UAF. Is. Evil.
I cannot possibly describe adequately the level of hatred I'm harboring for UAF right now. You know that student loan I applied for two months ago? The one I was approved for two months ago? The one I filled out the master promissory note for a month ago? THE MASTER PROMISSORY NOTE THEY LOST A MONTH AGO?!?!?! Seriously. They lost it, then told me to expect a check in a week. Did I mention this was a MONTH ago? Did I mention that I've been into financial aid once a week for the last three weeks asking about it, and they've always said it should be there in a week? AAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!! So I filled out the SAME form online, and now I'm praying that ACPE will be more competent and actually cut me the damn check so I can afford to EAT!!!!
On a smaller but no less annoying scale, they've upped the prices on the vending machines and I swear they've messed up the polar express system. I tried to swipe my card to buy a coke downstairs in Gruening and it gave me $1.25 in credit. Except everything now costs $1.50. Ha, ha. So I hit the cancel button and hike upstairs to try the other machine. Swipe my card, and it says TRANSACTION INVALID: CARD ON HOLD. And it BEEPS at me! Stupid uppity appliances. Finally after I went back downstairs and beat on all the buttons for a few minutes the upstairs machine finally allowed me the privilege of giving UAF 500% profit on my stupid coke so I can dissolve my digestive system in peace.
I'm questioning my whether my scheme to "give up caffeine" by not keeping coke in my room is saving me money. If I have coke, I'll drink about two to three cans a day; a 12 pack for six bucks means I drink a buck to a buck fifty a day. If I don't have coke, I end up caving and paying a buck a can for one or two cans out of the vending machines, which means I'm drinking one to two bucks a day. So the question now becomes whether it's better to:
a) drink lots of cheap coke and give my stomach acid a workout
or b) drink not very much expensive coke, and spend more money for less crap.
Of course, this is all irrelevant because at this point my only option is
c) realize my credit card is completely maxed out and derive my nutrients from whatever slime molds I can cultivate in my closet.
Fun math lab question of the day: "Do we really need negative numbers?"
Answer: "My bank seems to think so."
On a smaller but no less annoying scale, they've upped the prices on the vending machines and I swear they've messed up the polar express system. I tried to swipe my card to buy a coke downstairs in Gruening and it gave me $1.25 in credit. Except everything now costs $1.50. Ha, ha. So I hit the cancel button and hike upstairs to try the other machine. Swipe my card, and it says TRANSACTION INVALID: CARD ON HOLD. And it BEEPS at me! Stupid uppity appliances. Finally after I went back downstairs and beat on all the buttons for a few minutes the upstairs machine finally allowed me the privilege of giving UAF 500% profit on my stupid coke so I can dissolve my digestive system in peace.
I'm questioning my whether my scheme to "give up caffeine" by not keeping coke in my room is saving me money. If I have coke, I'll drink about two to three cans a day; a 12 pack for six bucks means I drink a buck to a buck fifty a day. If I don't have coke, I end up caving and paying a buck a can for one or two cans out of the vending machines, which means I'm drinking one to two bucks a day. So the question now becomes whether it's better to:
a) drink lots of cheap coke and give my stomach acid a workout
or b) drink not very much expensive coke, and spend more money for less crap.
Of course, this is all irrelevant because at this point my only option is
c) realize my credit card is completely maxed out and derive my nutrients from whatever slime molds I can cultivate in my closet.
Fun math lab question of the day: "Do we really need negative numbers?"
Answer: "My bank seems to think so."