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Mothwing ([personal profile] mothwing) wrote2007-02-28 07:56 pm
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University of Hamburg's Registry's Stupidity: 1, Moth: 0.

My university LOST. The copies of the certificates (Zwischenprüfungszeugnis for German) I handed in for my application.

The 15th was the final deadline for handing them in.

And they LOST. the huge, A4 envelope in which the copies where, and now my application won't even be considered.

I can enter an objection, but since the only thing I can object to is them not having my certificates, which they in fact do not have, it won't do any good. Which the person who's handling my application already told me. If I enter an objection which is not successful, I also have to pay fees. And it will not be successful unless the envelope is found.

I've been there today and talked to two of the most unhelpful, unfriendly employees of our university, and all they could tell me is that if I handed it in, it must be there, and if it is not, they don't know where it could be, that there is no way of finding out what could have happened to the envelope, that there is nothing they can do and that is not their responsibility, either, could I leave now, please, and good day.

The last person I talked to effectively threw us out (Crocky had come along for moral support) of the building.

The friendly porter I talked to before also said that it had never happened before that they had lost an envelope, so it must have been misdirected or accidentally thrown away. Which apparently HAS happened before.

Lovely.

And now all I can do is wait for the uni to find my envelope, which is unlikely, as they get such a lot of mail every day and it's been weeks since I handed it in, so they won't have it lying around somewhere. If it was not misdirected. Which is my last hope. It is probably in the bin already and all the work I put into being able to get hold of this certificates, the nights I spent working on the two term papers I had to hand in early for that, all the effort that went into convincing my professors to allow me to hand them in and to correct them early, all the effort that went into getting professors to sign the certificate so I could hand it in on time and become a teacher was for nothing.

Still, since no one is willing to tell me exactly what could have happened to this letter, and since everyone keeps telling me that had I handed it in, it should be there, and that they don't know nor care what could have gone wrong, there is no chance for me. I am a nuisance to them.
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[personal profile] lordhellebore 2007-02-28 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
There are no words. They MUST find the envelope. HOW can they be so bloody incompetent?!?!

Many *hugs* as useless as they may be :(

[identity profile] moonystone.livejournal.com 2007-02-28 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
How bloody incompetent can people be?! And then having the nerve of being so rude towards you. Things like that make me think that we should be paid for putting up with such crap.

I know it doesn't help much, but *hugs* and good luck!

[identity profile] bronnyelsp.livejournal.com 2007-02-28 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw hon, I'm so sorry! Those morons!

I really, really, really hope it becomes OK somehow, soon. Idiots! BAH!

*big hugs and support*

[identity profile] aixa.livejournal.com 2007-03-01 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Oh no! They've got to find it! How completely incompetent! Beat down their doors every day if you have to, but they had better find it!

[identity profile] bilks.livejournal.com 2007-03-01 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
I'm with Aix on this one. Keep up the pressure. Be there everyday. Take it up the ladder. Get statements from those professors who marked you assignements early. Make sure they know you are not going away. They need to take this seriously and they'll only do it if you are constantly under their noses.

Of course, being someone who avoids conflict myself, I understand how difficult all that would be.

[identity profile] dstroyrofworlds.livejournal.com 2007-03-01 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
Quite emberassing for the uni. What dickheads, I don't know how something like that could possibly happen and THEN being treated with such a lack of preofessionalism and urgency. Hello?!?! How that? *sigh* unis.

[identity profile] count-tygath.livejournal.com 2007-03-01 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
*many hugs* :(


Honestly, how stupid can it get there? - First STINE, and now this!? - Stuff getting lost is the exact reason obviously both of us don't send anything via mail but hand it in in person. And now this doesn't fucking work anymore either? - No words, really... I SO hope that it'll still turn out right, at the end.

Where'd you go in the first place? - Studierendensekretariat? - Bunch of idiots there, I can tell you. The only competent and friendly person there is Mr Axel Schoeler, the chief of staff, I believe. Even though I dunno if this'll help much, I'd try and talk to him... At least he'll listen to what you have to say, I think. Unbelievable... UN-BE-LIEVABLE... :(

Btw.: What about the bloody tuition fees? - SoSe07 or WS 07/08? - The last remittance slip I got still didn't include them... Still the old Semesterbeitrag.

On Monday I'll order me the next TANs for STINE... Wonder if this (if anything at all) is gonna work. :( - Yesterday I even read that due to all these complications our department wanted to do paper applications again, at least until STINE was fixed, but they got denied... Why, oh why...