Thursday, August 28, 2003
Well, I am officially gainfully employed for the rest of the summer, despite problems with work-study. Yay! Finished my quota for the week yesterday, so I'm off until Tuesday. Yay! However, today was migraine day. Not-yay! And yesterday was Disaster Day for Chicago: 2 terrible wrecks and a shooting in a factory. Bad even for here. Shooting Crash 1 Crash 2
Monday, August 25, 2003
I've just looked at my account status for U of C - mostly to be sure that my name change went through without something strange happening - like me suddenly being masculated (I have problems with that, if only I could actually pee standing up when it happens...) or something. Anyway, the university has finally entered the 20th Century (yes, I know, we're in the 21st) and put our bills online. Bills for the fall quarter were mailed out today. They are due on 19 Sept. I don't owe them anything, they owe me a refund. Here is my conundrum: I would be expected to pay them on or before 19 September if I owed them money, yet I am expected to wait until at least 29 September to get my damn refund check (and I will be fortunate beyond belief if I can get it then). If I didn't think it would result in my records suddenly showing that I had been eaten by a yak in Inner Mongolia and am therefore no longer eligible for financial aid, I would walk in and say:
"Give me my stipend, you bitches. It's my stipend. I earned it. See this gray hair? See it? I'm 23 damn it! Give it, give it now!!!!!!!!"
But we all know, that will only lead to erroneous reports of rampaging yaks in Mongolia.
"Give me my stipend, you bitches. It's my stipend. I earned it. See this gray hair? See it? I'm 23 damn it! Give it, give it now!!!!!!!!"
But we all know, that will only lead to erroneous reports of rampaging yaks in Mongolia.
HOLY SHIZNIT!
So, I went back to work today. When I left in the middle of June there were approximately 30 photo orders waiting to be filled - i.e. prints needed to be made from negatives on file to send these unhappy people photos they'd been waiting to publish, etc. for quite a while (several months in some cases). I return to find the original 30 orders still waiting and at least 30 more added to the pile. Yes, there was someone handling my job while I was gone and yes, she is competent. It's just that we have one photographer for the entire OI, she only works part-time, and in-house requests get first priority. And she apparently goes on vacation every month or so - and no, she's not a student.
As if that wasn't enough fun, my work-study paperwork for the summer was waiting for me in my office. When I left work at 3:30, I went to the work-study office to turn in the paperwork to be informed that work-study jobs are supposed to end on August 30 - this Saturday. They will not resume until September 29. I have no money. Oh god, oh god, oh god! So, I run back across campus to the OI looking for the financial officer, who is in a meeting. Then I run into my boss and explain the problem (quite calmly considering that I really, really have no money!) We go tripping off to find some of the other work-study students in the building and find out that for the month that we don't get paid through work-study, the OI picks up the tab. Or something like that. So, though I won't know for sure until tomorrow, I'm still gainfully employed, though I won't get paid until the 5th of September. But rent and parking and a few other bills are due on the 1st. Shiznit, I say. Shiznit!
So, I went back to work today. When I left in the middle of June there were approximately 30 photo orders waiting to be filled - i.e. prints needed to be made from negatives on file to send these unhappy people photos they'd been waiting to publish, etc. for quite a while (several months in some cases). I return to find the original 30 orders still waiting and at least 30 more added to the pile. Yes, there was someone handling my job while I was gone and yes, she is competent. It's just that we have one photographer for the entire OI, she only works part-time, and in-house requests get first priority. And she apparently goes on vacation every month or so - and no, she's not a student.
As if that wasn't enough fun, my work-study paperwork for the summer was waiting for me in my office. When I left work at 3:30, I went to the work-study office to turn in the paperwork to be informed that work-study jobs are supposed to end on August 30 - this Saturday. They will not resume until September 29. I have no money. Oh god, oh god, oh god! So, I run back across campus to the OI looking for the financial officer, who is in a meeting. Then I run into my boss and explain the problem (quite calmly considering that I really, really have no money!) We go tripping off to find some of the other work-study students in the building and find out that for the month that we don't get paid through work-study, the OI picks up the tab. Or something like that. So, though I won't know for sure until tomorrow, I'm still gainfully employed, though I won't get paid until the 5th of September. But rent and parking and a few other bills are due on the 1st. Shiznit, I say. Shiznit!
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