feel free to skip, but seriously. ARGH.
Mar. 18th, 2010 01:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
janie_tangerineThe proof that this country is fucked: when you want to pay uni taxes, they make your life hell.
So. The first year everything went fine because I could use a check to my name to go at the bank and pay, which worked just perfectly because I mean, uni expenses are the only thing I get money from my parents for and it's not like I have enough income to cover it even if hi, public so at least it isn't really expensive in comparison.
Then they changed the rules (last year, first term) and I was told that I needed to pay either in cash or the check had to be to the name of the owner of the account, which means that I could pay with a check only if the account was mine. Now. Considering that here most students don't have jobs at the same time and they're in their early twenties, will someone tell me how could this ever be SMART considering that I don't know anyone who owns a goddamn bank account, my age at least? Anyway, it meant going with 1000+ euros in cash (last year, second term), which as you'll realize is awesome when you use public transport. The first time I tried with the check, it didn't work and I ended up getting a 50 euros fine because I paid ONE DAY late. Funny thing? I go there and get told that uh, wait, the rules either changed or could be interpreted this other way so I didn't need to go with my mother or with the cash, the check was suddenly valid.
I had been very happy, as you can imagine.
So this year I paid the first term in cash because it wasn't really as much money and I could feel half comfortable bringing it along. Then now I need to pay for the second term and I figured I'd go with the check since last year it was doable. So I wait two hours at the bank and WAIT, when I get there what do they tell me?
Either cash or the check to my mother's name. AGAIN. Even if last year I had been told that had re-changed. Result: I didn't pay the taxes and it'll end up with me and my mother both losing time because she'll have to get the cash or come with me. Because, of course, I can't even say fuck it and tell her to go with my receipt, because since the taxes are mine I need to be there. Now, dear taxes people, I'd love to have a job and to earn enough to get a bank account for myself, move out and a lot of other things, but until I'm studying full-time that isn't going to happen. Same thing for another whole lot of people. Can't they at least make someone's life easier, dammit? Or at least tell me so that I didn't lose half of the morning which I could have spent doing something more productive? Or at least DECIDE because it's ridiculous that rules change every two weeks? Arrrrgh. /end rant
Okay. I'll have lunch, answer comments, have some more Deadwood and go to the last class.
So. The first year everything went fine because I could use a check to my name to go at the bank and pay, which worked just perfectly because I mean, uni expenses are the only thing I get money from my parents for and it's not like I have enough income to cover it even if hi, public so at least it isn't really expensive in comparison.
Then they changed the rules (last year, first term) and I was told that I needed to pay either in cash or the check had to be to the name of the owner of the account, which means that I could pay with a check only if the account was mine. Now. Considering that here most students don't have jobs at the same time and they're in their early twenties, will someone tell me how could this ever be SMART considering that I don't know anyone who owns a goddamn bank account, my age at least? Anyway, it meant going with 1000+ euros in cash (last year, second term), which as you'll realize is awesome when you use public transport. The first time I tried with the check, it didn't work and I ended up getting a 50 euros fine because I paid ONE DAY late. Funny thing? I go there and get told that uh, wait, the rules either changed or could be interpreted this other way so I didn't need to go with my mother or with the cash, the check was suddenly valid.
I had been very happy, as you can imagine.
So this year I paid the first term in cash because it wasn't really as much money and I could feel half comfortable bringing it along. Then now I need to pay for the second term and I figured I'd go with the check since last year it was doable. So I wait two hours at the bank and WAIT, when I get there what do they tell me?
Either cash or the check to my mother's name. AGAIN. Even if last year I had been told that had re-changed. Result: I didn't pay the taxes and it'll end up with me and my mother both losing time because she'll have to get the cash or come with me. Because, of course, I can't even say fuck it and tell her to go with my receipt, because since the taxes are mine I need to be there. Now, dear taxes people, I'd love to have a job and to earn enough to get a bank account for myself, move out and a lot of other things, but until I'm studying full-time that isn't going to happen. Same thing for another whole lot of people. Can't they at least make someone's life easier, dammit? Or at least tell me so that I didn't lose half of the morning which I could have spent doing something more productive? Or at least DECIDE because it's ridiculous that rules change every two weeks? Arrrrgh. /end rant
Okay. I'll have lunch, answer comments, have some more Deadwood and go to the last class.
