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Yet another wave.
Also got into a barking contest apparently with an elderly St. Bernard doggo. This thing was huuge. They’re gentle giants but I lost that one had to yield.
Submitted 1 day ago by briongloid@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
Discuss anything, be courteous.
Yet another wave.
Also got into a barking contest apparently with an elderly St. Bernard doggo. This thing was huuge. They’re gentle giants but I lost that one had to yield.
I love the colours in that one.
Jesus christ, giveacrap just keep digging that hole.
failed delivery due to shitty delivery cononay - i bring it to their attention - they resend with same company and driver rinse and repeat six friggin’ times
I look up our order history and realise this shit has been going on with every single order for the past year. F this. I cancel everything. Ain’t got time for that shit. Especially since the guys who deliver my cat litter do tp now.
Leave a review on productreview under the usual nick telling them they used to be great, but now they’re not and they need to stop using the cheapest, shittiest couriers and callcentres they can get their hands on, and they’ve lost a loyal customer.
This <censored> from their staff doesn’t pm me on productreview, but instead runs my nick through their database, matches my email and emails me directly asking ‘did you leave this review?’ Not looking to resolve the issues or regain a customer, nope, just wants the bad pr to go away.
He’s about to becomes extremely fucking acquainted with the word ‘inappropriate’
@Taleya @briongloid had it with them about a year ago, just awful couriers, failed at least 3 delivery attempts in a row and I told them to go jump. Switched to Yarn'n, who so far haven't fucked up once, but I'm kindof waiting for it to happen, it just seems almost inevitable.
Yikes. That sounds awful… I haven’t had a new delivery in well over a year because I forgot to delay one before and I’ve still got a whole unopened box to use. Did the company get bought over or something?! Why must even WGAC fall to enshittification -_- although it is perhaps ironically fitting that they do. Ugh.
Feels really unsettling, all the brands you felt good about and safe with ending up like this, like all your friends turning into dropkicks and your old life is no more.
The other day I read about Kogan having an energy plan (wtf to even that) and really horrible service - apparently it’s white labelled Powershop. Jesus, anyone remember when Powershop were the energy brand of choice for us greenies before they got inexplicably sold to Shell…
I’m finding it the same, all the things I used to be ok with suddenly aren’t working well
@just_kitten @Taleya the other thing that sucks about WGAC is the toilet paper is coming all the way from China. We DO NOT need to ship bum roll from effing China, it's one of the least sensible things to buy from there, srsly.
In my case it’s them partnering with a shitty courier and having customer service mishandle it to the point of cancellation. But the mishandling to the point of a federal complaint is a new one for me…
The courier issue is a fucking mind boggle because it’s ANC. And i use pet circle. Who very fucking famously use ANC and i have had ZERO delivery issues. Ever. Different tiers and SLAs i guess
Oh! I’ve not had trouble with them aside from couriers who literally throw and run. What is knocking? Possibly because we are so close to the main DC?
I had a lot of trouble with them in the past before I eventually cancelled my subscription, like delivering the wrong things when I varied the order, missing orders, customer service that was friendly but incompetent, incorrect billing.
You could add their breach of data privacy to the productreview complaint.
Is it formally a breach? 'Cos will absolutely take them for that.
There’s an implicit threat in choosing to communicate with me in this manner and i am not fucking having it
I’ve heard good things about these guys ( aboutadog.com.au ) I haven’t had a chance to use them yet as I’m still working my way through my current stock.
That’s who I get mine from last time, after WGAC annoyed me by reducing the minimum time for their subscription. The paper is ok but not great quality, probably equivalent to the WGAC standard recycled stuff. The wrapping for each roll has lots of animal pictures on it, which I consider to be a good feature.
Fucking youtube, I click on one or two wrong videos and suddenly its hater content again. “Why women ruined women by women” narrated by AI.
I actively go thru my watch history and purge things I think will negatively impact my algo.
I find the amount of hate on YT very disturbing. it takes a huge effort to watch only positive videos.
The sun set.
Yes it did, we made it through the day and the giant bats have started flying overhead. 😊
Geez you poor thing, you must be suffering
Looks absolutely awful. Next time you go somewhere this terrible let me know in advance as I’m calling dibs on the spot in your suitcase.
I’m sure you are suffering greatly. Take some medication for the pain.
Oh, I am choking on the envy right now!
I’m so sorry.
Ooh nice!
I wonder how many people have pissed in that water?
Joke’s on you. It’s grey and cloudy here.
Way better than what you have!
You ever have a day where you have action paralysis, struggle against the brick wall of zero motivation, waste time on rubbish, and then think fck it, I’ve wasted so much of the day anyway I don’t want to even try for the remainder of the day. It’s one of those.
We call those ‘weekdays’.
Feels like every day at the moment TBH.
