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getting worried about the move...
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i'm moving to another flat next week in halls of residence, and i'm in a real pickle.
I'm not meant to be lifting anything because i've just had an op and i've still got stitches. My boyfriend is recovering from suspect swine flu, and it being the summer, i haven't got many friends to help me move. I've sent emails, messages on facebook, and called almost everyone i know that is in london or could get to london for next weekend, and no one has said yes. I haven't got any family to help me, and i have to move on a sunday, thus theres no staff available to help me. I have asked if i can change the moving date, so that i could get someone from uni mantainance to help, but the uni is undergoing renovations all summer, so its unlikely i'll get anyone to help. I can't afford to pay anyone to help, and i've bribed all my friends with some beer and munchies afterwards...
any ideas what i could do??
I'm not meant to be lifting anything because i've just had an op and i've still got stitches. My boyfriend is recovering from suspect swine flu, and it being the summer, i haven't got many friends to help me move. I've sent emails, messages on facebook, and called almost everyone i know that is in london or could get to london for next weekend, and no one has said yes. I haven't got any family to help me, and i have to move on a sunday, thus theres no staff available to help me. I have asked if i can change the moving date, so that i could get someone from uni mantainance to help, but the uni is undergoing renovations all summer, so its unlikely i'll get anyone to help. I can't afford to pay anyone to help, and i've bribed all my friends with some beer and munchies afterwards...
any ideas what i could do??
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why do you have to move on a sunday? is there no way you could change it to the saturday or the monday?
i could change it to the monday but i would still have the same problem.
You should be able to find a porter to help. There has to be some staff available, how else are you going to get the keys?
i'm pretty sure it is, i was told it was going to be closed and only the central office to have a skeleton staffing service - but they are so unhelpful to harrow students it not worth bothering. I might have to pop in to the mantainance staff room with a box of biscuits and bribe the guys that helped me move before. I'm just not sure if they are going to be be allowed to with all this renovation work...and i'd have to hope i can change the day to monday...
i shall wait and see on monday what the managers say...
Start packing your stuff up now and make sure it's all really well packed up and neatly done, porters and maintenance guys etc will be a lot more likely to give you a hand moving some well packed up stuff than if it's a scene of chaos.
Get in touch with the students union, they'll have a certain number of staff there over the summer, and you never know, one of them may fancy a good excuse not to do any work all day. Going back to changing the day, they're far more likely to help if it's a day they would have been in the office anyway.
If you're not moving until next weekend, your boyfriend isn't necessarily not an option, a week is a pretty long time to get over any virus, most of the ones going around including swine flu only really last a few days.
how do you mean self contained? i'm assuming you'll have neighbours of some sort that might help?
i'll give the SU a call on monday and see if she is in, but i'd like to hope i can sort it with the managers of halls, they are normally helpful, even if the office staff aren't always...
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