I lived. Ten days of time off begins…now
Discussion Thread 🎒 Friday 18 September 2026
Submitted 4 weeks ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Alamutjones@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
enjoy, relax, have a good time 🙂
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Another head hunt recruiter. A multinational hardware place. Very cool.
Catfish@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Dog treats to cheer up a Boyo
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
omg, these are wonderful 😘🐶🙂
hugs for boyo
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
If you work at one of those places where IT keeps sending out simulated phishing attacks then you can buy some time on anything you don’t want to do by just reporting it as attempted phishing. You can’t get blamed for being too cautious
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Lol I do that all the time. I just say I’m being overly cautious due to iso27001.
StudChud@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
It always made me laugh inside when people fell for those. It’s not funny when it’s real, but it’s funny when it’s very obviously fake phishing from IT.
The stories my uncle has, being a penetration tester (that job title makes me cackle inappropriately every time heheheh).
Eagle@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I’m currently in a meeting where one of the clinics listed under Occupational Therapy is Handy Therapy. I’m struggling to keep a straight face every time I see it!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Subject: URGENT Sender: Ceo@company.com
Please follow the share point link below to confirm your yearly bonus.
It’s sad how often that works…
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
My work has this extra security thing going on that is meant to check on links you click on. It adds all this extra shit to the URL it makes doing the “hover check” even harder because you have so much more link to look through.
But some people have no idea. You understand why places have all this shit set up
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
All I have to do is get through today
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Same. We can do this!!!
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
That was bracing 🌶️🔥
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Did your nipples tingle?
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
No, but the floodgates in my sinuses opened. Just what I wanted
StudChud@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Thank you everyone for the shoe advice! I ended up getting the Steel Blue Hobarts. I like that style over laced, and it has such a nice dusky pink inside.
💪💪
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Good choice 🍻
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Cool. 🙂
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I love when a truck driver gets thrown off by a woman forkie. Driver rocked up, rang the doorbell, I wandered out and he just cracked up. Apparently he was expecting a bloke and had a joke all lined up ready, but didn’t want to tell it to me in case I slapped him. Apparently it was just to say “good morning short & curly!”
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
You gotta step in first with “whatcha got for me knackers?”
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Got a great look at a big bushy fox this morning on the dog walk before it saw me and disappeared.
StudChud@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Ooooo was it a ranga or dark? Dad said he sees dark coloured foxes, but rarely any red ones so just curious
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Dark rang.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I also got Github Launcher working, which is a management tool for all the native versions of console games people have made. It’s so handy to have them all in one place, then you just have to download them and drop in the ROM of the legally purchased game you dumped onto your PC (hehe)
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
What’s it called? I’ve been using scummvm and rettoarch for ages. Would like to avoid dosbox if possible
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
It’s literally called Github Launcher. It doesn’t do everything, just the games that have recomps or decomps:
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
you don’t own that!!
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
It’s on my drive and I’ve got the download receipt from my local Vimm’s Lair right here
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I’m about to head out for some Thai food, in the vague hope that I can nuke my sinuses with chilli and holy basil
Catfish@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Do you go full Thai hot? Only history will tell.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I have very high tolerance for spice, so I often request properly spicy. Right now it’s medicine
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
yum
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
The young seagoons visited, every thing sorted
Taleya@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
bad customer service pisses me off sfh. It’s becoming a rage trigger for me. I’m weird, off putting and suck at humans and yet I can do this quite easily. You can’t? Have you tried not being a lazy shit? seriously it’s not fucking hard.
- Listen to customer
- Identify issue
- If issue on customer end, politely point them to how to resolve themselves
- If issue on your end apologise and resolve or flag for resolution
And no “I understand how frustrating that must be” is not an apology. It’s not even active listening in a CS scenario. it’s passive aggression
SCENARIO:
“Hey, you delivered this parcel to the completely wrong address. The connote says something completely different to the order wtf? I mean I went over and grabbed it and have it here, but WTF??”Correct answer: [confirm address with customer] Please let me apologise - that should not have happened. I can see the order you placed had the address you stated, can you confirm where the parcel ended up? Ok yeah that’s definitely the wrong address. I’m just gonna flag this with the courier and try and work out what happened. It’s probably going to take a while to get an answer from them, is it ok if I email you when they respond? [AND THEN YOU FKKING FOLLOW THROUGH AND TAKE MEASURES TO PREVENT REOCCURANCE]
WRONG answer: I can understand how frustrating that must be. I will flag that with our courier. [and then nothing]
CAN YA GUESS WHICH ONE OF THESE IS GONNA ESCALATE? CAN YA???
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I knew someone, a frenemy, who was in computer customer service.
The contempt she had for her customers was appalling. She would talk about it.
I used to wonder if she expressed her contempt to the customers and if the company she worked at knew
she also could not bear anyone having any expertise in anything else either
why even get into that job if you hate them
Taleya@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
*this post brought to you by a 10km round trip on foot dragging a trolley full of bulk cat food because pet circle completely omitted the physical LPO address from the Parcel Collect. Which I only use because ANC refuses to deliver to my address because they “can’t find it” and Pet circle claim they cannot control their couriers. *
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
okeley dokely
i’m out for the arvo, lovely day , will be seeing the young seagoons
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Someone asked what my favourite food is and I just can’t name one. Lost apetite/anhedonia.
But if someone serves something nice or I have a nice jam doughnut I enjoy it
StudChud@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
PO-TA-TOES
BOIL EM, MASH EM, STICK EM IN A STEW!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I love all foods but I get real excited about a lamb chop off the bbq and fresh falafels dipped in hummus. 😋
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Aw man I love a lamb chop!!
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Pasta. What kind of pasta? Yes. But also cheese.
bacon@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Beep Beep 🚚
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Pasta. And cheese. And a lamb chop, please!
bacon@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
🍝🧀🐑🔪
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Time for my latin lessons 🙂
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Have good weekend, boys and girls. Behave yourselves. Cheers 🍻
StudChud@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Just picked up my first pair of steel toe boots, courtesy of the The Man.
Nice a simple black boot. Tested them out by having partner stand on the toes while I was wearing them and I felt nothing lol.
All set for Monday morning ✨
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Thirding the thick socks. My Steel Blues were absolute bitches to break in, but once I did they became my favourite shoe ever.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Wear thick socks because they can start to hurt when they’re new.
Catfish@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Seconding the thick socks!! It’s the heel rub that gets me. Get Dubbin if you don’t already have any.