The totally off-topic thread

[Buzzard]

For those of you not on my Facebook feed (everyone else move along):
Went into Target today and bought a very expensive (by Target standards) quilt cover set. It scanned as "Ladies Top $25" #winning :mrgreen:

I suppose you could say it IS a ladies top as you sleep under it

 

[Princess Fiona]

I love this because I totally agree with the premise of the writer that there are some things we don't need to share on Facebook

http://www.mamamia.com.au/rogue/facebook-relationships/

 

[QF WP]

Neil Mangan Party Pies delivered to us @ MEL VA Lounge

 

[straitman]

Neil Mangan Party Pies delivered to us @ MEL VA Lounge

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... and they taste pretty good also.

 

[Bundy Bear]

... and they taste pretty good also. 

I hope you didn't just drive to the airport for a pie, yes I know you were dropping someone off but still.

 

[straitman]

I hope you didn't just drive to the airport for a pie, yes I know you were dropping someone off but still.

No.

I had a coffee also.

 

[TomVexille]

Neil Mangan Party Pies delivered to us @ MEL VA Lounge

Too bad you're leaving, I need a fill in for my indoor cricket team tonight...

 

[cove]

Westpac laying off call centre staff.....I guess that may mean a wait time more than 30 minutes to get a human there to answer. What a cheek is what I thought. Lucky for them their credit cards still work ok or I would........

 

[markis10]

Splendour in the grass KLM style (brake issues at AMS)

 

[anat0l]

Neil Mangan Party Pies delivered to us @ MEL VA Lounge

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Poppy seeds?

Better not eat those if you're about to be subject to a random drug test (e.g. at some mine sites). One site I worked at knew that poppy seed bagels were popular at the local bakery, but if you were selected and if you so much as registered a mark on the drug test for whatever reason, you were subjected to disciplinary action.

 

[medhead]

Poppy seeds?

Better not eat those if you're about to be subject to a random drug test (e.g. at some mine sites). One site I worked at knew that poppy seed bagels were popular at the local bakery, but if you were selected and if you so much as registered a mark on the drug test for whatever reason, you were subjected to disciplinary action.

All I'm going to say is that Sir Joh, the mad peanut farmer from Kingaroy, said that once. I'll let you guess how correct it is.

 

[anat0l]

All I'm going to say is that Sir Joh, the mad peanut farmer, said that once. I'll let you guess how correct it is.

People have done some tests which must have happened since Sir Joh (when he was in power, alive thereafter and dead) and it still seems to show that "false positives" are possible.

It was enough said with anecdotes at that workplace's induction session so as to warn any of us not to eat poppy seed rolls on any work day.

 

[JohnK]

False positive!

Don't give credit to the machine. It got it totally wrong.

 

[erkpod]

I love this because I totally agree with the premise of the writer that there are some things we don't need to share on Facebook

http://www.mamamia.com.au/rogue/facebook-relationships/

There's a lot of truth to that. But if the relationship is cough from day 1, why be in it?

There's also something to be said about people's avatars. I can understand that some people don't want their real faces on display. I obviously don't mind - it has led to some people meeting up & recognising me that would not have done so otherwise.

But I hate it when some people have multiple people in their avatar or how some people change it often to suit a cause. Usually people with cause related avatars change theirs often.

Probably the worst ones on FB are the people with shared accounts. Husband Wife Kid Kid Kid Surname - FB accounts are free, you know!

 

[Princess Fiona]

There's a lot of truth to that. But if the relationship is cough from day 1, why be in it?

There's also something to be said about people's avatars. I can understand that some people don't want their real faces on display. I obviously don't mind - it has led to some people meeting up & recognising me that would not have done so otherwise.

But I hate it when some people have multiple people in their avatar or how some people change it often to suit a cause. Usually people with cause related avatars change theirs often.

Probably the worst ones on FB are the people with shared accounts. Husband Wife Kid Kid Kid Surname - FB accounts are free, you know!

Totally not a fan of the joint accounts, bit creepy that IMO

 

[medhead]

People have done some tests which must have happened since Sir Joh (when he was in power, alive thereafter and dead) and it still seems to show that "false positives" are possible.

It was enough said with anecdotes at that workplace's induction session so as to warn any of us not to eat poppy seed rolls on any work day.

Yeah ok. Whatever.

Alternatively people are covering up their drug taking. What was the shift roster. Because I have hear anecdotes of the introduction of drug testing turning a workforce from weed to opiate based drugs because of the much lower biological clearance time.

 

[medhead]

Totally not a fan of the joint accounts, bit creepy that IMO

But they are extremely useful for avoiding probate.

 

[erkpod]

Yeah ok. Whatever.

Alternatively people are covering up their drug taking. What was the shift roster. Because I have hear anecdotes of the introduction of drug testing turning a workforce from weed to opiate based drugs because of the much lower biological clearance time.

When drug testing was being introduced to my place of employment, it was easy to guess who the pot heads were in the lead up to testing.

"Hey man, what happens if you go to Canberra on the weekend, man, where it's totally fine, man, and you have a spliff & get tested on Monday, man..."

or

"What happens, man, if you walk through a train where people have been smoking, man..."

 

[erkpod]

Totally not a fan of the joint accounts, bit creepy that IMO

Joint accounts suggest either mistrust, one person doesn't see the need to be online but the other person does or ignorance.

 

[anat0l]

Yeah ok. Whatever.

Alternatively people are covering up their drug taking. What was the shift roster. Because I have hear anecdotes of the introduction of drug testing turning a workforce from weed to opiate based drugs because of the much lower biological clearance time.

It could have been that people were trying to cover up their habits, but beats me about it.

It wouldn't be so serious or funny if they weren't so uptight about it, but they were. They believed only the machine and pretty much had a view of guilty until proven innocent a la punish now and exonerate later (if it ever got to that). You only got two transgressions of any kind at that site - first one was a warning which is never cleared, the second time you are sacked.

Would likely take a union intervention and litigation to at least clear your name so you have a better chance of getting your next job.

I'm pretty sure it was a standard shift roster at the site, so three shifts a day, though the "office workers" (like us contractors / researchers) were naturally not on a shift schedule.

When drug testing was being introduced to my place of employment, it was easy to guess who the pot heads were in the lead up to testing.

"Hey man, what happens if you go to Canberra on the weekend, man, where it's totally fine, man, and you have a spliff & get tested on Monday, man..."

or

"What happens, man, if you walk through a train where people have been smoking, man..."

Yeah, at that site it won't do you any good. If you somehow are set upon by a pothead, it'd probably be better to injure yourself somehow to get a legitimate medical certificate so you can call in sick for the day to recover, rather than risk a random drug test at work and fail it.