• Tofu@aussie.zone
      9·
      8 months ago

      You will find a job at another company, get a raise, and wave that stack of extra cash in their faces

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
      9·
      8 months ago

      You got this. You are actually in a stronger position now, as the comfortable lies are now off the table. Time to look for a better place.

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      6·
      8 months ago

      I’m glad you’re feeling better! It’s difficult to weather but you’re doing great! You will find something that pays better anyway, you got the skills that pays those bills bro. 💜

  • SituationCake@aussie.zone
    14·
    8 months ago

    I get unreasonably irritated by the pop-up chats when online shopping. They obscure the screen in the worst positions to get your attention, and pop up within 5 seconds of landing on the site. No, I do not want to chat to ‘Hailey’. I just got here, put away your chat bot and let me browse please. And then it whines when trying to close the chat window, are you sure you want to close chat? Look mate, if I wanted to be harassed by aggressive sales staff I can do that in person, I don’t need the service extended to online shopping.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      5·
      8 months ago

      Or worse - frequent popups of ‘SomeBozo in Buttsville bought such-and-such!’

      Cool. Even if the popups don’t fully block what I’m looking at the flickering appearances of those messages is still breaking my concentration and causing visual stress

  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
    13·
    8 months ago

    A weird side effect of going through winter carless is the mental health boost from the enforced walk when I have to go into work. Definitely doing better than normal so far. Who would have thought that exercise and a little natural light would do wonders.

    Narrator: everyone…literally first or second on every mental health suggestion list…

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      7·
      8 months ago

      Lol I feel the same. I say I hate going out, but really I hate the at-home-before-going-out part. Once I’m out, I feel great and so much better

  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
    12·
    8 months ago

    I have a doctor I have to see every 2 weeks. She’s an almost 4 hour round trip on public transport.

    It fucking sucks, but she’s amazing. First paycheck of new job, I’m getting a car.

      • Nath@aussie.zone
        61·
        8 months ago

        Even an escooter that you can take on the train. Depends of course on where home and doctor are.

        It can be two hours to go a 20 minute drive from suburb to suburb if PT insists on taking you via the city. A 20 minute drive is around the end of a comfortable escooter range.

        • beeng
          1·
          8 months ago

          Can also take ebike on train AFAIK.

          Plus bike is good for you and can ride on the road. Would not do/say the same about scooter.

          • Nath@aussie.zone
            1·
            8 months ago

            While I happily ride my bike to work every day, I would not take it that far unless there was a shower and change of clothes at the other end.

            • beeng
              1·
              8 months ago

              Swap of tshirt at work is all you need. You don’t get that sweaty riding a bike if you’re doing it everyday and just cruising. Much less on an ebike

              Racing cars is another thing…

  • oztrin@aussie.zoneEnglish
    11·
    8 months ago

    Just retested. Still positive. Like TinyBreak, the line showed up before the liquid got to the top of the window.
    Not surprised, as I’m still definitely symptomatic and the cats are being very cuddly. I just wish Sammi wouldn’t kick litter all over…

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    11·
    8 months ago

    Braved the chilly air and got my partner his anti-sads from the pharmacy. I love using the local pharmacy instead of the chain; they know me now and it’s so lovely having a little chat with the pharmacist and the cashiers. A little jaunt around the block and back home with a warm coffee.

    All is well.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    11·
    8 months ago

    Here’s an odd one.

    Random dude probably 20yo rocks up this morning, starts whipper-snippering the front lawn. I go out ask him wtf are you doing, he says sorry I got the wrong address jumps in his car and drives off…

    I’m still scratching my head.

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
      8·
      8 months ago

      Same thing happened to us once. The dude did both nature strips. Beautiful job he did AND it happened to be my husband’s birthday. He came back the following week to do across the road.

      Husband thought I’d organised it as a surprise. Nope.

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    10·
    8 months ago

    Went for a drive at lunch. On the way there I saw this… figure. Face totally covered, just sitting by the side of the road. Still there when I came back. Hadnt moved in 10 minutes so I figured I’d call the police non-emergency who directed me to 000. I’m really hoping it was just someone throwing out a sex doll or something. Now I’m worried it was just someone having a mental breakdown or something and I’ve made it worse by getting police/ambulance involved.

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        6·
        8 months ago

        yeah I hope so. Or at least the cops have a laugh at the sex doll being thrown away. Without seeing a face its impossible to know.

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    9·
    8 months ago

    well suddenly the feeling sick makes sense, that was the fastest positive line I’ve ever seen on a rat test. It wasn’t even a minute!

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      7·
      8 months ago

      Crazy when that happens lol like “yup, definitely covid, no two ways about it”

      I hope it isn’t too bad for you, and that you feel better soon 💜

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        3·
        8 months ago

        Cheers, its not too bad to be honest. None of the brain fog of last time, just a light case of the dumb. More like a bad cold if anything.