Expensive Mistakescoopsweb asks "What's the most expensive mistake you've ever made? Should I mention a certain employee who caused 4 hours worth of delays in Central London and got his company fined £500k?"
No points for stories about the time you had a few and thought it'd be a good idea to wrap your car around a bollard. Or replies consisting of "my wife".
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chthonic, Thu 25 Oct 2007, 11:26)
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I thought it was a bargian at the time . . .A light hearted answer from myself for once.
When I was 17, I bought myself a canary for a pet. Birds generally freak me out so I'm still not sure why I bought him, I even thought he was horrible looking but I got him anyway for the bargain price of £15. I thought that was the most expense I'd have to shell out on him, apart from the occasional bag of food, but oh no. When I got him home, I noticed he had a tag around his ankle but paid no mind as I assumed it was a breeder thing. It is, but as I found out later, his particular tag is to keep track of sick birds. Two years on, I have paid over £200 in vets bills, as he keeps getting chest infections, mites and having a dodgy tummy. I have to pay stupid money for medicine, disinfectant and sprays just to keep him healthy. Good thing I love the chirpy boy or I would be a little irritated in the amount I have to pay just to keep him ok (plus he has this habit of humping his mirror which is hilarious).
I also enrolled in college this year after working since I left school for shite money. I was assured my course was free as I don't have a Level 3 qualification but after all this, it turns out I'm getting stung with an invoice for £1000 as the government doesn't count my course. Cornwall College Cnuts. I'm actually enjoying the course and not feeling like a complete 'tard for once, so am planning to stay. Just hate the thought of spending my hard earned cash on those lying bastards!
(, Thu 25 Oct 2007, 18:22, 3 replies)
If you're on low incomecould you not have had your fees remitted? My college were going to charge me £990 for a year on my course and I ended up paying £80.
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I'd try for fee remissionas I suspect it's only free courses for students who don't currently hold a full level 2 (basically 5 GCSE C or above including English and Maths, a full NVQ2 etc), most L3 courses incur some costs.
I'm having to charge £95 for each part time GCSE for students this year.
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Dabooka_ has changed his name on, Thu 25 Oct 2007, 19:07,
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£15 for a canarycertainly wasn't going 'cheep' then..
(, Fri 26 Oct 2007, 14:55, closed)
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