UCD irritations... ie first world problems! (See Mod Note, 1st post)

Mardy Bum · 07-02-2013 06:57PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

Ag students blabbing away in the library.

This has been a common occurrence for years. There should be some sort of study done on why Ag students can't sit still for more than ten minutes without looking for attention.

/massive generalisation.

Maldesu · 07-02-2013 07:02PM

Mardy Bum wrote: »

This has been a common occurrence for years. There should be some sort of study done on why Ag students can't sit still for more than ten minutes without looking for attention.

Some Ag students are feckin' sick. Had a lab there once and some of the crap they were saying...

Anyway, people leaving their laptops to charge and leaving them for 3+ hours. Someday I'm just going to disconnect some of them and stack them on the book shelves. Annoys the hell outta me.

Mycroft H · 07-02-2013 07:04PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

You mean cant pay vs wont pay?

UCD don't care if you cannot pay. It's stupid. I'd pay in installments if I had the chance but I've to pay it in one big lump

Mardy Bum · 07-02-2013 07:06PM

BX 19 wrote: »

UCD don't care if you cannot pay. It's stupid. I'd pay in installments if I had the chance but I've to pay it in one big lump

I think you can pay in up to three installments if you are a postgrad and I presume you can pay in two installments if you are a undergraduate although it is still quite a bit it does take the heat off a bit.

RayCarley · 07-02-2013 08:52PM

Mardy Bum wrote: »

I think you can pay in up to three installments if you are a postgrad and I presume you can pay in two installments if you are a undergraduate although it is still quite a bit it does take the heat off a bit.

The SU actually got it changed so undergraduates only need to pay one third of your fees to get into the library, makes it a little bit more manageable at least: http://www.ucd.ie/registry/adminservices/fees/fee_payment_dates.htm

pheasant tail · 09-02-2013 02:18AM

That 1 lecturer who doesnt put up any notes on blackboard :mad:

Neeson · 09-02-2013 04:31AM

Smokers outside Newman building. It's a no smoking area. F u c k off elsewhere.

Mix_Tape · 12-02-2013 05:14AM

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Is library still off limits for peasants who haven't paid there fees?

Peasants?? Considering you're still having difficulty understanding the difference between 'there' and 'their', i presume you're having difficulty accessing the library yourself?

Mycroft H · 12-02-2013 02:05PM

Mix_Tape wrote: »

Peasants?? Considering you're still having difficulty understanding the difference between 'there' and 'their', i presume you're having difficulty accessing the library yourself?

I don't think you know how pronouns work either.

Mycroft H · 12-02-2013 02:05PM

Mix_Tape wrote: »

Peasants?? Considering you're still having difficulty understanding the difference between 'there' and 'their', i presume you're having difficulty accessing the library yourself?

I don't think you know how pronouns work either.

2cool4school · 12-02-2013 02:27PM

ucd problem: i want to buy a chisel - no hardware shop on campus

Chucky the tree · 12-02-2013 02:27PM

Mix_Tape wrote: »

Peasants?? Considering you're still having difficulty understanding the difference between 'there' and 'their', i presume you're having difficulty accessing the library yourself?

You're grammer is terrible.

2cool4school · 14-02-2013 02:44PM

another big irritation is whenever you sit in the restarant and there are all mongs sitting around you talking bollox and laughing like morons when you want to eat your dinner

usually its some rugby enthusiast in a poncy cardigan laughing like a giraffe at his own jokes

or a bunch of airhead birds screeching about whatever one of their friends happens to be absent from the group and what a grotbag she is

these knobs have no place in a university

Seanchai · 14-02-2013 03:30PM

Students- adults! - who are talking next to you when somebody is trying to explain things. The lack of respect for everybody else, in particular for the teacher, is confounding. The smaller the class, the more embarrassing it is to see such disrespect.

Ilyana 2.0 · 14-02-2013 07:54PM

We have a module which was supposed to have an assignment due 'mid-semester', then a large assignment due week 12. However, the lecturer has thus far made no mention of this mid-semester assignment, and our tutors have no information about it either. Mid-semester is two weeks away!

If the lecturer has decided to abandon this assignment, or both of them, then that's fine. But it's a bit of a joke that he hasn't let us know anything by the end of week 4.

Mardy Bum · 16-02-2013 01:31AM

Ilyana 2.0 wrote: »

We have a module which was supposed to have an assignment due 'mid-semester', then a large assignment due week 12. However, the lecturer has thus far made no mention of this mid-semester assignment, and our tutors have no information about it either. Mid-semester is two weeks away!

