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[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

hehe I walked to the shops and survived.

I won that war.

But the neurologist long term neighbour rocked around to say g'day to mum and dad. Wasn't a check up just hello. Fark me get two docs like that in the same room you are gonna get a lotta latin.

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, and how are the astroglia in your medulla oblongata on this fine day. Corpus callosum in good balance?

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[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 14 points 2 months ago (6 children)

14 more days to go...I think

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

You've got this buddy and we've got lots of cricket coming up. πŸ’œ

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[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 13 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Told the GM that's leaving that I can't keep up anymore. He said I should make a task list and present it to my manager.

Let's see if they'll be reasonable or not.

[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wishing you the best and hoping that something can be worked out with your manager.

Thanks mate :)

I did this to myself because I work my ass off and they just kept piling it on!

Standard employer behaviour

[–] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Document! clockify is a good app with a free level that lets you break up and track work. Even a week or two of that broken into projecta/projectb/ admin/staff management/adhoc queries etc is enough to give you something to point to and ask how to change things. Or if you are asked to do something you can point to it and ask which thing should slide.

(I mean this is totally a do as I say not as I do situation!!)

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[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I hope don't jinx myself with this.

This morning I had more little meetings voicing my concerns and problems and my mental state and initially they decided that they'd assign extra staff to aid me at the end of the day,

It's now been decided that the problem I've been having at work has escalated enough now after a serious meeting today that the person will not be able to use the service that I look after and therefore will not be interacting with me at the end of the day.

If that is true and holds true for the rest of the work year I'm really relieved finally, it may not stop everything but it will certainly mean I don't end the day feeling super crappy and stressed about everything.

One thing at a time but at least that's a load taken off me from a work perspective.

Edit: And thank you everyone here for your support and warm words of encouragement.

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 12 points 2 months ago (9 children)

fucken' hell, saw a guy on the tram in the seat across from get out his meth pipe and fill it up. His gf was already pretty manic and jumping around the tram.

How do people lose sight of what is acceptable and what is not? 😣

[–] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

I guess when you're chasing that high, it gets to a point where it doesn't matter. It's terrifying.

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Here too. All hail to .... to somebody.

e: and it will wash off all the secondhand pizza off the pavements of Richmond. Yesterday just softened it up a bit and made it fragrant.

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[–] TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 11 points 2 months ago (7 children)

First world problem : pizza or fish & chups? Cbf cooking tonite. And no meat in the fridge. Or freezer. Bad me. Must go shopping this weekend.

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[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 10 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Holy shit I had some weeeeeird dreams.... calling Gina Rnehart about a rotted out power pole that I pushed over indoors at the Northcote Automotive Museum (?? It had a network of indoor roads...), having a tooth rot out (my dental hygiene is bad tbh), and @Force_majeure123 appeared out of nowhere with a comment saying everything's going to be alright 😭

[–] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 9 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Everything is going to be alright πŸ€—

[–] bacon@aussie.zone 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

We are all in kitten’s dream

[–] mysticgreg@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

It's kitten's world, we're just living in it!

Also I need that museum to be real...

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[–] tone212_@aussie.zone 10 points 2 months ago

Hate getting public transport late at night. Train from Collingwood to city, then train home from Flinders didn’t line up, 20 minute wait. Then another 12 minute delay on top of that. Feels like I went in a voyage to get home.

Travelling at peak - no problem. Outside of peak, not fun if you need to catch more than one mode of transport.

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's a wrap on a really intense work week. Who thought taking 4 hours off last week would be so hard to make up over 3 days. Some weeks are cruisey but it feels like I've done a week's worth in 3 days. And then I've got to get cracking on uni tomoz. Have dinner at a friend's and no time or energy to make anything. Then dinner out with another friend Friday. I hope to be able to get everything unpacked over the weekend and just blob out a bit. I sure will tonight after seeing the psych.

[–] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I reckon Kitten’s a bit too busy to go swinging

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[–] Nath@aussie.zone 9 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I have a task in my change this afternoon to execute a release pipeline called "Order 66". The task has been worded as "Execute order 66".

None of my colleagues thinks this is funny. 😞

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Ahhh time to relax finally. What a day.

[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Can't wait for the rain to stop so my neighbour can go out and water his grass.

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[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 8 points 2 months ago (10 children)

The kid and I are deciding what toiletries we need to take and are only allowed one 20cm Γ— 20cm ziplock bag each and everything has to be 100ml or less. What!!!! This skin needs a lot of before, during and after treatments if it wants to step outside in the elements.

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 2 months ago

GRRRRRRR the drainage I put in is draining, but it ain't ocming out the hole.

If weather permits I'm gonna stick my endoscope on some yellowtongue and shove it up 'er

[–] tone212_@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

My grass was yellow and looking dead on Saturday, now it's green and looks like it's going to need a mow soon. Also left my indoor plants outside for a couple of days after not watering for a little too long and they look revitalised. Amazing what rain and humidity does for plants.

[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

mines gone FERAL too.

[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bleh, even after the roofer turned up today the rain that swept through has caused another leak from the skylight and an area close to it.

Turns out from what I was told that there was a broken tile up there and something related to the skylight had to be patched up, guess that didn't work though or wasn't fully fixed.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's possible that if caulk was used, it didn't have time to dry and immediately carked it. Sticking a plastic sheet over it may have helped but then they would've had to come back to remove it. May have just risked it to save you the money of them returning. It was either a definite return to remove whatever was covering it, or a potential return if the fix carked it.

That's just my two cents anyway, I'm just spitballing.

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[–] eatham@aussie.zone 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You were somehow 6 minutes early lol

[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We sometimes make the thread earlier so people don't actually have to stay up till midnight or after to make a thread.

It can be up to an hour earlier sometimes depending if people need an early night and we've accepted that we don't move on to the thread till midnight or after.

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[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Urrrrrgh, on top of a task I really really really don't want to do now my laptop is doing its go-to-sleep-every-few-minutes nonsense. Something about a wifi virtual adapter in the logs. I've spent about an hour troubleshooting (while it keeps going to sleep on me randomly). Hopefully I've fixed it. What an esoteric thing. I just want to lie down in the sun and sleep for a bit

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[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Every now and then someone does a cover that is just exceptional.... Stand By Me - Stephen Wilson Jr.

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[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

stares furiously out window the fuck is this shit?

[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

so my ebay seller got back to me. We swaped out the faulty X for Sun. and I've gotta say, I'm having a stack of fun with it! Despite the fact that its insisting on holding my hand despite ~25 years of playing pokemon games it looks great on the 3ds. They've also included a bunch of OG pokemon so its only 1/4 of every encounter where i proclaim "WTH if that thing!?"

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