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Finding Parking On Campus As Told By The Hunger Games

May the odds be ever in your favor

Olivia Scherzer

Mar 15, 2017

Virginia Tech

Finding Parking On Campus As Told By The Hunger Games

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As you enter into Perry St Garage, you enter the Hunger Games. All the odds have to be in your favor or you end up going home and skipping class. Once you enter, you enter into this parallel universe where students turn into your enemies. Just like Katniss did in the 74th (and 75th) Hunger Games, you have to use your strengths to the maximum and hide your weaknesses to get that golden parking spot--next to the elevators so you don't have to walk as far.

When you enter the parking garage:

I keep telling myself I'm not afraid. May the odds be ever in my favor, even though they probably won't and I'll probably have to skip class again.

When you see someone walking to their car and you zero in on them:

You're not stalking them, you just want their spot. It's not stalking, right?

When you get lost in the parking garage trying to find the right way to go:

Who hasn't gotten lost and don't know which way to turn to get to the right exit?

When you've been driving all around the parking garage and other parking lots and you finally see an open spot:

*The Lion King's Circle of Life starts playing* *a gold aura surrounds the heavenly parking spot as I squeeze my car in between two trucks*

When someone takes your spot, the spot you've been waiting for:

Well, someone's about to get hit with my car.

When you get to your car after a long day and see that you got a parking ticket:

How many times do I have to say, I went over 15 minutes!! It's not a big deal!!!!

When you leave the parking garage and salute your fellow commuters trying to find a spot:

May the odds be ever in your favor, fellow commuters. May my parking spot be up for grabs.

Always remember who the true enemy is:

This is where I @ parking services. Looking at you. I am looking directly at you. Do you know how many times I had to drive back to my far away apartment complex and figure out another ride? Or skip class altogether because I couldn't find a parking spot? Instead of throwing out parking tickets, maybe you should *gasps* build another parking lot. But hey, it wouldn't be an entertaining TV show for twelve (or thirteen) districts.

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