• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone
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    I got to say it!

    “The chaotic situation your organisation finds itself in, is due to the decisions made by your leadership regarding my raise request”.

    God that felt good lol

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    We spoke to Patrick. He is very happy about your performance. He sent these:

    🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

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    I have a meeting with the new manager they hired.

    This could turn out to be an “I told you so meeting”.

    Goodnight all ❤️

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    First tracksuit day of the year!!! Rest of the week might be too warm, but it’s nearly long sleeve time.

    Let us all rejoice.

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      yep also in trackies. Was last night too. Shits insane, I dont remember there ever being such a “push and pull” between the seasons like this. Usually summer just fades.

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        Sweltering on Saturday, rugged up on Sunday. Happy autumn everyone!!!

        You’re 100% right. Usually it’s hot, then hot with cool nights, then warm, then warm with cool nights, then just cool.

        Now it’s hot, then cold. Very little cool in between.

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    I receive a call from a random QLD landline number.

    Person: I’m [name] from [company]

    Me: What’s the purpose of this call?

    Person: I can’t tell you, first I need to confirm your identity.

    You call ME and can’t tell me why you’re calling until I divulge my personal information? I told this person you can say something very generic about the call reason just so I can confirm you are who you say you are before I hand over my PI, but she refused citing their stupid policies. So I ended the call.

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      My company has this too, pretty awkward. I normally already spoke to the person and I start with “Hi it’s Force, I spoke you last week about X - before I can go any further though I do need to ask you for X Y Z.”. Lots of ppl still prefer to end the call and call back on our main phone number though, which is fair enough

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        At least you give some details, that would have been enough for me. This person gave me absolutely nothing except her name and company, and it’s not someone I had ever dealt with.

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      Nope, I’m giving nothing the caller doesn’t already have. I will confirm they have correct info if they provide it, however. This is just basic phone security - no competent company would expect a cold call recipient to start giving them information.

      And if they’re not competent, I have no business talking to them.

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        That means centrelink is not competent. I have had them call and ask for my details

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          That means centrelink is not competent.

          I am not changing my comment, except maybe to broaden it from “company” to “organisation”. 😃

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    got the van all set up and cleaned out Saturday. Better nick than you’d expect for 25 years old, but deffo needs some love. Some stains and stuff, more than a couple of scratches and possibly an issue with the roof lifting mechanism. Fridge seems to work (it dropped temp a bit on a 30 degree day, would need more time to be certain) awning still needs to be tested though, as do the bed end flys.

    Taking it out in 2 weeks so the clock is ticking for its repairs.

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    Today in class, we spoke about the whole male supremacy thing that’s been going on in schools since the rise of Tik Tok. The government started an intervention about ten years ago on respectful relationships, and the evaluations on it are inconclusive - it’s difficult to evaluate something that realistically can’t be measured objectively. Students come from different backgrounds. We can only control what we expose them to in the classroom.

    So now I’m doing some thinking on what I can do in this area. Research ensues.

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      I gotta say, part of it speaks to entitled young men. 25 years ago when I was trying to get laid and struggling I looked at what I could improve about myself rather than blaming women for not being interested. If I could give 15 yo me some advice on the topic it would be to keep doing what you’re doing. Treating women like people and being a good friend got me laid way more than I ever expected given my younger self’s self-esteem. That and loving someone harder won’t make them any more interested, take the no and move on.

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    The work laptop just isn’t turning on now back in the office. It seems to be on but no video signal anywhere. Can I go home and work from my computer there?

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      Don’t you love it when office equipment just fails in the office.

      My work laptop takes forever to connect to work wi-fi. Works great when plugged into the hub, but struggles with wi-fi in meeting rooms

      Such convenience.

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        I had that today as well when doing an interview on the sneaky sneak. Every time I opened zoom my laptop disconnected from the VPN and I lost internet. I got in eventually though

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        Also, I always thought it was incredibly rude of my work laptop to say my chargers at home aren’t powerful enough. I have two 100w GAN 5 chargers and it complains every time I plug them in.

        I looked at a charger at work today, 165w! These laptops barely last an hour on a teams call unplugged. Why do they need so much power and areso inefficient?

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    OMG! just discovered AuADHD might be the reason for my vertigo thing. Closing one eye massively helps not feel like the new stairs are DOOM awaiting. How fucking odd but awesome, yaaaar 🏴‍☠️

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    The 60 minutes bit on the CFMEU and ties to gangs was pretty interesting. As someone who has worked on sites for several years, it comes as no surprise.

    I really hope someone drops the hammer on the dodgy shit. Site culture needs a reboot, but that will take years and years.

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      careful voicing that opinion online. I got jumped on for my comment on the other site calling out that I thought the union would take a dim view to having both a CFMEU bumper sticker next to a “Fuck off were full” sticker. And yes, It was on a ford ranger. Because of course it was.

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        The other site is more hellbent on blaming the government for not doing anything about this.

        This whole thing is a perfect shit show where there are many guilty parties.

        I’m pro union, but some union members are fuck wits that would not survive in the real world.

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      It’s weird, I’ve got an overall positive view on the CFMEU as my dad was involved in the union as a rep (BLF) on several sites as I grew up. He faced consequences from employers for taking on this role, but it was an important one. In the 70’s/80’s, the construction industry was a terribly unsafe place to work and my dad contributed to a lot of safety changes that have since become industry standards and policies. He’s proud of the work he did for the union and I’m proud of him for what he sacrificed to keep his coworkers alive.

      To see what the union has become is hurtful, but I still see them as an overall force for good in the world.

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        Personally I am 100% pro union.

        However what’s become is a CFMEU is pretty much what they fought against.

        Sad, but a change is needed.