• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
    21·
    6 months ago

    I just want to say how amazing this community is. I’m incredibly grateful to everyone for their support during this difficult time ❤️

    Also cat:

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
    19·
    6 months ago

    Got the higher gig at work. Feels good.

    Now to deal with the knob that didn’t get it and will be reporting straight to me.

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
    16·
    6 months ago

    An adjacent manager found out about my new role and rang me earlier with a heartfelt congratulations.

    This means one of two things (or both)

    My old boss wasn’t well liked.

    I am very liked.

    The amount of support I’ve received today from all over the organisation made me tear up nearly.

    Is this what it feels like to be human?

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
      8·
      6 months ago

      so many hugs 😽

      This is how it’s meant to be. It’s nice to feel appreciated and supported and liked .

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
      7·
      6 months ago

      Dunno about ‘human’, but this is def how it feels to be the hero. Enjoy it while it lasts, which will not be long. I speak from experience here. Once you start doing things the way they should be done, expect a backlash.

    • Eagle@aussie.zone
      6·
      6 months ago

      It shouldn’t be a super power to feel supported but unfortunately it is… The great thing is that you now know how it feels, you can be a spreader of it and watch people bloom.💐

      • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        Also it’s a fixed position for a few months. Just enough to make a good impression but not long enough to be negative. Happy to be a placeholder

      • dumblederp@aussie.zone
        4·
        6 months ago

        “Under new management all decisions will be decided by kumite. The Lunch room is now known as The Pit.”

        • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
          2·
          6 months ago

          In my infinite benevolence, I shall allow them the first hit.

          After which Frank Dux takes over and it’s Okay USA until someone falls (them).

          Unless Bolo Young decides to participate.

      • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        We have a budget for team buildings. I am definitely suggesting it.

        Might get a bit of a kick back from the gym owner too.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    15·
    6 months ago

    G’day mates I’m back and I’m braindead. Happy to say immigration/e-gates were much less of a shit show than late last year even though there were still a couple of kiosks out of action. Seems like all airports are moving primarily towards facial recognition, had so many photos taken

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      5·
      6 months ago

      Welcome back Kitten!

      Time for you to go home and relax now! Don’t forget to rug up, it’s been cold here lately.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        4·
        6 months ago

        Thank you! And in typical Melbourne welcome someone tries to cut in front of the driver merging onto an onramp almost causing an accident. 😆

        I’ve had no caffeine for quite a while now and slept through the tea service on the plane. Think I’ll just coast through the rest of day with a hot chocolate so I catch up on some quality sleep tonight.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        3·
        6 months ago

        Always happy to help! Bear in mind I’m moderately fluent in he language and have been a few times so there’s stuff that’s relevant to others that I may not be aware of, but shoot away when you’re ready.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        2·
        6 months ago

        I wish to report that I had some super juicy and delectable gyoza for my last meal before heading to the airport.

        Now looking forward to see how my extremely hasty literally last minute first ever chilli ferment is going. Those scotch bonnets almost smelled like carrots when I blitzed them, so fresh. I hope nothing bad has grown and that no receptacles have exploded

        • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
          2·
          6 months ago

          super juicy and delectable gyoza

          That warms the coldest cockles of my heart :)

          Edit: also super keen to hear how the ferment went.

          • just_kitten@aussie.zone
            2·
            6 months ago

            Yeah it looks ok! There’s a bit of fuzzy stuff on the top/exposed side of the ziploc bag (filled with water) that I used to weigh down the chillos. Haven’t moved the bag out of fear that it’ll drop a few spores into the mix. I’m too tired to think about it today but have questions to ask you tomoz. I’ll need to taste it and maybe run a pH test before I decide what to do with it next.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        3·
        6 months ago

        I’d say q solid 7/10. Accom really could’ve been planned better and felt I didn’t always get the right momentum or do what I really wanted to, but also some magical moments throughout. My cup is full

        • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
          3·
          6 months ago

          That’s good! I hope you’re well rested. Sucks about the accom and energy/momentum, but that seems to just be something that comes along with longer trips, especially when you’re changing accommodation every night/every few nights. My current trip is feeling kinda similar in terms of the accommodation. Long story short, because of my age I need an adult with me, and because of safety concerns and just general privacy, we needed 2 bedrooms rather than 1 with 2 beds, but the hotel was booked. They had a cancellation so it worked out for all of us, but it was stressful while we were waiting to hear back.

          And dinner went late last night and couldn’t get the early night I was hoping for, so it was hard to enjoy the day today when I was tired from the time I woke up until I slept

    • wscholermann@aussie.zone
      2·
      6 months ago

      Really? That’s saying something because I went through them 6 weeks ago and the whole thing was still a shit show.

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
    13·
    6 months ago

    We got a royal welcoming committee in Donald. I think the entire town was here to greet us! All the school kids were lined up waving to us, all the industrial business we passed had nobody working - everybody was at the fence waving to us. Every level crossing there were 5-10 people waving

    I’ve been on many heritage trains, but I’ve never had a reception quite like that

    I’m not sure anyone told them we were running 50 minutes late and our 30-40 min stop was going to turn into a 10 min one though, so I think we disappointed them a little :(

    They all lined up to wave is goodbye 🥺

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    13·
    6 months ago

    I will not be partaking in alcoholic beverages tonight due to urgent business early tomorrow morning but will be making up for that tomorrow day/evening/ night.

