I know this has nothing to do with our discussions from the past two classes, however I am just veryyy angry with the parking system on campus!! Im sure everyone has experienced this several times while going to Texas State and I'm sure you have all felt the anger that I have experienced this entire semester and especially the past two days I've been on campus.
Im graduating in December so I only have two classes this semester which are on Tuesday and Thursday. I also commute from New Braunfels so I typically park at LBJ everyday and pay at least $12 every Tuesday/Thursday. Anyways.. the point of this rant of mine is that this past Tuesday I parked at LBJ, ended up paying $14 for parking (the machine wasn't working and by the time the parking assistant helped me 2 more dollars were added) and then had to drive over to the University Registrar building to drop off a form to have my middle name added onto my diploma...When I got to the parking lot of the registrar building I was stopped by the guard who told me I could not drive into the parking lot without a pass (which is understandable), and I would have to drive to one of the parking garages and pay AGAIN for parking, and then walk back to the registrar building to drop off the form... I asked the guard in front of the parking lot if I could just run in and drop off my form that was already filled out...She said no. Everyone knows how big campus is, so by the time I would of parked, walked to the registrar building, drop of my name request form, and then walk back to the parking garage, I would of had to pay another $6!! Maybe I'm over exaggerating, but to me this is insane! To me this is Texas States way of doing anything and everything they can to get even more money from us!
I am only on campus for about 4 hours, two days a week, so a commuter pass didn't make since to me. If anyone has any tips that will help me get through the next two and a half months that would be awesome!
I apologize for this long obnoxious post but clearly I am very frustrated...
That is all! Have a good weekend everyone!
I feel your pain on how frustrating parking is on campus! I typically have to get to campus at least two hours before my class starts to make sure I can find a parking spot in Specks! It is ridiculous!!! Since you are spending $12 every time you have to go to campus you might want to invest in buying a parking pass because $12 does add up quickly!
ReplyDeleteParking at Texas State is horrible and the worst part is that the University does nothing but help fuel the fire. There are more parking passes being sold every year than there are parking spaces. Plus, they have parking services breathing down everybody's necks when all we want to do is just go to class.
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