The Official "rant/bitch/moan" Thread - Part 2

Jonathan

So since the original thread has reached 10,000 posts (maximum thread size before it starts to affect site performance), I've had to close it and start this one instead.

Carry on with your ranting, bitching and moaning as usual.

Ravelleman

I liked the old thread better.

Cavehill Red

10,000 moans! That's near enough one per student, and ye all attending the top university in the country. I'd hate to see how yis moan if ye were attending Castleblayney technical college or something!

Taco Chips

Didn't TCD take a big slip in one of the major rankings this week past. As in went from 50 something last year to outside of the top 100? One of the major English rankings I think.

ride-the-spiral

Must have something to do with the loss of Trinity's world renowned rant thread.

Cavehill Red

Concerns about the thread's lack of funding and innovation, and the ongoing threat to merge it into the UCD rant thread may have affected its ranking alright.

Taco Chips

Looked it up and it was the Times Higher Education Rankings. It hasn't slipped year to year apparantly but it's at only 110. Not great. Lots of systemic mismanagement by the college administration though. There are plenty of talented students and great works being done in the college and it's a huge pity that they're let down by an archaic, lagging administration. The amount of cancelled lectures, results miscalculations and general tomfoolery that I've witnessed over the last year has been extremely frustrating. I know someone in Imperial College London and over there general feedback forms are regularly distributed to the students and the complaints are actually listened to and things are fixed! Time for the heads to sit up and take notice.

That's my rant I suppose.

Lawliet

I didn't think the ranking took into account that kind of thing, but focused on research impact, number of academic staff, etc. I always got the impression that undergrad teaching wasn't something they cared about too much with these things.

Brian

Lawliet wrote: »

I always got the impression that undergrad teaching wasn't something they cared about too much with these things.

Who, Trinity or the surveyors? :pac:

silenceisfoo

People who eat in the 1937 Reading Room. The woman eating a tinfoil wrapped burrito was taking the piss until her friend sat down beside her and had a chicken curry and rice dish.

Jammyc

Final year projects and supervisors from a different department. Don't ask me to do **** that I'm clearly not capable/educated in doing!

playedalive

The final stretch of your final year Thesis and trying to conclude the damn thing.

languagenerd

People who don't hold the Pearse St gate open for you at night when they can see you coming towards it :mad:

silenceisfoo

Having a desk on the second floor of the Berkley. It's like the staff don't want you able to connect to the internet and catch pneumonia at the same time.

Hollzy

Selling tickets for an event in the Laughter Lounge to raise money... Not going well, looks like I won't shift them all in time!

msirritable

silenceisfoo wrote: »

People who eat in the 1937 Reading Room. The woman eating a tinfoil wrapped burrito was taking the piss until her friend sat down beside her and had a chicken curry and rice dish.

Hahaha. I thought I was the only one who noticed. Who are these people and how can they be politely removed from the Reading Room?

Larianne

silenceisfoo wrote: »

People who eat in the 1937 Reading Room. The woman eating a tinfoil wrapped burrito was taking the piss until her friend sat down beside her and had a chicken curry and rice dish.

Why didn't you tell them to eat their dinner outside? You need to shame these people so they stop doing it. A burrito and a effin chicken curry? That's ridiculous.

silenceisfoo wrote: »

Having a desk on the second floor of the Berkley. It's like the staff don't want you able to connect to the internet and catch pneumonia at the same time.

Why is it so cold up there? Need to wear thermals these days in college. Even the Hamilton computer rooms aren't as hot as they use to be! :pac:

languagenerd

Larianne wrote: »

Why is it so cold up there? Need to wear thermals these days in college. Even the Hamilton computer rooms aren't as hot as they use to be! :pac:

The top floor of the Berkeley's always been freezing! Only ever worked up there for one semester in 2nd year (had one module that involved books from there so I'd just use the desks there rather than trek all the way back to the Ussher) and, I swear, I spent most of that time convinced I'd accidentally been transported back to 1970 It didn't help that I was reading fairly old articles that repeatedly said things like "In the the thirty years that have passed since WW2..."....

Warrior011

Just after spilling a full mug of tea all over the kitchen floor, my notes and my girlfriend's laptop charger, brilliant.....

Stupid rain.

languagenerd

The last few days before the dissertation is due.

I seem to be living in an endless cycle of frantic proofreading, rewriting, adding sections, concluding... mixed with procrastination coffees. CANNOT WAIT til this is finished.

Larianne

languagenerd wrote: »

The last few days before the dissertation is due.

I seem to be living in an endless cycle of frantic proofreading, rewriting, adding sections, concluding... mixed with procrastination coffees. CANNOT WAIT til this is finished.

Two more weeks for me!

I'm also starting to hate my class.

The Black Oil

Happy thesisness. :pac:

Revenue have sent me a letter asking me to pay the property tax - I've never owned one...

