melbourne_wanderer @ melbourne_wanderer @aussie.zone

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potentially random questio : does anybody have a quiet, efficient kettle that they'd recommend? mine just gave up the ghost. Cost not really an issue (within 2SD of the mean, say...)

interestingly, it wasn't recruiters but the company directly. Anybody remotely familiar with my industry would be able to guess my salary fairly easily based on my employer and my position title (or google the info in a few seconds), so it was just a very strange incident all round.

oh, I don't know....it shows either a complete lack of preparation on their part or (more likely given that their original pitch was more reasonable) an underhanded attempt to get particular expertise/kudos on the cheap As I said, my pay rate is pretty common knowledge: I have a specific position, and you can google that position, my employer, and see what I'm paid within a narrow bracket. My position title also makes my level of seniority very clear. Either way, not a group I want to work with, so if I burnt any bridges I'm not too bothered

I wasn't at all rude to them, I was genuinely just shocked and politely terminated the discussion (albeit after a slight chuckle). I can think of many individuals in my equivalent position/approximate field who will be a lot more blunt with them than I was, should they attempt the same thing!

so recently I was encouraged/asked by an employer to apply for a job with them. I'm not looking, but it was interesting work, so I thought "why not?". Had an interview, great chats etc.

they just contacted me to ask if I would take the role at a level several below what they had said it would be, which was already below what I currently earn, in the order of tens of thousands of dollars, and significantly more junior.

I try not to be rude in these situations, but I was so shocked I actually laughed in the zoom call and just said "absolutely not", wished them well and concluded the call immediately.

they approached me, not the other way around, and I am comfortably and successfully employed. why on earth would they waste my time, and their own!? my job comes with a very clear title, and my salary band is very public information (10 second google).

Don't get me wrong - I'm grateful to be in the position to have options, it's just that the whole thing was very, very weird (and I'm trying not to be so arrogant as to be mildly insulted).

I have used uber pet before, and it's fine: I do tend to follow up the booking with a message to the driver saying "just to clarify, I have booked an uber pet and will have x animal with me", as chatting to a driver once he told me that sometimes they don't get that info.

hope everything is OK.

dammit, I have a quiet day at work so delayed my pre-work walk to lunchtime. poor choices.

have been having an overall shitty week, but made myself a beautiful, colourful veggie stir-fry for lunch, and took the dogs I'm looking after for a long walk, so am overall feeling positive. Is it the weekend yet?

nice one!!

once youve made that decision to submit, just hit that button and send your baby off! resiat the urge for "just one more check" :)

hahahahaha I just did the Barb and Star experience. worth it.

remember when itunes first came out, and people would just....make their music library available to anyone in the vicinity? so you could be sitting at your computer, open itunes and have the option of listening to Brian-on-level-five's library as well as your own?

that is all.

see? works every time...

sounds like a pretty solid choice

smashing the ball iver the neighbour's fence repeatedly not only for 6 runs but so I could go and pat their dog

daylight savings makes me nostalgic. I used to fucking love it when daylight savings started: it meant me and the other kids in the street were gonna be out on our bikes , at the park, rollerskating (later blading), whatever for HOURS after school, plus it was almost christmas, and summer, and all the good things.

i mean, I still love DS, it just also makes me nostalgic.

and this is where I introduce you to the game "in bed", where every time you read a fortune cookie, you add "in bed" to the end.

i was up early this morning, went for a long walk in beautiful weather, had a disgustingly healthy breakfast and lunch and now feel fully justified in finishing my hour-long bath and heading straight to the couch for a snooze.

disappointed to have won neither the $100m or $20m lotteries in the last few days. doesnt seem fair.

oh god I love these

holy shit that was a stressful match, but fuck yeah!! (world cup, for those not playing along)

there's still some of it left. dont steal it from me.