Was feeling antsy about my job situation but just heard from my ex colleague about how ex-boss is continuing to be unreasonably snarky and critical to the point that he is pretty much just quiet quitting now despite being one of the most reliable and consistent people in the team. I feel relieved and vindicated in my decision to leave even though I didn't have anything lined up after for a while.
Oh trust me, when someone starts taking digs at you they don't stop. They're often a really unpleasant person to others as well.
@just_kitten @Seagoon_ I’ve learned to trust my gut in those situations. If the vibes are shit, quit. It’s always turned out to be the least worst option
Had a pizza for lunch. Drying laundry in the sun.
Making a cup of coffee and just relaxing today.
I'm so annoyed right now.. moved into a new role and workload is fucked. It's not going well. Management is ignoring it.
Also a massive massive thing has come about from a client I initially spoke with, spoke to a lawyer about (where another colleague didn't bother), it's now turned into possibly a class action, or at least a shit tonne of work for our firm. I'm getting no shout outs or anything for me recognising the potential. Not even from my direct management.
Sorry to hear about the workload, that sucks. I’m also over here cheering for you, re the other achievement. I think sometimes management feel threatened when someone lower down the tree does something great, so they downplay it. I’ve seen that happen at my work, at least.
Thanks 👌 my colleague has actually told me a few times that she thinks I intimidate my direct manager because I kinda know my role better than they do, can answer more Qs etc. So that does kinda make sense
sending moral support over the ether 🪄
Thanks 🙏
You can leave a job in the probation period with like 2 days notice. Feel free to use that if something else comes up because your workplace will do it to you
I'm not on a new probation period or anything, just a different role in the same department - which is actually quite different to what I had been doing. I'm reluctant to pull the pin on the job because finding a new job is stressful and change is hard. if it remains like this for much longer I'll need to start looking though 😞
I think it was ok for Arj Barker to ask the crying baby to leave. No hate for kids, but if you take your baby to a comedy show, or any theatre show, and it’s making noise please gracefully exit and let the performers do their craft and people watch the show uninterrupted. Hundreds of people paid for tickets to see a show, not listen to a grumbling baby.
I agree. Don't get me started on those barbarians who take calls on their phone during a performance. I could get really really nasty to such.
A couple of times I’ve been in an audience where someone starts doing stuff on their phone (not calls) and you see a glow emanating from their seat. It’s infuriating, particularly if it’s a dark scene where you want to be focusing on the stage. If it’s that boring for you why did you come.
No one should be taking a 2 week old baby to anything like a show.
Babies need a nice quiet home. That poor baby. 😟
@Seagoon_ @SituationCake She was none months old! Nine months!! 🤯😡
Weeeell, babysitters are expensive, and it's difficult to find good ones, especially in a hurry. I can understand if someone didn't want to go through that hassle and cost of living pressure. But surely a pacifier and a small jar of honey would be standard operating procedure if you did bring a baby along.
@SituationCake @Seagoon_ I keep seeing the comment "so drunk hecklers are gine but an innocent baby isn't??"
I've been to multiple shows where drunk hecklers were removed from the audience.
I appreciate that mums need a night out and all that, but maybe pick a better spot to go.
Bottoms log, star date 000002...
The 1 month outta date lasagne use by was ruse likely pedalled by the Big Lasagne cartel.
All systems nominal.
I believe the Big Cheese cartel does something similar. Out of date cheese is usually perfectly good. And can be very very tasty. I got some past its useby date vintage cheddar once that was DELICIOUS - a vast improvement on the regular stuff. And not stinky at all - just mellow and nutty and a welcome bit of sharpness.
Bottoms log, star date 000002…
Captains log of the USS Potential food poisoning.
Dunno what big manufacturers are like, but where I work our use by is fairly conservative. Past use by for us is past it's optimal freshness but still ok.
I think the Christian name resume is working... Interesting.
Do what you need to do, zero guilt. Corporations don’t have any interest about anyone’s success but their own. It’s a job not a friend. Do the same, and do what you need to do to get yourself employment and income. No one will care what your name is once you in the door and they are happy with your work.
it's been like that here for as long I remember
my own father had a weird European name, non British, and it was Anglicanised when he came here . I can kinda understand in his case, the name is barely pronounceable.
and it's not just English names, there is classism at work here too. Posh English names work best. 😞
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1048984322000583?via%3Dihub
There was some other study done way earlier which compared ethnic first and last, western first and ethnic last, and western first and last.
The results are as you can expect...