    For those who will be have a great night. Cheers 🍺

  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
    13·
    6 months ago

    I was offered the role. Then I asked if my expected pay had been considered, that it was more than my current pay. I was told it hadn’t been, but that they’d get back to me shortly. Got back to me: "look I spoke to the big boss, and he says now your current role and the one Ur going for are considered equal (my current role used be considered lesser), your pay is appropriate and would remain the same. I told them I would consider that over the long weekend.

    Also just learned that ANOTHER person quit in the role I’m going for, bringing the total to four open positions, and as far as I know, I’m the only internal applicant. The fuckers have the gall to not offer me anything.

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
      9·
      6 months ago

      So the new tip is to put the new job on your resume and start applying for similar roles with better pay.

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      3·
      6 months ago

      Unless you want the challenge or you’re going to come out of it with some sort of advantage I don’t see why you would take on a role with more or greater responsibility and challenges with no change in pay.

  • Nath@aussie.zone
    12·
    6 months ago

    Do you guys think @Lodion will be mad at me if I let slip that it’s his birthday? 🎂

  • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone
    9·
    6 months ago

    A colleague why had Covid last week is back in the office and visibly not recovered. We Can either take sick day, come into office or wfh AND make up an extra office day. Meanwhile I hope my mask is doing its job… I did have to remove it briefly to drink water though.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    9·
    6 months ago

    Wow. It seems all the other social sites are in a competition for who can become the worst the fastest. Reddit has jumped on the selling data to AI bandwagon, as has Facebook and Instagram. Tumblr is still banning trans women while leaving up nonconsensual deepfake nudes and is also now crawling with minors. Twitter is uh… Twitter. Sorry, X.

    Cursing my shitty body and dodgy area. Never have I wished to touch grass more.

  • Eevoltic@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    8·
    6 months ago

    Never realised how bad it is not having my own washing machine until now—testing positive a week later. I ran out of towels near the start as I was due for a wash and I just ran out of clean clothes then.

    My only symptom now is reduced smell and I feel fine in every other respect, but I’m not gonna be that person who rocks up to the laundromat covid positive—it can wait (hopefully).

    • Nath@aussie.zone
      7·
      6 months ago

      I never thought until now how much of a hassle lockdowns would have been to people who didn’t have a laundry. How did you even cope with that?

      • Eevoltic@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        41·
        6 months ago

        I think we might have been allowed to do it as one of the reasons to go out, but I remember for at least one of them I had to hand wash my clothes like I’m doing now

      • Catfish@aussie.zone
        5·
        6 months ago

        This not as daft an idea as it might first sound. Does not help which things like sweating all the sheets into gross. Though it might be amusing to see some TikTok idiot try stuff a Queen sheet into a kettle.

    • Eevoltic@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      6 months ago

      For some reason it’s only occurred to me now that clothes can be washed by hand and that I know how to do that 🤦‍♀️

      Well, I know what I am doing today…

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
        3·
        6 months ago

        Don’t forget to roll the clothes up in towels and stand on them to get as much moisture out as possible after. I handwashed my clothes when the machine broke and they didn’t dry quickly enough to avoid getting mouldy

        Edit: If this might drag on or you might get sick again, consider a portable washing machine. It might let you do a small load more easily

          • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
            3·
            6 months ago

            I’m not sure, I haven’t used one before but once bought one for a friend who was in a tight spot. You might want to check which features each of them have as the very cheapest (Big W) says it’s a camping one. Also check Amazon and Ebay to see if they’re any cheaper as sometimes it can be the exact same thing as in the chain store

            Edit: Ok it says the camping one comes with an AU adaptor so might be ok? But I didn’t want to miss mentioning that.

            They are actually not cheaper on ebay. But the one I got my friend looked like this

      • Catfish@aussie.zone
        3·
        6 months ago

        Related note, apparently America is not a place you find laundry tubs, and lots of HOA ban outside clotheslines. This is utter madness!

      • Catfish@aussie.zone
        2·
        6 months ago

        They sure can, and some ought be. Very few people will have a scrub board nowadays, but modern clothes won’t generally be as grotty or sturdy. Don’t know about having the energy to do it while Positive!

    • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
      52·
      6 months ago

      I’d just mask up, keep my distance from people and sanitise my hands before I touch anything. No worries.

      • Eevoltic@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        7·
        6 months ago

        No worries.

        I know you mean well, but I think that kind of thinking is what got me with covid in the first place. I don’t want to risk continuing to spread it further to other people, not a chance.

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
    8·
    6 months ago

    Soooo our train has stopped at woomelang, but it stopped after the crossing signal on a little temporary platform thing. It’s been sitting here for 30 minutes triggering the level crossing and we still have another half hour here… Nobody’s moving it, it’s just idling on the platform setting off the crossing alarms.

    There’s no barriers, but people are really confused about what they’re meant to do