Parking Nightmare

Mood: Super Cranky

Pain Scale: 3

I dropped my classes. The story goes...

My first class was to start last Wednesday at 6pm. The school is "15" min from my house by freeway. I gave myself 40 min to get there, park and find my class.


The traffic getting there was a NIGHT.MARE. I knew there would be traffic on the freeway, come on it's rush hour, but the traffic trying to get to the school after the exit on the surrounding streets was ridiculous. It's one of those times when you go "Who the hell planned out these streets? They should be fired." There is one way to get there from the freeway exit and it seems the majority of the school takes that route. I had to sit through the first left turn signal 3xs!!!!! The second left turn took another 3xs!!!


At this point I had 10min to make it to class. I was getting agitated. I HATE being late!!


First parking lot...FULL with 4 cars circling...second parking lot...FULL with about the same amount of people circling...third parking lot...FULL, more cars circling...and the same in lots four, five, six. Grant you these are not huge parking lots, but they were the closest to the building I had to be at. So I decided, screw it! I will go to the 4 or 5 story parking garage on the other side of campus and just book it to the classroom. Also looked for street parking on the way to the garage, but it was all taken.


Make it to the parking garage at around 6. I see cars coming out. Good sign. I will surely find some parking. Follow the long line of cars in. Circle around and around and around. All F.U.L.L. I think to myself "There has to be some spots on the top floor, there's always spots on the top floor!" FULL. Circle back through on my way down. Still full. People 4 cars ahead would sometimes getting lucky. Bastards. I exit the parking garage and continue onto the next parking lot.


Circle lot...FULL FULL FULL!!! It is now 6 mother fuckin' 38. I spot an opening, but I have to circle around. Don't see anyone whose going to make it before me...YES!!! Then the guy behind me guns it, passes me and steals my spot!!!! I flip him the bird and yell some obscene words. ASSHOLE. I try not to cry in frustration and just say screw this I'm outta here!! I look for the closest exit and high tail it out of that crazy circus!!


There is nooooo way I'm going to do that 3x a week!! I've been to two other colleges before this and have NEVER had a problem parking. In fact, there was always plenty of parking. I might have to hoof it, but I didn't have to circle for 40min to find parking ::wait rephrase:: I didn't have to circle for 40min to find NO parking.


So I decided to drop those classes and wait for the next semester and go to a college where I KNOW there is parking. The added time it will take me to get to the school that's farther away STILL won't compare to trying to find parking at the last place.


Really sucks cause I was looking forward to this soooo much. :( I'm sure there are alternatives such as public transit and carpooling. But being a single girl getting out late and taking mass transit into my neighborhood, I just didn't feel comfortable doing and I don't know anyone to carpool with.