Clydebank College is Jack Bauer and the Man Flu.

There’s nothing like a big shit bomb to really brighten up your day when you’re already struck down by Man Flu. Yesterday Clydebank College was nice enough to send me a letter reminding me I have yet to pay for my course fees. It turns out even though I chose the “2 year option” on SAAS’s website last year; I still have to refill their tedious forms again this year!
I of course didn’t know this, as having an option to choose 2 years, to me, seems like a good reason to think you are covered for both.

Okay so I made a mistake and I’m far from an innocent party. I admit that and in a way it’s my own fault. But why o’ why do I get this stern letter about lack of payment 4 DAYS before I’ll be billed personally!?

It’s like the letters are jumping from the page, gripping you by your throat demanding a payment before the ever more suspenseful approaching deadline. Why did Clydebank College wait so long to finally tell me I made this error? Why days before an ominous deadline, which may result in me personally having to pay £1,300? Are they a fan of Jack Bauer and felt a nerve dreading race against the clock would be much better than advance notice?

I phoned up and now I have to speak with an advisor tomorrow with regards about getting my SAAS application “fast tracked” through their backdated system. Fellow students of mine tell me of how SAAS can be - as some of them were in near starvation before SAAS coughed up their loan.

On the good side my severe case of man flu is rapidly fading with each punch of the key. I was in work tonight, shovelling the usual Hollywood garbage to customers in [CENSORED DUE TO STORE POLICY] and while I thought I’d be sputtering and shuffling like a zombie I was surprisingly fresher than expected. So whoop, it’s away.

Two fucking days too late. Two days off college means two assessments missed and I still have to edit 6 minutes of video footage for next week - as well as write up the accompanying paper work - which teaching shaman Disco Dave conjured up for us the second last week before we finish.

Finding out new crucial information close to deadlines? It rings a very obvious deafening bell.