I did carpool this afternoon for the first time this year as I took the afternoon off. Typically I do the morning which is much easier. Anyway, while we are all in line waiting our turn, a woman in a blue Audi SUV drove along the outside of the line and then darted in, cutting everyone off, to get a place at the curb to pick up her little princess. Of course, she couldn’t wait in line like all the plebes. She’s toooo important her husband is obviously important too and that makes their brat important so they don’t have to wait like everyone else. Really? Wow! Where do I worship you my ladyship. According to Mrs. BB61, she regularly cuts off people in the carpool lane rather than wait her turn. Not that it will help but I did get a teacher to go offend her and let her know she has to wait in line like the rest of the plebes and that we weren’t impressed with her sense of importance.

Think you meant to put this in "What's Your Deal!".

The teacher-parent interaction you orchestrated won't do any good. That lady won't adjust her ego until she feels painful consequences that introduce her to humility. You could introduce her to those consequences, but it wouldn't be worth it to you.

It's a safe & sure bet that the kiddie pickup line isn't the only place that she acts like an entitled bitch. Somebody, somewhere, will come loose on her eventually. Then she'll feel the pain. 'Till then, she'll just continue to rack up negative karma.

In the meantime, you're letting her take up real estate in your brain without paying rent. You'll be much happier if you just blow her off, not let her get under your skin and ruin your day.

Hope the rest of your day went better.

I hate people like that. The exit for the office park where I work often gets a bit backed up in the mornings and over the past 10+ years I've made a game of guessing which cars make the right turn only to bang a u-turn to go left. I memorize the plate or car so when I go, I will shoot out in front of the self important assholes, even when its close. They'll hit their brakes. I hate people who are misinformed about their level of importance.

In this case an Audi, but I find the larger BMW drivers to be the most aggressive--not so much in carpools as on the freeway.

I really miss my piece of shit 1995 Jimmy. When i was driving it, I had poor vision -- I never noticed assholes like your Audi driver, so they pulled in front of me at their own risk. Somehow, they seemed to sense my vision defect, and were very careful when in my vicinity.

If this is occuring at a public school, inform the district's safety resource officer. This person may in fact be arrogant but what they are doing potentially puts others at risk and should be stopped. A friend who is an SRO sends folks who do these types of things around to the back of the line.

Silent

According to my German uncles, these luxury cars come equipped with “eingebauten vorfahrt”.

This translates to “built in right-of-way”!

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Originally posted by sjtill:
In this case an Audi, but I find the larger BMW drivers to be the most aggressive--not so much in carpools as on the freeway.

What's the difference between a BMW and a Porcupine?

With a BMW, the prick is on the inside

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Originally posted by sjtill:
In this case an Audi, but I find the larger BMW drivers to be the most aggressive--not so much in carpools as on the freeway.

Around here, it's the crew cab pick-ups with the obligatory lift kit!

I keep thinking; too much Mt. Dew and NASCAR.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
I really miss my piece of shit 1995 Jimmy. When i was driving it, I had poor vision -- I never noticed assholes like your Audi driver, so they pulled in front of me at their own risk. Somehow, they seemed to sense my vision defect, and were very careful when in my vicinity.

You remind me of a distant memory. 1987 and I'm in my vintage 1978 Ford Pinto. Headed North out of Atlanta after a frustrating trip for job search after grad school. Coming into a construction zone and Mr. Mercedes decides that he IS going to force his way in as OP described.
Yeah, I don't think so.
Used a similar tactic in Naples Italy in 2004 in a rental car with full coverage. If I hadn't I believe we would still be sitting there today.
There really is something to be said about the I don't give a shit mentality.

Entitled drivers.

This happened a few years ago. Wife and I were on an interstate highway, three lanes in each direction.

There was a construction zone up ahead, miles ahead, that was causing a huge traffic backup.

Everyone was behaving rationally, three lanes of traffic creeping along, with nobody doing anything stupid. EXCEPT the entitled jerks who came zooming down the shoulder of the highway.

I watched, and applauded along with the rest of the folks who were sticking to their lanes, as three 18-wheelers coordinated to form a rolling road block, shutting down the jerks who were using the shoulder to try to pass everyone.

When we all got past the construction zone and were able to accelerate, just about every driver who passed one of the 18-wheelers would give a friendly "honk" and a thumbs-up wave.

spike strip for the win.

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Originally posted by tgtshuter:

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Originally posted by sjtill:
In this case an Audi, but I find the larger BMW drivers to be the most aggressive--not so much in carpools as on the freeway.

Around here, it's the crew cab pick-ups with the obligatory lift kit!

I keep thinking; too much Mt. Dew and NASCAR.

Winner ^^^^^

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
I really miss my piece of shit 1995 Jimmy. When i was driving it, I had poor vision -- I never noticed assholes like your Audi driver, so they pulled in front of me at their own risk. Somehow, they seemed to sense my vision defect, and were very careful when in my vicinity.

I had a rusty 82 Toyota HiLux 4x4,
truck looked like shit, but ran like a top and I drove it like a gokart ,

never had an issue merging into traffic, just pop the turn signal and people just got out the way,