Newsgroups: local.devilbunnies
Path: news.cs.brandeis.edu!bis
From: bis@cs.brandeis.edu (Bis)
Subject: Re: money!!!
Organization: Bis Information Services
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 05:13:35 GMT

In article <1994Jan25.201037.20819@news.cs.brandeis.edu> st931049@pip.cc.brandeis.edu writes:
>	I just LOVE dealing with the bursar.  it is my favorite place to
>hang out.  Hey, I was there on Thursday and TWICE today!! It seems my
>check from home hasn't arrived yet.  In total, I have spent two and a 
>half hours on line today.  Aftr standing on line for the second time,
>the nit-wit behind the counter says " The only thing you can do is come
>back tomorrow and see if the check a has come in.  If not have your parents
>cancel the check and wire the money."  

I have some sage advice, drawing on my vast experience as a venerable
senior.  If you just have a question, and papers don't need to change
hands, use the phone.  They don't like it, because they don't give a
flying fuck about your time and don't see anything wrong with making
you wait an hour for a simple question.  During registration period,
they won't answer immediately.  Don't worry, just let it keep ringing,
20 rings or more if you have to.  Eventually they'll get sick of the
ringing and answer it.  They might just lift the phone off the hook
and hang up again the first time, but do it again, and you'll get to
talk to a person (using the term loosely).  When you do, don't be
either accusing or self-conscious, just ask your question as if
everything is normal and act innocent.

You can't talk to any of those people without a hassle, but four
minutes on the phone in your room is certainly better than 30+ minutes
in line in a crowded hall.

After it's all over, tell them I told you to do that.  I want them to
be pissed off at me.  :)

(No, seriously, you want to act as if you don't see anything unusual
about letting the phone ring 22 times.

                                        --Adi Inbar, B.S., Bullshit Studies

ObBullshit:  My father was a bit skeptical about the bill they sent
  him, so he asked me to get an itemization of my account.  I went to
  B.M. (quaintly appropriate initials for the administration building,
  considering what doctors use that abbreviation for) and asked for a
  printout of my account.  They printed out a bill.  I explained to
  them that I already have that, and I need an itemization because my
  father wants to know what he's paying for.  They said they can't
  give itemizations until after registration.  Oh, and if your father
  doesn't pay the bill before the end of registration you lose your
  classes.  I see...they won't tell you what you're paying for until
  you've paid it.

  If these people ever lose their jobs at Brandeis, I recommend they
  ask Jeff Gilooly if he's hiring.  Not that Brandeis would ever want
  to get rid of them, they're handling their jobs quite incompetently,
  thank you very much.  :\