A small tunnel mysteriously appeared in the lounge room while Miss Meow was napping. She has so far determined it does not seem to be a threat and gone back to bed. Time will tell whether it is worthy of more interaction later.
I've fallen into the trap of giving Melbcat a treat any time I eat a peppermint or a cracker... she now tells me when it's time for a treat and is trying to get me to feed her the whole bag. I don't think I run this house anymore...
I'm not allowed to walk past the linen cupboard without being viciously confronted lol
I swear these appear earlier and earlier before Easter every year..
that's the earliest ever
Got removalists arranged. Phew.
Attempts to sell extra furniture are proving futile thus far - one secondhand place fiddled me around for ages before saying no and am waiting on another. A couple more avenues of enquiry... argh. Also hard rubbish has been rearranged, partly because I didn't leave enough room for the bins and partly because it'd been messed up when people rummaged through it. grumbleBill Cat fast asleep just sprawled out on the floor
spoiler
Rub the belly!
he ran away 😹
Mrs has got the car fixed. Damage wasn't as bad as it looked apparently, it was the material of the chair disintegrating on the panel itself thank god. Car's looking brand new again. I thought maybe we'd learnt out lesson, then she almost took out a cupboard in the garage. Far out man.
Pool noodles on any edge or surface that can be impacted ...
I reckon I'll just give her a pool noodle and let her take it out on me, not the bloody car.
🤦
Time to cover the car in Nerf.
screaming plastic chicken
Nah. Go the bubble wrap.
I can't stop laughing at this pic and I don't know why lolWhy is there no basket in this picture?
out all day yesterday and dehydration headache was not fun
One of those days where it feels like the universe is just having a good laugh at me!
🚨🚨alert! Unauthorised facial hair deletion. Who is this weird teenager?! Stranger Danger! 🚨🚨
It feels like you're having an affair for the first few days!
Oh c'mon, I thought to new mustache was alright...
The price of my private health insurance (with extras) keeps on going up and up to the point where I don't get enough value out of it anymore. Looking at options for just having basic hospital/ambulance cover and it's still so expensive. Almost $100 a month. Having insurance seems like a luxury these days.
It is expensive, but don't forget to take into account the cost of the Medicare levy surcharge you pay in tax if you don't have it - depending on income it can cost you more not to have it, or at least take a large chunk of what you save. It's also worth considering the future - if you anticipate increased salary in the future that might put you into the category where you will need to pay the surcharge you may be better off paying a bit more now to avoid the age surcharge when you get to that point. Once you get older the insurance is also better value as you have more medical problems, so you need to try to balance the benefits of saving money now compared to the amount it will cost you in the future if you delay getting it and decide you need it later.
When thinking about the value of the hospital component of the insurance it's worth keeping in mind that whilst Medicare will cover you for life-threatening issues it is not great for things that just reduce the quality of life, and you can be forced to wait until problems become life threatening before they are dealt with. I have a friend who currently needs a hip replacement. The waiting list for public hospital is so long she has signed up for private insurance to pay for it once the one year waiting period is up as that will be quicker. In the meantime she has trouble walking and is in constant pain to the extent that she sometimes has to take time off work. Google tells me the cost of a hip replacement privately is around $25k - that's a lot of years of insurance premiums you need to save, and many surgeries can be even more expensive.
Extras are often not worth the cost unless you use a lot of things like physio on an ongoing basis. I've bought a full pair of multi-focal glasses, had a dental checkup and clean plus four fillings this year and have still not received enough back in rebates to cover a year's premiums. A lot of the big items for extras like dental implants are not urgent and you can sign up and get the work done once the waiting period is over.
Our favourite air freshener appears to be out of stock everywhere. Woolies and Coles list it as unavailable at all the stores. Bunnings are saying it's deleted. The website is still up, but I think they're going out of business.
This is devastating. I've been using this brand since I met my wife, no idea how long she's been using it. I'm at the point where I'll buy every bottle a store has - 5 year's supply if I must rather than trying to find something else.
I had no idea they made air fresheners. I have a bottle of the goo remover under my sink.
Which flavour air freshener did you like?
Orange. Though I'd buy the lime one if it was all I could get my hands on.
The Organic Choice website says they’ve been acquired by Tempo Group?
I use Orange Power a lot when doing big clean ups.
Ah! That’s promising. Haven’t been able to find the laundry stuff for ages. Hopefully a supply restart won’t be too long.
Would NQR sell remaining stock maybe
Confirmation. Out of business in Jan. Organic Choice, OrangePower, Trix, and Aware Sensitive are all gone. Grab what remnants you can scrounge up 😿
Oh damn, the Organic Choice hand and dish wash was really nice. Haven't used it in years as I now get bulk stuff but still. RIP.
