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| CSULB And The Hell That Is Parking | |||||||
| Welcome back everyone, I have some bad news: the summer has officially come to a close.� The good news, you ask?� Well, besides the fact that your education will continue, there is none.� Anyway, with the school year starting and all, and since this is the Daily 49er's Survival Guide, I have decided that I will bestow my knowledge and tips upon you, the campus-at-large.� This lesson will cover something that continually remains to be elusive to all of us at CSULB: finding a parking space the first few weeks of school. | |||||||
| Picture this: it is the first day of school and you leave home more than an hour earlier than you normally do, but you come to a stunning realization when you arrive at school: you probably should have slept in your car in the parking lot to ensure getting a space.� Mark my words, folks: it is this hard to find parking spaces the first weeks of school, and it only gets harder with each new year.� Hopefully this article will help those of you who are less adept at finding spaces here, as well as serve as an eye-opener to you.� Relish in this advice people, as it is the last time you will hear advice coming from me, since the rest of the year I will be angering the liberals among us with my Opinion pieces. | |||||||
| The first tip I have for finding a parking space during this hectic time for us is as follows: PICK UP MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX AND ESCORT THEM TO THEIR CAR.� If you are a guy, pick up a girl and drive her to her car; if you are a girl, pick up a guy and drive him to his car.� In doing this, you are not only guaranteed to be first in line for the parking space, but you can also get the phone number of the person for possible romance later.� It is like killing two birds with one stone, people! | |||||||
| The second tip I have is more of a command: DO NOT PARK YOUR CAR AT THE END OF THE ROW AND WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO WALK TO THEIR CAR.� There is nothing I hate more than the following scenario: you are driving around frantically, trying to find a space, only to turn into a row and find someone's huge behemoth of a car parked on the side of the row, the person inside waiting for someone to leave.� You proceed to navigate around the monstrosity, nearly hitting the cars parked in the row, creating more of a headache than you already have.� Look people, do not park your car and wait for a space, just drive around like everyone else and keep up the flow of traffic!� Furthermore, the last time I checked this was called double parking, and was ticket worthy. | |||||||
| The final tip that I have for finding a parking space at school is a formula that will allow you to derive the amount of time that you will need to leave early for school, ensuring that you will find a space before class.� Step one: calculate the time it takes you to get to school from your starting point, usually home (example: 10 minutes).� Step two: take that time, triple it, and add it onto the original time (example: 10 minutes x 3 = 30 minutes; added to original time makes 40 minutes).� Step three: take this new time, double it, and add it to the time derived from step two (example: 40 minutes x 2 = 80; added to step two time makes 120 minutes).� Finally, add on an extra 30 minutes (example: 120 minutes + 30 minutes = 150 minutes).� So, a person who lives 10 minutes away from school will have to leave two-and-a-half hours early in order to find a space; conversely, someone who lives an hour away from school will have to leave twelve-and-a-half hours early to ensure finding a space before class starts.� Lucky you! | |||||||
| It is my hope that this guide has helped you in your continuing search for finding those fleeting parking spaces at school, and if my steps are followed, you will notice the search does become easier.� Have fun, and happy hunting! | |||||||
| Copyright Gerry Wachovsky, 2003, and Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. | |||||||
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