journey. fuck them
An we wonder why kids was are having socialisation problems an suffering from anxiety.
Wow you guys still have lollipop folk. Both of ours lost their jobs over a year ago due to council cuts. Council and schools both said “children should know how to cross a road by now” this is a primary school.
I mean.. if he just holds out his hand, without moving, there is nothing slowing the crossing if kids decide to high five as they walk past.
Does anyone ever post any actual news in this sub or is it all just “the world’s gone MAD” boomer rage bait
Lollipop folk should be given a legal obligation to give the finger to drivers who lack discipline and patience.
This country is so fucking joyless it’s actually a little distressing sometimes
It’s utterly ridiculous (commonplace today sadly) that we have ridiculous OTT “safety” rules that kill all the joy of living.
Once he’s stopped traffic, he doesn’t need to be focussed on the road – his attention *should* be on the kids and I recall from my childhood, the interaction with the crossing man was important. He was a friendly, yet professional face.
Take that away and we may as well just have green/red lights on boxes by the side of the road. In fact why bother sending kids to school at all and all the dangers of interacting with other humans that that entails. Simply plop them in front of a screen at home and they can learn from an AI teacher. [/s (because you never know)]
Agree with the council.
Get across that road, then piss about.
Council are right IMO. Save the high-fives for the pavement.
On the road, the school crossing patrol should be using his hands for directing traffic.
I mean, when I worked as a SCP, I was also told not to give High Five to the kids
Lock him up, I say, and throw away the key. Think of your middle-aged SUV-driving comrade running late to her secret coffee date with her yoga instructor/lifestyle guru.
Stepping back from the obvious ‘it’s all a bit silly, the council should get a life’ the reality is the crossing patrol person is responsible for those children’s lives whilst they are under his care, he should be concentrating on traffi and the likelihood that there are idiots out there who might place his young charges at risk. Whilst high-diving he is looking at kids, bantering and being nice but he is not concentrating on his job. Result: pack it in, watch the traffic and protect the kids.
Give anyone the opportunity to say no and they generally will!