Just because you have a job, does not mean you can be an asshole.

Known fact: Parking on Grounds is a pain and nearly impossible.

During our 4 years at the University, we've seen about 3-4 parking lots get torn apart and substituted with a construction project- all of which we will never see completed.

Yes, we all live within walking distance of classes; however, imagine that it's a cold February night and you are a young woman walking down a not-so-well lit part of JPA. Hmmm, I'd rather drive.

I had a meeting yesterday at 6pm and pulled into the lot behind CAB/Clark. Drove around, back and forth, and back and forth again for about ten minutes to no avail. So I decided to take my chances and park in a permit lot behind Ruffner/Physics that I believed no one ever checked. I'd gotten away with it in the past, what was different about tonight? Oh yeahhhh the fact that I was wrong and the university police (who have nothing better to do w/ their lives at 6:45pm) do check that lot. Fancy that.

Well, I wasn't too pissed. I knew it was a warning. BUT the ticket said if it was a warning the amount would show up as $0.00; instead it said $45.00. Well, too bad for them, I remember exactly the night I got a ticket on Grounds last. It was February 10, 2009 when I parked behind CAB for the free Vusi Mahlasela concert.

I called the parking and transport people up this morning and kindly stated that their ticket was mistaken. (Mind you, I called it a notification and the woman chuckled on the other end and said 'you mean a ticket!') The woman on the other line must have already spilled coffee on herself or gotten flicked off this morning when she drove to work, b/c homegirl had some major attitude. I stated my case that this ought not be a ticket and her response was 'hmm let's see you've got quite a number of tickets.' BS! I've had two in my 4 years at the University- one of which was a warning when i waited to take a friend home from student health b/c he had fainted. Get off you high horse Miss Parking-Ticket-Woman and get over yourself. Just because you have a job in this economy, does not give you a right to be an mean-y!

Fyi, it was a warning and I was right. the key to parking on Grounds is that you simply don't.

Or come in your friend's rental car so that the University can never trace the owner.