• StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    16·
    2 months ago

    Inspection went fine! Actually had the senior PM come, instead of the newbie from last time. Senior PM said newbie was wrong about the law regarding downlights, lol, and that it does in fact require an electrician that the RE will send out to change 😂 newbie told us it’s the tenants responsibility, but didn’t realise the difference between a screw in bulb and downlights LOL!

    so after a year of not having kitchen lights, and six months of not having a normal bathroom one, the RE is gonna get that fixed for us. Senior PM apologised profusely and said we weren’t the only tenants that were given the incorrect info either.

    I couldn’t stop laughing! I’m not even mad 😂

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    14·
    2 months ago

    Had to attend an emergency meeting with the CTO of a client and explain why we fucked up without any forewarning.

    Phone interview went well. Have a teams interview on Friday!!

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
      6·
      2 months ago

      Yikes! As in your side of the fence didn’t give you any heads up? I’d be demanding an answer as to why that’s appropriate from your boss.

      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
        8·
        2 months ago

        Bingo. And man, that guy was really fucking pissed off.

        There’s no point getting accountability. Some people here have a halo and can do no wrong.

        Fingers crossed for the new role.

        • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
          4·
          2 months ago

          what the actual fuck. can you get a moment with boss’s boss and sort of go “Man. WTF? I mean, why should I put up with this?” and just see what they say. So long as your not under probation who gives a rats what they think at this point.

  • tone212_@aussie.zone
    12·
    2 months ago

    Big work meeting this afternoon. I mean BIG, there’s a lot on the line. I’m as prepared as I can be and a bit more prep this morning. I was feeling super nervous about it yesterday. Calmer on waking up this morning but the nerves are coming back. Deep breaths help - I will be fine, it will go fine.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zoneOP
      10·
      2 months ago

      It’s not a small issue, you’ve been cheated of both the supports you should have had but also of the right to do necessary things for yourself.

    • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      depending on your spoons, if you’re a big enough pain in their arse and keep pestering them about it, they can and fucking will make exceptions.

        • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          did a bit of digging and they absolutely have special dispensation for DV, deceased estates and victims of natural disaster, but it must be a “special request”

          might have to actually call them, or go to the GPO - lpo are franchisees, I don’t see them having the authority to kick it up.

    • Catfish@aussie.zone
      7·
      2 months ago

      I somewhat get it. I moved out as a minor and had some of this nonsense. Difference was I had a lawyer for a father who could hand over a business card and mostly make the shit go away. Sorry.

      • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        12·
        2 months ago

        …you’ve got time to turn things around.

        This feels uncomfortably close to a “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” mentality… 😔

          • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            13·
            2 months ago

            It’s just that you keep putting it on them, as if they need to be the one to “turn things around” when their rant was specifically about external systems prejudicing them. They can’t “turn around” AusPost’s decision to deny them the ability to redirect their mail?

            Basically, they are trying to ask these systems for help, and are being denied. So why put it on their shoulders? Why not be outraged that someone is falling through the gaps, through no fault of their own?

            I get that you have good intentions here, but I feel like you’re kind of missing the point in a big way…

  • tone212_@aussie.zone
    12·
    2 months ago

    Meeting over! 2.5 hours later, I’m so exhausted. There was a few times I felt like I was giving garbled answers to questions asked on the spot, and also being in focus for that long is pretty tough. But overall I think I presented and communicated well. Client seemed happy too so that’s what counts.

    I think I deserve a takeaway pizza tonight and a night off any cooking.

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    I laugh everytime I see a post on AustralianSpiders, where OP posts a picture of a black spider with a red stripe and asks “iS tHiS a ReDbAcK???”

    The clue is in the name, my guy 😂😂😂

    And yes, it was, and she’s gravid - enjoy OP! 😂😂

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
      5·
      2 months ago

      I like the ones where OP will show a bit of leg skin with a small welt and ask What bit me?

      Um definitely something small and bitey 🤷‍♀️

      Then you get the replies such as: Go and see a GP to Get to the Emergency Room immediately because my best friends dentist’s next door neighbour had that same bite and their leg fell off. This is no joke.

      • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        And it could be that nothing bit then! They could have just grazed their leg slightly and it raised a welt 😂

        Why ask Reddit? They’re not psychic time travelling detectives looking to solve the mystery of your minor injury 😂

      • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        chances are you have been bitten by a redback and dismissed it. Generally it’s just swelling and feeling seedy af

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    9·
    2 months ago

    About 6kg of cherries have now been picked. Probably that much again left on the tree if I was feeling enthusiastic enough to pick them.

    Now I need to work out what to do with them - they are cooking cherries (morello), not sweet eating cherries. I’ll probably just pit & freeze them for now and do some baking later.

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      Try drying them. Pit a trayful and put them on a lined baking tray in a very low oven - 30-50 deg - basically the defrost function if your oven has one - with the fan on. Stir them about every hour or so until they dry to snapping point. Or stop at the shrivelled but still bendy stage and freeze them in a vacuum bag. I’ve heard of people drying them in a microwave but I’ve never done that and don’t know how. Dried cherries are a wonderful snack and really add something to cakes, mince pies etc. I’ve put them in chook stuffing too. Use them anywhere that calls for sultanas or currants or raisins.

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
        3·
        2 months ago

        I’ve dried cherries before and didn’t really use them. I might do a few to go in the next fruit cake I make - I have a dehydrator, which makes it much easier than the oven method. Although it is currently filled with chicken scraps destined for dog food, I really need to get onto packing that away too.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    8·
    2 months ago

    Today is the day I’m gonna have a zillion coffees and get shit done cos it’s gonna be hot the next 3 days. Just have to get off the couch now.