No way. That's the best one out there because it doesn't make me sneeze.
Noooo! Their Shower cleaner is the best. Hope this isn’t true.
I knew what that was before I even clicked. So disappointed that it’s no longer available, it was the best one out there
Noooo! The lemon myrtle and orange air freshener is my absolute favourite! It's a rare one you can use repeatedly and not get sick of.
My partner just did this with hand soap, she used some soap at a dance workshop we were at recently and loved the scent. She found it but its been discontinued. She was able to find somewhere with it in stock and order all 10 or so they had left
It's paywalled, but it is not looking good:
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/organic-choice-trix-orange-power-to-disappear-from-supermarkets-after-collapse-20240104-p5ev5t.html☹️
I've got my kids' laptop to auto login to their user and got Gcompris to startup as a default program. I should put an ad on marketplace to convert people's old laptops into learning centres for their kids
I very rarely go on the train. Had to change trains at Richmond en route to the Car on the other side of town. Got to see a lovely contrast of technology, a shiny and quiet new HCMT gliding in like it's the shit, a doddery old diesel V/Line on the next platform, and my train is an old Alstom that looks like a cheap tin can on the outside (I hate the corrugated look) and doesn't sound nearly as quiet as Shiny New Train...
Anyway, this might be the last time I take the train in quite a while. It's pretty cool people watching. There is a guy whose hair is a messy, matted nest, with uneven facial hair and oily skin, dead eyes and a defiant scowl, but he's wearing a clean, fresh, neatly pressed suit and tie! I'm going to guess IT. e: he got off at Malvern and had a nice-looking but well used laptop bag with him. He must be head of IT.
So the other day I was trying to find a song I was pretty sure was in the hottest 100 of 90-something. Hit the wrong playlist (99) but found a song I liked the song of, but accidentally skipped and ended up on Army by Ben Folds. i got really into to, decided to look it up on youtube and then youtube auto played this Ben Folds - Exhausting Lover
Anyway that's how a series of fuckups have allowed this song to play on repeat 100 times today! Join me tomorrow for livetweeting finding the laundry: Spoiler alert I've almost certainly left a tissue in the pockets again.
I love his music (not so much this song). But the dude has been divorced four times - that tells me that whatever his relationship issues are, they're probably on his end.
I swear Mrs Field’s cookies are just depressing now. I used to love their standard choc chip one. They were so sadly pathetic, small, mis-shapened…
I couldn’t bring myself to buy one. What happened? 😭
it's been many years since I've had one. They used to be huge and the choc chip had a perfect mix of soft and crunchy. But they were spenny.
I swear they used to be large and uniform, but yeah pricey. I pay more now for a decent large cookie, but geez…
So sad they are.
i was going to buy some but seeing their size i went to subway instead
Yeah, Subway cookies are good value!
I'm watching Mr Inbetween again because the man hasn't seen it and I can't stop saying "vagankle".
🍾🍷🍷🍷🍷 🥴🤕
aspirin has been taken
Pretty pumped for a three day work week!
I have seriously been sucked into these Chinese feudal multi-verse dramas.
Me and YT need to go on a break… BUT it’s soooo hard!
going to be a beautiful day again 🌞
and question
Just watched another apocalypse movie, this time The Quiet Place. Makes me wonder, how come we don't get movies where there has been some massive overnight worldwide change that makes everyone's life better, why is it always bad?
Human brains pay more attention to bad stuff
I keep hurting my bad shoulder again. First while pulling the doona up from behind me last night. Then today I pulled a big bag of kitty litter down from a high shelf, lifted it to refill a litter tray, and tore some junk up for the bin
Oh god, I just watched Baby Reindeer
two things, no three,
you just can't tell who is going to become a stalker, I had one, a guy I had never met and didn't know asked me out, I kindly declined, he got nasty immediately and then stalked for months.
I'm so self conscious and unsure that half the time I think I'm a bad guy. Watching that show , omg, not one thing the abuser did would ever cross my mind.
and lastly, and the most important thing, what this series is about, is male sexual abuse. 😭
Another thing in the show, friends and family, people who love us, will help us. Abuse makes people feel alone, don't let it.
Just watch the show.
5 hobbits
Glad you enjoyed it, I rated it pretty highly too
I don't know if enjoy is the right word.
This is such a good show about men's lives , I hope it has some positive impact.
Made me want to give mr seagoon so many hugs
My op shop finds for today are a 1950s japanese bead necklace and a book on planning painting projects
