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05/13/2006
blocked paths
It was a simple task really, something I've done hundreds of times. I got off the expressway at Ottawa and expected to go down to Pearl and turn right. I would then go over the bridge, past the hotel, around the Big Boy to Winter, and then turn left and find a parking space in the DeVos faculty staff lot. Not today. I couldn't even stay on Ottawa.
No prob, I thought. But there was. The "Run" was happening today and every street that lead to a campus lot was blocked off. I saw few runners, but I saw lots of police and security people who had no time for my questions. "This run happens every year. It's not like you didn't know about it."
Well, that was comforting and accommodating. I drove around again hoping that perhaps I had missed a pathway to a lot. Nope. The same comforting and accommodating security person popped up in my path. I rolled down the window and said, "I need directions on how to get to THAT lot." I was right next to the damn lot, but all entrances were blocked. She looked at me as if I were gnat. "Turn around, go up to Bridge, turn right and then turn left."
"Turn left where?"
"I don't know the name of the street," she said, eyes ever so slightly rolling up.
"Groovy." I didn't want to say "thank you" because I didn't feel all that appreciative of her generosity. Besides by this point I was 20 minutes late for the workshop. I saw Shirley about a hundred yards ahead of me, so I knew I wouldn't be the only one.
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