Microsoft has a ton of buildings in the Redmond area of Washington. They are split into a couple of different campus areas. The office I visit when I am here is on a smaller campus that has 5 buildings and a cafeteria, and it is where all of the MSN folks live.
Parking is usually tight at the campus, but today I had to do something I have never done before. John and I drove out to Issaquah to pick something up during lunch and when we returned, we spent about 35 or 40 minutes repeatedly cruising the 6 car parks on campus trying to find a space. Nothing. Nada. Zip. I have never seen it like that before. In the end, we had to drive to another building about a mile away and park there, and then call a shuttle bus to take us back to our campus.
All in all, the act of finding a parking space and returning to our desks took longer than the rest of the errand! And of course, when we want to leave we’ll have to call for another shuttle and make our way back to the other building just to pick the car up. Is that nuts, or what?
