I had a similar problem...
...back in my student days (early 80s). 6 of us shared a house and we were all revising for finals. The landlord sent one prospective group of new tenants round, and we showed them the place in good grace. Then another group arrived the next day, and another the next, and so on. Sometimes two or three groups came in an evening but the lazy landlord never bothered coming himself. We soon started to let the groups fend for themselves and after a while we stopped answering the door altogether. Any excuse for a break from revision is welcome but finals were approaching fast and we (well I, anyway) had to catch up for three years of doing sod all.

We got a bollocking from the landlord but didn't care. Exams are exams. Perhaps if we hadn't been interrupted so often I'd have got a First.

Then again, perhaps not.
(eesnahk, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 15:09, Reply)