#BestRevengeIsFourYearsOfGoodParking? 🚗
**Heading:** Introduction
This is the story of how a desperate situation turned into a satisfying act of revenge in the world of college parking. From exorbitant fees to convoluted rules, one student found a way to turn the system on its head and come out on top.
**Subheading:** The Beginning of the End
It all started when a sophomore student at a private college found herself in need of a parking spot for her recently repaired car. Little did she know, this seemingly simple task would spiral into a nightmare of fees and restrictions.
**Heading:** The Maze of Nonsense
The student’s attempt to register for campus parking turned into a maze of irrational fees and penalties. From costly permits to late registration fines, the system seemed set up to keep her from parking on campus.
– Residential parking spot was full, offered a spot 30 minutes away
– Commuter permit 5x more expensive than residential
– Late registration fees, upfront payment for next semester
– Various fees attached to registration and waiting list for spring semester
**Subheading:** The Ultimate Act of Defiance
Feeling defeated by the system, the student decided to take matters into her own hands. By parking without a permit and risking tickets, she found a way to buy time and avoid the exorbitant fees.
– Parked in commuter lot without a permit, no consequences
– Parked in guest spot at apartment building, still no consequences
**Heading:** The Unexpected Turn
After accumulating parking tickets and fearing the worst, the student received a surprising letter. The penalty for unpaid tickets actually worked in her favor, leading to a temporary permit suspension with no financial consequences.
– Unpaid tickets led to suspension of non-existent permit
– Suspension meant no financial obligations, just had to wait it out
– Used suspension period to gather funds for next semester’s registration
**Subheading:** Breaking the Cycle
As the student continued to avoid registration and accumulate tickets, a pattern emerged. With each suspension and prohibition, the student found a way to evade the system’s financial traps and continue parking for free.
– Three suspensions led to permit suspension for semester
– Continued to park without registration
– Prohibited from registering car due to multiple suspensions
**Heading:** The Final Letter
Just before graduation, the student received a final letter from the school. Banned from ever registering a car on campus, the student was faced with a fitting end to her four-year parking saga.
– Received a handwritten letter with a ticket, ban from registering
– Laughed off the ban and graduated without ever paying a cent
In the end, the student found that sometimes the best revenge is simply outsmarting a broken system. And in this case, four years of free parking was the ultimate victory. #ParkingRevenge #CollegeParkingWars 🅿️🚫
I love this. You beat the bureaucrats at their own game!
That is just absolutely hilarious. Best story about the absolute inanity of bureaucratic rules I think I’ve ever read.
“We forbid you from getting the permit we’ve made it impossible for you to get in the first place! But go ahead and do the thing you need a permit for without paying any fees and zero consequences!”
Gold.
I love it when they provide loopholes and they don’t realize it, but you do!
It’s good to see an education put to good use.
Successful college education there, learning how to handle bureaucracy. I’d hire you!
Please just stop doing what? Following the rules?
Definitely these tickets are for the rich. But the poor beat the system.
If Kafka wrote humor…
That’s more than petty, that’s amazing.
This is a great class war win
love the ending “please just stop”…
Unexpected feel good story
The colleges I have attended, if you didn’t pay the tickets, you didn’t graduate. You would not get your diploma, you would not get a transcript, you would not be allowed to transfer credits, until the tickets and been paid off.
How did they miss this step?
FREEEDOM!!!! JUSTICE!!!
I bet they were parking mad about it.
Good for you. This is awesome.
I struggled with money in college, and this just brings back the many ways that the poor are screwed. Even though you got away with it, the cost in time and worry is huge.