The totally off-topic thread

[amaroo]

I wonder if it would be possible for a VW owner to drive the car back to the dealer and ask for a full refund as it was not the vehicle that was advertised? Even if it was a year or two old.

Hertz would give me a VW every other week ... I had to approach the SYD counter and say do not upgrade me if it's a VW. Sure, no help for existing owners however, I'd like to think I've made some prospective ones a moment to think!

 

[JohnK]

If its company supplied equipment, I think its fair that other people can use it.

The decent thing to do of course, is to return all borrowed items to their original position, this includes positioning monitors, plugging in borrowed cables/plugs, adjusting the chair to somewhat what it used to be. If something is needed, get the office manager to find a permanent solution.

I have no issue with someone using my chair.

What I have an issue with is someone using my chair and adjusting it to suit their needs. They do not know the current setting and are too stupid to return it back anyway.

What I also have an issue with is people taking the chair to use at meetings and then not returning the chair or returning the wrong chair to a desk. This has happened to me. I managed to find my chair in a meeting room on the other side of the office.

This is simply total lack of respect for other people's property. And yes I do not personally own the equipment but I am there to use it and I want the settings to be left alone to where I adjusted them. It is not asking for a lot.

 

[erkpod]

When I was on holidays recently, person/s unknown stole my (rather unique for my Place of Employment) bag that I use for work from the meal room where I left the bag. That person/s unknown removed the contents (work only documentation etc) & placed them where the bag was.


When I mentioned it, the response was "Why did you leave the bag there" to which my response was "So it's OK to steal a bag from within a restricted area?"

I am considering buying a replacement or two. It was a good talking point.

 

[Mal]

I am considering buying a replacement or two. It was a good talking point.

If you need any help sourcing, let me know...

 

[Major]

RIP Mike Gibson. A great broadcaster

Respected television sports journalist and presenter Mike Gibson dead, aged 75

 

[RooFlyer]

Worth a pic I thought.

 

[anat0l]

Word of the wise for all travellers: Don't pack more than you can comfortably manage to schlep from out the door of your origin to the door of your destination.

Sure, you may have the luggage allowance. Sure, the airlines will handily cart it halfway across the world for you after checking in. But it's all of the in between you need to worry about - that includes getting it off the baggage belt and to the next transport. It may also include any items (loose or otherwise) that you accumulate during the journey, and keep in mind that you may not have the same help (or amount of help) in moving that stuff when you started the journey as when you will end it.

 

[Deleted member]

When I was on holidays recently, person/s unknown stole my (rather unique for my Place of Employment) bag that I use for work from the meal room where I left the bag. That person/s unknown removed the contents (work only documentation etc) & placed them where the bag was.


When I mentioned it, the response was "Why did you leave the bag there" to which my response was "So it's OK to steal a bag from within a restricted area?"

I am considering buying a replacement or two. It was a good talking point.


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And fit it with a miniature tracking device!

 

[anat0l]

Milk in my previous workplace worked on an honour system, i.e. if you took milk for coffee, tea, etc., put a few coins in the communal pot so the milk could be replenished.

A few ladies shared a carton of milk that was often used by others even after continual notices that it was their milk only. Their solution was to dye the milk blue, which seemed to stave off potential petty thieves.

If only we had a good incentive for people to clean up after themselves at the sink area rather than just leave piles of dirty dishes, utensils and cups. The notice that clearly states that it is not the cleaner's responsibility to do the dishes doesn't seem to have any effect.

 

[clazman]

If only we had a good incentive for people to clean up after themselves at the sink area rather than just leave piles of dirty dishes, utensils and cups. The notice that clearly states that it is not the cleaner's responsibility to do the dishes doesn't seem to have any effect.

We tried throwing the dishes in the sink in the bin after a few days when cups were in short supply, people cleaned them and kept them at their desk

 

[JohnM]

Mind the gap.... Oops meant to include Erkpod's post .

 

[SeatBackForward]

Milk in my previous workplace worked on an honour system, i.e. if you took milk for coffee, tea, etc., put a few coins in the communal pot so the milk could be replenished.

A few ladies shared a carton of milk that was often used by others even after continual notices that it was their milk only. Their solution was to dye the milk blue, which seemed to stave off potential petty thieves.

If only we had a good incentive for people to clean up after themselves at the sink area rather than just leave piles of dirty dishes, utensils and cups. The notice that clearly states that it is not the cleaner's responsibility to do the dishes doesn't seem to have any effect.

