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  • @Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    26•18 days ago

    Interview went well!!!

    Invited to meet the ceo in person next week :)

    If i get this, I’m done climbing the ladder. This is the role that will keep me with a safety net.

    Something else happened this week which was cool. I reconnected with one of my best friends that I lost when I went off the rails. I found him on Facebook and apologised for my behaviour and he actually messaged me back saying “… I know that wasn’t the real you”.

    It’s been 12 years since we spoke. Tomorrow he’s going to call me so we can catch up.

    I’ve been struggling with feeling isolated the last few months. Wondering if it’s going to be like this for the rest of my life.

    I’m so fucking glad he responded. We were inseperable. He taught me to play drums and I taught him guitar.

    • @Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
      9•18 days ago

      The last few words of that article

      “touched so many lives”.

      He certainly did. Was reading that UHC had the highest claim denial rate in the US, something like 33%.

      • @TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        6•18 days ago

        Oh I stopped reading the second it started to make me feel sympathy for this monster. he put profits before people. That was his job, but we should really live in a world where CEOs get paid so high because screwing over sick people is a dangerous job.

        The F is the point in everyone being armed in America if they DONT pull shit like this.

        • @Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
          3•18 days ago

          I refuse to read it

          There’s literally nothing they can say about him, his family, or his life that will make me feel bad about his death

    • @tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      7•18 days ago

      With banks here trying to make people pay to access their own money and supermarket fulfilment centres with terrible working conditions, it just might give people here ideas

    • @Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      5•18 days ago

      the idiots thought voting for trump was about eating the rich

      the idiots thought the elite/rich were the educated classes

      • @TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        7•18 days ago

        No but you see they are gonna shut down the deep state! And everyone is evil but the ancient incontinent incompetent neppo baby isnt for some reason? /s

        • @Seagoon_@aussie.zone
          3•18 days ago

          I’m not sure maga actually care about that one. That deep state shit is just trump giving excuses for corruption.

    • @Nath@aussie.zone
      5•18 days ago

      The speculation and response to this murder has been intriguing. I saw a comment online speculating that if rich people instead of kids start being targets of shootings, perhaps there will finally be movement on the question of gun control.

      • @TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        5•18 days ago

        Ooooof solid call. no freakin doubt! Or is this the rise of the private military protecting folks and the start of the “protected” citizen?

  • CEOofmyhouse56
    16•18 days ago

    I thought I’d share this story. I don’t know why.

    spoiler

    My husband drank a lot of coca cola over the years. He loved the sound of a new bottle opening and would slug it down. He was also slightly overweight and had high blood pressure which he was taking medication for. No doubt he was heading for diabetes.

    An off hand comment by me “you’d lose weight if you stopped drinking coke and curb the consumption of 2 icecreams a night” made him think.

    He gave up the coke. He ate less icecream and as a result he lost 20kg in a matter of months. He did nothing else differently. It was so dramatic that people were asking him if he was ok. His medication was reduced, he gained abs and he could see his balls for the first time in a long time. His watch told him he has the fitness of a 20 year old. He’s 50 next year. He feels great.

    The thing is he replaced the coke addiction with a diet cordial addiction. No sugar he declares. I happen to read the back of the bottle and there’s nothing in the nutritional panel but the ingredients were things I’ve never even heard of. I point this out to him. He says he has 5 bottles to get rid of. I told him he doesn’t have to get rid of them straight away. Have it when you feel like it.

    He is now looking at everything. “Why does my chips have sugar in them? Im not get these again”.

    The point is, its ok to have these things occasionally but if you wanna look and feel better have a look at things you mindlessly eat.

    • @Duenan@aussie.zone
      10•18 days ago

      I’ve had the same problem so to speak.

      I switched up my diet inadvertently and also cut out a lot of sugary drinks and stuff and I’ve accidently lost weight because of that.

      What’s not so nice is that people think I’ve lost weight and there’s a problem because of it.

      I had to talk to someone the other day and explain that I am actually eating well and stuff and because of inflation and a few choices to not buy certain things any more it’s led to my accidental weight loss.

      I don’t like having to discuss my weight at all and I also don’t really pay attention to it but it bothers me and I made it known.

