I work running a common room for college students at a local college.
We do a lot of different things, but I only need to tell you about 2 of them for this post.
First of all, we hire out pool cues for students. It doesnt cost anything, all they need is a £5 deposit and a student card.
Secondly, we issue student cards.
Heres the stories...
Deposit haggling
People occasionally come in trying to get pool cues without a deposit. They are usually happy with the response that the deposit is to make sure that:
1. They bring the cue back
2. If the break the cue, the deposit helps pay for a new one
But every so often someone says something along the lines of
"I don't have a fiver, can I give you my wallet/phone/shoes instead?"
Ummm...No? Haggling doesnt work so well in sports shops anymore thanks, if you break the cue, we cant exactly trade a wallet for a new cue, can we?
Change?
Each game of pool costs 50p, and only in a 50p coin. Now I accept that not all students have an abundance of 50p coins, but we keep having people coming in asking for change.
Do you see a sign saying "Change Here" anywhere?
Oh, and I forgot to mention, our office is situated between a change machine, and a shop.
Oh how I wish I was kidding...
Pool game cheapskates
Occasionally people will hire the cue, and pay for a game of pool as per usual, but then catch every ball before it goes in the pocket to avoid paying for any more games.
This isnt hard to notice, as there is a window in the office through which you can see all the pool tables very well.
But then they get all angry when I refuse to give them their deposit back.
Well, yeah. You broke the rules, and conned us out of about a fiver, which would have gone back into the common room anyway, so im not gonna give you your money back.
Student card woes
The student cards are a b*tch. They take a long time to do, and we have about 10,000 students wanting one from an office which is about 2x4 metres.
Every day I get someone coming in asking for a card. I ask them if they have a passport sized photograph for it, and this is where I get the odd answers.
They range from:
1. "No, dont you have it?"
Uhhh, lets see, theres 7 of us working here, and 10,000 students.....im gonna go with no.
2. "Yup! Here you go!" *Hands me college library card*
*Looks incredulous*
Yes, your library card has a passport sized picture in it. But, as you may have noticed, the aforementioned picture is ALREADY IN A FRIGGIN CARD.
I can never work out what they expect to happen here. And this happens a lot.
And just one more story. This didnt happen to me, but its still funny.
My office can also handle complaints from students, and we had a good one a couple of days ago.
A student was facing suspension from the college, and complained to us about the staff who were suspending him.
His excuse? "I only broke a couple of rules..."
Seriously. How did he think that this was a valid complaint?
Whats more worrying is that this college is the 5th best college in England.
ITS FILLED WITH BLEDDY IDIOTS!
We do a lot of different things, but I only need to tell you about 2 of them for this post.
First of all, we hire out pool cues for students. It doesnt cost anything, all they need is a £5 deposit and a student card.
Secondly, we issue student cards.
Heres the stories...
Deposit haggling
People occasionally come in trying to get pool cues without a deposit. They are usually happy with the response that the deposit is to make sure that:
1. They bring the cue back
2. If the break the cue, the deposit helps pay for a new one
But every so often someone says something along the lines of
"I don't have a fiver, can I give you my wallet/phone/shoes instead?"
Ummm...No? Haggling doesnt work so well in sports shops anymore thanks, if you break the cue, we cant exactly trade a wallet for a new cue, can we?
Change?
Each game of pool costs 50p, and only in a 50p coin. Now I accept that not all students have an abundance of 50p coins, but we keep having people coming in asking for change.
Do you see a sign saying "Change Here" anywhere?
Oh, and I forgot to mention, our office is situated between a change machine, and a shop.
Oh how I wish I was kidding...
Pool game cheapskates
Occasionally people will hire the cue, and pay for a game of pool as per usual, but then catch every ball before it goes in the pocket to avoid paying for any more games.
This isnt hard to notice, as there is a window in the office through which you can see all the pool tables very well.
But then they get all angry when I refuse to give them their deposit back.
Well, yeah. You broke the rules, and conned us out of about a fiver, which would have gone back into the common room anyway, so im not gonna give you your money back.
Student card woes
The student cards are a b*tch. They take a long time to do, and we have about 10,000 students wanting one from an office which is about 2x4 metres.
Every day I get someone coming in asking for a card. I ask them if they have a passport sized photograph for it, and this is where I get the odd answers.
They range from:
1. "No, dont you have it?"
Uhhh, lets see, theres 7 of us working here, and 10,000 students.....im gonna go with no.
2. "Yup! Here you go!" *Hands me college library card*
*Looks incredulous*
Yes, your library card has a passport sized picture in it. But, as you may have noticed, the aforementioned picture is ALREADY IN A FRIGGIN CARD.
I can never work out what they expect to happen here. And this happens a lot.
And just one more story. This didnt happen to me, but its still funny.
My office can also handle complaints from students, and we had a good one a couple of days ago.
A student was facing suspension from the college, and complained to us about the staff who were suspending him.
His excuse? "I only broke a couple of rules..."
Seriously. How did he think that this was a valid complaint?
Whats more worrying is that this college is the 5th best college in England.
ITS FILLED WITH BLEDDY IDIOTS!
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