Hours of operation are there for a reason

Jenna Kefauver/Staff Writer

Dear Almost Every Place on Campus,

I don’t wake up at 7 a.m. for anything. I probably wouldn’t wake up at 7 a.m. if my house was burning. So I hate when I have to wake up early to go do something at FIU, and FIU isn’t even there.

If your hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. that doesn’t mean you get there at 8:45 and you leave at 4:45; it means that you get there at 7:45 and you leave at 5:05. You should at least be there 15 minutes before the office opens; I’m not saying that you need to be there an hour beforehand, but seriously, 45 minutes after you’re scheduled open? That’s ridiculous.

I know that there are circumstances out of your and my control, and you can’t always be in at work on time, but this happens at FIU a little too often to be dismissed.

And if your job starts at 9 a.m. and you’re late, you have no excuse. If you expect people to come by and pick up tickets for a football game, that, mind you, brings in a whole mess of money for this university, between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. and you aren’t there at 9, that’s just not okay. You got there at 9:05 a.m. so that’s okay, but still, I have places to be and you are hindering my being in other places.

If people arrived on time to their jobs at FIU, for example Housing and Financial Aid, I’m sure people would be a lot less angry and reluctant to deal with them.

Dealing with Housing and Financial Aid is never a picnic, but it really makes a day worse, at least for me, when there are people to whom I’m trying to give enormous amounts of money and they don’t show up on time.

Now Financial Aid has always been on time when I need to talk to them, but they should be a little more diligent about answering their phones between the times of 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. in the morning or tell people to just not call until 9 a.m.

Housing, however, seems to always be late. I don’t think I’ve ever been helped promptly at 8 a.m. when I’ve dealt with Housing. And I deal with Housing quite a lot, I live on campus.

I have to say, however, that most other departments I’ve dealt with have been punctual and very helpful. Financial Services needs a special shout-out for that. You guys make my life better; I don’t feel like crying when I leave there. So thank you, so much.

And yes, I am usually early, so people don’t need to be there when I am necessarily, but at least show up on time rather than having me stand outside at 8 a.m. angrily waiting for you to show up.

Also, you’re not allowed to be in a worse mood than I am if you’re 30 to 45 minutes late. If you’re on time, be as angry as you want, but don’t be rude to me after you made me wait for over an hour.

Thanks.

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