Lollipop man banned from giving children high-fives

[namecraft]

people shake my hand not knowing of all the sperm/piss/blood/feces on it

heh heh

[MatadorMedia]

The school board must be trying to annoy him into retirement with idiotic rules.

[Ozzyorcborne]

Sounds like the work of an annoying busybody that was late to their loser job by 5 minutes. Must have threatened the school board by saying "Ima puts it on my assbook and twatter and makes the skool looks bad hurr durr". Im glad the parents are pissed about the ban as well.

[digichi]

honestly dumb decision. Kids walking to primary school are escorted by their parents, and if they walk to school it's drilled into them that they should look both ways before crossing. Cars also stop by themselves to let kids past because ppl know how to have courtesy.

Lollypop dudes are just there as that extra seal of safety, they're not flying a fucken airplane, let them high five if they want to.

[Orlong]

For Safety crossing, Holds a Sign to stop traffic and ensures that "mostly" Children at the crossing cross safely.

Lollipop an is a stupid name for that job. It sounds like hes some creep going around handing out lollipops, and it doesnt even make sense to call them that. How about sign man, or an accurate name like we call them in the US "School Crossing Guard". Im also quite surprised in overly PC UK that the SJWs havent started a campaign to make them lollipop Person since "man" isnt inclusive enough

[Orlong]

Does it matter? It has been a job for god knows how many years. Back when I was a kid, my school was next to a busy road and we didn't have any lights nearby to stop traffic because it isn't common to have stop lights on roads surrounded by streets. Many kids would have had to wait ages to cross the road so having someone work as a Lollypop Man/Lady allowed them to get to school and cross the roads without worrying about being late or trying to get across a busy road. It didn't dumb us down, it didn't complicate things when someone wasn't there to help us across, they're not there 24/7, they stick around for an hour at the most while kids are going to school and leaving.

Meanwhile everyone else is late to work because they stop traffic for 15 minutes to let herds of kids cross and traffic just keeps backing up, then all the parents who refuse to put their damn kids on a schoolbus have to drive them to school and the line to drop them off backs up onto the main road cause even more traffic problems, and then you have the kids who drive themselves to school because they think they are cool and want to rush home right away causing even more traffic. How about we mandate ALL kids must ride the bus, no exceptions, and forbid parent drop offs and walkers. Tons of money would also be saved because we wouldnt have to pay crossing guards, and the stress levels of everyone would be reduced because we could get to work much smoother due to there being much lighter traffic and no need to stop

[Themius]

A crossing guard. The Stop-Sign on a Stick looks a lot like a Lollipop. I mean, jesus, you would practically have to live under a rock to not make that connection within 5 seconds after reading the article...... oh wait. You probably didn't read the article did you.

This is just... overly aggressive for no reason. They’re called crossing guards in America. Do you think local dialect shoood be universally understood or something?

[Super Kami Dende]

Which they wouldn't need if they had been properly taught to pay attention for the few moments they cross a road. If that's too much to ask already, I doubt any schooling could teach them any further.


That's bad. How do the poor children whose classes start late or end early cross the roads then? Do they wait? /s


Urban planning failure and keeping a speed limit is like the first thing you learn for driving. If you can't do THAT, you better throw your license away immediately. Fucking hell, is behaving responsibly completly out the windows these days?


Someone that fucks up this badly will hardly be stopped by an elderly with a nifty sign in his hand... The whole concept is totally strange to me.

Your inability to understand simple concepts is not reason enough for Lollipop crossing Guards to be unneeded.

[Orlong]

If there are no crossing guards where you live its because you live in a town where the cows outnumber the people. Don't be stupid. Kids get mowed down all the time. Whats the more viable solution, to put a crossing guard near schools, or to just blindly bank that *everyone* is going to be a 5 star driver?

Come on.

Third option. Make them ride the school busses that we are already running whether they are on them or not

[digichi]

Cars don’t always stop and not all primary kids are escorted by their parents. I’ve seen cars that don’t see the lollipop person and just drive through. They don’t realize it till they’re in the middle of the intersection.

wow that's a special kind. Over here since the limit is 40-60km/hr in a school zone, ppl are driving so slow that a flamboyant fluoro 70 year old standing in the street is pretty hard to miss. Youd think that seeing happy kids high fiving is slightly more preferable than just twiddling thumbs for 10 secs in traffic.

[MisterBigglez]

Meanwhile everyone else is late to work because they stop traffic for 15 minutes to let herds of kids cross and traffic just keeps backing up, then all the parents who refuse to put their damn kids on a schoolbus have to drive them to school and the line to drop them off backs up onto the main road cause even more traffic problems, and then you have the kids who drive themselves to school because they think they are cool and want to rush home right away causing even more traffic. How about we mandate ALL kids must ride the bus, no exceptions, and forbid parent drop offs and walkers. Tons of money would also be saved because we wouldnt have to pay crossing guards, and the stress levels of everyone would be reduced because we could get to work much smoother due to there being much lighter traffic and no need to stop

Kids driving cars to school? WTF!

If you being late for work is a problem, set off early, stop being lazy in bed, you can get up 15 mins earlier to avoid any conflict with your boss.

What if you live nearby, why take a car? What if the parent cannot afford a car and theres no school buses?

Also, your solution to this, making buses madatory, do you expect buses to pick up over 200 kids every weekday? They could live all over the place. It just wouldn't work.

[Mic_128]

Third option. Make them ride the school busses that we are already running whether they are on them or not

What about those that don't have school busses? Or have routes that don't match up where people live? Or where they have to cross a busy street to get to the bus stop? Don't be an idiot.

