The Makan Money University Finance Department barred me from taking my final exam, which is tomorrow morning. I learnt of this on Thursday night. So the following Friday, I planned to head over to finance to ask them if they can unbar me, since I expect my fees to be paid by YTM already. Being the forgetful idiot that I am, I forgot to bring my student ID. Why? Simply because of my regular mindset on Fridays. Since I would usually only head to campus for Friday prayers, I don’t pay much attention on my student ID.

Lack of efficiency on my part. Damn. “Nevermind, I’ll try again tomorrow morning”.

Or so I thought. It was a breezy Saturday when I arrived the Finance office[it was around 9.30am], but hey I saw the door was chained. Office hours, Saturdays:8.00am-12.30pm. One fucking hour already and the door is locked? What the fuck is exactly going on here?

Guess I’m not the only inefficient ones here. Hell, it’s not like I’m paid to be efficient, which is an entirely different matter. So, my last chance would be this morning. It was a beautiful morning. There were plenty of could to shield me from the sun, and leaves were dancing gracefully with the ever-flowing winds.

As I stepped into the Finance office, I was greeted by a rude notice at the counter.

What fund? Oh well, I thought. Headed to the counter and asked;

Me: Akak, saya scholar YTM, kenapa saya kena bar?
Staff: You dah bayar Trust Fund belum?
Me: Aih, YTM tak bayarkan sekali ke?
Staff: Tak, YTM bayar you punya fees je.

Great. Just great.

Me: So, bayar sekarang boleh tak?
Staff: Takleh, server down.
Me: Oooh, so hari ni boleh settle tak?
Staff: Boleh, datangla dalam pukul 9 lebih lebih nanti.
Me: Uhm, ok.

A bit frustrated, but it didn’t really disrupt my other plans for the morning. Went for breakfast at Plaza Siswa and over the Public Bank Ayer Keroh to bank in some cash for Syefri, which was more than enough to kill time.

Reached Finance back at around 10am, ready to pay my Trust Fund, only to be greeted by another rude notice on the counter.

How I wish I had a BFG with a few cells in it. In fact just one cell will do. All I want is just one, full-powered blast from it. [For my non-gamer friends, I suggest you ask people who play Doom3 and ask them about the BFG]

Still, I went over to the counter, this time occupied by a different staff.

Me: Akak, nak bayar Trust Fund la
Staff: Bayar kat BCB boleh tak? Server down la
Me: Oh, boleh bayar kat bank?
Staff: Ha’ah, lepas you bayar, bawak bank slip tu sini.
Me: Oh, ok.

I was foolish enough to not know that payments can be made through BCB. But then again, I don’t work at the Finance department. Why, then, did the idiot of a staff earlier didn’t say shit about paying my trust fund at the fucking in-campus bank? That could’ve saved me an extra kilometre or so, since I could’ve just asked the taxi driver to send me straight home from Public Bank!

Since there were plenty of coulds, and strong winds, I still felt good because it’s my favourite weather. A simple mess like doesn’t worry me much. Off to BCB at Plaza Siswa, and in a few minutes, I got my payment done.

Now that, is being efficient.

Went back to Finance to hand over the bank slip. The lady simply took it and clipped it along with other bank slips.

Me: Uh, kak. Bila boleh clear tu?
Staff: Entah la, masalah server bukan kitorang yang handle
Me: Hari boleh clear kan? Saya punya exam pagi esok, so malam ni memang saya kena print exam slip.
Staff: Oh, itu akak tak tau la dik. Masalah server tu CITS yang pegang, kitorang ada authority, tapi kalau service tak jalan kitorang takleh buat apa-apa.
Me: Oh

Yup. This university is good at making money. They just plain suck at putting that money to good use. Well, if I can’t land myself a BFG, will someone just be kind enough to lend me their pepper spray for a while? I really feel like hurting someone else right now.

*UPDATE*

Apparently, the system [made of money-handling idiots] is still ‘down’ even after office hours. Guess I’ll have to go again tomorrow morning. Otherwise I’ll have to get on my knees before I can take that paper I’ve been working so hard for. I’m feeling really pissed right now.