That’s exactly it for me, I said I was going to do all these chores, 7 hours later barely budged. I just rolled with it after it became clear nothing was happening. Luckily I can get away with it now… pretty soon I won’t.
yup, my day just swung that way. Time to down tools
I’m right there with you
Mood
Today was a gloriously gross indulgent write-off (terrible for me eyes and body), but at least I did manage to make dinner and deal with the Doom Pile of Dishes. I tried eating rice with a fork to be silly and still found it incomprehensible so I googled “why do white people eat rice with a fork”. Apparently because it is just a starch to eat with other dry things you need a fork for: it is like a crumbly potato. Cool. Well, I’m still going to stick with a spoon anyway…
why do white people eat rice with a fork
Spork.
You got Doom running on a pile of dishes? Show me how sensei.
Because I’m silly - how do you eat rice properly with chopsticks? I can use them and pick things up okay but doesn’t drier and crumbly rice fall, or even if you get a clump isn’t it hard to pick up more than a little bit?
I’m guessing sticky short grain rice is easier, or when it’s mixed in with sauce and other food to bind it.
I use a fork at home and don’t understand why it’s an issue. Italians and Spaniards eat rice with a fork.
To eat rice with chopsticks it needs to have been cooked to be eaten with chopsticks IMO. It’s more sticky and you gently grab a clump, place the clump in your mouth, then go for the main dish, then chew (or chew/swallow the rice bite first). Eating wet or dry single grains of rice with chopsticks sticks is not fun.
For ref at home we typically just use a spoon, and it has been ages since we’ve cooked rice to use chopsticks with but IIRC it’s always jasmine rice absorption method or sushi rich when we’ve bothered to eat rice using chopsticks at home. Don’t quote me on any of that though.
You use the chopsticks differently for rice. Think “shovel”
It’s not easy with chopsticks.
Quite honestly if I’m faced with it I either get a spoon or if lacking I have to hold the bowl up to my mouth and sweep it in with the chopsticks.
I could not be arsed making dinner but I’m glad I did, even if it’s a late one. There’s nothing more comforting after a shitty day than a home cooked meal. Steak cooked to perfection 👌
I do not know what I want for dinner. Sorely tempted to load a baked potato up to fuck and just eat that
Potat is very nutritious. Go for it.
Do it. Easy is good. Maybe the world will look a smidge brighter after some food. Or you’ll have a bit more energy to burn everything down.
I’ve completed day three of three after-work outtings in a row. Tonight was Thai boat noodles and an old colleague I hadn’t seen in six months.
We frown upon cannibalism.
Marge, I think you left the tap on
I love my local group even if is on FaceAche. Nabbed a free cat auto feeder. Might save our toes being chomped at stupid AM. Assuming they don’t figure out how to break into it at midnight…,
One of the most important members of the technical team rang me on my mobile (im on sick leave) and told me she’s quitting.
She is one of the most amazing and intelligent people i have ever met. She is the companies knowledge base, and they are doing to her what they’re doing to me. The work overload.
They pay her poorly. Very poorly. And knocked back raises in the past.
I told her what I did, and she’s going to give it a last shot.
Rome is burning.
Oh fuck me.
I tried to book some leave for after the moratorium - we’ve got a brief hold on leave requests for everyone because new stuff coming through the pipeline etc - and the new system to book it is a fucking nightmare.
I need a break and I can’t even organise one
Questions: If I wanted to post a video I’ve made but it won’t upload because it says “image too large” What does that mean? Is it my phone or lemmy? Is it too high resolution? How do I fix it. It’s 24 seconds long. I have a Samsung A21s. So many questions. Not important. Just adding to my list of tech achievements.
I sat through two hour long meetings today so I think I can take 6 hours sick leave instead of 8
I hear rumbling. I’m not sure if it’s from the cricket I’m watching or there’s actually some thunder or something near me.
Today’s vintage vinyl LP is Voices of the South , the Wagner Chorale. An album of some spirituals and some folk. It’s all a cappella
it’s an interesting and good album
go down moses www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO0f2_V0ZQE
sometimes i feel like a motherless child , can’t find a copy of album version so here is Paul Robeson www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_ZRv1ZRP6s
today is a day of cooking and then hopefully I won’t have to cook for at least another 4 days
Fuckkk, Spud was being forced to withdraw cold turkey due to not being able to afford nicotine therapy and barely having money for food.
@StudChud@aussie.zone When you see this if you can get to one of the places you can get some food for Mickey …com.au/…/scar-pet-food-pantry/
There are food banks around that might have relaxed eligibility
And there might be bulk billed consults or reduced cost/free nicotine therapy
I’ve been reeking of garlic (and, embarrassingly, sweat) all morning and lolling around in bed shamelessly avoiding uni obligations. House is a dumpster. Well, I’m done with being gross now… time to start with the mountain of chores to bring this place back to sanity.
5 year old would not sleep at all last night.
Exhausted.
Work is utter hell, I want to go home already.
World is going to shit.
The light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
-screaming intensifies-
Today’s shit
Oh crap.
They’re closing down Rivers in April.
Just heard on the radio.
:(
Lovely day update - bliss has been interrupted my multiple mowers and power tools. Neighbours really hate silence.
I forgot how good Peter Steele’s voice is. Shame on me.
It shall be a Type O Negative afternoon. 😈
The longer this goes on, the more I think I’m actually a bit burned out
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
I have devoured several potat, with misc veg and bean toppings.
Nigh nigh