News from on high is that weâre back in office from Monday.
Itâs fine for me - I can walk to work! I sometimes go in just because itâs cooler and my VPN isnât working - but this doesnât feel like a lot of notice for anyone who isnât me
Daily Discussion Thread: đ¨đŠâđ¨ Thursday, 27 February 2025
Submitted â¨â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago⊠by â¨Seagoon_@aussie.zone⊠to â¨melbourne@aussie.zoneâŠ
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Alamutjones@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
5 days or hybrid?
Alamutjones@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Weâve gone from one day per week expected in office to a minimum of three, preferably all.
I only work three days, soâŚ
tombruzzo@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
These daily discussion threads are great for tracking what day it is. Sometimes I need a moment of pause to remember which thread is the current one
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
You mean, today is Thursday, not Wednesday?!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
dammit, you made me double check âŚlol
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Thanks for the advice everyone. Will request further clarification in writing. Once obtained will go to fair work.
Other than that, feeling pretty chill.
I log on whenever I wake up, log off when Iâve had enough.
3 seeks weeks to go!
tone212_@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Check your employment contract too - it should say when they agree to pay your salary and when they can withhold payment.
StudChud@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
[deleted]Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Someone who is welcome to clean mine. đ
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Good work! I had to do a frantic house inspection clean last night.
Never again lol
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Good on you! The other day I just turned in a slow circle in my flat and actually said out loud, âJesus Christ where do I start?â I mean, I know how to do that stuff but it was just feeling overwhelming at that time.
Taleya@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Michelle trachtenberg died? Wtf?
Duenan@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
So sad, so young as well.
Very tragic.
Eagle@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I heard that too, and had a similar reaction.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I know right?
From what Iâve read she had a liver transplant recently that resulted in complications.
Could be wrong though.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Very sad to hear!
Might need to rewatch her episodes of Gossip Girl, her character had such amazing lines. âYou can tell Jesus that the bitch is back.â and âNow if youâll excuse me, Iâm going to get drunk enough to make you all seem interesting.â
Eagle@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Sheâll always be annoying Dawn to me.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Bloody sad! Had no idea she was in so many roles.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Theyâre withholding this months pay until next month. Because my last day is the 25th, they want me to return the laptop etc which is fine.
But now I wonât be paid for 6 weeks!!!
dumblederp@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
If you call fairwork or an employment lawyer you might get your gardening leaveâŚ
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
that doesnât sound legal.
Duenan@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
That doesnât sound right. You might need to contact the Fair work about this.
If you were living week to week this would be devastating.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
exactly
that an employer would do this is shameful
workers need their pay
and employers should be thinking of worst case scenarios where food needs to be bought for children, vital medicine, etc etc.
call fairwork asap
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Next month starts on Saturday.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Thank you will do so :)
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
UmâŚis that even legal?
TinyBreak@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Iâd be withholding work in that case. âHereâs the laptop. Shove it up your ass and if I donât see the pay next month Iâm going to fair work and contacting every client to say you screwed me!â
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Damn good point. Tbh Iâm doing Jack shit at the moment anyway lol
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
When you get it use some of that pay for a bottle of bubbly. You know, for when they go under. If they last that long that is
Catfish@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Movers have been and gone, those guys deserved a bigger tip. Not everything fit. Guess the location of âthe most important box in the houseâ?
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
The sex dungeonâ˘
TinyBreak@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Yaâll have a dungeon? I just stash stuff under the bed!
Catfish@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
If that were true Iâd at least know where it was
dumblederp@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
We used to have a special box for remotes, cables. furniture screws and final odds and ends. Sometimes when we did containers from England, theyâdâve packed tea cups, tea and the kettle in there.
Catfish@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
This special box is all the fixings for the extensive shelving system. Without it weâre fucked.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I wanna know if the air mattress survived?
Because those things can be iffy.
Catfish@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Yes. Neither the cats nor I punctured it.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
garage
Duenan@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Dinner had, very full but had a minor disaster cooking.
Went to crack an egg on the fry pan and instead of it cracking a bit the whole thing exploded all over the place.
Also mistiming the cooking of everything, some of the stuff went cold and wasnât as lightly cooked as I thought Iâd be.
Oh well try again tomorrow and hope for better results.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Hey funny you mention it, Iâve had that a bit with eggs lately. I crack a lot of eggs for work when Iâm pasta making, and Iâve had some batches that with a light tap just completely fragment and deposit the egg where I didnât want it. Also some I had recently were oddly hard to crack with a super strong shell.
Duenan@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Iâm only lucky for some odd reason that I didnât have any bits of shell in whatever bits of the egg that managed to make it into the frying pan.
It was so weird how the shell basically just crumbled and collapsed on itself.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
TIL Amway is still a thing
Catfish@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Down with that sort of thing
goodthanks@lemmy.world â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Cory Doctorow wrote about Amway on his blog this month. His podcast is worth listening to. One of those obsessive writers who always has something to say about current events and how they relate to history.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I didnât see your reply till just now. Thanks for that đ
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I was annoyed for no real reason most of today, but then I got to keep the leftover cheese from a work function and all is well.
