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<blockquote data-quote="RoseRodent" data-source="post: 2031647" data-attributes="member: 38395">To try to be a bit fair, it's not clear if the terp was booked for both hours and couldn't make the second because of this last minute chicken incident, or if via some miscommunication or other she was not booked for the second hour at all. It seems from the conversation that she was under the impression it was a 1 hour booking and she was explaining she would try to extend the booking except she already had this appointment booked in and it was her prior obligation. These kinds of things happen all the time since usually you struggle to get your timetable, you then let the office know you want a terp, they book one, the terp fails to tell the office they can't make it so you don't book a replacement and the office says it's not their fault because they had no idea. And then you finally get organised and the tutor says oh yeah, I know the timetable says 3-5pm but that didn't suit me so I'm moving it to a 4-6 at the last minute, that can't possibly affect anyone, right? The first few weeks of term you never get support services. We're not sure if the interpreter was actually aware she was double booked until the moment she found herself stood there having that conversation. I've had all sorts in my time, including when a support worker was missing for weeks on end and I finally negotiated my way into the support office to be told &quot;We assumed she had been coming, she didn't say otherwise&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoseRodent, post: 2031647, member: 38395"] To try to be a bit fair, it's not clear if the terp was booked for both hours and couldn't make the second because of this last minute chicken incident, or if via some miscommunication or other she was not booked for the second hour at all. It seems from the conversation that she was under the impression it was a 1 hour booking and she was explaining she would try to extend the booking except she already had this appointment booked in and it was her prior obligation. These kinds of things happen all the time since usually you struggle to get your timetable, you then let the office know you want a terp, they book one, the terp fails to tell the office they can't make it so you don't book a replacement and the office says it's not their fault because they had no idea. And then you finally get organised and the tutor says oh yeah, I know the timetable says 3-5pm but that didn't suit me so I'm moving it to a 4-6 at the last minute, that can't possibly affect anyone, right? The first few weeks of term you [B]never [/B]get support services. We're not sure if the interpreter was actually aware she was double booked until the moment she found herself stood there having that conversation. I've had all sorts in my time, including when a support worker was missing for weeks on end and I finally negotiated my way into the support office to be told "We assumed she had been coming, she didn't say otherwise". [/QUOTE]

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