If a student did this....

prospect1
Fri, 07 Aug 2015 08:02:52 +0000

If someone purchased airfare based on a wrong, widely published move-in date, that would be a big mistake. No idea if that’s what happened here.

I do see OP’s point. Whether or not these mistakes caused any real problems, it’s just a good thing for an institution to set an example and apologize. A simple, “We are sorry for any confusion, please accept our apologies, here’s the correct date/correct room arrangement” etc. Is that so hard? Emotions and nerves run high this time of year; colleges know that.

No one should be fired. Hopefully nobody lost money. It’s not a great big deal. But I agree with OP that basic corporate manners are slipping more and more all the time, and we “sheeple” are being taught to just accept these things. Yet if YOU are a day late on some deadline for the college, there can be hell to pay.