Numbats, noombats, walpurti,
You eat termites and you're pretty!
From WA with stripes and a happy, long face,
A beautiful animal from a beautiful place.
Sometimes I wonder if the cat sees me as more than a food dispenser.
I've been sick in bed all day pretty much, and she's sitting beside me. When I fell asleep and woke up suddenly she was all alert, checking to see if I was OK.
Right now, the heater is on in the lounge room. She has a favourite spot she sits in (on top of her TP nest).
But she's sitting in the cold bedroom with me instead.
They know. I have one love bug, one standoffish queen and a sometimes spicy sausage. During the day its usually hands off the two girls, but they take turns to sleep with me at night.
Getting to work was crazy today - I somehow hit the link on my work app for the second client instead of the first, and only discovered the mistake when I was almost there - partly because a friend phoned to wish me happy birthday and proceeded to grizzle about how she'd lost something she'd bought yesterday at her local shopping centre. So has to phone the office and tell them to tell the client I'd be late. At least, given their recent track record, they were... reasonable.
Both clients treated me very well - part of the reason I agreed to work today - and the (other) papou gave me four frozen meals from Greek meals on wheels that his wife hadn't liked, so score. But I think next year I'll take the day off.
Anyway I got the notification that my click and collect from Kmart was ready so I went to pick it up and of course was behind someone who was having trouble with his order and had to return half the store. Finally got out of there and got a bahn mi and some cakey things from my favourite local bakery, as well as a bottle of pear cider.
Now relaxing with the cats after a shower, and planning on ordering whatever looks appealing from Menulog.
Times like this I am so very thankful I do not watch TV. I don't even know where the aerial cable is in my apartment, and the TV is currently unplugged in the spare room lol. If I want to watch something I use a streaming service (like taskmaster on channel 9 or whatever it is, not Netflix), or if I want news I go to the Guardian or ABC. That way I can pick what I want to know about.
Got into an argument with a mate the other day where I said he deserved to be shot. My mate was incredulous about how serious a claim that was, but what’s trumps death toll do you reckon? Thousands? Hundreds of thousands? To say nothing of the people he swindled.
Mr Woof has taken to providing a full turndown service for my bed each night. This involves piling the doona up at the foot of my bed and curling up on top of it.
Sickie = chucked. Not going into an office with a now properly sore throat, and I decided I won't even wfh today as I could do with resting up/catching up on things I couldn't do on the weekend, rather than pushing myself.
Yeah, it isn't really chucked tbh. This is a legit one! I would've had to go interact with the public for work today as well and no way I was doing that while sick. I probably could wfh if I pushed myself but... it's only Tuesday.
I think this job requires me to get a !@#$ing med cert to take sick leave though so I think I have to go and sort that out... I'll have to go and check if a stat dec can be used instead.
At worst use instant scripts for 1 day if you really need medical cert. it costs 19 dollars to get one but that's a so much cheaper than going to a doctor with no bulk billing if you only need it for one day.
Ok nope, I've hit a wall. Crawled in bed with my laptop to watch something distracting/calming/wholesome. I am watching the Tale of Princess Kaguya. Wonder what else to watch after.
DT hivemind - what does a "mental health day" mean to you? or "Personal Leave day" in general?
In my brain (office work, Gen X) my personal leave is for dealing with either being sick, caring for someone else or preventing being out of action (might be doctors appointments, might be a day off because I'm processing physical or mental stress etc). I have a team member that often asks in advance for a "mental health day" and their vibe is that this is a 'not a lot on this week I'll grab a day off'....if this were me I'd take an annual leave day. Also I have worked through poor mental health and other illness because I was scared of stigma so I'm aware someone saying 'mental health' in a blase way might niggle at me for my own reasons....
It just made me wonder how people see personal vs annual leave and if it changes based on industry / age etc.
Ok so for my work a personal leave day comes out of my sick leave and it’s when I just want a day’s break either to rest or do whatever I want.
We get allocated 3 days in a year for personal necessity leave and that’s all we need to give to do whatever we want for the day as long as we don’t take it consecutively next to each other.
If I want a mental health day I’ll call in as sick on the day or use a PNL day.
If I’m feeling crappy I’ll take an official sick day off.
Edit: I also do not get annual leave in the traditional sense due to the nature of my work.
The majority of my personal leave days are for mental health in my mind. Those days you wake up and say "nah fuck this shit, not today", or where I've had a shit sleep and could work but would be hating every second and not doing a great job. Or because work has actually been really rough and I'm stressed out and need a breather. I have no guilt taking these days off. I also do not straight up say they are for mental health, none of my companies business. It's a sick day and if they want me to get a med cert I will (but thankfully they rarely do).
