Majestic and awe inspiring rant time!
My kick-off one’s not so grandiose, however.
I think I’m off that fucking course I was on, the one that made death seem like a good plan- at least the death of someone. It turns out the useless twats that signed me up for it not only neglected to tell me (when directly asked) that I would need microsoft office 2007 to complete the course, they also forgot to mention that they don’t actually have microsoft bloody office 2007; except on a few computers in the back room, which are only available tuesdays and thursdays, except when there’s exams in there which happens all the time, oh yeah- and this week, because they’re closed. So I’d have to try and cram the next month’s worth of course into a few half-days.
I’d spent the day phoning them, trying to book a time to go in, as I was asked to do- every time I called, I was asked to call back in 20 minutes/an hour/later before someone finally said that the person I was calling was busy all day running an exam- same as she does every wednesday.
Eventually got to talk to one of the smarmiest gits I’ve ever had the misfortune to deal with, who kept calling me ‘love’, who told me how little the computers I’d need to use were actually available, and proceeded to tell me it wasn’t their responsibility to check my computer was suitable for the course; I pointed out that I had been not just not informed what I would need, but completely misinformed, and I’m pretty sure it is actually their responsibilty to not give out inaccurate information on course requirements, his response was just ‘I’m not going to argue with you, you can think what you want’. I got a tad pissed off at him, because he really seemed to think they’d been wonderfully helpful and organised, as well as repeating the same few buzzword packed phrases, all of which were utterly pointless, except when he was talking to me like a naughty toddler.
I mean, really? They can tell me whatever shit we want to make me sign up but that’s my problem? Even if the requirements are so specific that they don’t have them available more than a few hours a week, and they advertise it as a course that is fully flexible and designed to be completed at home? I don’t think they guy who signed me up did it deliberately mind you, I think he just didn’t have a clue what the actual software requirements were.
If the course hadn’t been such an utter piece of shite, I might have sucked it up and tried to find a way to get there, but after spending a full day trying to book one session, while being told not only crap, but different crap every time I spoke to a different person; it’s not worth that just in order to suffer the worst program I’ve ever had to use. Fuck it.
The only problem is that I have an interview on friday, and I’ve told them I’m doing that course. I wouldn’t actually be able to finish it anyway if I got the job, as the only hours that the computers may be available clash with the working hours. I think I’ll just leave it 'til after the interview before filing a proper complaint about the facilities and general utter lack of staff clue with the company, and formally dropping out.
