I am sick to death of people ignoring me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So while I'm nice and irate, i'll explain:

Firstly, asked uni if I could bring my own computer to uni so i could get work done (cos none of the bloody software works here). No reply to email.

Secondly, emailed a load of colleges asking if I could speak to them about my project so I could get a better idea of the background - essential info for my project! No reply. I shall now proceed to name and shame these colleges:

• Stourbridge College
• Dudley College
• Huddersfield Technical College
• Burnley College

Only one college has replied. They gave me the phone number of the person I need to speak to. So I would like to extend my gratitude to the Information Officer at Nelson & Colne College. "Thank you".

Thirdly, I asked a lecturer (who shall remain nameless) at my uni (Huddersfield) about my group project next year. Ok, so the info isn't needed urgently and something will sort itself out. And this lecturer is very busy, so I'll forgive them for that. But it's been over 2 weeks now. 2 weeks and I still have no reply.

What am I doing wrong? What have I done that makes these people think "I can't be bothered replying to him, he's obviously not important enough for my time". I spend five to ten minutes writing an individual email - just to make sure that it's coherent and that I give enough information for the recipient to understand what I mean.

Ok, so lets think about the colleges. The colleges may be thinking "he's a student and he wants us to do his work for him cos all students are lazy". Maybe I phrased the email wrongly? Maybe instead of a general theme of "i want to talk to you about my project and how it would fit in to your teaching requirements" I should've just said "I want to ask you some questions, see attatched questionnaire". Would they prefer that? I bloody well doubt it!
Maybe they think that my project is irrelevant to them? Well shouldn't they ask for more detail if they think that? Or maybe even reply just to say "no thanks". Come on - I know they're very busy, overworked, underpaid people but how long does it take a person (who's not me) to write an email saying "Hi, Can't help I'm afraid. "

And while I'm on the warpath, (and writing the kind of post that'll get me sued by the aforementioned institutions) why don't I have a go at Dixons? No, not the car selling Dixons, the electrical retailer that owns Curry's and PC world and used to own Freeserve. I have no problem with the latter companies - just Dixons.

Every branch of Dixons I've been to I've either been sold dodgy goods, lied to or ignored...
dixons, burnley --> sold me a dvd player that didn't work right, before packing up altogether
dixons, boston and stourbridge --> refused to sell me batteries
dixons, merry hill --> they said they had a job vacancy, I filled in application form, got an interview, went for interview and was then told i wasn't old enough
dixons, huddersfield --> bullied me into getting a 5 year warranty for a stereo that wasn't complete (no remote control) and then refused to supply me with a remote control, ignored me when I went to ask for one before I finally spoke to a manager who told me just to order one from their spares company and to take the receipt in to the branch and they'd refund me - which of course they didn't do

Which all in all, makes me feel very stupid, very gullable and very very annoyed.

And, just in case some lawyer comes along and smells money I shall write the following, in the vain hope of not making his day:
This post, and various rants about colleges, universities and companies are my views only. It is most likely that the above experiences do not represent the views of the majority of their respective customers/students. However, they are real events that I experienced, and I feel I have a right to air those opinions.