Today I am...
Annoyed. Quite spectacularly annoyed, in fact.
I got my registration documents for my OU course this morning. I was slightly surprised at this, becuase I thought I'd done all the registration online, but apparently not.
There's a slight problem with receiving the documents today, however.
The day they have to be back is also today. (The course starts on Monday.)
So I ring the OU, explaining the situation and hoping that, if I can get the documents in the post in the next hour so that they arrive at OU HQ tomorrow morning, then everything will be fine.
Nope. Well, technically yes, but only if I pay the full course amount over the phone before 8pm today - that's £525 - by credit card.
So, that's my time unexpectedly freed up for the next three or so months (and possibly more, because right now I'm pissed off enough to consider just not bothering to try for the Feb 2007 enrollment).
Why the fuck did they send me a time-sensitive document three days before the cut-off date? Why? I mean, I know I'm disorganised a lot of the time, but I kind of expect international universities to have their act together a little better than this...
I got my registration documents for my OU course this morning. I was slightly surprised at this, becuase I thought I'd done all the registration online, but apparently not.
There's a slight problem with receiving the documents today, however.
The day they have to be back is also today. (The course starts on Monday.)
So I ring the OU, explaining the situation and hoping that, if I can get the documents in the post in the next hour so that they arrive at OU HQ tomorrow morning, then everything will be fine.
Nope. Well, technically yes, but only if I pay the full course amount over the phone before 8pm today - that's £525 - by credit card.
So, that's my time unexpectedly freed up for the next three or so months (and possibly more, because right now I'm pissed off enough to consider just not bothering to try for the Feb 2007 enrollment).
Why the fuck did they send me a time-sensitive document three days before the cut-off date? Why? I mean, I know I'm disorganised a lot of the time, but I kind of expect international universities to have their act together a little better than this...