Official bitch about daily life in UL

Peteee · 08-02-2009 11:18pm

I lost my job on thursday.

You may now return to your petty bitching!

bluedolphin · 08-02-2009 11:21pm

Peteee wrote: »

I lost my job on thursday.

You may now return to your petty bitching!

Yikes...sorry to hear that, Peteee, that's tough going. *hug*

kaimera · 08-02-2009 11:46pm

Peteee wrote: »

I lost my job on thursday.

You may now return to your petty bitching!

so whats it like being a grad of 2008/9 then?

ninty9er · 09-02-2009 2:46am

Peteee wrote: »

I lost my job on thursday.

You may now return to your petty bitching!

Will we be seeing a return in the AY 09/10 for PG studies then:p

ergonomics · 09-02-2009 9:46pm

It's Week 3 and my lecturers are still changing around tutorials and lectures. Just quit it. Every single hour, bar one, has been changed on my timetable now, but they're still not happy. I don't care if you don't want to stay in college until 5pm, you're getting paid for it so suck it up.

Mossin · 17-02-2009 9:28pm

Projects! :mad:
Project groups! :mad:
Lots and lots of course work! :mad:

I tried to be good this semester, and join in some volunteer stuff, and all I'm getting is raped by lecturers who dont want you to have any sort of life!

I needed to vent that.

idPlease · 20-02-2009 9:00pm

people who exclaim before class or during class "oh my gawd i was like, totallly langers last nite i think i kissed jonathan!! cant believe it. But sure ya know what it was like only a once off thing".

The erasmus students who don't know how to whisper in class - Shut the fudge up!!! surely they whisper in france, spain and germany? no?

Notes for class not being put up until an hour or two until the class begins; i'm past the days of spending hours a day online doing pointless crap (this doesn't count) surfing bebo so i can't be constantly looking out for the notes.

The careers centre's 1pm query hour, which today had a chatty second year science student whose grasp of the english language went as far as "yeah" for which she used to answer ever question. besides that, she spent at least 15 mins talking sh*te. I left.

that is all...for today;)

Mossin · 25-02-2009 9:49am

I hate early starts! 3rd day this week that I'm up/awake before 9! This isnt on at all at all. I like my rest

I also dislike presentations, and yet by 2pm today I'll have done my second one this week! Have I done something to spite people?

Finally, the lack of a Meteor phone signal in the KBS building is absolutely ridiculous! Considering I spend the vast majority of my time there, I often miss vital calls and messages as a result!

Chowburger · 01-03-2009 11:12pm

I effing hate the Red Raisins. I had a moment on Friday when I completely forgot how obscenely overpriced they are, and ended up handing over €4.65 for a sandwich. With no meat in it! The same thing in the SU shop is €2.35...

DJCR · 01-03-2009 11:25pm

Chowburger wrote: »

I effing hate the Red Raisins. I had a moment on Friday when I completely forgot how obscenely overpriced they are, and ended up handing over €4.65 for a sandwich. With no meat in it! The same thing in the SU shop is €2.35...

Shout out as loud as you can .... Campbells contract is up for renewal!!

Hopefully we get some other interest this time.... Campbells were the only company to make an offer for the new KBS resto!!.... pitiful!!

Mossin · 02-03-2009 4:23pm

People who think that College Court is a carpark! :mad:

There is ample parking on campus, there has never been some much parking available, and yet crossing the road in College Court is more difficult that crossing the Dublin Road! :mad:

It was never this bad in previous years. What is going on with students at all??

limericklady87 · 02-03-2009 5:26pm

ample parking on campus? You reckon do you?

Just wondering whether you drive or not cos I do and Iv missed lecgtures and tutorials by not being able to find anywhere to park..some days even the new 3euro carpark is full and HS. So tbh, tough luck if it upsets you as long as it doesnt block entry to your house. fair enough people should defiantely not block driveways or take other peoples spots but I have on occaison parked there and in elm park and milford grange...and will continue to do so until such time that the college lower the price of the 3e carpark...if i cane ven get in there!

