ALWAYS SOMEBODY READY TO INTERFERE ISN'T THERE?

ALWAYS SOMEBODY READY TO INTERFERE ISN'T THERE?

Some anonymous person has made a complaint to the crossing administrator, saying that 'correct' procedures are not being used. Last week the administrator sent this out to patrol people:

It's been brought to my attention that correct calls are not being made before allowing your customers to cross the road. The checks and calls are imperative for the safety of both yourselves and the crossers.

The following procedures MUST be followed at all times please.

1. When safe to do so, both sides agree "Signs Out"

2. Once both barriers are out, both of you must check that cars have stopped either side, before the barrier

3. One side shouts across "Check"

4. Other side shouts "Clear"

5. Once "check" and "clear" have been called you may tell your customers to "Cross now".

So this person obviously felt incensed enough to make a complaint but didn't have the gumption to mention it to the people actually doing the work at the time. 

The 'procedure' is actually a bit naff and was designed for school children themselves to do the crossing duty, supervised by an adult, hence the rather ponderous and 'by rote' aspect of the drill. For some reason, during this pandemic WHICH IS STILL ONGOING EVEN THOUGH MANY FOOLS THINK THAT IT HAS PASSED schoolchildren haven't been involved and the adults have been manning the barricades.

As such, the adults do the job properly without shouting out all of the drill except to state clearly to the children things like "safe to cross now".

I'm a bit pissed off for several reasons:

1. There's a poor response from parents to get involved in this.Most parents, usually mothers, turn up to collect their kids and use the crossing but can't be arsed to volunteer 25 minutes of their time to assist.

2. Schoolteachers don't get involved because they are 'too busy' after classes finish.

3. I'm just about the only person still wearing a mask even though some of the volunteers have reported that they have or have had Covid.

4. Oh, and I guess here's the crunch - I don't like anonymous complainers. This person should step up and help out instead of complaining.

I've declared myself unavailable this week and next week and it's unlikely that I will return to this.