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See Something? Say Something – better yet, DO Something!

I’m a professional chauffeur. Today I had to pick up a young girl from her school to bring her home. The school is not your typical school building on its own property; it shares a parking lot with a few other businesses, so pickups need to be structured. Basically, all the parents and guardians wait in line in their cars until they get to the front of the line and their child gets called to the car.  The pickup cars are in two lines, with two rows of parked cars between them. I am in my car in the right line, which is considered the first line because it’s closest to the building. While I’m waiting, I notice a man from the left line, parallel to me (with two parked cars between us) jump out of his car and run up to the front of his line. I see what looks familiar to me: two parents show up for one kid, or a child/parent swap. I looked in front of me and moved my car up when the car in front of me moved forward, then looked over at the swap – and realized I had completely mi...