Mossin · 02-03-2009 6:07pm

limericklady87 wrote: »

ample parking on campus? You reckon do you?

Just wondering whether you drive or not cos I do and Iv missed lecgtures and tutorials by not being able to find anywhere to park..some days even the new 3euro carpark is full and HS. So tbh, tough luck if it upsets you as long as it doesnt block entry to your house. fair enough people should defiantely not block driveways or take other peoples spots but I have on occaison parked there and in elm park and milford grange...and will continue to do so until such time that the college lower the price of the 3e carpark...if i cane ven get in there!

This is a bitch thread, and I am well entitled to this bitch and moan.
When you get some fools throwing **** from their cars, and leaving the place in a mess too, I have every right.

As for ample parking, what I said was:

There is ample parking on campus, there has never been some much parking available

There is so much more parking available now than ever before, so how come in the past 12 months there are more cars parked in College Court?
I'm so happy for those that received a parking ticket from the Gardai last week for being illegally parked in CC.

The fact that its €3 to park isnt the residents of CC's problem!! If you miss college because you cant find a parking space, thats not our problem either tbh. Maybe you should take the bus!

limericklady87 · 02-03-2009 6:13pm

Granted there is more parking..but there are also more students with cars and therefor it is not ample! Also FYI I have to drive to college..Im in the country half an hour away and there is no bus, Im not one of the lazy crowd that spin in from groody or oaklawns! Happy moaning so

ergonomics · 02-03-2009 6:25pm

limericklady87 wrote: »

ample parking on campus? You reckon do you?

Just wondering whether you drive or not cos I do and Iv missed lecgtures and tutorials by not being able to find anywhere to park..some days even the new 3euro carpark is full and HS. So tbh, tough luck if it upsets you as long as it doesnt block entry to your house. fair enough people should defiantely not block driveways or take other peoples spots but I have on occaison parked there and in elm park and milford grange...and will continue to do so until such time that the college lower the price of the 3e carpark...if i cane ven get in there!

I drive in most days because I get stuck in college until all hours so it's easier than having to walk home at 8/9pm. No matter what time I come into college I have never seen the Health Sciences car park full and the new pay car park is definitely never full.

klong · 02-03-2009 7:46pm

Today, Scholars. I leave my bag at a seat and wander over to get some food. Come back to my seat to find my bag on the floor and a lady sitting there. "OH are you sitting here?" No, moron, I walked into Scholars, dumped my bag and walked out :rolleyes: It wasn't like the place was busy either...

bluedolphin · 02-03-2009 8:18pm

Mossin wrote: »

People who think that College Court is a carpark! :mad:

There is ample parking on campus, there has never been some much parking available, and yet crossing the road in College Court is more difficult that crossing the Dublin Road! :mad:

It was never this bad in previous years. What is going on with students at all??

limericklady87 wrote: »

ample parking on campus? You reckon do you?

Just wondering whether you drive or not cos I do and Iv missed lecgtures and tutorials by not being able to find anywhere to park..some days even the new 3euro carpark is full and HS. So tbh, tough luck if it upsets you as long as it doesnt block entry to your house. fair enough people should defiantely not block driveways or take other peoples spots but I have on occaison parked there and in elm park and milford grange...and will continue to do so until such time that the college lower the price of the 3e carpark...if i cane ven get in there!

Agree to a point. There have been serious complaints about the parking in College Court. To put it out there, an ambulance could not get down a road in the estate to access an emergency at a house last semester purely because of the crazy parking there; that is a disgrace. People know what they're doing when they park. Whatever about illegal parking, parking in such a place that is blatantly preventing access is sick and drivers who do this ought to be ashamed of themselves. The Gardai are now patrolling the area.

Tbh, though, it really is not just students. With the new KBS it's very, very handy for staff down there as that car park and the Schuman one are far from adequate to deal with the numbers now located in those buildings.