I use sick leave for mental health days. With how much evidence is coming out about how our mental and physical health are connected, and anecdotally I'm more susceptible to colds when mentally fucked. I also have CPTSD and when that flares I can't sleep, and I can't work if I can't sleep.
I suspect most of my own issues will alleviate with removing myself from call centre work, however. But mental health is different for everyone. Some can work through it (I can work through my depression, for example), and some cannot. It affects everyone differently. Plus, Im not in the habit of divulging my medical history to coworkers, so I just say I'm unwell and will not be in, and I'll get a med cert/Stat Dec, and that's that.
Edit to add: I have never "booked" a sick day in advance though. Like, I've never sat at work and thought "I'm gonna take X day off next week". I use annual for that sort of thing, like maybe a day of annual after a busy period, to recharge. But not a sick day in advance.
Yeah I am getting better at taking a day when whatever issue is starting to flare, and it's not uncommon for people to have a personal leave day for not sleeping or just generally feeling crap. We are a pretty open and accepting team generally. But I think it's the booking ahead that strikes me as weird ...
Site: When I power on your DDU our dolby stops working!!! " Me: That's ok, can you please unplug the port marked MEDIA. The IP we were given to use is clashing with your player's IP. I can change it remotely - is .8 available? Site: No it is not the IP. The dolby does not like the hardware and is refusing to connect to the servers. It cannot remain plugged in if we are to use our dolby!!! Me: The DDU literally doesn't do shit mate. It's an FTP server that sits there with its thumb up its arse until you initiate a connection from your end. If your player is misbehaving the instant it's turned on, then it's an IP clash Site: No. You're wrong. I will now prove it by turning the DDU unit off. See? Our dolby works now! Me: I s2g I WILL COME OVER THERE AND SMACK YOU SO FCKIN-
Dunning Kruger. Big time. He sent me a screenshot of a softperfect network scan result that showed our machine on that ip and see? there's no clash!!!
...meanwhile, being an actual tech I ran down the hostnames and I noticed I could not see his dolby on the list of devices. I could see our DDU had its internet interface up, so I jumped onto it via our tunnel, hopped into the logs and took a big fat screenshot of "ERROR: ANOTHER DEVICE IS USING THE IP ADDRESS ASSIGNED TO INTERFACE "MEDIA" PLEASE CONTACT YOUR NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR" and sent it back
Why is there a minimum hold time of 30 minutes when calling any government service? Always “we’re experiencing a high volume of calls”. And the hold music is terrible. Such a drainer.
Ratio of calls to operators. If people are unwell, and/or the place is understaffed, you have a high volume of calls. Low employee retention plays into this too, as it is the cause of being understaffed (and budget), because who wants to stay in a call centre? Especially in gov where you can move around with relative ease.
I heard they feed multiple calls into the same line with the hold music. It means they can have more people on hold with less lines, but the quality of the line drops with each call added to it.
But that was in the old days, you'd think everything would be internet based now
It's better business to waste your time rather than theirs. Twenty years ago they'd offer to send people home without pay on quiet nights at my call centre. Often it'd get mad busy half an hour later.
Why is there a minimum hold time of 30 minutes when calling any government service? Always “we’re experiencing a high volume of calls”.
It's particularly bad for Centrelink, where you might not even make it to the hold queue, and just get a busy tone/automatic hang-up.
They're basically never not "experiencing an unusually high volume of calls". At some point, you'd think that the high volume of calls would just become the norm. Your average worker is juggling a whole bunch of different people all at once, and that doesn't seem at all sustainable.
And the hold music is terrible.
Tom Scott did a video on it. It used to be better, but newer computerised systems, where they're both using old files, and it's crushed to death because it's cheaper to store/process that way.
As an aside, I feel like the sound quality has also gone downhill. it used to be either clear, or at least somewhat audible, but now, it's just incomprehensible gibberish at times.
Driving in the SUV i spotted 2 identical Mazda CX5's just in slightly different colours parked next to each other. A snide thought forms in my head about everyone buying the same cars till I spot the exact same car (colour included) as my own driving the opposite direction closely followed by a green one, both same models as mine. Couldnt help but laugh and smugly repeat the comment back to myself.
Ugh, I fucked up a couple of things at work and now I need to have a 'Mediated Goal Setting' session with management.
I do feel like this is on me. Work has been pretty quiet, I don't have much on, but I'm fucking things up. This should be a sweet gig but I look at myself and I'm like, 'Bro is folding under zero pressure.'
Fingers crossed for you it all goes well. If they're being genuine and supportive and you're self-aware and trying to improve I reckon you'll be ok. But it's stressful.
Ah unfortunately I’m not really a fan of Burt’s. The beeswax kind of just leaves a soft dry waxy layer over the lips and I can taste the rosemary preservative through any flavour
Literally five out of eight of my team (including the boss) are out sick. I'm solo at this site today for the fourth time in a week. Winter illnesses can GTFO.
