No more pathetic excuses...

Sorry, I've had no free time to blog recently :-(

Continuing my rant about unbelievable excuses for late assignment submission, here's the latest story from "the unluckiest student in the world", biggest liar or just plain lazy person:

1. Thursday (after the initial deadline, which was Tuesday)I've been unable to do the work as my parents are getting divorced and it's been very difficult ... I have a note from my mother! (A first for me!) My response: OK, I'll cut you some slack in response to your mother's impassioned plea, you can have an extension until Friday 5PM.
2. Later that day: I lost my USB stick on the way to Uni so will have to start again. Can I have an extension until Tuesday? My response: No, but as the assignment will take less then 2 hours to complete & to cut you some slack, you can have until midnight tomorrow rather than 5PM.
3. The following day (early Saturday):I tried real hard to do the assignment but I had a family party from 6-10PM on Friday and wasn't able to do it. Can I have an extension until Tuesday? My response : No. No more excuses, late penalty is 1%/hour after midnight Friday.
4. On Tuesday: I injured myself in the gym on Saturday & have been to hospital and my doctor's so can I have an extension? My response: If your doctor will write a note explaining that you were unable to work on Saturday and you hand in the work today then I'll apply a 1%/hour penalty minus the incapacitated period.

What a shyster! Always out to negotiate a deal rather than do the work (probably spent more time on the phone calls than on the work.) Why can't they just do the work rather than try to get out of it? (This particular guy is in his fifth year enrolled at this University!) Argh!!!