The real problem: laziness.

People don't seem to realise that the new €3 car park at Thomond Bridge or even going to the free car park by Health Sciences building isn't really all that far away. Staff AND students are just too damn lazy to walk more than 10 metres. Get over it ffs. And instead of moaning about the €3 charge, by the time most people have driven around the free car parks for 20 minutes they've probably spent that much in petrol anyway.

There is ample parking on campus; it's just there are too many cars. And, genuinely, it is the students who are driving in from Oaklawns/Elm Park/Groody/Brookfield... Get real!

DJCR · 03-03-2009 4:09pm

Well i'll tell you waht annoys me............ being used like an arm rest!!!

One minute your going on a date (because she needs you) ...... next minute your not needed and your thrown into the abyss.........

Well I've had enough of it .... and I've decided to go anyway and be all awkward about it

:cool::cool::cool:

:D:D:D:D

bluedolphin · 03-03-2009 4:39pm

DJCR wrote: »

Well i'll tell you waht annoys me............ being used like an arm rest!!!

One minute your going on a date (because she needs you) ...... next minute your not needed and your thrown into the abyss.........

Well I've had enough of it .... and I've decided to go anyway and be all awkward about it :cool::cool::cool: :D:D

Thanks!!! YOU'RE GOING TO RUIN MY NIGHT!!!!! :pac: :pac: :pac:

Peteee · 03-03-2009 6:04pm

BD, did you bring (Or are/were going to bring) DJCR on a...how do I say this... pity date? And then decide not to bring him.

Damn, not even I'm as pathetic as that DJCR

Mossin · 03-03-2009 6:06pm

Peteee wrote: »

BD, did you bring (Or are/were going to bring) DJCR on a...how do I say this... pity date? And then decide not to bring him.

Damn, not even I'm as pathetic as that DJCR

Why are u mocking CSON?

What a ninja edit there lad

Mossin · 03-03-2009 6:14pm

Students being ridiculously loud in the KBS computer labs when people are trying to get project work completed!

rosgirl · 08-03-2009 3:57am

My rant concerns lecturers who insist on setting excrutiating mid terms for the morning after paddys day!! And then refuse to change them to another day because he likes the room were in on wednesday mornings :mad:

....and obviously lacks a social life!

kaimera · 08-03-2009 10:33am

countries that don't adhere to the standard Mon-Fri work week and Sat/Sun weekend.

I am so shamed right now...urgh to Sunday [or 'Monday'] work.

Mossin · 08-03-2009 1:34pm

2 case studies, a 20 page report, a group reflective essay all due Week 10 aka Rag Week!
I'm in 4th year...my last chance to enjoy Rag Week ruined

Also have a mid-term next week and a live project [see support earth hour] ongoing until end of Week 9.

rosgirl · 08-03-2009 2:24pm

you think thats bad, on top of a field trip, lab reports, an essay, problems etc. we also have our fyps due up the friday of rag week

ergonomics · 09-03-2009 2:43pm

The computers in the new languages building are a pile of crap.

1huge1 · 09-03-2009 4:12pm

ergonomics wrote: »

The computers in the new languages building are a pile of crap.

Oh my god was just saying that, im on them now, none of my links are saved and it advertises skype but it doesn't log in.
And on some computers some websites are blocked. Noting my friends dismay that she couldn't get on bebo

DJCR · 09-03-2009 4:39pm

1huge1 wrote: »

Oh my god was just saying that, im on them now, none of my links are saved and it advertises skype but it doesn't log in.
And on some computers some websites are blocked. Noting my friends dismay that she couldn't get on bebo

Not to mention they take ages to load up!!!!

dK1NG · 10-03-2009 1:14pm

rosgirl wrote: »

My rant concerns lecturers who insist on setting excrutiating mid terms for the morning after paddys day!! And then refuse to change them to another day because he likes the room were in on wednesday mornings :mad:

....and obviously lacks a social life!

