Official bitch about daily life in UL

YFlyer

And without the use of a calculator

ricimaki

What maths module is that in?

Ave Sodalis

Ouch! How does that even work?

On an unrelated topic, is there anywhere you can go make a complaint about a lecturer and actually have something done about it?

Chris Martin

I don't know and don't want to find out hard way
MA4103 btw.

You'd be thinking the Course Director but if push comes to shove I'd say chance the Councillor. Should be able to push complaint through anonymously.
Oddly, ended up going there to switch course but they led me in right direction.

Pai Mei

Got the 5-6pm slot for a lab on a Friday Don't know who my tutor is so can't ask for it to be changed. And I'm only a little first year like Now my paents have to come and collect me cause I'll miss the bus

Busi_Girl08

Pai Mei wrote: »

Got the 5-6pm slot for a lab on a Friday Don't know who my tutor is so can't ask for it to be changed. And I'm only a little first year like Now my paents have to come and collect me cause I'll miss the bus

Depending on the course those slots are usually cancelled due to lack of attendance. Is it a science-y course you are doing?

Pai Mei

No its Law and Accounting. Its an Acc lab

Chris Martin

Pai Mei wrote: »

Got the 5-6pm slot for a lab on a Friday Don't know who my tutor is so can't ask for it to be changed. And I'm only a little first year like Now my paents have to come and collect me cause I'll miss the bus

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

Depending on the course those slots are usually cancelled due to lack of attendance. Is it a science-y course you are doing?

Give it a few weeks and it'll be gone I'd say,
I'd one this year and it was gone before tutorials started.
And if it does stay, request to be moved to a different slot saying you've to make a certain bus home... They're generally pretty okay about it with tutorials, but I reckon it'll be gone after 2 tutorials max. Literally no one goes to them.

Pai Mei

Chris Martin wrote: »

Give it a few weeks and it'll be gone I'd say,
I'd one this year and it was gone before tutorials started.
And if it does stay, request to be moved to a different slot saying you've to make a certain bus home... They're generally pretty okay about it with tutorials, but I reckon it'll be gone after 2 tutorials max. Literally no one goes to them.

I hope so. I'm ragin bout it of all the times I could've got they decide to give me that time even tho I've nothing on a Thursday. I did Acc for the LC and everything so its utterly pointless for me to go

Chris Martin

A lab...
If there's more than one I'd say try and change,
Otherwise, if enough people complain about it, or attendance drops too low they'll have to move it really..
Decent chance of it getting moved anyway I'd say,
Shouldn't have 6 Friday anyway with bus schedules and the like

wnolan1992

I'd bet it'll be cancelled after a week or two to be honest. Most lecturers that say they're keeping that slot end up having to change it because the attendance is generally piss poor.

We're timetabled for one at that time as well, but we've asked to move it to earlier in the day and he's working on it so hopefully...

Ave Sodalis

Chris Martin wrote: »

You'd be thinking the Course Director but if push comes to shove I'd say chance the Councillor. Should be able to push complaint through anonymously.
Oddly, ended up going there to switch course but they led me in right direction.

Yeah course director and faculty head have been complained to countless times including by all of last years fourth years and a few lecturers that work with him. Anyone else I know who had him have complained too, but not an iota has been done about him. I might try the Councillor but I wouldn't worry too much about anonymously considering everyone left fuming today.

Chris Martin

sup_dude wrote: »

Yeah course director and faculty head have been complained to countless times including by all of last years fourth years and a few lecturers that work with him. Anyone else I know who had him have complained too, but not an iota has been done about him. I might try the Councillor but I wouldn't worry too much about anonymously considering everyone left fuming today.

Out of curiosity now, what's actually wrong with him? :P

chrislad

wnolan1992 wrote: »

I'd bet it'll be cancelled after a week or two to be honest. Most lecturers that say they're keeping that slot end up having to change it because the attendance is generally piss poor.

We're timetabled for one at that time as well, but we've asked to move it to earlier in the day and he's working on it so hopefully...

If that's Data Mining, that's be moved to right after the lecture on Friday so it's 1 to 2 now. Same room.

