Comments on: Fellowship of the Carpool, and Other Small Groups http://middlezonemusings.com/fellowship-of-the-carpool-and-other-small-groups/ It's about lessons learned... from life! Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:57:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Keep Thinkin', Y'all... | Middle Zone Musings http://middlezonemusings.com/fellowship-of-the-carpool-and-other-small-groups/#comment-2067 Keep Thinkin', Y'all... | Middle Zone Musings Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:06:49 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/fellowship-of-the-carpool-and-other-small-groups/#comment-2067 [...] while back I wrote a Public-Service article called Fellowship of the Carpool, and Other Small Groups with a few thoughts towards forming your own FotC (pronounced “fot-see”). Here’s a brief [...] [...] while back I wrote a Public-Service article called Fellowship of the Carpool, and Other Small Groups with a few thoughts towards forming your own FotC (pronounced “fot-see”). Here’s a brief [...]

]]> By: Robert Hruzek http://middlezonemusings.com/fellowship-of-the-carpool-and-other-small-groups/#comment-1475 Robert Hruzek Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:55:21 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/fellowship-of-the-carpool-and-other-small-groups/#comment-1475 Other Mike: No, no, not at all. If you'll notice, all of the things I'm talking about are all voluntary, not involuntary. Gotta make <i>some</i> allowances, you know. Other Mike: No, no, not at all. If you’ll notice, all of the things I’m talking about are all voluntary, not involuntary. Gotta make some allowances, you know.

]]> By: Other Mike http://middlezonemusings.com/fellowship-of-the-carpool-and-other-small-groups/#comment-1474 Other Mike Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:50:28 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/fellowship-of-the-carpool-and-other-small-groups/#comment-1474 Bob, you just eliminated all Tourette Syndrome sufferers from car pools with Rule #5. I smell a class action lawsuit! ;-) Mike Bob, you just eliminated all Tourette Syndrome sufferers from car pools with Rule #5. I smell a class action lawsuit! ;-)

Mike

]]> By: Robert Hruzek http://middlezonemusings.com/fellowship-of-the-carpool-and-other-small-groups/#comment-1473 Robert Hruzek Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:28:28 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/fellowship-of-the-carpool-and-other-small-groups/#comment-1473 Mike: Hey! Good one - I forgot about scents and stuff Markk: Music, nerd-dom - great additions, although that second one may overlap a bit with #2. Your idea of a "vow of silence" might work, though. Mike: Hey! Good one - I forgot about scents and stuff

Markk: Music, nerd-dom - great additions, although that second one may overlap a bit with #2. Your idea of a “vow of silence” might work, though.

]]> By: Markk http://middlezonemusings.com/fellowship-of-the-carpool-and-other-small-groups/#comment-1472 Markk Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:15:05 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/fellowship-of-the-carpool-and-other-small-groups/#comment-1472 The only time I had an opportunity to carpool was in my uni days, when the uni set up a carpooling scheme that gave participants free parking on campus - a major drawcard. Now, this being uni, everyone has a different timetable and is travelling from wildly different directions and distances. So simply finding people to carpool with is going to be difficult. Of course, the organising body for this, in their wisdom, decided to make people register with one of three specific carparks on campus. Naturally everyone else in my area registered for a different one didn't they? Nice work there. Now that I've got that off my chest, time to answer your question: 5. Music. Is the driver heavily into Celine Dion or gangsta rap? A list of acceptable music might be appropriate here. 6. Nerddom. As in, is this person likely to bore the pants off everyone with highly obsessive and detailed chatter about, I don't know, sports cars, trains or anything else. Come to think of it, forcing everyone to take a vow of silence to and from work would solve an awful lot of problems ... The only time I had an opportunity to carpool was in my uni days, when the uni set up a carpooling scheme that gave participants free parking on campus - a major drawcard.

Now, this being uni, everyone has a different timetable and is travelling from wildly different directions and distances. So simply finding people to carpool with is going to be difficult.

Of course, the organising body for this, in their wisdom, decided to make people register with one of three specific carparks on campus. Naturally everyone else in my area registered for a different one didn’t they? Nice work there.

Now that I’ve got that off my chest, time to answer your question:

5. Music. Is the driver heavily into Celine Dion or gangsta rap? A list of acceptable music might be appropriate here.

6. Nerddom. As in, is this person likely to bore the pants off everyone with highly obsessive and detailed chatter about, I don’t know, sports cars, trains or anything else.

Come to think of it, forcing everyone to take a vow of silence to and from work would solve an awful lot of problems …

]]> By: Mike http://middlezonemusings.com/fellowship-of-the-carpool-and-other-small-groups/#comment-1471 Mike Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:24:09 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/fellowship-of-the-carpool-and-other-small-groups/#comment-1471 “Dramatic failures” – great description. The only addition would be “less is best” concerning male cologne use. “Dramatic failures” – great description.
The only addition would be “less is best” concerning male cologne use.

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