The Background info
Many schools have a “mandatory” housing policy for certain classifications of students. We are no different. Unfortunately, I am the one who works with this program in our office. (Really unfortunate)
Okay, now my rant
This summer I have heard it all. I have had students come to me and try a little of everything.
I have had students sit and with a total straight face swear to me that they are going to commute everyday from Hawaii (just remember we are in Kentucky). Or you can take your pick, I have had California, Canada, United Kingdom, New Mexico, Georgia – all swearing that they were driving everyday from their parent’s home (these are just the ones that stand out in the last week).
I have had students swear to me that their parents are dead and that they have no home other than their apartment (even though I just spoke to their parents a few minutes before on the phone).
I have had students walk (literally) into my office and submit documentation indicating that they are paralyzed.
I even had a student submit documentation requesting a medical exemption from housing because she had gonorrhea.
Do I have the words “Fu*king Idiot” tattooed on my forehead. The one’s I truly love are the ones that I know are lying, but that I can’t prove it and am forced to approved. Those piss me off to no end. While I have been typing what little I have written, I have had about a dozen waivers interrupt me. Here’s my most recent addition – let’s see is New Hampshire a commutable distance from Kentucky – NO. Time to go ruin someone’s day.