When you ask for an ETA (estimated time of arrival) and they say, "I'll let you know when I leave my place," "30 minutes" or "I'll let you know when I'm at x location on the way". All wrong answers.
The correct answer is "I should get there at 10.30 but I'll let you know if anything changes".
Given how crap I feel right now, I could do with an adventure out of here. Are there any drs notes from other universes valid in this one? Then I don't have anything to worry about.
It's incredibly easy to lodge on your own. The one time I used an accountant was because my tax status changed halfway through the FY from a WHM to an Australian resident and there was some BS that needed to be worked out with the ATO.
Every single other time I've done it myself, granted I have never been self-employed as I understand that can sometimes be complicated (I can't remember if you have some income from self employment).
Hilarity with the Menulog order - poor bugger was circling around for 15 minutes. I finally went out to meet him when it looked like he was on the corner and he was just coming up the driveway, apologetic because he was 'having trouble with his GPS. Seemed quite surprised when I said I could see his progress.
The cheesy garlic bread was cool but the Nasi Goreng was piping hot and delicious - could only fit in half and one piece of the bread, so I'm well sorted!
Well one good thing about being officially sick is giving myself permission to do things at my own pace which is really nice. I had breakfast (!), and I haven't taken any notice of the time or what I've "done" for the day.
Which of course means I have actually gotten a couple of simple things done (long overdue life admin emails). It's kind of nice feeling like I exist a bit outside of the usual bounds of time...
PBS FM also just finished playing the most awesome remix of You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) I mean, that song has to improve anybody's day, really. What a banger, especially when you get to the main chord trio after minutes and minutes of buildup.
Also, MIFF tickets are online! They are so expensive. There's an unimelb 15% discount code going around that is cheaper than the multipass tickets...
It really is beyond a joke at this point. The kitchen??? Far out... you ought to write an expose about how ridiculous this shit is Baku. I think most of us have no idea how farcical DHS is
I don't know about residential spaces but in commercial space, an area that you can be locked into is a no-no from a fire safety standpoint. This may be where their thinking is coming from regarding the deadbolts.
Also: I'm not sure how it works in your place, but if I install a deadbolt without my landlord's approval, I'd need to replace the door when I moved out. Who owns the actual place you are in? Some private owner or the government?
how goods a new phone case. Makes it feel like a whole new phone. Clear cases are great and all, but that yellowing effect in time makes them look pretty crap. Black is where its at, no border on the screen.
Poor Melbcat has another uti (or more likely the last one didn’t clear and complicated). So she’s getting put on the savage antibiotic that’s bitter as hell and risks eye issues. (Enrofloxacin.)
It would be so nice if we could just catch a break.
Im grateful that i got to start Calisthenics last week :) Im grateful for all of the work ive been putting in to be the best version of me i can be and the positive changes i am seeing :)
Due to my early wake up yesterday I went to bed around 1030 and slept straight through 6 am. For someone who gets 6-6.5 hours a night the extra hour felt goooooood
And grateful for my energy plan that has significantly cheaper rates during the day so I don't feel so bad cranking up the heater while I feel sorry for myself. Also grateful that yesterday-me did some meal prepping and took an item out of the freezer. Though, none of it is soupy, so I think I'm going to end up making some soup with all this rainbow chard I've got.
How annoying. You could try rosehip oil or something like that instead of a balm? A little more effort to apply but fewer ingredients to react to, and meant to be really good for your skin, including lips.
I finally watched Talk to Me last night. Which was really good. But man, there's a scene where the brother goes into his sisters room and she tells him to get out (basically) and he leaves and she yells out multiple times 'shut the door' and it transported me back to my childhood with my brother and doing the same thing.
Did anyone else’s house do bogan pasta sauce growing up? It’s involves a dip and some cream and maybe a protein. I made one tonight outta the Aldi sweet potato dip for nostalgia and honestly not bad.
Anyone know if those power meter monitors are any good? Was thinking of getting one that sits on the counter, since I'd rather not do it by app, but nearly all of the ones that I looked at either had no way of getting one, or needed an app.
There's a company that comes by every few weeks and offers to attach a chromecast-looking dingle to the power meter, but it seems a bit dodgy/fragile.
175 Comments
Nath@aussie.zone · 19 pts · 2y
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Numbats, noombats, walpurti,
You eat termites and you're pretty!
From WA with stripes and a happy, long face,
A beautiful animal from a beautiful place.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Gorgeous!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I love her.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Such beautiful, graceful creatures!
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 16 pts · 2y
Recruiter couldn't get hold of one of my references, so I messaged him and he's calling her back.
