A South Korean university is suing storied Yale University for having sent a letter affirming that an prospective faculty member for the South Korean University had a Yale PhD when in fact that individual did not. Yale claims that it made the mistake under the pressure of doing business.
SWNID, despite our motto, makes mistakes,* as does the institution we serve. We thank God that this isn't our mistake.
But we wonder, how did Yale, with all its billions of dollars, get so busy in the registrar's office that it sent out a letter affirming a doctoral degree, in essence a de facto transcript, without actually checking the files? If a huge pile of mammon can't buy bureaucratic accuracy, what can it buy?
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*For example, we repeatedly shift ungrammatically between third person singular and first person plural when referring to ourself [a word that does not exist] on this blog.
1 comment:
"huge pile of mammon"
haha! i love it!
"maw, someone needs to clean up this huge pile of mammon out in the yard!"
or
"the scavenger bird feasted on the huge pile of mammon until it's hunger was slaked."
or
"pass me your plate and i'll get you a huge pile of mammon! it's rich in fiber!"
or even
"MMmmmmm... huge pile of mammon..."
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