I got to say it!
"The chaotic situation your organisation finds itself in, is due to the decisions made by your leadership regarding my raise request".
God that felt good lol
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I got to say it!
"The chaotic situation your organisation finds itself in, is due to the decisions made by your leadership regarding my raise request".
God that felt good lol
lol ooh burn!
what was the reaction?
The fabled "void worm".
We spoke to Patrick. He is very happy about your performance. He sent these:
Oh yeah, it's the day off for lent too if anyone is following it closely.
I have a meeting with the new manager they hired.
This could turn out to be an "I told you so meeting".
Goodnight all ❤️
First tracksuit day of the year!!!! Rest of the week might be too warm, but it's nearly long sleeve time.
Let us all rejoice.
yep also in trackies. Was last night too. Shits insane, I dont remember there ever being such a "push and pull" between the seasons like this. Usually summer just fades.
Sweltering on Saturday, rugged up on Sunday. Happy autumn everyone!!!
You're 100% right. Usually it's hot, then hot with cool nights, then warm, then warm with cool nights, then just cool.
Now it's hot, then cold. Very little cool in between.
I'm cold!
I receive a call from a random QLD landline number.
Person: I'm [name] from [company]
Me: What's the purpose of this call?
Person: I can't tell you, first I need to confirm your identity.
You call ME and can't tell me why you're calling until I divulge my personal information? I told this person you can say something very generic about the call reason just so I can confirm you are who you say you are before I hand over my PI, but she refused citing their stupid policies. So I ended the call.
My company has this too, pretty awkward. I normally already spoke to the person and I start with "Hi it's Force, I spoke you last week about X - before I can go any further though I do need to ask you for X Y Z.". Lots of ppl still prefer to end the call and call back on our main phone number though, which is fair enough
At least you give some details, that would have been enough for me. This person gave me absolutely nothing except her name and company, and it's not someone I had ever dealt with.
Nope, I'm giving nothing the caller doesn't already have. I will confirm they have correct info if they provide it, however. This is just basic phone security - no competent company would expect a cold call recipient to start giving them information.
And if they're not competent, I have no business talking to them.
yeah nope no chance. You call me outta the blue and ask for info is gonna be a big fat no.
First of the back cushions for the armchiair is complete, the 2nd one is half way.
got the van all set up and cleaned out Saturday. Better nick than you'd expect for 25 years old, but deffo needs some love. Some stains and stuff, more than a couple of scratches and possibly an issue with the roof lifting mechanism. Fridge seems to work (it dropped temp a bit on a 30 degree day, would need more time to be certain) awning still needs to be tested though, as do the bed end flys.
Taking it out in 2 weeks so the clock is ticking for its repairs.
Today in class, we spoke about the whole male supremacy thing that's been going on in schools since the rise of Tik Tok. The government started an intervention about ten years ago on respectful relationships, and the evaluations on it are inconclusive - it's difficult to evaluate something that realistically can't be measured objectively. Students come from different backgrounds. We can only control what we expose them to in the classroom.
So now I'm doing some thinking on what I can do in this area. Research ensues.
I love cold nights!!!!
I've missed these so much and it's not even that cold!
The work laptop just isn't turning on now back in the office. It seems to be on but no video signal anywhere. Can I go home and work from my computer there?
Don't you love it when office equipment just fails in the office.
My work laptop takes forever to connect to work wi-fi. Works great when plugged into the hub, but struggles with wi-fi in meeting rooms
Such convenience.
OMG! just discovered AuADHD might be the reason for my vertigo thing. Closing one eye massively helps not feel like the new stairs are DOOM awaiting. How fucking odd but awesome, yaaaar 🏴☠️
America has been preying on my mind. I am getting more frightened for the people there each day.
It is safe here in Aust at least. That I know.
My son and his wife and kid are now safe in Germany for which I thank various deities. USA is going to get worse before it gets better too imo. He mentioned in his last phone call that one of his neighbours went out to buy groceries, but came back with ammunition instead. And that's in a fairly civilised part of a fairly chill city a long way from MAGAland. That was the deciding factor that made him and his wife decide to get out asap. Granted, there's a military base there, and a lot of people who know how to NOT use guns, but still ... If the ordinary decent people are starting to behave like that, anything can happen.
The 60 minutes bit on the CFMEU and ties to gangs was pretty interesting. As someone who has worked on sites for several years, it comes as no surprise.
I really hope someone drops the hammer on the dodgy shit. Site culture needs a reboot, but that will take years and years.
Good night everyone. Love you all. Sweet dreams .😘
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I got the boys down in time to watch today's Four Corners on the childcare sector. I'm so happy my girlfriend found a job at a council run facility and that my boys are at a centre that seems well run
I did’t watch the show, but have noticed in recent years many large very expensive looking new child care centres popping up all over the place. There must be plenty of money to be made if so many multi-million dollar facilities are profitable. I don’t live in a growth suburb with young families. I can think of at least 5 new mega places within a few km of my house. I know the workers get paid abysmally, so who’s getting the cash?
Woof, think I'm going to end up paying a bit for slacking off so much on the weekend. Need to jam in a lot of work in due to a late/fumbled start this morning, but I was banking on having time to prep data for uni fieldwork as well, which I absolutely have to have ready to go out on Wednesday and had meant to do on the weekend... now looking a bit short on time for it all. I guess I can do it if I sat down and really put my mind to it over the next 48 hours. At least I'll be getting a decent wad of overtime this pay cycle
E: also a bit bummed I have to cancel my psych session this week but between a haircut, dental appt (with no rebate - another task now to call insurance and ask why), 295 in uni fees, and grabbing lunch out during fieldwork days, there's not a lot left. plus I don't think I can handle an emotionally intense day this week.
On Sunday my old school friend comes to visit, yay! I'll spend Sunday and next Wed and Thu with her before she leaves on Friday. Depending on the weather, will need to take leave and crack on with the last of uni fieldwork... I think April and May I'll have to be prepared to only do the bare minimum of work work, take as much time off as possible, and seriously start vomiting out some words
Early morning pigeons are not as cool as a flock of rainbow lorikeets
Reoccurring repeat dream last night. In my dream I think I can opening and hitting treasure chests of some sort and more would appear and they were supposed to do something after I bashed them open but it would start from scratch and the who process would repeat.
It felt endless as well and felt like the dream was going on for hours on end.
Feeling more tired than I should to be honest today.
How the hell do I get keys off my keyring
Open the ring up a bit with a 5c piece (the one surviving use for these). Or a nail file.
A teaspoon works, too
Butter knife
Separate the rings with your thumbnail like you're splitting a nut. You just gotta get them far enough apart for the key to fit, then it will continue to hold the loops apart as you run it around the coil to pop off the end
There's not enough rain in Oklahoma
To wash the sins out of that house
Compression gloves are on too. Been months since I've had stiff fingers and hands like this.
Why you do this to us Melbourne?