Indeed, it was for clearing. Ironically enough, at one point I was a careers advisor, so I could have given these kids some actual helpful advice.
It was 9am though, on my day off, so I settled for being gruff, unhelpful and slightly condascending. Do like the idea of stringing the brats along though, evil though it is.
To top off the entire debacle, when I phoned DMU to complain they suggested that if anyone else called, to find out eactly where they'd gotten the number from, then to phone some woman back on her direct office number.
They gave me the wrong number for the direct line, got a computer company instead.