One reference check is done and went really well. Thank you to the unnamed user that stuck their neck out for me ❤️
I was freaking out about nothing. So on edge waiting to start my job. Keep expecting something to go wrong.
Everything is fine.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 15 pts · 2y
Sometimes I wonder if the cat sees me as more than a food dispenser.
I've been sick in bed all day pretty much, and she's sitting beside me. When I fell asleep and woke up suddenly she was all alert, checking to see if I was OK.
Right now, the heater is on in the lounge room. She has a favourite spot she sits in (on top of her TP nest).
But she's sitting in the cold bedroom with me instead.
Good old fluffy butt.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
Yeah you are definitely being guarded by the fluffybutt.
Eagle@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
They know. I have one love bug, one standoffish queen and a sometimes spicy sausage. During the day its usually hands off the two girls, but they take turns to sleep with me at night.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
They know. She loves you, as much as a cat can. This is her way of looking after you :) you truly are loved by a cat.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I recently saw somewhere a cartoon where a cat called theirvhiman a 5 foot can opener
Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
They definitely do. Cats are incredibly loving, but very very subtle
oztrin@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 2y
IRL cakeday.
Getting to work was crazy today - I somehow hit the link on my work app for the second client instead of the first, and only discovered the mistake when I was almost there - partly because a friend phoned to wish me happy birthday and proceeded to grizzle about how she'd lost something she'd bought yesterday at her local shopping centre. So has to phone the office and tell them to tell the client I'd be late. At least, given their recent track record, they were... reasonable.
Both clients treated me very well - part of the reason I agreed to work today - and the (other) papou gave me four frozen meals from Greek meals on wheels that his wife hadn't liked, so score. But I think next year I'll take the day off.
Anyway I got the notification that my click and collect from Kmart was ready so I went to pick it up and of course was behind someone who was having trouble with his order and had to return half the store. Finally got out of there and got a bahn mi and some cakey things from my favourite local bakery, as well as a bottle of pear cider.
Now relaxing with the cats after a shower, and planning on ordering whatever looks appealing from Menulog.
Nath@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Happy Birthday!!
@Bacon truck, can we order a cake to this location asap?
oztrin@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Thanks! 😍. If all else fails, it's still my birthday on the other side of the international date line when the food truck comes round again 😜
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Happy Birthday. 😘😘😘
oztrin@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Thank you 😍
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Happy Birthday :)
oztrin@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Thank you 😍
Duenan@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Happy birthday!!!
oztrin@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Thank you 😍
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Happy Birthday mate 🎂🎉
oztrin@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
😍 Thanks!
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Happy birthday! Enjoy the cake & pear cider, sounds delish.
oztrin@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Thanks 😍 and shall do, have also ordered some cheesy garlic bread and Nasi Goreng. Yum!
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
eee happy b'day!
oztrin@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Thank'ee! 😍
Eagle@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Happy birthday wishes! 🎈🎈🎈🎈
oztrin@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Thanks! 😍
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Happy birthday! 🥳
oztrin@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Thank you! 😍
tone212_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Happy birthday!!
oztrin@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Thanks! 😍
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Happy Birdday!
oztrin@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Thanks! 🐦💜
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Late to the party, but Happy Birthday!
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Happy birthday! 🎂🎈
oztrin@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Thank you! 😍
Duenan@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 2y
Time to switch off the news.
All this Trump stuff making him out like a hero makes me sick to the stomach.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
Times like this I am so very thankful I do not watch TV. I don't even know where the aerial cable is in my apartment, and the TV is currently unplugged in the spare room lol. If I want to watch something I use a streaming service (like taskmaster on channel 9 or whatever it is, not Netflix), or if I want news I go to the Guardian or ABC. That way I can pick what I want to know about.
Trump is a fuckwit.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
he's a pedophile
being shot at doesn't change that
in fact, maybe that's why he was shot !!
Duenan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I’m just turned on the ps5 and sitting on a menu screen.
Might watch some YouTube videos that I sub to if there’s anything new or put a movie on
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
How is someone who has repeatedly called for his political opponents to be assassinated a hero?
Duenan@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
I’m not the person to ask since I loathe it so much.
His fanatic followers would provide a better answer to that.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Got into an argument with a mate the other day where I said he deserved to be shot. My mate was incredulous about how serious a claim that was, but what’s trumps death toll do you reckon? Thousands? Hundreds of thousands? To say nothing of the people he swindled.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Hero? His own fckn side shot him in the face
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 2y
Jesus christ I feel so fucked from changing my sleep pattern. Can't do anything except sit and stare.
Bed time couldn't come soon enough.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 2y
StudChud@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Fuck yeah!!! How amazing is it!!
That exhibit is fucking 10/10!
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Having a lot of fun!
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
I got this photo from the exact same angle when I was there
50MYT@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Where is this?