Anita Blow

How I'd love if the college did a shuttle bus between James' & the campus.
Got f*cking soaked today

Larianne

Anita Blow wrote: »

How I'd love if the college did a shuttle bus between James' & the campus.
Got f*cking soaked today

Just go into the Hammo computer rooms to dry off! :pac:

It's a total pain in the ass!

Anita Blow

Was in the Biomed which for whatever reason seems to be consistently maintained at -40 degrees.

The Black Oil

Awake

silenceisfoo

Trying to get a computer in the Reading Room. Some people in their seem to think it is their personal property. This morning I got asked to move because some woman ALWAYS used that computer. Seriously.

silenceisfoo

I actually sh*t you not, a woman has just come in, taken out a knife and fork, and is proceeding to eat a hot chicken burrito in the 1937 Reading Room. Seriously.
The saddest part of this is she doesn't even know she is in danger.

FaoiSin

silenceisfoo wrote: »

Trying to get a computer in the Reading Room. Some people in their seem to think it is their personal property. This morning I got asked to move because some woman ALWAYS used that computer. Seriously.

I hope you didn't actually move :P

Larianne

silenceisfoo wrote: »

Trying to get a computer in the Reading Room. Some people in their seem to think it is their personal property. This morning I got asked to move because some woman ALWAYS used that computer. Seriously.

silenceisfoo wrote: »

I actually sh*t you not, a woman has just come in, taken out a knife and fork, and is proceeding to eat a hot chicken burrito in the 1937 Reading Room. Seriously.
The saddest part of this is she doesn't even know she is in danger.

I'm starting to not believe you..

The Black Oil

Another 18 months of data to catalogue. Fun...

Larianne

Some serious issues with the plumming in the toilets in the quadriangle (or whatever dafuq that place is called). Walked into two very unpleasant cubicles. Used the toilets outside the library instead. Reported it to the security lady who said she'd pass it on.

If you looked my previous rants, it probably looks like I have a thing about toilets, but the state of them in this university!

playedalive

Larianne wrote: »

Some serious issues with the plumming in the toilets in the quadriangle (or whatever dafuq that place is called). Walked into two very unpleasant cubicles. Used the toilets outside the library instead. Reported it to the security lady who said she'd pass it on.

If you looked my previous rants, it probably looks like I have a thing about toilets, but the state of them in this university!

You think the girls is bad, try being a guy going to those toilets in the library. Honestly, you'd think people would consider that other people have to use/clean those toilets.

Best going to any other toilets on campus. In the arts block or wherever.

Larianne

Yeah, I've discovered that they keep the toilets in the arts block clean because the tourists use them.

Never using the ones in the library again. Still retching..

Apparently if I want the time off work to sit my exams I need to tell work my timetable yesterday.

I think they're starting to think I'm lying when I say I've no idea which days my exams are, and I don't blame them. This is ridiculous.

The Black Oil

Buses making it up as they go along.

Lawliet

Didn't recognize the venue that my exams are scheduled in, so I clicked on it and it brought me to a map of Kanas. lolwut

ride-the-spiral

Worst exam timetable ever...

MrPain

Lawliet wrote: »

Didn't recognize the venue that my exams are scheduled in, so I clicked on it and it brought me to a map of Kanas. lolwut

Yay, me too. We can be kansas buddies.

bscm

Less than 48 hours since term finished, aaand I'm sick woo migraine-level headaches

The Black Oil

Stupid anxiety.

Slugabed

Larianne wrote: »

Yeah, I've discovered that they keep the toilets in the arts block clean because the tourists use them.

Never using the ones in the library again. Still retching..

The toilets in the library are disgusting. The toilets in the Buttery are glorious.

Lawliet

Larianne wrote: »

Never using the ones in the library again. Still retching..

You weren't exaggerating, took one step in there today, turned and went straight back out again. That was first thing this morning as well, do they actually ever clean those things

Dying of what I assume to be an infected wisdom tooth...going to beg the dentist school to take a look on Monday morning- anyone have an idea of how much an emergency appointment is for students?

Ravelleman

That happened to me last year - horrific. Don't know about the cost but I have felt your pain.

doglover89

Oh wow, you poor thing, that sounds so painful. Sorry don't have any advice, just sympathy!

My rant is three words long: Spanish Medieval Literature. why... just why??

Lawliet

ADD is acting up big time. I can't focus on anything today.

Hollzy

Stress is really hitting me now. Got very little done today. At home and we've had so many visitors and similar distractions. Can't wait to get back to Dublin tomorrow.

No student rate, €70 to get treated....which they decided I don't need and that I should wait it out with painkillers instead >.>

In other news, the library is not a place to have your chats. GTFO, there's coffee & tea outside :mad: (every year!!)

Larianne

Deleted User wrote: »

In other news, the library is not a place to have your chats. GTFO, there's coffee & tea outside :mad: (every year!!)

No free tea and coffee today. Thought it was till exams.