The more people it takes to do something the greater the likelihood that a critical party is on vacation when a particular action needs to be taken.
I was wondering where my student loan disbursement had gone, because I wasn’t receiving the expected direct deposit. Well, it turns out that I hadn’t signed the resarch assistantship paperwork for this semester. The research assistantship paperwork that the former financial administrator chased me down to sign for my past two semesters. This means no paycheck until the wheels finish turning, the wheels that I started in motion about 10 minutes ago. This also means that my student loan disbursement has been eaten by tuition, full out-of-state tuition, as opposed to half of in-state tuition. And I need to sign up for health insurance, which will also show up in my student account. And, of course, a critical first stage person is not in the office today. j. o. y.