Precious flower

Ugh I need to learn to drive I want to go to Krav Maga two days a week, but it starts at 8:15 on a Monday and 7:00 on Wednesday and lasts for two hours so I have to get my mum to pick me up and she says she'll only bring me up on the Wednesday because it's too costly to be going up two days and it's late which I completely understand but ugh I wanna do two days wah! And any of the extra meet ups they have are on too late too! Being reliant on parents for lifts is frustrating and I'm doing alternative modules for Erasmus so I was really excited to do it as my grades aren't a huge concern for this semester so I could put in the time and effort for it! Wah!

highlydebased

Precious flower wrote: »

Ugh I need to learn to drive I want to go to Krav Maga two days a week, but it starts at 8:15 on a Monday and 7:00 on Wednesday and lasts for two hours so I have to get my mum to pick me up and she says she'll only bring me up on the Wednesday because it's too costly to be going up two days and it's late which I completely understand but ugh I wanna do two days wah! And any of the extra meet ups they have are on too late too! Being reliant on parents for lifts is frustrating and I'm doing alternative modules for Erasmus so I was really excited to do it as my grades aren't a huge concern for this semester so I could put in the time and effort for it! Wah!

Living at home for college is the biggest drag ever!

Precious flower

highlydebased wrote: »

Living at home for college is the biggest drag ever!

Tell me about it, and I'll be doing until 4th year (3rd year now). It mainly just gets to me when you want to join in stuff!

Chris Martin

The Groody's internet is doing my head in!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad:

Hybrid_Theory

Chris Martin wrote: »

The Groody's internet is doing my head in!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad:

What internet??? :P :P :P :pac:

Copper_pipe

the internet in brookfield has picked up a bit :P




In the city (mollys, crush) will they accept student ID if you have the sticker on the back? Will be handier than bringing the passport :pac:

Chris Martin

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/2989798945

What internet is right, just dire!

Shocking, not just the internet but the fcuking thing keeps disconnecting every 10 minutes!

ricimaki

The speed in Courtyard Village. Its 3 times faster than it was last year.

Chavways

I've been in agony all week with back pain. Went to the medical centre today and the earliest I can get an appointment is Friday afternoon :mad:.

Ave Sodalis

Chris Martin wrote: »

Out of curiosity now, what's actually wrong with him? :P

It would take too long to go through it all here :pac:
If you really want to know and have a few hours spare, I can sit you down in front of my class and ask them what he's like :P

Chris Martin

sup_dude wrote: »

It would take too long to go through it all here :pac:
If you really want to know and have a few hours spare, I can sit you down in front of my class and ask them what he's like :P

Study week it is then.. :P

Ave Sodalis

Chris Martin wrote: »

Study week it is then.. :P

By then, I'm sure we'll need the whole week to get through everything :P

Chris Martin

Just a straight out bad lecturer then.. :P
Had one a couple of years ago, just chronic, for Maths.
No control of class but kept talking anyway..
Probably knew her stuff, just lacked the skill to get it across.

Nothing worse than it

Precious flower

Is it just me or does anyone else noticed how packed the library has been? Since I spend most of my time there :P I noticed that it's quite busy given that the semester has only begun. It's my library damn it no one else is allowed!:pac:

highlydebased

Precious flower wrote: »

Is it just me or does anyone else noticed how packed the library has been? Since I spend most of my time there :P I noticed that it's quite busy given that the semester has only begun. It's my library damn it no one else is allowed!:pac:

Not where I sit it's not

Hybrid_Theory

Chavways wrote: »

I've been in agony all week with back pain. Went to the medical centre today and the earliest I can get an appointment is Friday afternoon :mad:.

I was in same positition Monday morning, dying with a pain in my stomach so went to make an app with doc and all they would give me was tuesday so I went to see a doc across beside Plassey Spar and next thing ya know I'm heading out to A&E with a letter from the doc.

Not one bit impressed with the medical centre for that!!! They should have room each day for emergency apps like!

Pai Mei

Okay so I just got an email about Acc labs (I already posted my disgust at being appointed the Friday 5-6 one like two pages back :P ) and it said that this is just a time in front of a computer that there wont even be a lecturer/tutor there and that skipping it is fine. So does this mean that I can basically not go to it tomorrow as its basically pointless seeing as I have my own laptop??

garv123

Pai Mei wrote: »

Okay so I just got an email about Acc labs (I already posted my disgust at being appointed the Friday 5-6 one like two pages back :P ) and it said that this is just a time in front of a computer that there wont even be a lecturer/tutor there and that skipping it is fine. So does this mean that I can basically not go to it tomorrow as its basically pointless seeing as I have my own laptop??

