r/LSU • u/RevolutionaryShow113 • 23h ago
Venting I can’t take it as a commuter anymore (parking nightmare)
First two weeks of the fall semester are the worst out of everything I ever imagined.
I had all of my classes scheduled on Tuesday and Thursday, and it starts as early as 10:30 and I leave at 4:20, so it’s a full day. I live quite far away, and every day I have to commute to school for about 30-40 minutes depending on the traffic. I always wake up 2 hours early before class to prepare and drive to school. At first, I arrived at 8:40 or 9 thinking optimistically that there would be parking spaces available. But no, heck no. Every freaking parking space available for commuters is freaking filled, and I SPENT 1H40 DRIVING AROUND THE CAMPUS, DRIVING TO EVERY SINGLE KNOWN COMMUTER PARKING LOT, AND IT WAS ALL FILLED, DROVE TO X SPOT, ZERO AVAILABLE. THE MORE I SPENT TO LOOKING FOR A PARKING LOT THE MORE SLOT HAD BEEN TAKEN BY OTHER PEOPLE.
I HAD NO CHOICE LEFT BUT TO SPEND FREAKING $20 JUST TO PARK AT A VISITOR SPOT AND GO TO MY CLASS. I ALREADY SPENT WAY OVER JUST TO GET MY PERMIT EVERY YEAR, IT HAD ME STRESSED OUT SO MUCH. NOW I HAVE TO WAKE UP AS EARLY AS 6 JUST TO GET MY CAR SECURELY PARKED…
Im not mad at other commuters… im mad at the school.