I've been standing in a line for an hour and twenty mintues, have yet to even get to the counter where I get my books whereafter a second line starts just to check out. All the while this one dude's been standing at the same register for forty minutes, only making things slower. There's little reason I can see why one person would take forty minutes to pay for some books. Anyone else go to a ghetto school that does things ass backwards because enough shady, untrustworthy people attend the same school requiring inconvenient and ultimately pointless provisions to be in place? I've never browsed TA while standing in one line for so long before.
c0r version: god-fucking-damn the undesirables
Aug-30-2010 17:17
w_ashley
sound of music
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: - around -
People do almost everything slower around here.
Still not sure if I want to brave the bookstore this term.
Books cost twice as much usually as buying them via mail order.
The risk is
1. buy before classes get stuck with cancled text
2. buy after wait in line for an hour.
Its not thaaat bad but after classes start it is a crap shoot for the first week.
bring a book to read (no pun intended)
(and yes I know you can bring them back - here if they are unopened........) but not all texted are unopened.
Yes natural says buy early bring back if needed.. but buying a book and not opening it is the hard part. .. yes the hard part.
Aug-30-2010 17:23
Intellekshual
tranceaddict in training
Registered: Dec 2011
Location: Oubliette
quote:
Originally posted by ********
People do almost everything slower around here.
That explains everything.
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Aug-30-2010 17:25
D-res
Hangin from Sagan's uvula
Registered: May 2004
Location: Milwaukee, WI
And they don't have one of my books in stock, making this wait all the more worthwhile, and my lab that much easier to complete. I could jump for joy but id probably get arrested
Aug-30-2010 17:28
KilldaDJ
birth.school.trance.death
Registered: Sep 2001
Location: tranceaddict wants to know your location
got a hammer?i sure as hell could use one right now to expend my rage.
Originally posted by Enigmatik
That explains everything.
Hey now, not all of us from Waterloo are like Will.
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Aug-30-2010 17:31
Silky Johnson
International Playa Hater
Registered: Nov 2003
Location:
That's why I always order my books online and have them shipped to me before classes start. You are the one that fails, imo.
Aug-30-2010 17:47
D-res
Hangin from Sagan's uvula
Registered: May 2004
Location: Milwaukee, WI
quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
That's why I always order my books online and have them shipped to me before classes start. You are the one that fails, imo.
Having experienced professors changing the course books pre-semester, I like to wait until I receive the syllabus. Opine away miss pie
Aug-30-2010 17:57
Lira
Ancient BassAddict
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Brasilia, Brazil
No, not really. But we seldom buy the actual books required for the course here in Brazil. We usually just have a few chapters copied and study them.
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Aug-30-2010 18:09
Silky Johnson
International Playa Hater
Registered: Nov 2003
Location:
quote:
Originally posted by D-res
Having experienced professors changing the course books pre-semester, I like to wait until I receive the syllabus. Opine away miss pie
Oh, well then I apologize. The system at your school does indeed suck.
Aug-30-2010 18:10
EddieZilker
This is the dance.
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Marijuana Sex Camp
quote:
Originally posted by ********
People do almost everything slower around here.
I don't know how true that is. I think you have an unnaturally high clock speed which allows you to perceive things in a way which appears slower to you. To your credit, however. Indeed, much to your credit.