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Melbourne museum! It's an 85% complete triceratops fossil!
50MYT@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
The Melbourne museum! 85% complete fossil of a triceratops!
50MYT@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Thank you! I will be planning a visit.
Baku@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 2y
StudChud@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
I wish there was a button I could press to make this all better for you. Good grief, I'm sorry.
Baku@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 2y
Recruiter for the job I got called me. I missed the call, rang her back.
She didn't answer and I'm nervous
Edit: She's doing reference checks. Still don't know why she called me...
StudChud@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
Don't think about it until you have to!
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Odd she called you, but I think she'll be very impressed with you now
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
You're a bonafide legend mate ❤️❤️❤️
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
Mr Woof has taken to providing a full turndown service for my bed each night. This involves piling the doona up at the foot of my bed and curling up on top of it.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
At least he's not leaving a mint on the pillow for you!
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
Goodnight everyone. Here's hoping for a more productive day tomorrow 🤞🏾
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
I thought I had a nasty patch of dry skin on the back of my hand, but it turned out to be dried remnants of the icing from my morning tea.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
🤭
prime_factor@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
Time to go to Aldi, and grab an "Adult Hobby" kit they have on special.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
I'm not sure I want to know what they are. Are we talking leather and chains, or maybe moulding kits for intimate areas?
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
The Joy of Taxes, Mortgages for Dummies, & Exercise or you'll regret it.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
they have a range of rotary tools and clamps
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
Sickie = chucked. Not going into an office with a now properly sore throat, and I decided I won't even wfh today as I could do with resting up/catching up on things I couldn't do on the weekend, rather than pushing myself.
mysticgreg@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Is it still "chucking" a sickie if you're genuinely sick? I'd just call it being responsible and looking after yourself and your colleagues.
Feel better soon!
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Yeah, it isn't really chucked tbh. This is a legit one! I would've had to go interact with the public for work today as well and no way I was doing that while sick. I probably could wfh if I pushed myself but... it's only Tuesday.
I think this job requires me to get a !@#$ing med cert to take sick leave though so I think I have to go and sort that out... I'll have to go and check if a stat dec can be used instead.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
At worst use instant scripts for 1 day if you really need medical cert. it costs 19 dollars to get one but that's a so much cheaper than going to a doctor with no bulk billing if you only need it for one day.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
Good night everyone. 😘😘😘
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
Ok nope, I've hit a wall. Crawled in bed with my laptop to watch something distracting/calming/wholesome. I am watching the Tale of Princess Kaguya. Wonder what else to watch after.
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
More princess: Nauscia or The Princess Bride.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I know I'm sick when I get an urge to watch The Sound of Music. It's very soothing.
Baku@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
dont look. there is ALWAYS a better deal. its not about chasing the best deal its about paying what your happy to pay.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
DT hivemind - what does a "mental health day" mean to you? or "Personal Leave day" in general?
In my brain (office work, Gen X) my personal leave is for dealing with either being sick, caring for someone else or preventing being out of action (might be doctors appointments, might be a day off because I'm processing physical or mental stress etc). I have a team member that often asks in advance for a "mental health day" and their vibe is that this is a 'not a lot on this week I'll grab a day off'....if this were me I'd take an annual leave day. Also I have worked through poor mental health and other illness because I was scared of stigma so I'm aware someone saying 'mental health' in a blase way might niggle at me for my own reasons....
It just made me wonder how people see personal vs annual leave and if it changes based on industry / age etc.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Ok so for my work a personal leave day comes out of my sick leave and it’s when I just want a day’s break either to rest or do whatever I want.
We get allocated 3 days in a year for personal necessity leave and that’s all we need to give to do whatever we want for the day as long as we don’t take it consecutively next to each other.
If I want a mental health day I’ll call in as sick on the day or use a PNL day.
If I’m feeling crappy I’ll take an official sick day off.
Edit: I also do not get annual leave in the traditional sense due to the nature of my work.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
The majority of my personal leave days are for mental health in my mind. Those days you wake up and say "nah fuck this shit, not today", or where I've had a shit sleep and could work but would be hating every second and not doing a great job. Or because work has actually been really rough and I'm stressed out and need a breather. I have no guilt taking these days off. I also do not straight up say they are for mental health, none of my companies business. It's a sick day and if they want me to get a med cert I will (but thankfully they rarely do).
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I use sick leave for mental health days. With how much evidence is coming out about how our mental and physical health are connected, and anecdotally I'm more susceptible to colds when mentally fucked. I also have CPTSD and when that flares I can't sleep, and I can't work if I can't sleep.
I suspect most of my own issues will alleviate with removing myself from call centre work, however. But mental health is different for everyone. Some can work through it (I can work through my depression, for example), and some cannot. It affects everyone differently. Plus, Im not in the habit of divulging my medical history to coworkers, so I just say I'm unwell and will not be in, and I'll get a med cert/Stat Dec, and that's that.
