Weather forecast today (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 14°C, max - 21°C. 25% chance of at least 1mm rain

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    17·
    16 days ago

    All packed and ready. I’m told I will be holding the special sim card. I will be the human WiFi while the others suckle from me. I have had a giant coffee. I will not be sleeping tonight.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    14·
    16 days ago

    Forgot my meds this morning, wrong day to choose to walk to work (though the walk is actually quite nice). Had to use work car to duck home at 11 and take the meds because I was not coping. Rest of day has been utter shite. Am phenomenally tired and getting grumpy and resentful and feeling unappreciated. Reaching end of tether. Everything looks bad right now especially the huge pile of dishes that makes me want to cry.

    I will put on some music, do the dishes, boil some pasta, chop up the asparagus and zucchini and garlic and an onion, make a pasta dish and call it a night. Then ignore everything else. I can do it.

    E: I did it. Limping towards 9:30pm but I made a big dish of pasta (decided to flavour it with some Szechuan peppers for a change!) enough for tonight and two lunches. Washed up all those dishes as well. I think when my pay comes through I’ll be looking up bench top dishwashers in earnest

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      4·
      16 days ago

      gees, so many hugs,

      maybe eat premade food for a week until you are rested, no shame in that 😘

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        4·
        16 days ago

        I already did that the last two weeks, the fact that I had no time to work extra hours in my previous fortnight’s pay and had to buy a new phone plus that stupid $200 fine means I can’t afford a 3rd week of it. I’m currently living off my returned bond from the previous place until I get paid Friday. Won’t be rested until a few days after Xmas!

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    13·
    16 days ago

    Every few months I need to attend a pharmacy to grab a medication. A lot of people who take this medication are ex substance users.

    I have a great relationship with the owner, and she often is quite flexible and friendly with me. At times I’ve had to call her mobile to get her to explain something to the pharmacist whose serving me because they’ve made a mistake.

    Generally their treatment of people such as myself is quite poor.

    The pharmacists she employs absolutely hate my guts. I think they’re annoyed that someone who they consider scum is doing quite well. And to be honest, I play it up when I’m there lol

    I love every minute of it.

    If you want to play the superficial status game, then I’m going to rub it in your fucking face lol

    /rant

        • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
          8·
          16 days ago

          I do get it. I was taken to emergency by ambulance once , just in a terrible crippling pain, there was a nurse who I could tell actively hated me and thought I was faking. I had pink hair and an old detroit tshirt. The doctor brought in neurosurgeons and I was diagnosed with severe sciatica. Nurse was still angry and basically dumped me on the street when the specialists were done. I had to hail a cab myself.

          obviously thought i was a junky . what a bitch

          • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
            5·
            16 days ago

            The ones who try to belittle me, are the ones I make sure understand where exactly they sit in societies bullshit superficial capitalistic ladder.

            Nurses and pharmacists. It’s always those 2.

            • Eagle@aussie.zone
              2·
              16 days ago

              Am Nurse, can confirm that some nurses have forgotten that they are not superior beings.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    12·
    17 days ago

    So I’ve been reading about Healthcare Batman. He has been caught.

    He’s very handsome so that will be good for him in a jury trial.

    He’s ideologically motivated , that is very bad in a jury trial.

    He’s a vigilante who doesn’t believe in accountability, which I don’t agree with.

    His target was a totally evil man and the world is well rid of him.

    US and state governments have failed the American people by allowing such evil to exist for decades.

    This will be an interesting trial.

    • Pilk@aussie.zone
      4·
      17 days ago

      Group chats with the girlies and the gays are going feral over him. That mugshot though. 🥴

      This whole episode came at precisely the wrong time. Even if it could nucleate a revolution there’s just no way it would happen under the incoming presidency. Hopefully a nice reminder that most Americans are more similar than they are different on most issues.

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      17 days ago

      He’s from a very wealthy family. Like, they own country clubs and nursing homes, wealthy.

      Went to private school, and was considered wealthy by their standards even.

      If it’s really him, it’s going to be an interesting trial given his family’s resources.

    • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
      3·
      17 days ago

      Let’s keep in mind he hasn’t been found guilty yet. He’s just a “person of interest”. Although he’s been charged, it’s also worth keeping in mind that the rich always get the benefit of the doubt and the innocent until proven guilty mentality. No reason he shouldn’t get the same

      Also, he hasn’t even been charged with murder yet. Just carrying a false ID, illegal possession of a firearm, and a couple other felonies/misdemeanors of related nature

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
        4·
        17 days ago

        The opening scene of Fahrenheit 451 has been going through my mind the past 5 days. It starts with a man being hounded, just a man, guilt or innocence did not matter, the fact he was out and about and ran was proof of guilt". The chase was a show to satisfy the bloodlust of the public and give a show of justice. Totally terrifying.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    11·
    17 days ago

    The swelling in my finger looks to be starting to go down, finally. It’s still quite swollen but doesn’t give the impression of a balloon ready to pop anymore, which is definitely a nice improvement. The pain has also died down, so I’m back to working on my assignment (I got a short extension, to prolong my torture). My typing is very slow with one finger not working, but Miss Meow is helping, by putting her head on the keys so I can’t reach them anyway.

  • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone
    11·
    17 days ago

    Would something like hand cream be an ok gift for little ones teacher as a thankful? I know they get a tonne of chocolates and mugs so trying to think of something that might be helpful.

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    10·
    17 days ago

    “hey we need to move over 1tb before Thursday, can you help?” “Nope! but have a great day”

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    9·
    16 days ago

    I just managed to cut the webbing between thumb and first finger on the dried oyster sauce around the top of the bottle. At least I’m already on antibiotics so I don’t have to worry about infection. All I need now is a good solid stubbed toe to complete my misery.

        • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
          3·
          16 days ago

          I’d probably manage to get them stuck on my hand somehow and end up at the hospital while the Fire Brigade cut them off with an angle grinder 🤣

            • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
              2·
              16 days ago

              Yes, any day it is just a hand they are removing something from is a good day. Some people like putting rings on inappropriate body parts, and when that ring is made of something really hard like titanium it gets a bit tricky.

              Although kids manage to get themselves stuck in all sorts of interesting things. Plug holes and bits of bikes often, toilet seats stuck on heads occassionally, hands in lolly vending machines.

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
    9·
    17 days ago

    I followed up on the job I did reference checks for because it’s been two weeks now. The recruitment person said she’d get back to me. In that time I got an email saying I was unsuccessful. But the hiring manager is on leave. This is all very confusing.

    Since this progressed to references I expected to hear back with an offer. Not that it was guaranteed but that’s how things normally go. We’re around two weeks out from the end of the year and I was kind of expecting to hear back on this job so the whole thing has just thrown me mentally at the moment.

      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
        3·
        17 days ago

        I’ve been fucked over by jobs in just about every way imaginable and even this is a slightly new one for me. Fortunately it’s not the worst, but still odd

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
      3·
      17 days ago

      Recruitment person hit the send button on the system that send out the rejection letters during the call? Hiring manager may have already left a ‘no’ in the system but it just hasn’t been sent. Sorry you missed out but it can be something as benign as they had an internal applicant that got priority, may have been nothing to do with you specifically.

      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
        4·
        17 days ago

        If any of those outcomes are the case it’s weird for them to ask for referees two weeks ago and only get a No now. Nothing is guaranteed with a new job until you’re in there but this is just a strange waste of everyone’s time

    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      17 days ago

      Ah man I’m sorry to hear that. That is very annoying. But I’ve been in the situation like this before. Got to references but they liked the other candidate more.

      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
        4·
        17 days ago

        I’m hoping its an automation accident but its still a strange one. They should have thought about things more because reference checks start to take up other people’s time as well

        • indisin@aussie.zone
          2·
          17 days ago

          Sorry to hear this has happened to you, that all sounds very unprofessional from them.

          Have you asked your references when/if they were called?

          • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
            4·
            16 days ago

            It was an online form they were emailed. I got emails myself when they were completed.

            And I know they were done because I coordinated with them what to say when they filled the form out

            • indisin@aussie.zone
              3·
              16 days ago

              That’s really odd. At the references stage it’s as you’d expect - you’ve got the role barring

              • The references being terrible (like “I worked with this person and have nothing further to comment”). If you’re suspicious of that being the cause you can request a full copy of your references and the detailed interviewer notes/feedback under GDPR, to which they must comply.

              • The role has been removed and doesn’t exist any more. It happens sometimes and sucks for everyone on both sides of the fence. But you’d typically be told that was the reason why.

              • Stretching here: but it was a scam role to gather PII 🤷??

              Again, really sorry that you’re going through this!

              • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
                1·
                16 days ago

                It’s an established place so it’s not a scam role, and I had too much of a hand in the reference checks for those to turn out negative. It could be the place is too big to properly know what’s going on, and this time of year a bunch of people are on leave, stretching out the process

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    9·
    17 days ago

    I’m back from the shops. PS: If you’re with a mate who has chronic BO direct him to the deodorant aisle asap. I was nearly fucking sick 🤢

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      3·
      17 days ago

      It’s bad out there 🤷‍♀️

      maybe good antiperspirant and good laundry soap is too expensive?

      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
        3·
        17 days ago

        Stay home then.

        I wonder if dude 1 was overcompensating for dude 2 because one was bathed in fragrance and the other one overpowered him.

          • SituationCake@aussie.zone
            6·
            17 days ago

            There’s currently an idiotic TikTok trend of pheromone maxxing where young boys think if they don’t shower they will be extra attractive to women. They are about to be very disappointed 🤮

            • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneEnglish
              3·
              16 days ago

              The max pheromone thing has been around for many years. Napoleon had a thing about it too. Coming back from one campaign, he wrote to Josephine saying that he’d be there in a couple of weeks, and please don’t wash.

              The real max pheromone technique apparently is to wash/shower with water only, but not to use soap. The soap removes the pheromones, but plain water doesn’t - even hot water. So it’s possible to be clean but also to do the pheromone thing if that’s your jam. Not washing at all just ain’t it - totally disgusting imo.

            • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
              2·
              17 days ago

              Why am I not surprised something like that is coming out of Tik Tok. I swear that thing is malicious misinformation at this point