Discussion Thread: Friday, 21 March 2025

Didn't get the job, most likely due to my TAFE schedule not aligning with their work hours. Which is fair, but I am sad about it.

I channelled the disappointment into more job applications so there's that I guess.

Commiserations mate.
If I can give you one bit of advice it would be to get your drivers licence. That was gold 30 years ago and it's still up there today.
- Drivers licence and my cert IV will be what I'll work towards for sure! Both would earn me amazing opportunities! 💜
Oh I'm so disappointed for you. As reasons go that's a not personally painful one.
- Ikr! Like, it's not because I didn't interview well, they said I did! Lol.
  But I found a few other animal-related jobs and applied for those so fingers crossed!
so many hugs, just keep working at it 😘
- Thank you!!! 🙏🏼💜
Oh, sorry to hear that. Its good to get your name out there, though, and you never know what opportunities might come up in future (even a different job at the same place, when your availability changes)

OK ive done 2 hours work today.

Now it's chill out time.

You and me both!
Though I am at home and have been for awhile now.

Someone's about to head to the park and jump in puddles (and probably need a bath).

Go Ham Bam!
He is just so effortlessly hambsome that it's not fair. Especially with your picture perfect beachside patio.

Looking after hambam this w/e.

Little cousin's car was stolen when she was looking after him recently and the place next door was done too. They entered the place (she was alone) and demanded keys. So none of aunt's grandkids are (very understandably) keen on looking after him so doggo is stuck with me again.

These little thieving cunts are just in it for joyriding completely unaware (or are they) of the trauma they leave.

A friend is trying to get rid of his manual lancer but doesn't want to deal with the sales process.
I just replaced my car door lock after some cunt snapped a scissor tip off in it.
It sucks and I'm sorry to hear that.
It's getting worse and worse and I don't know if the changes they made or going to make are going to make anything better.
Nothing worse than not feeling safe at home.
- I doubt the changes they are making will make anything better, if anything it will make the problem worse.
  The problem seems to be kids, and its pretty rare to get kids from decent homes & upbringings doing that type of stuff. Almost always they will have their own history of trauma and it is likely that feeling safe in their own home is something they have never experienced for themselves. They get dumped into underfunded child protection system that often exacerbates the problems instead of really helping, and puts them in contact with other troubled kids where they band together into gangs that may be the closest thing to family and safety they can get. Putting them in juvenile detention just makes that issue worse and solidifies criminal activity as a life course instead of a life phase they may be able to get over.
  In a lot of ways this sort of offending is the canary in the coal mine for problems in society as a whole. There will always be some dodgy individuals that choose to do the wrong thing, but when it is a rising tide like this you really need to look at how your whole society is working and make changes there if you want to fix things. Unfortunately part of the social problems that cause this (in my opinion) is a general callousness towards individuals and unwillingness to pay for "soft" solutions like improving education, access to food and housing, counselling services etc. Instead we want "hard on crime" options of locking people up (generally at much greater expense) and then we wonder why we end up with hardened criminals.
My bro was broken into earlier this week. Took the bowl of keys that was on the bench, and two of their cars while they slept. The violation of their home as their safe space has me feeling all kinds of things.
- Jeez that's rough.
  I suppose it's whether you just leave the keys out or hide them but risk confrontation. Still not sure about that one.

This is so challenging for you. Thoughts and prayers
Such a pretty puss! 😍😍😍
So cute!!! Ears look so soft!

Cheers everyone 🍺 May youse have a rockin' good night!

*This post was proudly brought to you by The more comfortable weather

Happy Friday!!!
- Cheers 🍺

Not quite sure how to read his body language

It means he's relaxed but alert just in case you open the fridge door.
He’s clearly about to die of starvation and is pointing to the bowl where the food should be but is not
- I know that look, definitely dying of hunger
Peter. Russel. Clark. WHERE'S THE CHEESE!?
- for a few years that guy's mug was everywhere
- G'day
He's trying to decide if he would prefer to paint the walls a sage or a mint green.

I think I'm in trouble. I used a box to post my coffee grinder and Miss Meow has noticed it missing. It's better to beg forgiveness than ask permission, right?

You monster!
I'm considering cutting some window holes in Gibson's current favourite box, but am worried she won't like it lol

Man, waking up to the hairball hocking sound sucks hey.

