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Maybe a little too far
Thought I'd tell you all a tale about a lad at my old college who used to get away with bunking off a lot. To preserve his identity we'll call him Bark Muckingham.
We were all annoyed that Bark got away with this due to his family problems (his parents were in the process of splitting up).
I decided enough was enough and having stolen some headed paper from college wrote a ridiculous letter to him stating that due to his continued and repeated absence from college he would no longer be able to achieve his mandatory attendance rate of 75%. Even if he attended all remaining lessons he would only achieve 74.7683456347783% and would therefore appreciate it if he could come into college at the earliest opportunity to discuss full repayment of all grant funds supplied to him over the 2 years he had been at college. Many thanks LY Dobbit (a made up name!).
The letter was dutifully sent out.
Unfortunately Bark's mother opened the letter and not understanding the ridiculousness of its contents contacted the college. They immediately recognized it as a joke and invited her in to college (to discuss bullying I presume). However she was left with the impression the letter was genuine so pulled her "husband" out of an important meeting some 400 miles away to attend the college discussion (resulting in a huge row).
Then Bark came home from "college" to find his dad and mum now rowing and hating each other he joined in the row and was thrown out of his home.
So there you go one letter equaled a completely destroyed marriage and Bark being made homeless.
Worst of all I nearly got thrown off my course.
Talk about the college taking it too far!!
(Sat 11th Nov 2006, 14:55, More)