      • CEOofmyhouse56
        9•18 days ago

        No one likes to talk face to face about their weight but dramatic weightloss makes people concerned that maybe cancer is involved.

        It is good that you made it known that you are ok and don’t want to discuss it any further.

        • @Duenan@aussie.zone
          6•18 days ago

          I only told one person but there was quite a bit of a long explanation which I don’t really care to go over too many times. Just that they keep bugging me about my stress levels and linked my supposed weight loss with it.

              • CEOofmyhouse56
                2•18 days ago

                If you’re looking for a bit more movement stroll down to your local cricket game on the weekend and watch a bit. You don’t have to stand near the crowd.

          • @Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
            4•18 days ago

            ugh, on a related note I’m dreading some weight comments at the work christmas part (slapped on a few)

            I’ve decided to eat commenters. It’s fucking unwarranted commentary, and anyway, menopause is absolutely descending on me like the wrath of god so fuckem. 'tis the season of jolly fat people, not miserable skinny cunts

    • @tone212_@aussie.zone
      8•18 days ago

      Good on him. I cut the soft drinks many years ago when I started looking after my health, they’re full of sugar and empty calories. I never crave soft drink anymore. Turned to diet drinks initially when making the switch, and then eventually you can cut those as well. The awful artificial chemical taste of most of them gets old quick. These days I go for ice tea if I want a sweet drink, but water does me fine.

    • Tofu
      6•18 days ago

      Aye now I treat soft drinks like alcohol and if I need a sugar boost. For fun and for social situations when I want something to sip. Small change, huge difference.

      • CEOofmyhouse56
        6•18 days ago

        That’s the way to do it. If I’m out socialising and I’m not drinking, I’ll have a soft drink.

    • @TinyBreak@aussie.zone
      6•18 days ago

      soda stream knock off was a HUGE game changer for me. Bit of lime juice and in the early days a touch of sugar was just as nice.

    • @Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      5•18 days ago
      spoiler

      I watched the Sugar Film with my husband. He knows I am using meal replacement and should have lactose free food

      for the first two days he was all about looking at labels

      then he bought more sweetened flavoured fruit yoghurt, lactose free this time

      and he won’t give up his sugary muesli and other snacks

      I can understand it’s hard to give up food yourself

      but to buy lactose free fruit yoghurt when every other time he buys yoghurt just for himself ( because I won’t buy it ) is just too much 🤨 I haven’t touched it

      • CEOofmyhouse56
        3•18 days ago

        So he’s buying lactose free yogurt so you can eat it too even though you don’t eat yogurt? Is that correct?

        • @Seagoon_@aussie.zone
          4•18 days ago

          and the worst kind of yoghurt that was talked about in the movie

          I do eat some yoghurt, I eat jalna unsweetened plain , no extra cream added

          • CEOofmyhouse56
            5•18 days ago

            That’s the one I eat. Not a fan of today’s fruit yogurt. Aldi have a Greek yogurt for $6 a big tub and it’s made by Jalna because it’s in the same tub as theirs.

    • @Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
      4•18 days ago

      Oh wow, good on him

      I never really got into sugary soft/energy drinks. I am quite fond of sugar free study drinks though. I can’t stand coke zero, too chemical-y. But I enjoy a can of Pepsi max with my dinner most nights

  • @Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    15•18 days ago

    Was about to head back to melbs… look down next to my foot and there’s a funny looking big XLR cable. Audio studio cables everywhere. Fuckn cable moved. Was a brown snake about 50cm long. Managed to get it outside thankfully it wasn’t aggressive. I’m not very upset by snakes except the eastern brown snake. Those mfers will ruin your day. Sheesh.

  • @Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    14•18 days ago

    Let me introduce one of the strays I’ve been feeding near my place. I’m really excited because one of them is starting to trust me. I’ve found them waiting around 8-9pm which is kind of cool.

