Whether you got the results you wanted this week, or you didn’t do quite as well as you hoped, I think one thing’s for sure – some people are intolerable on Results Day. Nine times out of ten people say the wrong things and don’t give you the reaction you were hoping for so this article is a bit of a f***k you to those such people. However, to the amazingly supportive and lovely people out there, thanks for being the exception!
Her Campus Durham caught up with some finalists to find out what really peeved them off about people’s reactions on Results Day. Here are some of the irritating things people do and say around exam results time:
‘There’s always that one person, at school and at uni, who goes on and on about how they’re soooo worried they’re going to get a 2:2, but come out of it with a 79.8 average.’
‘If I get another text off a friend or relative asking me if I’m ‘happy with my 2:1’, I think I’ll scream.’
‘Why do family members feel the need to tell everyone and their uncle about my exam results? I never gave them permission to write a status telling the world how superbly average I am…’
‘I texted my Mum with my results and she responded ‘Good, well now that’s over, I saw a great job on indeed.com the other day for you’. I mean, give me a bloody break.’
‘You’ve always just got to expect those highly irritating texts from people you’ve not spoken to all year, who are crawling out of the woodwork especially for Results Day, just to see if they did better than you. Tw**s.’
‘If I had a pound for every time someone has said to me ‘you were always going to do well though’ this year, I’d be able to afford the rent at Ernest Place. It’s like ok yeah but were you aware that 6 minutes before the deadline I was drafting an email to my department asking them for my diss back so I could change the fact I used the word ‘illuminating’ four times in my conclusion? No? Well, cheers anyway for the support.’
‘I texted my mate from home yesterday, absolutely chuffed that I’d managed to wing a 2:1, to be met with ‘Don’t worry!!! A 2:1 is still good!’ Yeah, well that’s what I thought too until you sent that text you fool.’
‘I’m not even ashamed to say I have deleted every single person on my course if they even hinted that they were going to share their results on Facebook.’
‘My mate ended up with a 2:2 yesterday and was holding up pretty well until his Grandma posted a message on his Facebook Timeline yesterday saying ‘Any results news? Peter from down the road got a first in Maths from Cambridge!’ There are no words. Just wow.’
So, I think the moral of all of this is to 1) keep your results to yourselves and only tell people you trust not to publish them for the whole world to see. 2) don’t pass judgement on other people’s results, because chances are they’re probably elated with a 2:1 – go and stick your first and your judgments you know where. 3) don’t compare yourself to others, just go and get drunk and enjoy the fact that you’ve got a degree from Durham University – mega achievement in itself!
Congratulations to everyone!
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