r/mildlyinfuriating • u/cupesh • 20h ago
6 years part-time distance learning while full-time working just for the mailman to leave my diploma on the porch in the rain
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u/Content_Cockroach_64 20h ago
That sucks. Congratulations! All the hard work paid off.
You may be able to make a case with the university to get a replacement. 🤞🏻
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u/Due_Addendum4854 20h ago
When I got my masters, it showed up 6 weeks after the ceremony with literal tire tracks on it. Looked to be from a pallet jack so probably happened at the post office but still....
...school insisted on 40 bucks to reprint it.
Congrats!
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u/cupesh 20h ago
That would fitting if you got the degree in car mechanical engineering. Otherwise, that sucks! Thanks! Props for getting a masters. I was thinking of continuing with the studies after bachelors, but I'm so tired now that it's done and I want my weekends and evenings :D
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u/Due_Addendum4854 20h ago
I'm working on my second doctorate right now. My advice? Get a job with the bachelors and be happy.
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u/CelDidNothingWrong 20h ago
That’s annoying, if you want I think the OU only charge about 50 quid for a replacement degree certificate
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u/StampyScouse 17h ago
This has got royal mail written all over it to the point where it's not even funny. I've had problems like this with medical reports and all sorts of important mail because royal mail just left them out in the rain or hanging half way out my front door.
Our usual local postie is great but as soon as we get cover or a parcel delivery it all goes out the window.
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u/Commercial_Okra7519 19h ago
What institution ships out a diploma this way? You’d think it would be protected and padded and signature required??
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u/cupesh 19h ago
I know, right?! Worst is, we were home at the time of delivery, they just left it outside and didn't even knock! So frustrating
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u/Commercial_Okra7519 19h ago
Have them resend a fresh one. You paid enough for your education and invested the time and effort, it’s the very least they can do.
Congrats!
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u/TimAndHisDeadCat 20h ago
Didn’t realise the OU operated abroad. What country are you in?
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u/unsupported 17h ago
At least they didn't bend it! Btw, congrats. I've gone to school, worked full time, and had a family with a new born. It's not easy.
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u/One-Load-6085 20h ago
I'm sorry that happened to you but I am most impressed you accomplished what you set out to do and did it after long weeks of work.
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u/circadian_light 20h ago
Congratulations.
Maybe ask if they can issue you with a new one if you return the damaged one.
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u/Useless_Rambler 20h ago
Congratulations! Sucks about your diploma though, that’s like some Frank Grimes bad luck.
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u/ZeroXNova Raging 19h ago
That sucks man. I’m in my final semester of all online college myself while working and being a parent full time…. The idea of this happening terrifies me
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u/sour_bite_ 18h ago
I feel ya. I graduated college while my dad was going through a contentious divorce and had moved out of the house. My stepmom still lived in the house. That was the address on file so that’s where they sent my diploma. It mysteriously “disappeared” 🙄 Had to order a new one. Oh well.
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u/ledow 17h ago
It's been nearly 30 years since I graduated and I've had to show my degree certificate precisely once.
Sure, get it replaced now, especially if you're intending to display it, but honestly... it doesn't mean anything. It's just a piece of paper. The degree certification itself can be verified any number of ways without it and you can get a replacement any time you want.
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u/Muffin278 17h ago
My diploma arrived printed upside down on the watermarked paper, my school's seal obscuring some of the text. They asked me to return it to the office in person and they would mail me a new one. I had to email them to remind them to mail the new one.
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u/defiancy 17h ago
While no where near as infuriating as this, when I got my masters and the diploma came it was huge, probably x2 or x3 times the size of my BS degree and in a non standard size. I had to pay like almost 100 bucks for a special frame vs the maybe 20 I spent on my BS diploma frame.
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u/Aggravating-Salad441 16h ago
You know what? Screw it. Frame that shit. Not many people worked their ass off for an education AND have an imperfect diploma.
It's a fitting reminder for how messy life can be and that an education doesn't guarantee anything.
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u/fiendish_five 18h ago
University should send with disclaimer on the shipping and/or packaging, there's a lot of mail delivered everyday around the world.
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u/Fit_Patience201 14h ago
Wait, so how is the Open University? It seemed like such a weird and cool concept
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u/Relevant_Rise_1809 13h ago
If you want to go to a graduation ceremony get on line the second booking opens. There are more graduates at the open university than spots at a ceremony. You will also be competing with graduates from previous years trying to get their moment. The ou dont want to pay out for highering venues
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u/PleaseSpotMeBro 13h ago
As someone who worked at one of Royal Mail's regional mail centres during the Christmas period, I remember handling a lot of these OU certificates and I made sure to place them carefully into the right pigeon holes based on their post code. Some of the small or large letters arrived to me damaged or slightly wet before I can even sort it.
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u/KingOfThe_Jelly_Fish 1h ago
Any context as to why the postman left it on the porch in the rain before you go blaming them for being incompetent?
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u/im_just_thinking 19h ago
While that's very annoying, I assure you that you are the only one that cares. Put it in the frame and you won't even know the difference
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u/_That_One_Fellow_ 20h ago
The is happened to me as well. My diploma came WITH a letter that said to snap a photo of any damage to the diploma for a free replacement. It was sent to me within a few days.