If the lecturer has decided to abandon this assignment, or both of them, then that's fine. But it's a bit of a joke that he hasn't let us know anything by the end of week 4.

There are two weeks off this semester so you will have plenty of time to do it if it is announced in week 6.

Polar Ice · 16-02-2013 02:22AM

Chucky the tree wrote: »

You're grammer is terrible.

:eek:

Ilyana 2.0 · 16-02-2013 01:46PM

Mardy Bum wrote: »

There are two weeks off this semester so you will have plenty of time to do it if it is announced in week 6.

We were under the impression that the assignment would be due in week 6. If he announced it in week 6 to be handed in after the break that would be fine.

Maldesu · 16-02-2013 02:29PM

Ilyana 2.0 wrote: »

We were under the impression that the assignment would be due in week 6. If he announced it in week 6 to be handed in after the break that would be fine.

Why don't you just ask him instead of the tutors?

Durz0 Blint · 16-02-2013 02:49PM

Nowhere for undergraduates to microwave food and getting treated like dirt for having the gall to ask can you use the postgrad microwaves.

I'm in for most of the day as I work near UCD and a few sandwiches don't really suffice for a whole days eating.

Ilyana 2.0 · 16-02-2013 03:34PM

Maldesu wrote: »

Why don't you just ask him instead of the tutors?

He just doesn't answer emails and he rushes off after lectures. We've tried!

Maldesu · 16-02-2013 04:02PM

Ilyana 2.0 wrote: »

He just doesn't answer emails and he rushes off after lectures. We've tried!

Just ask him in the lecture rather that at the end or at the start so he can't bolt. If he says you're not being polite etc, just say neither is he by not answering email/allowing questions.

Mr.Fun · 16-02-2013 04:58PM

Arts students complaining about work they have to do is really funny

OneOfThem Stumbled · 17-02-2013 12:16AM

Mr.Fun wrote: »

Arts students complaining about work they have to do is really funny

Hilarious.

Funny to see someone having a negatively marked MCQ on quantitative economics on Wednesday, followed by an 5 thousand word essay on the interpretation of middle English literature due on the Friday. :P

steddyeddy · 17-02-2013 12:46PM

Ilyana 2.0 wrote: »

He just doesn't answer emails and he rushes off after lectures. We've tried!

No offence but how about just do the assignment.

Ilyana 2.0 · 17-02-2013 08:23PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

No offence but how about just do the assignment.

There's no question on BB. We literally have nothing.

Canard · 17-02-2013 09:54PM

Irrelevant modules. Currently stressing over what is essentially philosophy + history (and extremely vague in general) because it's a core module in my languages course. If it's so essential that languages students study this, I don't know why they didn't track down anyone studying 2+ languages rather than just those in the course itself. This crap won't get me a job, but it can certainly pull down my GPA if the 25% exam tomorrow goes badly. :rolleyes:

Canteloupey · 18-02-2013 05:01PM

Durz0 Blint wrote: »

Nowhere for undergraduates to microwave food and getting treated like dirt for having the gall to ask can you use the postgrad microwaves.

I'm in for most of the day as I work near UCD and a few sandwiches don't really suffice for a whole days eating.

^ This!

The Irish language room on the 2nd floor of B in Newman. There's also one in the Engineering Building in their common room for everyone, though it is a walk.

The mircowave thing annoys me. It's one having post-grads having their own space...

But Irish language students? You are not any different from any other undergraduate Arts student, why are mircowaves a safety concern for us but not them? This is my complete bete noire!

That and whoever thought a schedule that runs Roebuck/Newman/Roebuck would work??? :eek:

I'm late for everything that day! I run there and I'm still late!

Raphael · 18-02-2013 05:28PM

Dia dhuit - an bhfuil cead agam bhaint as an micreathonn, más é do thoil é?
(Hello - Can I use the microwave please)

The whole "Microwaves and kettles are a danger" trip the college has been on for the last few years is annoying. When I was in first year there were a bunch of microwaves accessible, and the Games society had a kettle we just plugged in and boiled and made tea while sitting around in arts. Now the microwaves are all hidden or locked away, and said society got told when I was in second year we could only do that if we booked a room to do it in.

Ilyana 2.0 · 18-02-2013 05:38PM

Canteloupey wrote: »

That and whoever thought a schedule that runs Roebuck/Newman/Roebuck would work??? :eek:

I'm late for everything that day! I run there and I'm still late!

Yes! My classes are split between Roebuck, Newman, Science and Health Science. Some lecturers get pissed off when my class is constantly late for seminars. The sooner Sutherland opens, the better.

UCD irritations... ie first world problems! (See Mod Note, 1st post)

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