Maybe its cos he has a social life that he doesnt want to give a lecture when hungover, so will give an exam instead so he can just sit there in peace.

1huge1 · 10-03-2009 2:47pm

DJCR wrote: »

Not to mention they take ages to load up!!!!

Isn't that every compuiter really, you'd think with all the time it takes that we'd have personal spaces like most universities. My brother in NUIM can log into any computer on campus and access his 5gb of storage on the network. All we got is emails and some other small things.

And email wouldnt work for me yesterday on the computers in the language building.

thattequilagirl · 14-03-2009 3:40am

ARRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

So my FYP is due up next week... Here I am in Galway at 2.38am working hard, plenty of library books to keep me going but I find myself needing a journal article. But OF COURSE ITD IS DOWN NOW.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH

I'm sorry for the excessive use of caps, but this is incredibly frustrating!

Busi_Girl08 · 18-03-2009 8:24pm

Gaaaaaaaaaah!!!!

The stupid e-mail is down again!!!

:mad::mad::mad::mad:

DJCR · 18-03-2009 8:38pm

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

Gaaaaaaaaaah!!!!

The stupid e-mail is down again!!!

:mad::mad::mad::mad:

FFS :mad::mad::mad:

Mossin · 18-03-2009 8:39pm

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

Gaaaaaaaaaah!!!!

The stupid e-mail is down again!!!

:mad::mad::mad::mad:

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

ARRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH Indeed!!!

FFS, I really need access to my email account, the email address of the printer whom I need to send my poster design is in there, and now I cannot get it.

I also have vital links with information I need for questionnaires in there!!

Typical, the weather is good, so ITD take a god damn holiday!!

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

idPlease · 19-03-2009 9:59am

thattequilagirl wrote: »

ARRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

So my FYP is due up next week... Here I am in Galway at 2.38am working hard, plenty of library books to keep me going but I find myself needing a journal article. But OF COURSE ITD IS DOWN NOW.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH

I'm sorry for the excessive use of caps, but this is incredibly frustrating!

I know exactly what your saying!! This is bulls**t. They can't do their job as this is the third time that the email is down this semester (that i can remember) and when i came into college last saturday morning to get a host of work done i'm told the server is down and to "come back in an hour and a half"!! WTF!!

I came in early to work, not drink coffee dumbass. Is it so difficult to keep the internet connection going, email up etc etc we pay enough in "registration fees" for it to be. Jesus.

aoife2k · 19-03-2009 10:41am

How can the email system in UL be sooooo fricking crap!!!! Not able to check emails, email FYP supervisor etc etc..... And then we get a bolloking about missing something that has been emailed to us. Most overused phrase on my course "just keep checking your emails" or "emailing us is the handiest way to contact us"... HOW CAN WE DO THAT WHEN THE SYSTEM STAYS DOWN FOR DAYS!

Offically hate UL today....:mad:

rmacm · 19-03-2009 11:48am

Just found something that some people might be interested in.....

http://www2.ul.ie/web/WWW/Services/Information%20Technology%20Division

On the left you can see current service outages.

http://www2.ul.ie/web/WWW/Services/Information%20Technology%20Division/Quality%20Management%20System/Performance%20Trends/Service%20Availability%20Figures

^^^ If you look here you get monthly performance figures i.e. uptime, downtime, maintenance etc. If you're looking for the email stats it's the CommNet figures you should be looking at. I believe CommNet are contracted to manage certain services like the data network and email.

1huge1 · 20-03-2009 9:22am

According to ITD

Service Outages

19.03.09 6.00 p.m. Three of the five staff e-mail servers are working. The other two are being restored from backups and will be operational by the morning. All student e-mail servers are up.

So student e-mails should be working??? mine sure isn't

ninty9er · 20-03-2009 9:48am

Mine is. I have 16 emails ffs!:mad: And a looming hangover!

