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  • Taleya@aussie.zone
    16·
    11 months ago

    Postie has the hump now the ombudsman and auspost are making him do his job and keeps repeatly ringing the doorbell until we answer and snidely handing us every single package regardless of whether or not it needs a signature. For some reason he seems to think this is vengance.

    Bless the little idiot.

      • Taleya@aussie.zone
        7·
        11 months ago

        In this case, emotional maturity of a hamster i’m guessing. He can’t go the ol’ yeet route 'cos of the cameras.

      • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        It’s because it’s not hard and they feel entitled to it being even easier. My years in public service have taught me that, essentially guaranteed employment for people with few transferable skills, leads them to think they should be doing even less.

      • Nath@aussie.zone
        4·
        11 months ago

        Going to each door, ringing doorbells and waiting up to a minute for every parcel takes time. They can get through their route an hour quicker if they skip that and just leave the cards.

        In ye olden days, over half of the houses had nobody home during the day anyway. The good posties learned which houses these were and pre filled out the cards. That saved loads of time. It eventually evolved into just about everyone getting a card.

        These days, a lot of people work from home and actually want their deliveries. That’s eating into the posties’ previously saved hour. Some of them seem to resent it.

        • Taleya@aussie.zone
          2·
          11 months ago

          Actually even more hilarious: The dumb fuck doesn’t like our stairs and he doesn’t like our driveway.

          Now he could literally just leave parcels at the out-of-site nook explicitly left there for this purpose and actually just avoid the whole stair issue but he tried to escalate “gee, your driveway looks a bugger to back out of” (and yes, it does but traffic is shockingly polite and always stops! Not to mention we are literally 90% of the way through building a turning circle that can take a moving van) to “Your driveway is unsafe to use” which then he tried to make an OH&S issue and well, if you make a stupid blanket statement like “The driveway is unsafe to use at any time of the day” (like he did) and involve OH&S then you end up with vic roads and council inspections blowing holes in your arse and ombudsmen getting involved, especially when I have ten pages of every other driver on the face of the planet using it without issue.

          So Auspost have told him to fucking go park on the other side of the road then and walk them across you lil bitch. So his choices are: Use our driveway and admit he was fucking lazing it (and get caught on camera being fulla shit) or park on the other side of the road, walk every single parcel across the road (having to use the lights) and then walk back to his van.

          He has chosen the latter. This is somehow our fault.

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      2·
      11 months ago

      I think I missed it but did you end up involving the council and vicroads in the end?

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    15·
    11 months ago

    Woo, got a call back for the job I applied for. Interview week after next. Still feel numb about it but it’s something! Not getting my hopes up but it’ll be good practice and a relief to shut up my brain that thinks I’m unemployable after 7 weeks of bumming around

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      4·
      11 months ago

      That’s awesome, I really hope you’ll have some good luck with this.

      Is it a good role?

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        5·
        11 months ago

        It’s so-so. Pay could be better and I don’t know what the org/team is like, also would be a bit of a drive away - but the experience level is just where I’m at, varied tasks, and a good foot in the door in local gov. If I got it I could see myself doing it for a year and moving on

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      Tell brain to shut up! This is the universe telling you that you are fully worthy of a good and great employment experience. That having been said, though, I wonder if this job is exactly right for you long term. Thinking of it as a good stepping stone seems pretty sensible to me. And no real need to weep if it doesn’t happen. There most definitely is the right job out there for you. Might take just a tad bit longer to find it.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        1·
        11 months ago

        Brain is really a bit too loud and overbearing sometimes, even when it’s in a fog, rude thing. Am legit feeling fairly casual about this job though - no hard feelings if it doesn’t happen. I’m not really pushing for my dream/forever job at the moment, just an inroad to local government so I can expand my options and bide my time a little. A contract role would be ideal, but so far it’s all been permanent 🫤

        I do need to get my arse off the couch and stop eating into my savings though, so if nothing pans out by March I might chase up some low-stakes temp field work.

  • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
    10·
    11 months ago

    I’ve been slowly befriending a lil black bird in my yard and today he felt comfortable enough to hop up towards, flick some leaves in my direction, and hop on 20cm right past me instead of flying a further distance to get around me.

    Pretty chuffed.

    https://i.imgur.com/Yr4TiWB.gif

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
    8·
    11 months ago

    My good next door neighbour is having work done on his house today. Asked me if the tradies can use my driveway to park and set up. I agreed. He just dropped a case of Coronas at my house as a thank you.

    At least I’ll have something to give to guests now :)

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    7·
    11 months ago

    This is for @melbaboutown. I was reading about how you’re worried you can’t focus because you keep looking at new things.

    Looking at new techniques and materials is awesome, not a fault. NOT A FAULT.

    What I was taught at art school is to do projects. Every new student is encouraged to choose a project, every week they are guided in learning and practicing technique and materials for the project. More than one project is encouraged.

    So focus on the project but at the same time your interest can drift in all kinds of directions, and the drifting can all go towards achieving the project.

    A project is typically something than can take a lot of hours of research, reading, testing, thinking, learning, practice, actually doing. A project is a work of art.

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
      4·
      11 months ago

      Good advice for anybody. The point of a hobby is not a race to the finish. The point of a hobby is enjoyment and personal knowledge growth. Meander as much as you want. That’s the best part.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      3·
      11 months ago

      Thanks! It’s only a problem when I collect hobby stuff or never really progress or finish anything due to not being able to apply myself

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
        6·
        11 months ago

        I have hobby type stuff. Lots of beading and jewellery making supplies. Years ago I went on a kind of hobby rabbit hole learning techniques and materials.

        Here is what I learnt. Nearly every craft hobby developed over the past 150 years was made by manufacturers of hobby materials and books. It only works when you use their exact products. Because the materials are so specific creativity is limited. ( a good example is diamond glue pictures). It’s expensive.

        old fashioned hobby materials are best for traditional projects and are always going to look rustic and handmade.

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
        5·
        11 months ago

        Art supplies and resources!! ( not hobby materials. )

        and strike while the inspiration is hot 😊

  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone
    7·
    11 months ago

    I’m surprised. Was looking to spend quite a bit of dollarydoos on a new trench coat. I had specific design details that I wanted (not all trench coats are the same) and I saw one (online) that I’m assuming was last season’s stock (all sold out). By chance I went into the store and asked. They had one left and it was 4 sizes bigger (I was looking for oversized) and I wasn’t sure it would work, but the lovely store person made it work! I’m so chuffed. (It was also missing a small bit, but not bothered.) From looking at spending 4-something (it was also originally priced in that range) to less than 70.

    In fact, I love it so much I’m sitting in it typing. Haha.

    I’ve bought bigger sizes before thinking I could get the oversized thing to work, but I don’t think it works with all pieces of clothing.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zoneOP
    7·
    11 months ago

    My daughter has been invited to study (online) some sort of science subject at Southern Cross University in Queensland in which she maybe offered a scholarship later on. She will do the subject but will not take the offer for said scholarship.