Monday, August 16, 2004
They're heeeeere
New students are rolling into town as I write/you read. I always enjoy the summer cuz lots of the students leave and campus is nice and mostly empty. There are lots of summer camps that happen, so there's always high school/middle school tennis, soccer, football players and cheerleaders running around. Yes they are cute young boys and girls, but we're talking hardcore jailbait, so everyone stays away from that hornet's nest.
But all the new kiddos and parents came down upon campus like a swarm of locusts. And now the swarm of students is back in full swing. Classes don't start until Wed. but everyone is running around paying tuition, which did increase again, big shock, and getting new parking passes.
Once again I'm going to try and scam my way into a green/faculty parking pass. It's the best parking and is somewhat for my laziness, but mostly for my convenience. There is plentiful faculty parking and commuter parking is cutthroat. One thing I hate in the world are space-waiters. The people that wait on you as you're backing out of your parking space, cuz yours is sooooooooooo good that they just have to have it. I think Christmas mall parking lots are the one exception I make with that, but you still shouldn't do it. But here at school, I swear we have professional space-waiters. They will actually bring coffee and some light reading material and wait for someone to come from class and walk past their car, then the evil space-waiter proceeds to FOLLOW you down the aisle of cars until you come to yours. So it's straight out of a kidnapping movie, where you're all alone and this strange car is following you. Creepy and highly lazy. I say this because there is another huge parking lot, that isn't full at all, roughly 50 ft. away from where this is taking place. They just want to park in the best parking lot I guess.
I have devised several ways to screw with these space-waiters, none of which I have actually tried, but I can imagine them working beautifully.
1)Walk down one aisle of cars, and then sprint through the cars to another aisle, and maybe hide, maybe fake unlock a car, maybe fake "Damn, I locked my keys in the car.", or you could just open your car, put something in it, and then walk away.
2)Negotiate for your parking space. Just like during football games, the university charges like a mother for prime parking, and this is no different. Don't know how well this would work, but it's worth a shot.
Basically these are just to antagonize the space-waiters, and no, to use these methods, you don't really need a car parked in said car park. Although #2, if money was involved, would prove slightly illegal if you didn't actually have a space to sell, but a fool and his money are soon parted, or so I hear.
But all the new kiddos and parents came down upon campus like a swarm of locusts. And now the swarm of students is back in full swing. Classes don't start until Wed. but everyone is running around paying tuition, which did increase again, big shock, and getting new parking passes.
Once again I'm going to try and scam my way into a green/faculty parking pass. It's the best parking and is somewhat for my laziness, but mostly for my convenience. There is plentiful faculty parking and commuter parking is cutthroat. One thing I hate in the world are space-waiters. The people that wait on you as you're backing out of your parking space, cuz yours is sooooooooooo good that they just have to have it. I think Christmas mall parking lots are the one exception I make with that, but you still shouldn't do it. But here at school, I swear we have professional space-waiters. They will actually bring coffee and some light reading material and wait for someone to come from class and walk past their car, then the evil space-waiter proceeds to FOLLOW you down the aisle of cars until you come to yours. So it's straight out of a kidnapping movie, where you're all alone and this strange car is following you. Creepy and highly lazy. I say this because there is another huge parking lot, that isn't full at all, roughly 50 ft. away from where this is taking place. They just want to park in the best parking lot I guess.
I have devised several ways to screw with these space-waiters, none of which I have actually tried, but I can imagine them working beautifully.
1)Walk down one aisle of cars, and then sprint through the cars to another aisle, and maybe hide, maybe fake unlock a car, maybe fake "Damn, I locked my keys in the car.", or you could just open your car, put something in it, and then walk away.
2)Negotiate for your parking space. Just like during football games, the university charges like a mother for prime parking, and this is no different. Don't know how well this would work, but it's worth a shot.
Basically these are just to antagonize the space-waiters, and no, to use these methods, you don't really need a car parked in said car park. Although #2, if money was involved, would prove slightly illegal if you didn't actually have a space to sell, but a fool and his money are soon parted, or so I hear.
# posted by Seth @ 7:04 AM 
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