For those of you who don’t carpool, congrats to you.  For those of you who do: we know what you’re up against!  The carpool partner who’s always late, always early, or just won’t shut up.  But the number one offense in our book is beeping. We know you’re there.  (You come every morning.)  Just hold on a sec!

Hint to all you beepers: if you’re getting impatient, ring the bell or call from your cell!

Top Ten Worst Carpool offenses

5. Making passive aggressive comments about your dirty car
4. Calling you every day to switch the schedule
3. Refusing to ever switch the schedule
2. Engaging in extended chit chat every single morning. (”So, what are you doing today?”)
1. Beeping!

We know: you’re trying to be cute, charming and courteous.  But the result is strange, silly and childish. Try using the “we” voice instead, as in, “We’re really glad you came to the party and appreciate the Thomas the Train set.”  The resulting card is far more sincere (And nobody thought little Jason was writing the thing anyway).

Sometimes a picture says it all.  When did we sink from eating in the corporate cafeteria to eating in our car?  If you work from home and have young children around, then you know why this is weird but necessary.  If you’ve never had to do this, we applaud you (but doubt it’s true.)  Doesn’t every mom eat in the car sometimes–just to get it all done or be alone for a moment?