A third of the way into my work day and I get a phone call from home. "God bless our soul" my wife says in a controlled voice. "what happened?" I question, thinking that something extremely terrible happened. My first thought went to the kids. She continues to describe how a maniac driver zoomed an inch front of them and almost wiped out my whole family. I just sit there listening to all of this, stunned. I just think how different it could have been had they been walking just a little bit faster. Both kids started crying after the incident. The driver slowed down after the incident but quickly sped off after glancing back... One thing that really upsets me is that it was a controlled intersection AND there was a crossing guard on duty AND it was during lunch where many kids were in the area. If Merlyn hadn't been holding both kids hands I don't know what would have happened.
This bloody crossing guard is definitely not doing her job. I mean she stands on the sidewalk and watches people as they cross the street. Hello! you're suppose to be going into the middle of the road with your stop sign raised. Everyone who's crossed there, including Merlyn, has taken up the issue with her. "Are you my boss?" she consistently asks. She claims her "boss" only told her to cross children not accompanied by an adult. This seems very strange to me. I could bet you this much, if the crossing guard was there in the middle of the road with her stop sign up, that car would think twice to turn into the intersection.