Edit to add: I have never "booked" a sick day in advance though. Like, I've never sat at work and thought "I'm gonna take X day off next week". I use annual for that sort of thing, like maybe a day of annual after a busy period, to recharge. But not a sick day in advance.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Yeah I am getting better at taking a day when whatever issue is starting to flare, and it's not uncommon for people to have a personal leave day for not sleeping or just generally feeling crap. We are a pretty open and accepting team generally. But I think it's the booking ahead that strikes me as weird ...
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I think that's the odd thing here; they booked it in advance. Very odd behaviour.
I don't think I've even considered it possible to do haha
StudChud@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
Done, on my way home. Arvo shifts only from now on. Good lord, my eyes 😱
StudChud@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
On the tram. Not enough coffee. Ugh!
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
That's some dedication to the volunteering. Respect.
I'm sleeping in a bit. Took today off work because my dad's in town and we're going to the museum in Carlton gardens. Have never been there before
StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Oooo it's a great place! I love it there! You're gonna have a great time!!!
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
I'm awake and I don't want to be lol
StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Samesies. It's so dark 😭
Taleya@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
Site: When I power on your DDU our dolby stops working!!! "
Me: That's ok, can you please unplug the port marked MEDIA. The IP we were given to use is clashing with your player's IP. I can change it remotely - is .8 available?
Site: No it is not the IP. The dolby does not like the hardware and is refusing to connect to the servers. It cannot remain plugged in if we are to use our dolby!!!
Me: The DDU literally doesn't do shit mate. It's an FTP server that sits there with its thumb up its arse until you initiate a connection from your end. If your player is misbehaving the instant it's turned on, then it's an IP clash
Site: No. You're wrong. I will now prove it by turning the DDU unit off. See? Our dolby works now!
Me: I s2g I WILL COME OVER THERE AND SMACK YOU SO FCKIN-
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
dont you just LOVE when non-IT people think they know better than IT people on IT related things?
Taleya@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Dunning Kruger. Big time. He sent me a screenshot of a softperfect network scan result that showed our machine on that ip and see? there's no clash!!!
...meanwhile, being an actual tech I ran down the hostnames and I noticed I could not see his dolby on the list of devices. I could see our DDU had its internet interface up, so I jumped onto it via our tunnel, hopped into the logs and took a big fat screenshot of "ERROR: ANOTHER DEVICE IS USING THE IP ADDRESS ASSIGNED TO INTERFACE "MEDIA" PLEASE CONTACT YOUR NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR" and sent it back
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Hahah. That's always a great feeling
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
I feel a legit sickie brewing...
tone212_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Why is there a minimum hold time of 30 minutes when calling any government service? Always “we’re experiencing a high volume of calls”. And the hold music is terrible. Such a drainer.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Ratio of calls to operators. If people are unwell, and/or the place is understaffed, you have a high volume of calls. Low employee retention plays into this too, as it is the cause of being understaffed (and budget), because who wants to stay in a call centre? Especially in gov where you can move around with relative ease.
But also, that's just the gub'mint for ya
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I heard they feed multiple calls into the same line with the hold music. It means they can have more people on hold with less lines, but the quality of the line drops with each call added to it.
But that was in the old days, you'd think everything would be internet based now
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
It's better business to waste your time rather than theirs. Twenty years ago they'd offer to send people home without pay on quiet nights at my call centre. Often it'd get mad busy half an hour later.
T156@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
It's particularly bad for Centrelink, where you might not even make it to the hold queue, and just get a busy tone/automatic hang-up.
They're basically never not "experiencing an unusually high volume of calls". At some point, you'd think that the high volume of calls would just become the norm. Your average worker is juggling a whole bunch of different people all at once, and that doesn't seem at all sustainable.
Tom Scott did a video on it. It used to be better, but newer computerised systems, where they're both using old files, and it's crushed to death because it's cheaper to store/process that way.
As an aside, I feel like the sound quality has also gone downhill. it used to be either clear, or at least somewhat audible, but now, it's just incomprehensible gibberish at times.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Driving in the SUV i spotted 2 identical Mazda CX5's just in slightly different colours parked next to each other. A snide thought forms in my head about everyone buying the same cars till I spot the exact same car (colour included) as my own driving the opposite direction closely followed by a green one, both same models as mine. Couldnt help but laugh and smugly repeat the comment back to myself.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Little boxes, little boxes...
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Ugh, I fucked up a couple of things at work and now I need to have a 'Mediated Goal Setting' session with management.
I do feel like this is on me. Work has been pretty quiet, I don't have much on, but I'm fucking things up. This should be a sweet gig but I look at myself and I'm like, 'Bro is folding under zero pressure.'