With a dog, you'd get the ten minute crotch licking session at 2am.
- shlurp shulrp shlurp shlurp
- I give it a "oi get out of it, ya dirty bastard" then I get the guilty look.

My lunch break today is 3 hours.

I could do with a nap lol

I'm starting to get excited about the move, thinking of all the things I can do. I have a note book with all my ideas and plans. :) Do some courses. Go for walks that don't have shopping involved.

I will have my own office /work area which is a huge thing. 🙂

Baleeted

so many hugs
watch some art on tv perhaps 🙂 or read art books

I very much dislike being the door person where I work. It's company policy to check receipts, so of course I'm going to ask to see yours.

People have the freedom to say no, but to be rude is another thing. Some of us are getting paid minimum wage and don't want to lose our jobs because we didn't do what the company wants us to do. Fuck capitalism and fuck entitled people.

That job would suck balls, man. I swear I'm that person who's got their bags open and receipt handy 3 metre from you to save the hassle from you asking. I always add in "have a great day mate".
- Amen, more people should be like you :)
  I can't wait to quit even though I'm hardly ever the door person these days.
- not me
  I dislike the presumption of guilt. It's insulting.
  Tho of course I would never be rude to a shop assistant. I just politely refuse.
Customer service sucks ass. C-suite corpo asslickers making up rules that min-wage workers have to abide by or they lose their slave-wage. Rules that piss customers off, and because the customers don't see or know the c-suite they take their frustrations out on the slave-wage earner, as if they had any say in it.
It's demoralising, and shows how utterly unempathetic and uncaring the common customer is, that they think being rude and angry is appropriate behaviour, when they should be writing in a complaint to c-suite cocksuckers instead.
I'm mad on your behalf lol
- Exactly! The C-suite people are SO far removed from what it's like to be a min wage slave. I hope that if I ever work my way up into a leadership position, I'm not so out-of-touch.
  But then again, what can they do to prevent theft?
I've always gone with "no thank you" and keep walking. No need to comply but no need to be a dick either. I've done that job too fwiw.
- Interesting. I always just show my receipt because if I say no, they'll probably think I'm stealing. But props to you for not complying.

3 assessments passed, 2 to go.

2 quizzes passed. Next one opens Monday, and the other opens in May.

Im getting there!

After telling myself I'd have an early night, I ended up making a breakthrough on website styles. So instead of staying up trying to figure out how to change a button, I was up doing all this formatting work I'd been stuck on for the first half of the week.

Absolutely fuck this 88% humidity, wtf. Literally woke up from all the sweat

Lentish is going good for me. Sugar cravings are out of my system and the bread obsession is waning dramatically. I do have the occasional wholemeal or multigrain toast but atleast I'm not consuming bread products daily. Crumpets, English muffins, pizza (breads delicious cousins) have been eliminated entirely. First week and a bit was hard and I succumbed a few times to the local bakery bread but now it's smooth sailing.

I feel good. A bit tired but good.

For a true Lent experience, have some pumpernickel.
It's terrible, so any guilt is countered by the taste.
- No thanks. I love rye bread but that brick tastes like shit. Not fit for human consumption.

Do I play toilet paper chicken or go to the store before the proper shop in the morning?

Depends on how many tissues, serviettes and paper towel you have to take up the slack.
never risk it
How close is the toilet to the shower? 😂
- Close, but there is carpet...

Opps, got distracted watching youtube videos, must finish this work so I can get out of here

It's so quiet at work today. I love it.

Not a mouse was stirring....

As ex-hospo, why would you say that out loud?
- But I said it quietly if that counts.
  Not that it lasted long, noisy again.
Jynx

wow I've had a few tonight after an awesome work event (love that these guys are so much more sociable with our client). Pretty tipsy but this is the good thing about having easy PT close to home. Everyone looks pretty attractive through these wine goggles.

Gonna catch up on the Severence finale shortly and maybe The Pitt and then catch up with an old school friend Sat night and Sun. ☺️ Times like today I feel a bit like less of a loser and more of a part of Melbourne

Got my cannabis script yesterday, did a bit of a wake n' bake this morning.

Boy howdy was I not ready. Been using some weed gifted to me from a friend and it was fine...but this clinical shit is on a different level.

Thankfully I tried the Sativa strain which is a decently energizing buzz....

