Move Along

So in the newest installment in the annoying actions of law students that tick me off I suggest the habit of coming in late and then snagging someone else’s seat. There are multiple levels of this annoyance.

Firstly, being late is rude. Sure everyone is late sometimes from something coming up last minute but many people in my 9 o’clock class make a habit of it. If I can get my Secured Transactions- hating ass out of bed then so can you!

And then they always have the same excuse, “yeah parking was a bitch. I couldn’t find a spot anywhere.” Well, no shit! You are 3Ls and parking has been ridiculously bad the entire time we have been here. Of course, you are not going to get one of the precious parking meters within a block of the law school when you roll in at 9 for 9:10 classes. Pretty much everyone else in the school, except for paid parking space people like yours truly and hard-core pit parkers, are vying for those spaces and they actually got here on time. Here are pretty much your parking options: a) put your name on a list at least a year in advance to spend minimum $50 a month to guarantee a parking space in a private lot; b) getting here about by about 8:15 to guarantee a meter and proceed to have to feed the meter for the rest of the day; c) park in BFE by 8:40ish and hoof it to class (or maybe if you are lucky just hoof it to the bus stop then ride in style up the hill), or d) Arrive after 8:15 to drive around for about 30 minutes pissed about the lack of meter spaces within a mile radius of the law school. Then give up and realize that it is now too late and you must park in that area beyond BFE that isn’t even paved or graveled. Now hire a sherpa to help lead you to class and piss off your classmates for being late. Those are really your only options besides just saying screw it and stay at home. So just grow up and choose a,b, or c like the rest of us.

Finally, why are you taking someone else’s seat?! Sure your assigned seat is smack dab in the middle of the row, but really that is your own damn fault. I mean you should have been here on time on seating chart day. Once again if I and most everyone else dragged their asses here than so should have you. I understand that you probably think you are helping by not climbing the 8 people between you and your goal, but what do you think is going to happen when said “borrowed” seat person arrives? And you know they will cause someone always arrives later than you and do to Murphy’s Law that person will be the one now without a seat. You taking his seat causes him to be all confused and stand there desperately trying to process this turn of events. Unfortunately for all of us their sleep or alcohol from the night before addled mind can’t comprehend this turn of events so they just stand there looking dumb and causing a distraction. Finally the light clicks on, they give you, the seat stealer, a dirty look and usually let out a loud sigh then they proceed to climb over the 8 people you didn’t to take your seat. All you have done is extend your interruption of class to include this next person. Instead of the 30 seconds of you climbing over people 5 minutes after class began, we have the 5 minute extravaganza that is this other person about 20 minutes into class. So thanks!