Weird things going on...

Back at work on a Monday morning, it seems I may have landed in a parallel universe! All is as it should be. Almost. But not quite.

Firstly, I have been in contact with a prospective student who sent application forms to me by DHL in December. I didn't receive them, so hadn't responded. Then I get an email saying "don't worry, you already sent us a letter of rejection on 4 January"! No, I didn't. So I asked for a copy to be faxed to me.

It arrived this morning. Letterhead not ours, email address not mine, website not ours (doesn't exist, nor does the email addy), postal addrss wrong - but my direct number correct.

The font in the letter is one I never use, the grammar is awful - again, not me! - and it's signed by an unknown person, with no printed name under the signature. The letter states we're full. We're not, we're desperately seeking students.

The megaboss is considering opening a fraud docket with the police, as soon as we can track down where the package was sent to and who signed for it. I only hope this is a once-off incident, and not one of a string of sabotaged applications we don't even know about!

But that's not the only weird thing going on.

We have guest rooms on campus. A couple and their kids had booked into two adjacent ones. While there, some guy they (and we) don't know opened up the security gate and one of their rooms with a key in his possession, took a packet of biscuits, and walked out again. When confronted he just shrugged and walked off.

A little later on, the lady in charge let another visitor into their room and found the bed covers didn't match. She moaned at the cleaning girl who was supposed to put matching covers in the room - and the cleaning girl had! They don't know how they got swapped.

Which implies we are seriously doing the parallel-universe thing here today. Perhaps I don't even really exist... :)