Jim Dixon said:

"I am not arguing against students being required to carry ID cards."

Students are never REQUIRED to carry an ID card. They are just really stupid if they choose not to do it, especially if they then decide to argue with the staff who ask them for it when conducting university business.

Then Jim Dixon says:

"One detail you seem to have missed (I mentioned it in my last message and I regret I didn't stress it earlier) is that whoever is issuing the cards, conducting orientation of new students, or publishing official rules is doing a terrible job. They are giving the students ZERO information about what the card is for, at least as far as the campus post office is concerned."

Excuse me, but why in god's name, does a college student need "orientation" about their freakin' ID card????? What, it is too tough to figure out what they are for? That gee, maybe they might need it for something? Like maybe something to do with the university?

This is such a miniscule part of university business, is absolutely doesn't belong in the university policy (ask students how many of them have read THOSE for christ sake--3 maybe, in a good year). It also doesn't belong in orientation. Talk about wanting the bureaucracy to revolve around JIM DIXON PERSONALLY. Jesus. The place for this is right where it is. In YOUR department, decided by YOUR supervisors, and in THEIR employee training manuals.

And then, Mr. Dixon informs us:

"NOBODY (outside the post office) is telling them they will need the ID card to pick up a package. The first time they hear it is the first time they show up at the post office window trying to claim a package."

Wah fucking wah. What, are these preschoolers? They can't handle a simple instruction from the staff at the window like "May I see your ID please?" They have meltdowns on the spot, that's THEIR problem. Why the hell Jim Dixon thinks this infintessimally insignificant "rule" should be coming out of the Office of the President, or which ever office issues university policy, or rises to the level of the student orientation, I'll never know. If this is that big of a deal, try writing a simple "mailbox" or university post office info sheet, and have the student orientation people include it with the packets that none of the students read.

That will fix them.

"At that point, it IS unfair and unreasonable to deny them their own property as a means of forcing them to do something they previously had no idea they were supposed to do."

God save us from career men like you, Jim. Just why is it "unreasonable" again? Because they are too lazy to walk to their dorm rooms? God the cruelty of life. It just isn't fair, is it?

And then, this piece de resistance:

"I was to get one my coworkers to concede that IF in fact there is an official policy that students should always carry their ID, then this policy ought to be published somewhere, and we ought to be able to find it."

Right. So what the hell is stopping you from typing it up, posting it on the wall outside the window, and PUTTING A COPY OF IT IN EACH STUDENT'S MAILBOX?????????? Maybe sky writing it would help, eh?

And finally, we have this:

"As an employee, I feel it is my right and my duty to argue against any policies—or alleged policies—that I feel are detrimental to the mission of the institution as a whole, and I am doing just that."

Destrimental to the mission of the institution????? Forgetting your fucking ID card? Talk about your bureaucratic power trips Jim. Oh my god. Oh my god. Why are you so clueless? I'm sure you'll rise to your level of incompetence soon.

And finally, thank you Graham.