[Vision2020] Venting Again

[KRFP]

Wow! Your daughter is learning a lot, real fast.  See how good the 
school is?

Dave


Chasuk wrote:
> I'm going to vent here for a moment.
>
> My daughter filled out several important applications at the start of
> the last semester, well in advance of the mid-May deadline.  She
> queried regularly to check the status of the applications.  All is
> well, she was repeatedly told.  Two days past the deadline, they
> discovered that the applications had had never left the outbox of a
> minor factotum's desk.  One of the applications involved a
> perfunctorily approved student loan.  Now she had to apply for a loan
> requiring a co-signer, which was arranged, and the loan approved.
> Instead of transferring the funds electronically, a check was issued
> and sent via regular post.  My daughter took the check to the bank,
> where she was informed that "bank policy" required 10 days for the
> check to clear.  She was discouraged, but waited the 10 days, having
> no other choice.  At the end of the 10 days, the money was still not
> in her account.  When she asked for an explanation, they informed her
> that she had forgotten to endorse the check, so they sent ti back to
> the issuer.  They didn't phone her and ask her to come in and sign it,
> they simply mailed it back to the issuer and let her wait 10 days to
> learn of her mistake.
>
> Now the process begins again, and, if she is lucky, the paperwork will
> be completed before it is too late.
>
> I HATE freaking jobsworth losers, who seem to live for the enforcement
> of petty regulations.  There is a letrer-versus-spirit of the law anus
> in any organization, so I shouldn't be surprised, but it sure is
> frustrating.
>
> Chas
>
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