The workplace where I've seen this work best was one that didn't provide any cutlery. Bring your own - you tend you look after your own things.

 

[medhead]

If only we had a good incentive for people to clean up after themselves at the sink area rather than just leave piles of dirty dishes, utensils and cups. The notice that clearly states that it is not the cleaner's responsibility to do the dishes doesn't seem to have any effect.

the interesting bit is when a cleaner does extra. In my office the cleaner often does the washing. Some people who have their own glasses, that just happen to be very similar to the work glasses, get rather upset when their glass is removed from the desk, washed and put in with the general glass collection.

I get around the issue by trying to always use the supplied plastic cutlery, if I even need cutlery, and also using paper hand towel as a plate. The only things I need to clean then are the sharp carving style knifes, the toasty machine (and that's so it's clean before I use it) and any plates used for cakes.

 

[dajop]

Often listed to UK chart top 10's loaded on sq (include top 10's each year from 1960 onwards). Often listen to my year of birth, but noticed one of the songs missing and replaced by something else. Rewriting history perhaps? Then I remembered that perhaps not appropriate to have a song on the list called "two little boys" given who was singing it.

 

[coriander]

Which fuel company had butane,isopentane and toluol too in their petrol?

I remember the ad, but can't picture it with a petrol company.

I do remember Esso "putting a tiger in your tank" (as a kid, I remember the tiger tail hanging from the petrol cap) and Amoco "with the final filter".

 

[Foreigner]

Milk in my previous workplace worked on an honour system, i.e. if you took milk for coffee, tea, etc., put a few coins in the communal pot so the milk could be replenished.

A few ladies shared a carton of milk that was often used by others even after continual notices that it was their milk only. Their solution was to dye the milk blue, which seemed to stave off potential petty thieves.

At $2 for 2L why bother.

 

[drron]

On the subject of milk there were 2 young Chinese ladies at the TRS desk in BNE in front of us.One opened her bag to let the agent see what she had bought.In the bag was a half empty plastic 1 litre milk bottle.The contents looked past their use by date.Hope it didn't leak in flight.

 

[QF WP]

And for those so concerned - anat0l was the best man at my wedding so we do talk a lot. We had a chat this evening and I hope that as a result we're back on the right track.

Great to hear you caught up with each other and "downloaded" - that's important to know you aren't alone in your struggles.

Missing seeing anat0l as we lived close to each other and he would often swing by on his walks and have a chat.

Been having a regular chat via email/Messenger with Flashback as well since he departed our shores. Miss him every time I hit Perth .

Similarly, I am burning the candle at both ends and the middle at the moment. My saviour will be next weeks' 8 night holiday in Fiji. I am turning off the iPhone when I leave and not getting a Fiji SIM, so I will be silent for the duration. Lying on a sunchair with a book and a Maitai or similar. I know this will be my last chance for a decent holiday until June/July school holidays next year.

 

[QF WP]

anat0l - I don't know you, and but have "recognised" your posts here since I first started lurking. I am not a relationship professional, but I can tell you that community, being it real tangible people around you, or in this day and age, on line such as AFF, is one of the best ways to keep an even keel in times of emotional turmoil.

When my marriage fell apart two years ago - not of my doing - I was left feeling battered, isolated, with almost zero support network - and it was the likes of people here on AFF, and a handful of other outlets, as well as neighbours I'd rarely interacted with other than a casual "Hello" as we passed in the street during the 19 years of living were I do, that got me by. Human interaction; judge-less, supportive, and virtual hand on the shoulder stuff - that this 48 year old man didn't do well.

Be open to that. Encourage it.

Life is a lot lot simpler accumulating toys, fine wine, and seat upgrades. They are the distractions that we've been fooled into thinking matter the most.

I'm sure you will find the answer to your questions. Don't rush. They need to come to you, not you to them.

Good luck!

I fondly recall our get together at the Hilton Bar in January...then this photo brings back further good memories:

 

[Foreigner]

Similarly, I am burning the candle at both ends and the middle at the moment. My saviour will be next weeks' 8 night holiday in Fiji. I am turning off the iPhone when I leave and not getting a Fiji SIM, so I will be silent for the duration. Lying on a sunchair with a book and a Maitai or similar. I know this will be my last chance for a decent holiday until June/July school holidays next year.

There's WiFi...coconut wireless?

And Mai Tai...That's Hawaiian too, no?