    Edit:

    • @Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
      4•18 days ago

      Agreed

      I went in yesterday and was kinda surprised by how much stuff was still on the shelves at my local store. I do wish there was some way we could redirect the Karen’s away from yelling at the poor people working the store, and instead getting them to have a cheeky punch on with the CEO lady. I’d paid to see that

    • @Nath@aussie.zone
      1•18 days ago

      I keep hearing about the Woolies strike, but I honestly haven’t noticed a difference in store so far. Maybe I will with tomorrow’s shop? Or maybe WA is immune to it.

      • @Drusenija@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4•18 days ago

        It’s a Victorian distribution centre where the strikes are happening, I suspect WA would have their own separate centres given the distance from coast to coast, so unless their workers join the blockade there probably won’t be much interruption there.

  • @danwritesbooks@aussie.zone
    13•18 days ago

    It’s not really an interview but I am meeting a principal at a (Catholic) school about my placement on Monday. Chinos and a button shirt should be ok?

    Shoes are gonna be a problem now that I think about it.

  • @SpinMeAround@aussie.zone
    12•18 days ago

    Welcome to the time of the year where I cry at the drop of a hat. This morning we’ve had because my eyeliner is wonky, my pants feel scratchy, a song made me think of my dog and IDK, just work in general. Today sucks.

    Something positive to balance the post is that I received a package of “homemade” jams and sauces and omg the roasted capsicum ketchup is delicious. And they threw in a sample of their raspberry jam and I want to bathe in it.

  • @melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    12•18 days ago

    Random memory: During the time Melbcat needed a lot of trips to emergency and before I had any help or the pram, a taxi driver refused to let her carrier in the car and demanded that she go in the boot. I can tell you that did not happen. I argued with the driver until he refused to take us, called another ride and then boycotted the taxi company.

    This was for reasons of not wanting to put her in a dark claustrophobic airless space by herself, and separated from me. (There’s no reason the driver would have taken off with her but I didn’t want to even make that possible.) Also if the vehicle got hit from behind she would have been severely injured or killed. It was unsafe.

    And now I see that what he was trying to push me into was illegal.

    1. Transport Minimum standards

    Adequate ventilation must be provided in the vehicle and travelling container or cage.

    And

    Travelling containers must be secured or restrained in the vehicle. Cats must not be transported in the boot of a car.

    https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/livestock-and-animals/animal-welfare-victoria/pocta-act-1986/victorian-codes-of-practice-for-animal-welfare/code-of-practice-for-the-private-keeping-of-cats#%3A~%3Atext=Travelling+containers+must+not+have%2Cthe+boot+of+a+car.

    Fuck that guy. My instincts were correct and even in a difficult situation I stuck to my guns and protected my cat.

    I should have lodged a complaint but had my hands full and nothing would have come of it.

    Be a Karen if you need to, people.

    • @BlueSquid0741
      7•18 days ago

      When I lived in Melbourne I had a pet cockatiel. I had to get yearly check ups, and the only Avian vet was out in Burwood, so taxi it was.

      But every time I called to book a taxi, I told them I’m coming with a bird in a large cage and I could spill water. Just because I was worried about getting turned down for a ride.

      FYI, the taxi drivers always loved it.

      • @melbaboutown@aussie.zone
        3•18 days ago

        Yeah after that I always verbally confirmed that a cat would be riding with each booking from the new company. And then they automated bookings so I couldn’t anymore…

  • Rusty Raven M
    11•18 days ago

    My good deed for the day is done: I picked the rest of the cherries from the tree & took them up to the food cupboard with a couple of kilo of parsnips. Walking up to the cupboard with Mr Woof seemed like a great idea, but carrying about 8kg whilst managing a dog leash is not the easiest of tasks.

  • @Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    11•17 days ago

    Made it back to Melbs.

    Caught the 109 home from southern x. 109 is usually a c class. 2 middle floor bits swivel as it turns corners. Anyway my backpack clip got caught in the gap as it turned and I couldn’t get it out. Clip was just swallowed by the floor disc of despair. So there I am every corner the tram turned trying to get the fuckin thing out.

    We got there though! Otherwise would’ve had to have waited until box hill and get the driver to help lol.

  • CEOofmyhouse56
    11•18 days ago

    The daily Discussion Thread sounds shit. I dare whoever to make it The Melbourne chitchat thread. Creativity people. Let’s be different.