Hold on to your hats and stay warm!
My manager is giving me the silent treatment.
Jesus christ lol
I’ve got a meeting with the CEO this afternoon to have a casual chat. A meeting I requested. So let’s see how this plays out.
Discussion Thread 🪇 Wednesday 25th June
Submitted 4 weeks ago by PeelerSheila@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I resigned from a job yonks ago and the whole senior leadership team of the not-particularly-big org gave me the silent treatment for my whole notice period. I was pretty junior and they’d been treating me like shit, it can’t have been surprising that I was leaving. Such strange people. It was very primary school.
Good luck with the meeting! And with the job hunting!
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I can’t understand people like that and how they even end up as managers. Such shitty behaviour. Hope your casual chat goes well!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
omg, how old are these people?
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I’m gonna guess no older than 12
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
It’s crazy your immediate manager would do that. I hope something comes around for you soon.
Duenan@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
How did it go?
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I got 2 callbacks from applications I put in yesterday!
Fuck yeah.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
yay 😊
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Go you!
Duenan@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Oohh that’s good news!
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Hell yeah! Simon is a wanted man! How did the CEO chat go?
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
It was OK. He’s a nice guy but he’s too far up to relate to what’s happening in middle management.
We’ll see how these interviews pan out.
I really didn’t want to start another goddamn probation but here we are.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Nice!
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Fire drill! Yay paid time off work
bacon@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
drill is sad :(
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I’ve achieved my dream finally.
Playing drums to my own guitar tracks.
I can’t explain how fucking cool this is, even as a fairly shit drummer lol
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
My advice is more cowbell. It’s not great advice though.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Hey good on you! You don’t have to be John Bonham to enjoy making music.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Went into Aldi and forgot to buy apple strudel. The shame! The shame!
StudChud@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
bacon@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
🍎🥧
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
JC. You had one job.
Duenan@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I’m go8ng to try but I’ve run out of freezer space
just_kitten@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Argh, supervisor has already done a very quick review of thesis. I’m way too brain dead to look at it today and take on the emotional damage - I’m going to go to bed early tonight and have another crack tomorrow morning before prepping for the preso in the afternoon. Apparently I still do need to add more references and beef up the discussion but I also kind of don’t wannaaaaaa. I’m so done with reading dense academic articles about stuff I don’t really care that much about…
bacon@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
But if you turn it over, what is on the other side?
bacon@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
apple turnover
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Apple turnovers are my fav apple dessert. Must be made with granny smith apples with a slight crunch. Yum.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I decided to take a deep breath, steel myself and have a look through my supervisor’s revision - half the intro was basically rewritten but it does at least flow better and the points made aren’t substantially different. The discussion needs a big boost though. It’s doable. I am going to have a nice hot dinner of paratha and some super spicy prawn curry, have a hot shower, and then burrow in bed to do some nyt word puzzles with brown noise until I fall asleep.
There’s some real gremlins in my brain playing the old classics on repeat from bad academic experiences of the past but I ain’t giving them a voice today. There’s work to be done once this is all over, for sure.
Deadline is technically Monday but supervisor also thinks I can get this across the line before COB Friday so we’re gonna fucking do it and I can truly relax on the weekend
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
sounds like your supervisor is on your side 😊
tone212_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I can feel the freezing air coming through the window of my office. I think it’s more obvious today because of how cold it is and maybe the direction of the wind is perfect south as this is a south-facing room. Must counteract with heating ($$$).
indisin@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Got my first offering from the local wild magpies today in the form of a finger lime.
Looking for any tips on how to teach them what credit cards look like and why they’re a better offering. Should I pretend to eat a credit card next time they’re here or something?
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
They might do better with diamonds. They’re meant to like shiny things, it’s just convincing them to share nicely.
indisin@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Diamonds are worthless though when you try and resell, you only are offered the weight in gold of the ring they’re on. First hand experience.