Shitty photo of work cheese:
spoiler
Catfish@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Some of the best cheese I ever had was work leftovers. Stinky enough to get me funny looks on the tram.
dumblederp@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
The one time an airline lost my luggage I had some frozen blue cheese in it. When I informed customer service of it they found that bag fast as fuck.
just_kitten@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Never leaving the west past 2:30 pm ever again. Dust and heat aside, I think I feel physically sick from all the traffic and driving, especially the shitty Hoppers Crossing roundabout and 40 mins of crawling along the m1 to power st. And my measurements from later in the day seemed sus to boot :/
Nice surprise is I snagged an appt with the dishwasher tech for tomorrow itself so a perfect excuse to fuck off fieldwork and recover. Fingers bloody crossed they can fix it. Next week starts off with two big days of fieldwork for work but at least Iâm getting paid for it!!!
Duenan@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
If they canât fix it or it still breaks down maybe push for a return and replacement or something?
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I hated living out there, I felt so far away from everything.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
The young Seagoons lived out past Melton for about 4 months. Miss Seagoon said it doesnât look far on the map but the roads and access to the city is slow. They both couldnât wait to get back to the city.
Duenan@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Cutting paper, laminating said paper, low key arvo. 1 hour to go!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
The nap to meeting ratio is increasing.
Wish theyâd give me garden leave. Not allowed to say anything to clients. Just feel like Iâm going through the motions.
At least Iâm getting paid.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Iâve heard notice period weeks drag on because you canât do anything about them. Youâll have to find a way to make the most of them and not let it get to you too much
dumblederp@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
A company wide email calling out the management for being cunts usually sorts out a notice period from my experience.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Naps and video games help when Iâm working from home lol
MeanElevator@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Iâm kind of digging the cloudy morning autumn vibes. Wish the temperatures would reflect it a bit more.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Good morning! Have slept a little earlier and am now wide awake. I wish I could do the vacuuming or something. Oh well, scrolling social media it is!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Good night everyone, sweet dreams đ
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
This diet means I do one quarter the cooking I used to do. It has freed up so much time and is def less stressful. đ This is a totes unexpected bonus.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
New phone screen has an added advantage: the slowness on typing seems to have disappeared. I thought it was the new iOS that slowed it down, but man this is heaps better for no real change other than a new screen.
just_kitten@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
The one time I drag myself out early to do uni fieldwork and pat myself on the back for avoiding traffic⌠itâs a beautiful cloudy morning and it turns out my equipment is pretty much useless in these conditions đ now I have to sit around and wait until the sun clears a bit. I guess Iâll go find something to eat⌠dosa time!!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Herbal Essences is discounted right now and silicone free. đ¤ Finding it a bit hard to rinse the Dove bar out sometimes so maybe Iâll try just the shampoo in whatever type looks least smelly.
The zucchini are sending up more male flowers. I thought they were done. The mildew and heat have left them looking a bit rough.
Thereâs progress on the string bag. Itâs mind numbing and Iâm trying to nail the way to hold the yarn but soon Iâll be to the next stage.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
thatâs a new one
I opened the fridge and there was a spider hanging down off the door compartments, only a small one, about 2cm, but still, it was unexpected
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Aldi have those acupuncture mats for sale this week. $16.99.
Of course I got one.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
my brain is stuck today
I will do what I always do when it is stuck, tidy my work area and the living area
and make lists đ
Alamutjones@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
It do be lunchtime
Duenan@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Think Iâm lucky today, not much work to do due to finishing all my backlog earlier in the week.
If something doesnât pop up today Iâm going to have a cruisy day tomorrow as well.
For now Iâm stapling paper together.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Sorting through stuff at home and found quite a few games for Nintendo 3DS. I donât think Iâd get much trading them (I donât really know) but we donât want to keep them either. I donât want to get Facebook/eBay scammed out of them so I guess Iâm just stuck with them. If anyone knows of any place that gives you a decent (ie not completely ripoff) price Iâd love to know.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
McDonalds have brought back the breakfast wrap. Itâs now much easier to have breakfast in the car again
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Has anyone ever done any icebreakers that donât suck for a group of friendly but introverted IT types?
I have a couple of newbies starting and want to help them get to know people but we are a naturally introverted lot. We are going to do a bit of a cake and chat before the next team retro. Do I let the awkward convos âŚsorta flow? Should I just get everyone to introduce themselves formally (small team - they will have met the newbies) or is there any non sucky thing that helps people relax and chat? This will be an in person thing.
tone212_@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Just sent a pretty forceful sounding / legally threatening email to a client that still owes me a couple of grand. 4 months overdue invoice, all kindly worded follow up emails totally ignored. Spoke to him on the phone a few weeks back, said heâd pay by the following week but never did. Just taking the piss now, and Iâm angry.
Give me my money, then theyâre getting blacklisted for good. Thereâs more work to be done for this client but Iâve decided I wonât be doing it. I donât want to work with people that have zero respect for what I do. I have the authority to say no, take your business with maybe payment elsewhere, and I plan to use it.
dumblederp@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
When I did mobile therapy, I had some many people get lax with their payments. This was before OSKO and payID. I had someone Iâd been to visit four times take another six weeks after that to pay me. I think they only got their shit together when I started calling every second day to ask when payment was. THEY got pissy at me for pestering them for work done. We dropped each other after that.