Busi_Girl08 · 20-03-2009 9:48am

Nothing!!

So now not only are ITD incompetent, they are LIARS aswell.

Brilliant.
:mad:

Polar Ice · 20-03-2009 4:29pm

Those are ridiculously bad figures!

http://www2.ul.ie/pdf/528985343.pdf

rmacm · 20-03-2009 5:06pm

Bad as in inaccurate or bad uptime wise? Far from 5 nines reliability though so I guess they could be considered bad.

Polar Ice · 20-03-2009 6:33pm

Bad as in uptime.

On a lot of the services I don't even see 2 nines. On some of the services the uptime doesn't even start with a nine:eek:

Mossin · 14-04-2009 6:03pm

*Bump*

With deadlines looming and exams also on the horizon, it was inevitable that I'd have a rough day.

Not enough sleep last night, and then a 10a.m. meeting for a presentation, which went well actually...but then I discovered that the presentation schedule had changed, and that we have to be in college tomorrow at 8:50a.m. and have to suffer through all the presentation as well. [not saying they'll be bad or anything, but after mine, I'll just want to leave!]

Also writing an essay worth 40% on children in advertising, and its god damn awful

Busi_Girl08 · 16-04-2009 7:05pm

I was so annoyed today.

I had a load of study to get through today, and so I went up to the library with my laptop. I spent 10 minutes looking all over the place for a free space. Most of the people who were in the laptop spaces either didn't have a laptop, or were browsing through Bebo and crap. :mad::mad:
One girl was asleep ffs!!!

Earlier on I bought a chocolate brownie in Paddocks. I was kind of in a rush, so I didn't really look at it properly, but sure you don't usually expect anything wrong with them.
I brought it to the library, so I could have a nibble at it when I got peckish.
Under closer inspection, it looked a bit stale, I checked the date..April 14th!!!!!

2 days gone off, and they are still feckin selling them??!!
I would have brought it back in, but sure what would be the point?!
I have no proof that I actually bought it today:(

DJCR · 16-04-2009 7:57pm

What the **** is up with the timetabling of tests etc in this f..in university.

I'm ****ed...

French Exam yestery
French Lit exam today
Negociations final tomorrow and
My fecking french Oral (the final one) on ****ing Monday.

What the **** is going on!!!!!!

This isn't even exam week ffs!!!:mad::mad::mad::mad:

fivetwenty · 16-04-2009 8:24pm

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

Earlier on I bought a chocolate brownie in Paddocks. I was kind of in a rush, so I didn't really look at it properly, but sure you don't usually expect anything wrong with them.
I brought it to the library, so I could have a nibble at it when I got peckish.
Under closer inspection, it looked a bit stale, I checked the date..April 14th!!!!!

2 days gone off, and they are still feckin selling them??!!
I would have brought it back in, but sure what would be the point?!
I have no proof that I actually bought it today:(

The staff are really nice there, I'm sure they'd let you off.

Mossin · 17-04-2009 11:25am

I was way too tired to moan yesterday, so I'm doing it today instead!

Spent yesterday trying to get a tutor [who claims to give her students 110% of her time they show the same commitment] to give us 10 minutes of her time to review of projects, in preparation for the final submission next week!

She practically kicked us out of the first meeting we had, telling us she had other groups to meet. This pissed us all off, because she was 30 minutes late for our meeting in the first place, and gave us precious little time as a result.

Then when we went back to her, she said she was lecturing all day, which we then found out to be false :rolleyes: Although that didnt surprise me entirely. We ended up going directly to the lecturer for the module for direction. She clarified numerous things which we hadnt even been told about or been directed towards in the first place!

12 hours in college yesterday trying to get an assignment back under control, and been given feck all guidance by someone who is younger than me is a joke!!

Peteee · 17-04-2009 12:09pm

Mossin wrote: »

been given feck all guidance by someone who is younger than me is a joke!!

Bitter much

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