So I’d need to train them to pull off the worlds greatest diamond heist of all time to steal an actually rare one. Any tips on that?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
teach them what $2 coin or bank notes look like 👍
indisin@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Even I don’t know what those look like anymore
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Finger lime😃 I love those things! Maybe I can teach corvids in my area to bring me some 🤔
bacon@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Eat oyster
indisin@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I’d prefer yours to those delivered by magpies, despite the Santa debacle.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Between the weather and not nearly enough sleep I’m completely phoning it in today. Fuck me I don’t know why they insist on cracking the window open slightly while having the reverse cycle on in the office, I get that it’s stuffy but this is really defeating the purpose
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Stops the windows from fogging up.
Catfish@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Alarm! Alarm! Nothing on Vic Emergency. No fucking clue, upsetting everybody
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
it was Seagoon burning the onions again
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Ah bugger, forgot my lunch in the hustle of getting the kids ready for school 😕 AND missed the bus 🙄
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
First time ever YL left the house and then ran back in. Why. Because she forgot her glasses which she wears permanently. Literally can’t see without them.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
My plans of working next to the fireplace got nixed.
Due to unforseen circumstances I’m in a local office (that I can drive to) and two managers owe me huge favours.
At least it’s warm here.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Really odd dreams the last few nights. Only remembering snippets.
The narratives are all over the place. Probably lines up with the resensitisation of my nervous system but still.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Sometimes I wish I wasn’t studying and could go home like the rest of my family and just relax. I just want to get this shit done and relax for two weeks.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
You are going to pass because you are intelligent , hard working and you want this.
I remember when I was at uni studying chinese language and art at night , I loved it and was working hard and doing well . Then the fam started booking fam events on the nights when I had school and would tell me to drop classes. I said no and the only one backing me up was miss seagoon who was here on holiday. I went to classes.
Why would they even do that?
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Thanks Seagoon, I hope so.
That would’ve been frustrating to deal with. I’m glad you went to those classes :)
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Tip: Apply for extensions before the due date.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I’ve gotten the maximum extensions already 😬
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Loads I could be doing at work but my brain Just. Doesn’t. Want. To.
Felt so cranky that I even went and sat in my car in my lunchbreak so that no one could talk to me.
Pretty sure it’s the weather’s fault! Might go for a swim tonight and see if that cheers me up at all.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I feel that. Sometimes you feel like there’s so much you should be doing that you do nothing. Or you end up working on the least important thing. Or you’re getting things done but it doesn’t feel like you’re getting anything done.
Duenan@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Pray for me this afternoon when I’m outside.
tone212_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Started making dinner at 7pm, bad idea. Just sat down after getting through dish mountain and cleaning up around the place. I made chicken katsu curry for the first time, will be adding that to my stale dinner rotation.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I’m honestly exhausted. I think it’s bedtime
Catfish@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I don’t want to cook. Venturing into the wet … in my Purple Wooly Cape!
Catfish@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Hail! So much excitement today.
Pilk@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Lattouf v ABC judgment this morning at 10:15. Unfortunately while ABC has come out of this looking terrible, I suspect they are probably right to be feeling a little less nervous at the outcome than Antoinette Lattouf.
bacon@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Beep Beep 🚚
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weather took me by surprise, had the wrong coat on, no hat , no gloves, thankfully I had on a big wool scarf
shopping went well, I got some boots that are pretty roomy so should be good for hiking in nz👍
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
No one in my team was in the office today so I had a sneaky extended lunch break to pick up my Rock Pi. I might try Home Assistant on it if there’s a working image.
Taleya@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
just a heads up for those into That Sort of Thing: Bunnings are tossing out the TPlink p100 and P150 smart sockets for 16 each, and yes they are fully compatible with home assistant and can run offline once you’ve set them up.
Just don’t try to find them at the moorabbins bunnings, someone already cleared them out.
cough.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
off to Bogong to buy some hiking boots.
stay warm guys😊
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
It is a porridge morning
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
It’s warmed up to a barmy 8C here, beating the forecast high of 7C. Luckily I have a roaring fire and I am toasty.
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SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
That looks lovely, enjoy!