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I hate how international students are treated at this university. I hate how *I*'m treated as an international student, and I am at least familiar enough with the American bureaucratic system to recognize that the way we are treated represents the worst of the dehumanizing aspects of the systems in play.
Example one:
When you need to have something done at ISS, you have to take a number. Literally, a little number off a reel. And you're called up and dealt with by number whether you have an appointment or are just dropping off a letter. The only other places I've ever had to deal with this was at the Social Security Office and the DMV, whose jobs it is to literally condense your identity to a number. Yeah. ISS says that this is so they can keep track of how many people they help. I know your desk monkey undergraduates are a bit dim, but they're incapable of counting? Really?
Example two:
So, because they're dicks, they automatically signed everyone up for their health insurance plan, and put the onus on the students to provide proof they have other coverage. Of course, I *do* have other coverage - I have had coverage since 2007! But for some reason their system does not see this., However, that is them being dicks, not necessarily dehumanizing.
Eventually, and with great annoyance and pointless running around and so forth, I was told what I needed to do - send an e-mail saying 'I have an assistantship" to X address. Which I did. And got a response back today! Saying that the system does believe me. Well, screw them, first of all. And screw them harder for replying to my e-mail, which has my name in it twice, as well as my UIN, with "Dear International Student." Assholes. You know, if you are going to copy and paste a response that frankly doesn't make sense in light of the information *I* have about my status, and my status as an employee over the summer, etc., you could be at least bothered to take the two seconds to copy and paste *my name* as well. I know it would *almost* be like effort though, and apparently it is easier not to deal with us like people.
So I replied to "Dear Health Insurance Employee", and signed it ""International Student" # (my UIN)"
Dicks >:|
For all the times I've dealt with them, I can count maybe once it has gone smoothly.
Example one:
When you need to have something done at ISS, you have to take a number. Literally, a little number off a reel. And you're called up and dealt with by number whether you have an appointment or are just dropping off a letter. The only other places I've ever had to deal with this was at the Social Security Office and the DMV, whose jobs it is to literally condense your identity to a number. Yeah. ISS says that this is so they can keep track of how many people they help. I know your desk monkey undergraduates are a bit dim, but they're incapable of counting? Really?
Example two:
So, because they're dicks, they automatically signed everyone up for their health insurance plan, and put the onus on the students to provide proof they have other coverage. Of course, I *do* have other coverage - I have had coverage since 2007! But for some reason their system does not see this., However, that is them being dicks, not necessarily dehumanizing.
Eventually, and with great annoyance and pointless running around and so forth, I was told what I needed to do - send an e-mail saying 'I have an assistantship" to X address. Which I did. And got a response back today! Saying that the system does believe me. Well, screw them, first of all. And screw them harder for replying to my e-mail, which has my name in it twice, as well as my UIN, with "Dear International Student." Assholes. You know, if you are going to copy and paste a response that frankly doesn't make sense in light of the information *I* have about my status, and my status as an employee over the summer, etc., you could be at least bothered to take the two seconds to copy and paste *my name* as well. I know it would *almost* be like effort though, and apparently it is easier not to deal with us like people.
So I replied to "Dear Health Insurance Employee", and signed it ""International Student" # (my UIN)"
Dicks >:|
For all the times I've dealt with them, I can count maybe once it has gone smoothly.
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