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Five Ways To Improve the Parking Dilemma on Campus
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Ryan Sarda
Issue date: 9/10/07 Section: Commentary
Be Aggressive. B-E- AGGRESSIVE.
The parking lots can get really crowded during the day. With everyone looking for a parking spot all at the same time, the quest to find a parking spot becomes a competition against 50 other people who are also looking for a spot. The winner gets a really good parking spot, while the loser has to keep driving around in circles and probably will be late to class. In the spirit of competition, it is best to be aggressive. If you see an open parking spot, take it. If there is a person, who has been driving for an hour looking and waiting for the next available spot, and one becomes open and they don't take it, it's yours. Finder's keepers; loser's weepers, that's the way the game goes. You can always make some fun out of the situation and turn it into a game. First one to find a parking spot wins!
Treat Every Parking Opportunity Like You Are In Krzyzewski-ville.
Face it, this campus is packed during the day. So, the best thing you can do is treat parking like you are a student at Duke waiting for tickets to the Carolina game. The kids at Duke set up tents outside the ticket office weeks before the game just to be the first in line for tickets. You can do the same for parking on campus. If you get to the parking lot at a certain time, then you might have to wait. Put your car in park, read a book, get some homework done, listen to music, and wait it out. Someone will be leaving sooner or later, and you could get their spot if you give yourself plenty of time. Would you rather wait for a good spot to open up or walk from the Norton lot all the way to your class in Moore when you have only ten minutes before class starts? Camping out for parking spots will make you the first in line for a decent parking spot that is near your building or classroom.
Park Your Car in the Parking Lot the Night Before
This is a good one if you want to do some good old fashioned mooching. The parking lots on campus are dead at around 5:00, so that is the best time for you to go and get your parking spot well before anyone else. Here's the trick: at about 9 or 10 p.m. convince a friend to follow you to the parking lot. Park your car there at night and ride back with your friend or roommate to your room or apartment. The next morning have that same friend drop you off at class. After class, your car will be right there in the best parking spot ever ready for you to drive it back. This is convenient in many ways; you don't have to walk too far, you don't have to deal with what everyone else is going through in the morning, and you feel accomplished that you have the one thing that everyone wants: The Parking Spot.
The bottom line is that parking is an issue at Western that never seems to get solved. Every year it seems to get worse and students grow even more frustrated. Hopefully, these five methods will help improve your odds of finding the perfect parking spot on campus and will help keep your school year stress free.
The parking lots can get really crowded during the day. With everyone looking for a parking spot all at the same time, the quest to find a parking spot becomes a competition against 50 other people who are also looking for a spot. The winner gets a really good parking spot, while the loser has to keep driving around in circles and probably will be late to class. In the spirit of competition, it is best to be aggressive. If you see an open parking spot, take it. If there is a person, who has been driving for an hour looking and waiting for the next available spot, and one becomes open and they don't take it, it's yours. Finder's keepers; loser's weepers, that's the way the game goes. You can always make some fun out of the situation and turn it into a game. First one to find a parking spot wins!
Treat Every Parking Opportunity Like You Are In Krzyzewski-ville.
Face it, this campus is packed during the day. So, the best thing you can do is treat parking like you are a student at Duke waiting for tickets to the Carolina game. The kids at Duke set up tents outside the ticket office weeks before the game just to be the first in line for tickets. You can do the same for parking on campus. If you get to the parking lot at a certain time, then you might have to wait. Put your car in park, read a book, get some homework done, listen to music, and wait it out. Someone will be leaving sooner or later, and you could get their spot if you give yourself plenty of time. Would you rather wait for a good spot to open up or walk from the Norton lot all the way to your class in Moore when you have only ten minutes before class starts? Camping out for parking spots will make you the first in line for a decent parking spot that is near your building or classroom.
Park Your Car in the Parking Lot the Night Before
This is a good one if you want to do some good old fashioned mooching. The parking lots on campus are dead at around 5:00, so that is the best time for you to go and get your parking spot well before anyone else. Here's the trick: at about 9 or 10 p.m. convince a friend to follow you to the parking lot. Park your car there at night and ride back with your friend or roommate to your room or apartment. The next morning have that same friend drop you off at class. After class, your car will be right there in the best parking spot ever ready for you to drive it back. This is convenient in many ways; you don't have to walk too far, you don't have to deal with what everyone else is going through in the morning, and you feel accomplished that you have the one thing that everyone wants: The Parking Spot.
The bottom line is that parking is an issue at Western that never seems to get solved. Every year it seems to get worse and students grow even more frustrated. Hopefully, these five methods will help improve your odds of finding the perfect parking spot on campus and will help keep your school year stress free.
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