why are the people at (d)umsl so stupid? for example:
if something happens and you don’t have your parking permit with you, you can go to the office and get a temporary sticker. why does the lady at the office ask you “is this for today?” they’re only good for the day of issue! i said “actually, i’ll need one on monday, too,” and she said “well, you can only get them for a day at a time. you’ll have to come back monday.”
what the hell is the point of asking me if it’s “for today”? do i really pay $20 a credit hour to park to pay this person’s salary?
the (d)umsl lunchroom used to take 4 forms of payment – cash, check, student charge (which would add the total to your tuition bill,) and credit card. every year i’ve been here they’ve dropped one of them so that now they’re down to just cash (which is INSANE – we’re COLLEGE KIDS. we don’t have any fucking money, we already gave it all to you!)
so why the hell, when you walk up with a tray of food, do they say, “will this be cash?” when cash is the ONLY thing they accept? “will this be cash?” “no, i was thinking i’d pay with juju coins today.”
speaking of the morons running umsl. the bookstore used to take student charge, with a limit of $500 at a time. so this year, the geniuses in charge decided to only use a $400 limit, and not accept it after the first week of school.
that’s CRAP. let’s do the math here. most students take 15 hours a semester – about 5 classes, assuming 3 hours per class. books for any given class will average around $100, tack on a little more for computer classes and sciences. 5 classes, $100 a pop… $500. and, oh yeah, $400 < $500.
so i'm taking 12 hours this semester (just like every semester.) my books came to $496. which is also more than $400. i walk up to the counter, i set down my massive pile of books, and i hand the cashier my student charge, not knowing the change in policy. she rings up my books, swipes my student card, and then tells me that my student charge has been declined because i am over my $400 limit. here's how THAT conversation went:
jenks: "so, how am i supposed to get the rest of my books?"
cashier: "don't you have any money?"
j: "no, no i don't. i just spent it all on a $240 parking permit."
c: "well, i'm sorry, but i can only put $400 on the card. you'll either have to put a book back, or find some other way to pay for it."
j: "fuck it, put it on my credit card."
c: "are you sure that's what you want to do?"
j: "what am i supposed to do, really not buy a required book for a class?"
c: "i don't know, i just wouldn't want to put it on a credit card if i were you."
j: "oh, it's okay, i'll get the money back at the end of the semester when i sell these $100 books back for seven dollars a piece."
more to come. i'm being kicked out of the classroom by the MIS nazi again.
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