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Fingers crossed for you it all goes well. If they're being genuine and supportive and you're self-aware and trying to improve I reckon you'll be ok. But it's stressful.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Since the redundancies earlier this year I'm the only person in my role so they probably want to hold on to me.
Part of it is the programs I need to deal with, they're so slow and clunky. If I move on to somewhere else things might he a bit better
Baku@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
slaps roof of delivery van
I can cram so many boxes in here.
Baku@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Random Access Memory. Bang. I didn't even have to look that one up.
PS. I don't know what it means. I have been told though.
Baku@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Scorptec are pretty good - if there is an issue just see if they can do anything
Baku@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Yeah I rarely bother with it. Centrecom used to be great but I went off them ages ago
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
How good is chocolate milk?
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Gotta love crashing and waking in the early morning, especially when you left stuff in the washing machine
Edit: I’m not really a fan of the new clothes I bought. This is why I don’t replace my existing clothes, the new options are pretty much crap.
The smelly lip gloss that stings just went straight in the bin and the similar balm went with it
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
hugs about the lip gloss.
have you tried Burt's Bees?
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Ah unfortunately I’m not really a fan of Burt’s. The beeswax kind of just leaves a soft dry waxy layer over the lips and I can taste the rosemary preservative through any flavour
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
cold and dark
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
mysticgreg@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
Literally five out of eight of my team (including the boss) are out sick. I'm solo at this site today for the fourth time in a week. Winter illnesses can GTFO.
Pilk@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
When you ask for an ETA (estimated time of arrival) and they say, "I'll let you know when I leave my place," "30 minutes" or "I'll let you know when I'm at x location on the way". All wrong answers.
The correct answer is "I should get there at 10.30 but I'll let you know if anything changes".
Baku@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Within my line of work ETAs are almost always "within the hour".
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Still slow-ass mail delivery.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Toll, Aramex....I have a lot of parcels on the way.
It was good.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I woke up with a slight earache.
bacon@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
A presidential candidate is attempting to swap body with you
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
I don't want to be orange
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
In office today and only member of my entire team. I'm surrounded by people I don't know but starting to hate.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Switched my sleep back to 6am wake up. Feel utterly fucked.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Teenage behaviour.
Its coming from a teenager so is somewhat expected, but still
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Due to 6 or 7 coffees yesterday of which I lost count I’m totally wrecked today.
And my package was delayed today and won’t arrive until tomorrow.
bacon@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
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just_kitten@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
All your lemon and honey and ginger please.
...also a little hot treat of your choosing (NO TENTACLED BEINGS, PLEASE).
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
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just_kitten@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Thank you kindly dear chef! Now excuse me while I snooze in a convenient corner with all this goodness
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Sleeping on the truck means you might not get back to your home universe until some time tomorrow. Hope that’s okay.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Given how crap I feel right now, I could do with an adventure out of here. Are there any drs notes from other universes valid in this one? Then I don't have anything to worry about.
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
*They are not cross-recognized. Sorry. *
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
A plate of mixed tacos please.
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
🔪🎡🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮
oztrin@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Large chai latte and a honking great slice of birthday cake plz chef
bacon@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
☕️🥛🪿🍰 HAPPY BIRTHDAY
bacon@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
brrr
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
First year doing tax on my own. Is it worth just lodging my own? Is it hard to do? I don't have anything fancy or complicated to worry about.
Baku@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
It's incredibly easy to lodge on your own. The one time I used an accountant was because my tax status changed halfway through the FY from a WHM to an Australian resident and there was some BS that needed to be worked out with the ATO.
Every single other time I've done it myself, granted I have never been self-employed as I understand that can sometimes be complicated (I can't remember if you have some income from self employment).
oztrin@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Hilarity with the Menulog order - poor bugger was circling around for 15 minutes. I finally went out to meet him when it looked like he was on the corner and he was just coming up the driveway, apologetic because he was 'having trouble with his GPS. Seemed quite surprised when I said I could see his progress.
The cheesy garlic bread was cool but the Nasi Goreng was piping hot and delicious - could only fit in half and one piece of the bread, so I'm well sorted!
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Well one good thing about being officially sick is giving myself permission to do things at my own pace which is really nice. I had breakfast (!), and I haven't taken any notice of the time or what I've "done" for the day.
Which of course means I have actually gotten a couple of simple things done (long overdue life admin emails). It's kind of nice feeling like I exist a bit outside of the usual bounds of time...
PBS FM also just finished playing the most awesome remix of You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) I mean, that song has to improve anybody's day, really. What a banger, especially when you get to the main chord trio after minutes and minutes of buildup.
Also, MIFF tickets are online! They are so expensive. There's an unimelb 15% discount code going around that is cheaper than the multipass tickets...
