They are not scared, they are buying time to cover their arses. The frustrating thing is that I figured 5 grand would bail me out for the moment. I'd say that most of the people currently scurrying around in damage control mode would be on substantial hourly rates and, by the time this is over, the cost will exceed what I was going to ask for. Who pays for that? Three guesses.
The other thing to consider that applications for hardship relief can only be made once a year, so if you bugger it up and underestimate what you need you are screwed for another 12 months.
I have nothing better to do at the moment so will spend some of my abundant spare time constructing carefully worded hand grenades to lob over their defenses. It will probably get me nowhere, but I'm up the creek anyway. Let's hope someone gets their butt kicked, unfortunately it's likely that willl be someone very low on the food chain.
