Nice Parking & Field Trips

I had a few first this past week related to BART, outside my scheduled weekly shift. I ride the train everyday from North Concord to either Lake Merritt or Oakland City Center and walk a few blocks. Yesterday, as regularly scheduled my 5-car train berthed and I boarded up…to a lead car full of kids. Yes, you guess it, my first field trip.

It was the entire car! Nearly every seat was filled with 2-4 kids, I even had a kid offer his seat to me. Thought that was nice and responded with a “Thank you.” Although that lasted to Concord, where I gave my [ADA seat] to an elderly couple with luggage on their way to the airport.

Overall, the trip was uneventful and the kids were well behaved. Other patrons seemed perturbed by all the kids taking “their seats” but far be it from any of these individuals to move to another car. You see the looks in their eyes and hear the sighs as they boarded up Romper Room. Somewhat funny to watch from behind my sunglasses.

The adults with the school kids had all of them under control. Yelps of joy when the trains would go underground did send some older patrons out of the car. They all off boarded at MacArthur Station to wait for the Fremont train. I figured it was a good idea to walk into work from 12th Street.

Today I arrive at North Concord looking for parking, hoping to make the 1208, but knowing it would be the 1223. I did not bother with the top lot and headed down to the main lot. Saw a few close spots, so I turned right with the intention of taking one.

Lo and behold there are people who do not know how to park their over sized, gas guzzling SUVs. I had to pass three partially open spots and could not fit my little GMC Sonoma into any of them because of how these asshats parked.

I know N. Concord is a big lot and mainly used as overflow parking from Gun Point…Bay Point. So as I head farther away from the station, I notice another car that intentionally parking in the middle of two spots. I know that parking in BFE is a bit more plentiful, but damn, have some respect for your fellow riders. I did call the plates into BPD. I doubt anything was done, but I felt a sense of accomplishment.