The totally off-topic thread

[Julesmac]

I'll be very interested to see what comes out of the investigation into these first bushfires in Victoria. Just wondering what the penalty would be if I owned a property and was doing a little clear up fire which got out of control like some of these. No doubt they'd come down on me like a ton of bricks. Wondering which rocket scientist in the department of smoke and fires thought a 'controlled burn' on a hot day with strong winds would be a good move....

 

[blackcat20]

Oh goodie. Three people that I work with are having major personality clash issues, and are taking turns to come to me to complain about the others.

 

[Bindibuys]

Oh goodie. Three people that I work with are having major personality clash issues, and are taking turns to come to me to complain about the others.

How I love being the only one in the office (whilst singing along with the radio)

 

[blackcat20]

How I love being the only one in the office (whilst singing along with the radio)

It was completely ridiculous this morning, they were behaving like children...

 

[rainbowgirl]

It was completely ridiculous this morning, they were behaving like children...

The more I observe people in many situations the more I realise that social problems faced during childhood are not exclusively "childhood problems" These issues are present in all stages of life. Sometimes adults have better coping and management skills but in many cases, adults are no better at being tolerant of other people and their differences than children are.

 

[erkpod]

A few weeks ago, I posted about getting a drink machine for my Place of Employment. Just in time for summer, we ended up getting a second hand machine on Gumtree for $350. The previous owner used it for personal use as a bar fridge.

Cans are $1.20 because that was how the last guy had it set up. If we want to change the price, we need to get a new coin mechanism.

 

[Pushka]

Gogglebox - is actually funny!

 

[JohnK]

Oh goodie. Three people that I work with are having major personality clash issues, and are taking turns to come to me to complain about the others.

That's not good.

People are not meant to spend long hours with strangers. I don't want to put up with people's quirks. I am quite lucky that I keep to myself a lot and the quiet room helps.

Once I sell the apartment the shackles are off. I can just about put up with golf 3/4 days a week and spend the rest of the time in my bedroom at home.

Oh the dreams....

 

[Warks]

Gogglebox - is actually funny!

Putting Doctor Who in front of them was an excuse for boofheads who don't know any better to slag it off though! It's a bit odd to get them to watch such a niche show and come in on series 10 (?) of the revamp in the second part of a two-parter.

I find the show funniest when they have reality TV being watched.

 

[Julesmac]

Gogglebox - is actually funny!

I agree Pushka - I've just discovered it and it's my guilty secret! I reckon it's hilarious, especially the older woman, whose name escapes me. She comes out with some cracker lines!

 

[Pushka]

Putting Doctor Who in front of them was an excuse for boofheads who don't know any better to slag it off though! It's a bit odd to get them to watch such a niche show and come in on series 10 (?) of the revamp in the second part of a two-parter.

I find the show funniest when they have reality TV being watched.

Think I am a boofhead then as Dr Who has never grabbed me for a nano. My brother on the other hand loves it. So I agreed with what the goggleboxers were saying.

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Bloody airconditioning in Office still not fixed and it is currently 33 degrees here. Having to send staff home as there are some who sit right next to the sunny windows. Three freaking weeks.
The aircond people walk into any unoccupied office, grab some chairs, and close the door and sit around and have their lunch, some three hours after they have arrived. Today we had a full compliment of our people. No spare space. One of the bosses left to go to the bathroom, came back, and one of the workers had installed himself there! When the boss return from the bathroom needless to say he got a serve. They continue to tap into our wifi. We are trying to get it changed but our IT people (offsite) aren't responding.

Tuesday they gave us a box of chocolates. I asked why. They said it was so we dont complain as it was taking so long. Yep, right, bribes always work with me. Lodged a complaint with the landlord last night.

 

[drron]

Chocolates?just tell them they melted.

 

[JohnK]

Note to self.

Always open the mail when it arrives. A $20 food and beverage voucher for your birthday that expires 31/03/015 is useless on 09/10/2015.

 

[Flashback]

Think I am a boofhead then as Dr Who has never grabbed me for a nano. My brother on the other hand loves it. So I agreed with what the goggleboxers were saying.

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Bloody airconditioning in Office still not fixed and it is currently 33 degrees here. Having to send staff home as there are some who sit right next to the sunny windows. Three freaking weeks.
The aircond people walk into any unoccupied office, grab some chairs, and close the door and sit around and have their lunch, some three hours after they have arrived. Today we had a full compliment of our people. No spare space. One of the bosses left to go to the bathroom, came back, and one of the workers had installed himself there! When the boss return from the bathroom needless to say he got a serve. They continue to tap into our wifi. We are trying to get it changed but our IT people (offsite) aren't responding.

Tuesday they gave us a box of chocolates. I asked why. They said it was so we dont complain as it was taking so long. Yep, right, bribes always work with me. Lodged a complaint with the landlord last night.

Given it's a very quick job to change the WiFi password, that's pretty poor on your IT providers behalf! It can even be done remotely and doesn't need someone to come onsite to do it :shock:

 

[Pushka]

Given it's a very quick job to change the WiFi password, that's pretty poor on your IT providers behalf! It can even be done remotely and doesn't need someone to come onsite to do it :shock:

I thought it could be done remotely. I will email them again Monday with disappointment.

After promising it would be finished tonight of course it wasn't. Should have put a bet on it. We closed at 4.30 because it was just so hot and stuffy.

 

[coriander]

One of my staff have a property in the path of the fire NW of Lancefield. They evacuated early and we currently have two cats, three dogs, four chooks and two sheep in the clinic. At last report, the fire was approximately 500m from their property and heading towards it because of the wind change.

They were allowed back to their property today. Fire stopped (or was stopped) at bottom of their hill ( they're at top and fire usually races up a hill). Couple of fences had been clipped and there were tracks of trucks in some of the burned grass so it looks like the CFA angels were there. So all sheep etc left to themselves were all ok, just needed rounding up as they'd left all the gates open to allow the animals a chance of escape. On the bright side, they now have a big black firebreak about 500m from their property.

 

[whatmeworry]

35 thousand people were tracking a plane from Dortmund to Liverpool.

https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/652153803643314176

 

[drron]

Met some of Pushka's aircon workers on holiday here in Costa Rica-

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[Pushka]

Did they leave their empty coffee drink cartons at the base of the trees drron?

 

[drron]

Looked more like soft drink bottles.But the coffee cartons may have drifted down the river.Pics taken from a boat.