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Discussion Thread 🍀 Thursday 3 April 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 5 days ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 7 points 4 days ago

My girlfriend was saying she needs a way to track things at work better because she's supposed to be leading the baby room.

I told her what she needs is a G-Shock or something similar. It has alarms, timers, can beep on the hour and some models have a button that can start the countdown timer without diving into menus.

And it does it all in a simple and privacy respecting way that's sufficient for a childcare worker.

I bought a cheap Casio watch one time she's using to try it out, and if it's working we can get her an upgrade