doncha just hate railway sometimes?
honestly, this place drives me nuts sometimes. granted, there are some food events that i enjoyed. like the "free" pizzas and "free" bbq's or formal dinners and such. they're FREE cause we've all kinda paid for it in the deposit or in some way. BUT GOOD GOD THEY OVERCHARGE US FOR STUFF HERE.
- RENT is fucking expensive. i'm paying $192.50 a week for a room thats smaller than my own in kuching, i think iain's room is bigger. and his has more furniture! and this is one of the cheaper rooms. ok fine, power and water is included, but still..$192.50? its kinda ridiculous.
- internet is $7 a week. if you want to have it one week and not have it the next, its not just a simple $14 a month for internet. OH NOO...there's an administration fee to install it (ok, that i can somewhat see the sense in that) BUT there's also and administration fee to cancel it. BULLSHIIIIIIIIT.
- the fridge i wrecked is going to cost up to $400. ok, fine, since i wrecked it i'll take full reponsibility for it. but my foot is it going to cost $400. at most i thought it'd cost $200. and that was with leaving leeway for any extra disposal costs since it is hazardous material. BUT $400?? sam said i could get a good fridge for $80. BEAR IN MIND, that this is NOT a FRIDGE fridge. no..this is a measly little fridge like the ones you get in hotel rooms. for $400 you could get one with a proper freezer. maybe i'll take sam up on that offer to help me move in a fridge.
- any lost cutlery or dinnerware is overcharged.
lost books, broken pots, broken paintings are all paid for by tenants. its all split and we all end up paying an extra $2 or so for that. goD DAMN.
look, since i'm working, i dont mind (so much) paying for my fridge. but $400??
NOW..according to railway, they have "discovered that two people (or at least two computers) have been using Resnet in your room". in MY room. ok...now. here's the kicker.
"We will charge you for each computer accordingly"
what?? there has GOT to be a mistake somewhere. i went down to talk to the guy who emailed it to me, and he says he doesnt know whats going on. he was just given a list of names to email and he did it. fine, i dont kill the messenger. the landlady wasnt there, and i have to wait till monday to talk to her personally.
GOOD GOD!!!
now, i did use aud's laptop in my room in the first semester. but if it was such a felony to use other ppl's laptop to go online, then why wasnt i charged the first time? the second time being when i used hunnie's com here during the winter break. why wasnt it detected then? and if it was, why wasnt i told that i would be charged for it?
what the hell is going on here???
i asked the messenger if there could be a mistake and he said there might..i'm hoping there is. i cant afford two internet bills. if they're going to charge me for a whole semester, its going to cost another $500 or more. i remember the last bloodbath and i felt like i was going to faint, paying for all that shit. and now this??
why dont you just stick a needle in my arm and take some blood? here, a knife. NAH!! take it!
another reason why i am very upset is because NOWHERE in our contract or internet warning whats-it-letter, was it written that we couldnt use another laptop to go online. NOWHERE WAS IT WRITTEN. NOBODY WARNED ME. all they said was NO DOWNLOADING SOFTWARE. FINE. that i can handle. i can work around that. and now this??
what did you people do? put our names into a hat and draw out the lucky 50 or so who get to pay railway a little extra before leaving?
i'm glad to be going and leaving this place. the way you people overcharge me, not to mention how bitchy and anal some of the RA's around here get (ok fine, ikram and lim are spared of my wrath today - BUT THAT'S ALL) i'm glad to be gone. GOOD RIDDANCE TO YOU. YOU WILL NOT MILK ME FOR MONEY ANYMORE!
YOU AND YOUR OVERCHARGING.
YOUR RIDICULOUSLY SMALL ROOMS.
YOUR PRINTER THAT NEVER WORKS GOOD ENOUGH.
YOUR COMPUTER LAB THAT IS SWIMMING IN SPYWARE AND VIRUSES THAT YOU THEN CHARGE A RESIDENT FOR ALLEGEDLY BRINGING IN WHEN HE CAUGHT IT FROM THE DAMN LAB IN THE FIRST PLACE, YOU MONEY GRUBBING THIEVES!
YOU AND YOUR BAD WATER PRESSURE WHEN I MOST WANT TO SHOWER.
YOU AND YOUR OVERCROWDED KITCHEN.
YOU AND YOUR STUPID SECURITY WHO CANT RECOGNISE ME EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE FOR ALMOST 9 MONTHS.
YOU AND YOUR WASHING MACHINES THAT EAT MONEY
YOU AND YOUR DRYERS THAT EAT MONEY.
YOU AND YOUR TEEENSY TINy GYM.
YOU AND YOUR VERY VERY VERY FEW TV ROOMS.
YOU AND YOUR MISSING TV REMOTES FROM THE TV ROOMS
YOU AND YOUR MISSING DVD PLAYER CONTROLLERS IN THE TV ROOMS.
YOU AND YOUR VENDING MACHINES THAT ALSO OVERCHARGE.
YOU AND YOUR LOUSY MATTRESSES
YOU AND YOUR DRAB CURTAINS.
historical site MY FOOT!