Have you ever wondered how far some people will go to get that perfect parking spot? Well it appears that there are some who will go so far as to duel over a space. Two students vying for the same spot decided that the only way to decide who got the spot was to engage in chivalrous combat.
Robert Durich and Joseph Espinoza both told police that they had been searching for a parking spot for at least thirty minutes when a one opened up right near A1. As soon as they saw it, they both sped towards it. They were coming from opposite directions and just avoided having a head on collision at the edge of the space.
According to the police report, the two students first sat in their cars cursing and brandishing their middle fingers. After roughly five minutes, they got out of their cars and cursed in the other’s face. Espinoza then said that they should figure out a civil way to settle the dispute which prompted Durich to suggest playing cards, but neither boy had a deck. Other ideas included - basketball, wrestling, boxing, rubic’s cube, and a forty yard dash – but they did not have the necessary materials for any of those contests.
The two finally agreed to have a fencing match for the coveted space. They both removed their antennas from their cars and were just about to begin exchanging blows when a campus security officer pulled up to them. Officer Don Jansen had noticed that neither boy was wearing his school ID around his neck. When neither boy was able to produce proof that they were Nassau students, Jansen escorted them both off of campus. The parking spot was then taken by a 1996 Dodge Neon.
When contacted, Durich was furious. He said that had the match continued, he would have, to paraphrase, torn Espinoza a new anus. Espinoza’s comments were of a similar nature. Despite the fact that the last three rows of the parking lot were virtually empty, the only regret voiced by either boy was that he had forgotten his ID. Upon the suggestion that the boys could have parked in the back and just walked the extra distance, both boys scoffed. Espinoza’s excuse was that it was windy and he had forgotten a jacket that provided adequate protection from the wind. Durich admitted that he was just, “Too damn lazy.”