I’m trying to get into the dorms for next semester. I finally got an email back (on the third try), saying the application is on the website. Huh-uh SURE. I check again on the Housing site. Let’s see, I’ve got info on what’s in the dorms and how to pay. I’ve got what the process is - plus another link to what’s in the dorms. Okay, I need this other account. Fine, did that. No application there either, but it has a link back to the Housing site!
Why is there not a big link saying APPLICATION?! This is STUPID. Why is this shit not organized? If I was supposed to have this damn account when I started going here why did no one tell me?
Definitely let the office know that it’s hard to find (gently). I hardly ever visit our department website, and when a student tells me there’s an issue accessing something, I’ll ask our IT folks to fix it. Oftentimes someone says, “Ask Joe to post a link,” and Joe is minimally involved with anything regarding the department.
Sometimes I wish we could just post our own links, etc.
A nice Welsh swear is “myn brain” (pron. mun brine). It means “by crows!” You can also use “myn diawl” [devil] (mun dyowl), and if you’re feeling reckless you can add the preposition “i” (ee) at the end: myn brain i, myn diawl i. A nice expression of disgust is “ych a fi” (ukh ah vee).
When we get to the point where we’re giving fine points on Welsh cursing… surely we must be getting to the end of the road of Ignorance Left to be Fought, right?