Stretch Life Out

I find paying for parking at amusement parks, state fairs, festivals etc. to be a complete scam and waste of my time and husband’s hard earned money.  On a recent mini getaway trip to Great America we had to pay to get into the parking lot and park our rented sweet-ass mini-van.  It costs $25 for “extra special” parking which to this day I don’t understand ’cause we parked right in front of the gates to get in to the actual over-priced park and not once did I see a flag let alone six of them.  Why does it cost money to spend money? We’re already planning to pay for shamful games no one ever wins at, stupid $10 dollar shot glass souvenirs (in fact there is no booze to ease the pain), $3 bottled water, and a $60 lunch which I had to steal some food from my kids because I couldn’t afford to eat.  Lunch was a total waste because the bite of my daughter’s burger I did have tasted like grounded up dog food minus the vitamins and seasonings.  Yes, I’m sure I know what dog food taste like ’cause I have a dog and can smell the flavors from his butt.  This is what resembled my daughter’s burger.  Not fair.  We had to pay just to park in this place?

Another problem with paying for parking (there are many) is that if I get my hand stamped so I could get back in the same day and had to leave the black hole of a park that took all my money say to get medication I left at the hotel, I would have to pay fo parking all over again.  Or if I leave and come back the next day I still have to pay to park there.  Why?  I need someone to explain this to me.  Is the fee to maintain the parking lot?  What’s to maintain?  As far as I can tell the parking lot is exactly the same as it was twenty years ago.  I know now that the money ain’t going towards the food.  I think next year we should get a hotel nearby and just endanger our family’s lives by walking on over and spitting at the parking lot attendent which I saw some people doing, unfortunately minus the spitting and rated TV-MA profanity I envision in my happiest of dreams.

I pay my taxes, to my detriment, I pay for gas ($25 can fill up a fourth of a tank), I pay for tainted tomatoes, I pay for electricity (about half my mortgage), I pay and pay and then I pay some more.  Why not make me pay to park at the mall, or grocery store, or at my kids school, or even pay to park to buy a car?  These are all paces we spend money so why not make life worse so that all the country is pissed about something other than the President or oil barrel prices or lids up on toilet seats? 

Everywhere I go this summer I have no choice but to pay up, but I see no signs at these places that says I can’t call you people some choice words.  I have school supplies and clothes and gasoine to save up for.  I’m tired of people trying to stick me, I want to stick it to the man, but unfortunately I can’t afford it.  Thanks mister parking attendent.  Go f*** yourself.