Its a tutorial 5-6 tomorrow, not a lab.. the lab is a hour on thursday, which is only there incase you dont have access to a computer to do your homework on myacclab, so basically she has that slot there so you cant use that as an excuse.

enjoy 5-6:P


Assuming you're on about financial accounting?

Pai Mei

garv123 wrote: »

Its a tutorial 5-6 tomorrow, not a lab.. the lab is a hour on thursday, which is only there incase you dont have access to a computer to do your homework on myacclab, so basically she has that slot there so you cant use that as an excuse.

enjoy 5-6:P


Assuming you're on about financial accounting?

No lol I'm a first year and it's defo a lab :P Its the principle of Accounting lab and I did Acc for the LC so can I miss it?? My lecturer was the one who emailed and told us it's fine to miss it. So can I catch my bus now then?????

garv123

Pai Mei wrote: »

No lol I'm a first year and it's defo a lab :P Its the principle of Accounting lab and I did Acc for the LC so can I miss it?? My lecturer was the one who emailed and told us it's fine to miss it. So can I catch my bus now then?????

ahh we've an accounting one too, shared with first years, 5-6 on a friday that everyone is going nuts over

Pai Mei

garv123 wrote: »

ahh we've an accounting one too, shared with first years, 5-6 on a friday that everyone is going nuts over

What is the point of it like?? If there is no tutor or lecturer there then they're basically saying that you should only come here if you don't have access to a computer... which I would think everybody has.

garv123

Pai Mei wrote: »

What is the point of it like?? If there is no tutor or lecturer there then they're basically saying that you should only come here if you don't have access to a computer... which I would think everybody has.

Will ye have an midterm computer exam?

Ours is mainly book to reserve the slot for the exam.

Copper_pipe

I'm supposed to be in that lab too, (friday 4-5) dont think i'll bother going in now

Jester252

If your going to walk slow don't take up the footpath and not allow other to pass you. You're just asking for a punch to the back of the head.

YFlyer

Zombie season again

Precious flower

Jester252 wrote: »

If your going to walk slow don't take up the footpath and not allow other to pass you. You're just asking for a punch to the back of the head.

Or when you're walking against two people taking up the full footpath and one person doesn't have the manners to fall behind their friend to let you pass so you're not walking on the road!

Jester252

Precious flower wrote: »

Or when you're walking against two people taking up the full footpath and one person doesn't have the manners to fall behind their friend to let you pass so you're not walking on the road!

I just drop the shoulder and walk through them. I'm not getting my shoes dirty/ feet wet because you don't have any manners.

wnolan1992

Or when you're walking five abreast on the living bridge it wouldn't kill ye to bunch up every now and again...

garv123

I'm going to get a can of spray paint and climb up to the new arena sign and spray and S onto the end of sport.

UL SPORT ARENA is annoying!!

Precious flower

Argh! People not knowing when the library opens kills me in the morning! But worse is when it's close to half 8, everyone is standing outside and people still come up to the doors and wonder why they don't open! We're hardly standing outside for a laugh and it is enough of a group to figure out people aren't just standing around! People!:pac: Feel a bit like Bernard Black today! 'Well the little man in my hair is getting very, very angry'

Had to include this one too, for all the annoying people who talk in the library! Everywhere should be a silent zone! :P

And in case you hadn't guessed I'm obsessed with Black Books and Dylan Moran! :P

Chris Martin

Once you start trusting strangers it's a slippery slope downwards... :P

Precious flower

Ugh, this linguistics project is hurting my brain! Anyone else do this bloody module? It's a first year module and I'm only doing it because I'm doing alternative modules! Mistake! *Sigh*

Jester252

Have to spend all afternoon making sample. GTA:O has to wait

VanishingActs

Precious flower wrote: »

Ugh, this linguistics project is hurting my brain! Anyone else do this bloody module? It's a first year module and I'm only doing it because I'm doing alternative modules! Mistake! *Sigh*

I did Linguistics 1 last year. Hated every second of it! Linguistics 2 wasn't so bad though.

Ave Sodalis

Anyone know the best place to report taxi drivers for trying to take advantage of peoples drunkenness to get more money?

Jester252

sup_dude wrote: »

Anyone know the best place to report taxi drivers for trying to take advantage of peoples drunkenness to get more money?

Well the SU would be a good place to start. You could try the guards. I say that the National Transport Authority would also be a good place as they deal with taxi licences and regulations.