Every time you make a move

Was It All Worth It- Pt 1

University of Westminster, 6th January, 1987

"Fuck, fuck, fuckity fuck!"

Monica cursed under her breath as she read the beginning of the letter in her hand:

RETURN OF EQUIPMENT: FINAL NOTICE

Equipment: Panasonic Omnimovie Newvicon Tube Sensor VHS Camcorder

Date of rental:15/12/1986

Return date: 22/12/1986

Extended date: 28/12/1986

Outstanding charge: £60.00

Dear Ms Brannigan,

This is a reminder to return any outstanding equipment that you have rented out from the audiovisual facilities office and to pay any extra charges as soon as possible. Please see above for more details.

In line with faculty policy, your returns window has been extended by five days from the original date given (see above). If you do not return it before then, your outstanding fine will subsequently increase by 25%. Note that this is subject to change depending on the condition in which said equipment is returned to us.

Regards,

Audiovisual equipment loans office.

Monica aggressively stuffed the letter back into its envelope when she was done reading it, and into the bag hanging on her shoulder as she stood at her designated pigeon hole, in which another one was waiting.

"How could I have forgotten to return it?" She pondered as her cold fingers hastily ripped open the next letter, "Probably because of... because..."

It was because of 'the Dublin incident' that almost killed her right before Christmas, and the abysmal days recovering in bed at Garden Lodge that consequently followed afterwards.

But fortunately the new semester at University had officially started today, and Monica hoped that it would bring order back into her life again once the new year kicked in.

Or so she thought:

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT: FINE OF MISUSE

Equipment: Panasonic Omnimovie Newvicon Tube Sensor VHS Camcorder

Outstanding charge: £100.00

Reason for charge: VHS film not removed/ developed.

Dear Ms Brannigan,

You are receiving this letter with regards to the condition in which you returned equipment loaned from audiovisual facilities.

It appears that the equipment has not come back in the state outlined in your agreement that all students are required to sign at the beginning of the course year, and therefore you will be fined the total outstanding charge listed above. Furthermore, the loans office will be subsequently conducting a review into the way in which you misused our equipment outside of educational purposes against the terms and conditions also outlined in your agreement. Note that this could potentially result in expulsion from your course.

If you feel as though there were circumstances beyond your control that we ought to know about, then you are welcome to make an appeal via the academic office if you so wish.