- Tempted to purchase something like that. My poor lungs can't really do smoke though....I've been sticking to a vape for years now.
Fun fact - smoking a joint with a coffee is called a Hippie Speedball 😂
- That's gonna be me, all week next week.

I have been hate watching Blue Blood recently.

It's such a cheesy and sappy show, it's kind of great.

They amount of tropes and cliches forced into each episode is a testament to the writer's ability recycle shit like it's nothing.

It's cheeseburger TV but there's nothing wrong with it. I watched FBI recently and god dam almost every episode follows the same formula.
- Prefect for having on when I'm barely paying attention. Honestly never miss anything somehow.
  Yeah it's fine. Formulaic with some not-terrible acting, honestly.
  I'm also a sucker for shows where the city is a character.

TIL what c-suite is.

I always knew it as The Suits as in the suits upstairs. Times have changed.
PC was Poor Cunt before Political Correct.
and they have numbers
C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, regarding what level they are in the suite, C-1 being CEO and there is only 1. Below them are the C-2s, the heads of departments, etc And above the C is the board. My husband used to be a C-3/4 at a big company. He didn't have say so, only the CEO and the board have say so in policy and major decisions.
smaller and medium size companies have owners and managers.
C-suite, y'know:
CEO - chief excrement orifice CFO - chief fuckup operator COO - chief offensive odourator
And so on
- Oi. Some of us like to keep a fair but tight ship.
Also known as the bunch of C’s.
Or ELT (executive leadership team) or SLT (Senior leadership team)

AC Shadows Initial Reactions after 4 hours of play.

Big world, but doesn't feel too big.

Characters are interesting enough.

Cool little side quests and things.

Story is pretty cliche, but we'll see what happens.

Parkour is smooth and feels a bit more real than the previous ones.

Combat is more challenging than previously. You can see they tried emulating Ghost of Tsushima, but fell short. Not a criticism as GoT had some of the best combat I've every played.

So far enjoying it.

But what about all the wOkE?
- If a game upsets weebs and neckbeards, you know it's doing something right.

Coffee grinder is packed and ready to go to its new home. Washing is on. Overgrown terrarium got a bit of a clean up. Next up is a trip to the post office and free food market, then the afternoon is free for who knows what.

I’m taking another crack at this string bag and worked out what I did wrong last time.

I am so sorry to hear. I hope you can get some solutions and that Melbcat is looking after you.
- Thanks, hopefully I can.
  Melbcat is often beside me or checking up on me, she’s a very good nurse
Crocheted bags are my thing if you have any questions.
- I worked out that I had been crocheting into the same ch2 hole after joining the round, which meant increasing asymmetrically on one side and growing the stitch count!
  Crochet seems a lot more free form than knitting so it was easy for me to get off track. But seeing the results gave me a lot of clarity on where I mistook the written directions.
The future is not knowable. You’ve had ups and downs before, maybe the up will start sooner than you think. Hang in there and look after yourself.
- Thanks. I really hope so. Things feel like a bit of a merry go round.

So did anyone else watch the season finale of Severance? 🫣

I probably won't get to it until tomorrow at the latest.
- Cool.
  My lips are sealed.
Not yet. Can’t wait to watch it tonight. Struggling with patience!
it was weird and had 60s sci fi movie vibes
cool
I have.
Banger ep

I finished the Severance finale. My only question is why doesn't this place have more security.

TIL about Poulson Pierce wire recording!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_recording

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJUOWRTBf0I

Friday quiz

5/10 - tough one today

That seemed like a very bad and lazy quiz. I don't like when it's something like: is the answer 371 372 375 or 381... there were a lot of those.
2/10 by sheer accident.
8/10. The snake one was a surprise answer.
3 today.
Didn't know most of them.
2

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Baked baked potato with lots of goodies please
- Feast your eyes on that. My dinner. Scalloped potatoes.
- Who needs parsley when other recreational vegetables look just the same and taste better?
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A whole baked barramundi please.
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Did you get your macca's this morning and if so what did you get?
- I overslept. I am having KFC right now. Zinger burger meal with BBQ sauce instead of mayo.

Food market done - I have some BBQ marinated chicken to cook for dinner, now I have to decide what to have with it. I might do a tray bake.

I also have some mushrooms, I think I might use them in a chicken casserole.