Baku@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
f me dead. What a shitshow.
mysticgreg@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
A shitshow would be an improvement on this cluster. What utter incompetence. I am SO sorry for all the crap you're having to deal with Baku :(
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
It really is beyond a joke at this point. The kitchen??? Far out... you ought to write an expose about how ridiculous this shit is Baku. I think most of us have no idea how farcical DHS is
Baku@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Nath@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I don't know about residential spaces but in commercial space, an area that you can be locked into is a no-no from a fire safety standpoint. This may be where their thinking is coming from regarding the deadbolts.
Also: I'm not sure how it works in your place, but if I install a deadbolt without my landlord's approval, I'd need to replace the door when I moved out. Who owns the actual place you are in? Some private owner or the government?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
The spring time shedding of the fur has commenced. 😶🌫️
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
how goods a new phone case. Makes it feel like a whole new phone. Clear cases are great and all, but that yellowing effect in time makes them look pretty crap. Black is where its at, no border on the screen.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Poor Melbcat has another uti (or more likely the last one didn’t clear and complicated). So she’s getting put on the savage antibiotic that’s bitter as hell and risks eye issues. (Enrofloxacin.)
It would be so nice if we could just catch a break.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
All this talk about Sizzler pop up store in Brisbane has prompted me to make my own cheese toast tonight to have with soup.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
00Steve@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Im grateful that i got to start Calisthenics last week :) Im grateful for all of the work ive been putting in to be the best version of me i can be and the positive changes i am seeing :)
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
I don't have anything urgent to do today. I can go about my day in a chilled out manner.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
That I don't have to do anything today so I can rest and get accustomed to 6am wake up.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Due to my early wake up yesterday I went to bed around 1030 and slept straight through 6 am. For someone who gets 6-6.5 hours a night the extra hour felt goooooood
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I've been sleeping so well that I've gone from a Nervous Penguin to an Unconcerned Lion. Still forever tired, but that's okay.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I'm grateful for having jobs with sick leave!
And grateful for my energy plan that has significantly cheaper rates during the day so I don't feel so bad cranking up the heater while I feel sorry for myself. Also grateful that yesterday-me did some meal prepping and took an item out of the freezer. Though, none of it is soupy, so I think I'm going to end up making some soup with all this rainbow chard I've got.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Slowly getting through today's to do list
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Second clear lip gloss arrived and this one is minty.
🤯
Pilk@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
🤣
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
I am renouncing clothing and self care to live as Bigfoot
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
A minty lipped bigfoot?
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I've used a few Nivea sticks and they've been unscented, not minty, and pretty moisturising. I found this one kicking around a handbag: https://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au/buy/31421/nivea-sun-protect-moisturising-lip-balm-spf30-4-8g?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwkdO0BhDxARIsANkNcrcoMLgbR3985MRK2x3CQsH0Q9N-EXU_UHhdFnVzWnJYnrqe7PybykMaAq_tEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Or you might be able to go into a pharmacy and talk to them? The smaller ones know their stock pretty well.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
I just threw a blue one of those out. I seemed to be reacting to the fragrance or the castor oil.
It should be fine. Normally I don’t use it, it’s just winter and getting dehydrated causing some recent cracking
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
How annoying. You could try rosehip oil or something like that instead of a balm? A little more effort to apply but fewer ingredients to react to, and meant to be really good for your skin, including lips.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
oh dear
I remember having a Revlon lip pencil, such a beautiful colour, could only wear it for about 10 seconds as it had mint in it
why do they do that?
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
They want your lips to hurt and peel so you need to buy more products
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
that sounds like a law suit waiting to happen
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I finally watched Talk to Me last night. Which was really good. But man, there's a scene where the brother goes into his sisters room and she tells him to get out (basically) and he leaves and she yells out multiple times 'shut the door' and it transported me back to my childhood with my brother and doing the same thing.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Did anyone else’s house do bogan pasta sauce growing up? It’s involves a dip and some cream and maybe a protein. I made one tonight outta the Aldi sweet potato dip for nostalgia and honestly not bad.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Nope. We did Campbell's spaghetti sauce with beef and shells or spirals pasta. I still make it.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
No but that sounds kinda yum. We did do bogan corn relish dip (phili cheese + corn relish mushed together)
Duenan@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Not really? I think it’s still cheaper to buy a jar of sauce than to get the ingredients s like you’ve described.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Late night scary movie is scary.
T156@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Anyone know if those power meter monitors are any good? Was thinking of getting one that sits on the counter, since I'd rather not do it by app, but nearly all of the ones that I looked at either had no way of getting one, or needed an app.
There's a company that comes by every few weeks and offers to attach a chromecast-looking dingle to the power meter, but it seems a bit dodgy/fragile.