Parking Volation Crap!!!

Ok im ticked off, when I park at my college (foothill college and I do have a permit) It is always a hassle to find parking spots, because there are NONE!!!! So many of the students park on the side curb, the nearest parking area thats not in the college is a mile away and is 20 minute parking, so that doesn't help, anyway I got ticketed today (only $25.00) but thats not the point, the point is, if they don't have enough spaces in their parking lots, then they should not sell more permits than they have spots, its really annoying crap. Anyone else have to deal with shit like this?

After going through undergrad for 4 years, I always felt that colleges are for the most part inefficient, and possibly one of the most abusively capitalistic institutions on the respectable side of society.

Too many problems to list. Hardly any redeeming value other than the ability to sleep with 18~21 yr old young ladies.

Yes. The local University is on a hill, and parking sucks arse. The shuttle bus system is decent though. Still, it would be nice to be able to park closer to the buildings, especially when it is sixty degrees below zero.

One college here reports about 13% of it's income from issuing parking violations. Many nearby residents rent out their driveways during regular business hours. Tickets there are much higher.

lol....


We do not have a problem with parking at our campus, but we only have 11,000 student and we are a commutor campus.

BUT... on a snow day.... I couldn't find a spot... and you know how everyone always parks weird because they cannot see the snow, well I got a ticket because I parked outside the normal lines... it was noticable... but not too bad.

I don't know.... I still want to find out what my $193 campus service fee is for lol.

You want to talk about something at college that pisses me off............. BOOK PRICES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY GET AWAY WITH THE PRICE GOUGING THAT OUR BOOK STORE DOES!! $120.00 for a BOOK!!!!!!
In one of our classes, the prof. was the author of the book, he said the book store bought the books for $25-30 ...... and sold them for $85.00. The prof. wasn't sure what they were selling the books for. Thats worse than the neo market!

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Haha, welcome to college... Thats how it is everywhere. I could tell you stories about my school, but they mirror yours... its all the same. You know they do that to get more money in tickets right... I also know that a lot of people who fight those parking tickets at my college would win

-Nick

I'm a commuter (as I live only 15 minutes away from campus), but there's only one giant parking lot for the entire University (and it's a BIG University, around 10,000 students). I find myself circling around the lot like a rabid vulture looking for someone to pull out. Once it took me 35 minutes just to get an opening!

I've since decided to just go into the 1-hour parking spots. My classes are 50 minutes long, and the time it takes to walk to and from class exceeds the remaining 10, but I can usually cut it pretty close. I'm a part-time student with a job on the side, so I don't have to worry about big four-hours-of-class stretches.

It's funny, though -- earlier this year, I pulled up by the grass in the parking lot. I was REALLY getting frustrated at the crappy (lack of) parking spaces, and just pulled alongside another car already on the grass. Anyway, some girl there is walking around the lot, writing up tickets, and she spots me; wants me to move. I figure I'd better do what she says, spend about 15 additional minutes searching for a spot, find one, and head to class.

After my class ends, I notice the car that was on the grass is still there, but (of course) has a ticket in the windshield. Just for the heck of it, I take a look.

FIFTY big ones.

As if universities don't fleece us enough as it is. <img src="graemlins/ohno.gif" border="0" alt="[Oh No]" />

Just wait. The University will constantly call you wanting donations. This will only last the rest of your life.

Just remember all the shitty things that pissed you off so you can focus while they try to brainwash you into giving them money each semester.

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