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The Battalion
For the first week of school, the Parking,
Traffic and Transportation Services (PTTS)
allowed those not willing to tight for spaces
in University-sanctioned lots to park illegal
ly without penalty.
But that time is over, and blue-tag com
muter lots have once again been declared war
izones where Aggies battle Aggies for that
brief moment of glory and legal parking.
Among commuter parking lots, few are
valued more highly than the parking area be
hind the H. P. Zachry Engineering Complex
(deemed "Zachry Lot" by avid commuter
students) due to its proximity to Northside
classes. Parking in this jungle of concrete and
steel can be a taxing experience for even the
most rugged parker.
For those who are virgins to this experi
ence, this is a first lesson in finding a park
ing spot in Zachry Lot.
When entering this parking zone, a com
muter is basically entering a casino, minus
the $4.99 steak "buffet. The first task as*a
high-stakes parking gambler is to pick a row
to try one’s luck. Sometimes, a commuter
commuter pulls into his row of choice, har
boring the idea that he is only three people
away from parking ecstasy, he inevitably
sees three more cars waiting
for spots at the other end of
the row.
This now means that he is
not the third person to get a
spot, but the sixth. If the math
is done properly, one will find
that Mr. Commuter is in for
anywhere from 30 minutes to
an hour wait for a spot.
What does he do with the time now on his
hands? Here are some suggestions: read a
newspaper, cram for a test, enjoy a beverage
of choice or jam to one’s fa
vorite radio station or CD
, n (be sure all windows are
\ rolled up if a decision
to partake in some bubble-gum boy band is
reached, just for dignity’s sake).
The next 30 or so minutes is when the con-
Blue-tag commuter lots have once again
been declared war zones where Aggies bat
tie Aggies for that brief moment of glory
and legal parking.
fusion sets in. This is when the rotation rule
comes into effect. Instructions on claiming
parking spots are as follows: Commuters
take turns claiming parking spaces based
upon their position in line. The first person
on side A goes first. Then, the first person
Thirty minutes have passed, our com
muter has enjoyed his morning dose of caf
feine, he has 15 minutes until his class starts,
and he can hear the faint call of
nature. The two cars in front of
him and the three cars on the oth
er end of the row have all gotten
parking spots. He is finally the
first person in line.
The commuter must now
look for an unsuspecting pedes
trian who will soon enter his or
her vehicle and leave a parking
void which he can fill.
Once a target is spotted walking toward a
vehicle in the row, the commuter must watch
for the usual signs of entering a car: looking
for keys, backpack re
fer which he must compete with only one
other driver.
David Bogatiuk, a junior economics _
major, said even this prime opportunity
can be a challenge.
“We both gunned it for the same spot, and
Igot it.” he said. “He just drove away, but we
were really close to hitting each other.”
For those Aggies who are not as lucky as
Bogatiuk, picking a line to enter into is just
like picking a water-fountain line in ele
mentary school: get in a line, wait and
wait some more. Then promise the per
son in front of the line that if they get out
'of the way quickly they will have a new
best friend.
Once a commuter has picked what he
n Brazos Valley forb- believes to be the fastest-moving row in
itained 1 ires. the whole lot, the waiting begins. As the
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moval or clicking a remote control to unlock
the door.
Once these symptoms are observed, he
slowly moves his vehicle up as close as he
can to the person’s vehicle, being sure to al
low him or her enough room to remove his
or her car from the spot.
The most frequently committed crime in
Zachry Lot is not car theft or vandalism, but
stealing a spot from someone who has been
waiting for an extended period of time.
Ashley Caton, a junior elementary educa
tion major, made the mistake of not moving
up and became a victim of spot theft.
“I was waiting for a spot in Zachry [Lot]
for 30 minutes and a guy walked out and got
in a truck,” Caton said. “The girl behind me
in line whipped around me and took the spot.
1 was 20 minutes late for class because I had
to wait for the next spot.”
Caton said after she was robbed of her
spot she rolled down her window and
yelled at the girl as she walked by.
“I was screaming, ‘Don’t you
know? It’s a rule! You just don’t take
a spot from someone.’ ”
Will Short, a senior English ma
jor, said he was waiting when anoth
er driver attempted to steal a recently
vacated spot. Short took a proactive ap
proach to saving his spot.
“I stuck [the nose of my truck] into
the spot so he couldn’t pull his car in,”
he said. “The guy would not move, so I
sat there and honked at him forever.”
Short said he finally got out of his vehicle
and informed the other student, through a
rolled-up window, that he had been waiting for
30 minutes and was not moving his vehicle.
“The guy finally moved and let me park,”
he said. "It was my spot; I had waited forever,
and probably the only reason I actually did that
was because my truck was bigger than his.”
If everyone who is trying to park in
Zachry Lot will respect each other and re
alize that everyone is trying to get to class
class, then the established system of
waiting one’s turn will work.
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