How about we mandate ALL kids must ride the bus, no exceptions, and forbid parent drop offs and walkers. Tons of money would also be saved because we wouldnt have to pay crossing guards,

Except that crossing guards cost a lot less than bus drivers. And insurance for the busses. And fuel for the busses.

and the stress levels of everyone would be reduced because we could get to work much smoother due to there being much lighter traffic and no need to stop

I fail to see how making people ride busses instead of walking would make less traffic.

[Katchii]

Meanwhile everyone else is late to work because they stop traffic for 15 minutes to let herds of kids cross and traffic just keeps backing up, then all the parents who refuse to put their damn kids on a schoolbus have to drive them to school and the line to drop them off backs up onto the main road cause even more traffic problems, and then you have the kids who drive themselves to school because they think they are cool and want to rush home right away causing even more traffic. How about we mandate ALL kids must ride the bus, no exceptions, and forbid parent drop offs and walkers. Tons of money would also be saved because we wouldnt have to pay crossing guards, and the stress levels of everyone would be reduced because we could get to work much smoother due to there being much lighter traffic and no need to stop

1) Take a route that doesn't take you through school zones/ passed crossing guards? There are several apps out now that can tell you which route is the fastest based on real time traffic reports and stuff. Or...y'know, plan your day better? If there's always traffic in these areas and you know there will be ahead of time, if you don't plan accordingly it's your fault. But go ahead and keep blaming everyone else for your bad decisions/ problems.

2) School buses cost tax dollars and are not an absolute requirement or benefit from the school district. School District my kids are in just took away all the buses except for special needs kids because of funding and costs. Busing costs a LOT of money. https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=67

[Socialhealer]

With your logic, the man could start doing his job blindfolded since he has a perfect record.

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The job entails more than just controlling children. You are also controlling the traffic flow, which you can not do while you are busy high fiving. It is easy to blame the big bad school administration, but what do you think will happen if a child dies because the crossing guard was distracted?

oh shit we've a fucking lollipop expert on the forums, how many years have you been doing it?

/fuckingfacepalm.

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Lollipop an is a stupid name for that job. It sounds like hes some creep going around handing out lollipops, and it doesnt even make sense to call them that. How about sign man, or an accurate name like we call them in the US "School Crossing Guard". Im also quite surprised in overly PC UK that the SJWs havent started a campaign to make them lollipop Person since "man" isnt inclusive enough

oh look it's AmericaMan bashing everything non-US again, that never gets boring does it?

and if the first thing that comes into your head is lollipop man = some paedophile trying to lure kids well shit thats a tough life just seeing everything in a sick and twisted way.

[igualitarist]

When i saw "lollipop man' i thought it was a man licking a lollipop while giving high fives to school kids. Pretty creepy image that came to my head.

[Socialhealer]

I don’t get it. Are you making fun of him for doing it, or do you just refuse to accept what the job actually entails? Do you frequently take your kids to school and encounter lollipop workers? You do have to control the children and traffic. They’re dealing with 4 lanes of traffic in a lot of cases, so they're trying to make sure all drivers stop, and all children walk from cross-walk to cross-walk and not straight across the intersection to save time.

And as I said earlier, not alll traffic stops, which is beyond me, but it happens. Kids need to be attentive, as well as the guy guiding them safely across.

it was sarcasm that should of been obvious no?

[Socialhealer]

No, it’s not obvious, especially with all the people here saying this isn’t serious. To anyone who thinks it isn’t:

Think about a 4 lane intersection (A, B, C & D). You have kids and cars at all 4 points. All the kids are trying to get to point A (school sidewalk). When the Lollipop man walks out to stop traffic, majority of the kids are coming from point B. He walks closer to this cross-walk (out of the middle of the road) and starts high-fiving them, not paying attention to the kids at points C & D, who are making their way around to point A, cause again, they can’t cut across the intersection. Suddenly, a car from point C, unknowingly to the Lollipop man, decides to turn onto point D because he thinks it’s clear, since majority of the kids are coming from point A, and it’s not like he’s going straight across the intersection.

Since the Lollipop man was distracted by giving high-fives to the kids at point B, he had his back turned to points C & D, and wasn’t able to see the driver that decided to turn anyway. That can cause a child to get hit, since so many think traffic will stop when the Lollipop man tells them to, and because drivers don’t always pay attention and see children, especially ones that suddenly dart out.

but for 14 years this didn't happen, only in 2018 do we cry and complain about shit that ain't broken that desperately needs fixing at the cost of fun and happiness to everyone.

soon no-one will die from anything because of good old health & safety we'll all be safe and miserable 24/7 what a world to look forward to!

[Osiria]

This right here is what sexual paranoia looks like. Probably a bunch of derp parents thinking bad stuff about an old person doing nothing but being nice to kids.

That, or they're that sort of parents who don't want their kids getting along with "certain types".

[Socialhealer]

It doesn’t matter. He’s distracted and clean record doesn’t mean it won’t happen, and the potential accident could be a direct result of him being distracted.

I’ve seen cars do what I said above, expect our lollipop guy stayed in the middle and paid attention.

distracted? he's 83 there's 1000's of people on the road more distracted than him killing people everyday, but yeah lets whine about an old man who's never failed and making children happy /sigh

[turboether]

Where I live, children are taught how to approach road crossings and drivers are taught to keep an extra eye out when around school areas. There are no people here that have to nanny them across a road, and we don't need them apparently. There are zebra strips or signals, kids know to only cross at those, drivers know to stop when red or people at the strip. And roads that cross school walks are usually limited to 30km/h. What's so complicated about that, that you need someone watching over this every-day setting?

This screams silly band aid solution to an entirely different and important problem that just wouldn't exist if people were just less shitty drivers and parents did their fucking job. Doesn't even take that much.

It's a job for old people that still want to do some volunteer work for their community in their retirement, leave them be