The $1000 question I left the lights on in my car this morning so I got to hear my licence plate number read over the PA system. It doesn't happen to me very often, only if it's dark when I leave my house and light when I get wherever I'm going. This morning it wasn't dark exactly, but overcast and I felt like I needed them on. Anyway, the reason I forget to turn them off is because I don't have the little bell that dings when you do something stupid like leave your lights on or your keys in the ignition. I used to have one, but apparently it was routed through the factory stereo and when I replaced the stereo the bell stopped working. How completely rediculous is that? I've gotten pretty good at remembering. I've only had to get my car boosted once, and I've only locked my keys in the car twice since we got the new stereo two years ago. I would've much prefered to not have to get used to it, but I suppose if I want to listen to CDs in my car, that's the price I have to pay. But my morning got better, because I got to laugh at the government for a while. The deal is, there are 10 students working here on borrowed or stolen chairs and computer tables. So, we finally banded together and demanded new furniture. Our immediate supervisor agreed and sent off a requisition to the department for 10 $300 chairs and some new tables; the total came to $5400. It turns out, that unless each item on the requistion is $1000 or more, the department can't order them. So, we either need to get one of the projects to fund it, or order more expensive chairs. Can you believe that? If we order $1000 dollar chairs we can have them, but they won't pay for $300 chairs. That's the silliest thing I've heard in a while. It would serve them right to have to pay $10,000 in chairs but it appears that's not the route we've chosen to persue. So, all you canadian tax payers take heart, we're going out of our way to keep the government from spending more money than it has to. Go Flames Go! |