Assignment
12A
Segment: People who have the daily struggle of
finding a parking space in a crowded area.
Interviewee: I conducted interviews with three people.
Two of them are current UF students and the third is a manager for the University
Athletic Association.
Need awareness: The first interview was with Kasey a
senior at UF. In this interview, she says she has this problem when she has to
go to work (on campus) or goes to take a night exam. Although parking is lifted
after 4:30, she mentioned that she still has issues finding a parking space because
of the lack of parking available on campus. While Kasey prefers a scooter
sometimes the weather is not good enough to where she has to drive. Kasey also
has an issue finding parking by the Florida gymnasium which is where one of her
classes is. My second interview was with Nico, a sophomore at UF. Like Kasey,
he also has issues find parking in the case of an exam. Nico also mentioned
that he is on the UF water polo team and often finds himself forced to scoot or
Uber to practice because he is late due to not being able to find a parking
spot. My last interview was with Brian from the UAA. Most of his time on campus
is during the week/season of football, basketball, and baseball. On gamedays he
gets a parking pass, but he says that during the week it is a mess trying to
find somewhere to park before going into the office. It is either overcrowded
or filled with people illegally parking. Most of the time when he has an issue
finding a space is by the main ticket office on stadium road.
Information search: Kasey’s first thing she does is
keep driving around or goes to frat row to find a spot and ends up having to walk
to her destination. She says she always has conversations with friends and
family about how every college campus she has been to always has limited
parking. Nico and Kasey both said they have Google searched multiple times
parking maps on UF’s campus and still have trouble. They realize that the
situation is faulted by the school and needs to be considered. Brian on the other hand usually just talks
about it with coworkers and does not make a big deal of it but understands the
need for opportunity.
Conclusions: Based on the interviews I have learned
that many people who have this issue often have it during similar situations. I
also have learned that this issue is impacting people harmfully in their own
professions! The lack of parking has become a big situation on campus.
Hey Christopher,
ReplyDeleteHaving multiple students show concern for parking makes it clear just how much of an issue it can be. Students pay for parking passes every semester, but due to lack of availability end up having to park far away from their destination. When I used to live on campus, I had to park my truck a thirty-minute walk away from my dorms, so using it became obsolete. Now I refuse to pay for parking and bite the bullet and walk everywhere on campus.
Hi!
ReplyDeleteStudents are definitely a huge segment for this, because on-campus parking can be a nightmare and the people that give tickets are ruthless and do not show much mercy towards students. I find myself waiting until 4:30 every day to find a decent parking spot and not get ticketed, which is unfair and inconvenient to anyone who really needs a parking spot at a certain time. Many people definitely do have this issue in similar situations, including myself and a lot of my friends, so I love this idea.
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