The totally off-topic thread

[Quickstatus]

I don't have any friends or family, so don't have anything better to do once I cancelled my trip to Japan.

We are here!!

 

[donovan301]

Memory is failing since it was Amanita muscaria. But I'd suggest maybe you always carry some when in country areas just in case!

Ahh, fair enough.

That being the case. I'd say enjoy (or bear ) the ride.

Personal note, stay away from Jelly babies and Animal crackers.

Gets a little Jumanji

;-)

 

[medhead]

1. When I worked in a nightclub everyone kept their own tips from every transaction. We were a cash only venue (quite rare these days, but very common at the time). In the first hour you didn't make a cent. As the night wore on patrons would pay using a banknote, but not want any coins for change. This meant as a bartender you could wear a pair of jeans full of coins by the end of a shift. On a good night it wasn't uncommon to bring home ~$30-50 in shrapnel per shift. The irony of this system is that sometimes the bar manager got paid less than the bartenders.

Best tip I ever got as a taxi driver was at about 4am, the guy empties his jeans pocket into the center console while saying "there ya go". The tip was about twice the fare. Love $2 coins.

 

[medhead]

iMessage broken. SWMBO not happy that I didn't bring medicine to her. All my fault that I didn't get the message, it would seem I need to make sure that imessage servers are always working.

 

[penegal]

$2 coins add up quickly medhead.

 

[penegal]

I resisted the temptation to go out tonight (e.g. All my friends didn't reply to my messages), so now I am staring at the ceiling.

What an exciting life I lead.

Might as well head into the office again tomorrow.

 

[medhead]

lol
I'm watching the harry potter channel on foxtel, while waiting for children to be well asleep before putting out easter eggs. Plus also checking work email, some people get a bit freaked at email send at 1 am.
Could probably work on the poster for the conference in May. Or investigate Xero more. or not...

 

[Flashback]

I resisted the temptation to go out tonight (e.g. All my friends didn't reply to my messages), so now I am staring at the ceiling.

What an exciting life I lead.

Might as well head into the office again tomorrow.

You still owe me a visit in London!

 

[JohnK]

Sorry to hear, are you heading to the medical merry-go-round

In spite of all the medical advances and billions spent on healthcare, the mortality rate of the human race is 100%.

Only if you believe that death in this life time is the end....

 

[Quickstatus]

Only if you believe that death in this life time is the end....

Still gotta die first. Wouldn't mind coming back as a CL/P1 with LTG and with similar status across all the airlines though

 

[penegal]

You still owe me a visit in London!

You weren't there last time I visited!!!

Mr Flowers keeps asking me to visit also, so I should pop over to London soon.

 

[Bundy Bear]

Happy Easter from Osaka Japan.

One travel tip for the week, wear sunscreen if you are walking around outside even if the temperature is in single numbers.

 

[jukebox333]

Happy Easter everyone!



(Cadbury now slipping limited edition turtle heads in to packs of their mini eggs...)

 

[coco50]

WOW. Tips definitely vary wildly between venues. Anything with alcohol tends to open the wallet a bit more. Also more upmarket venues tend to attract more tips.

In my short bar-tending career the best I made was about $100 AUD in tips in the nightclub on a public holiday eve when I was still at university. I was standing, and serving drinks for about 7.5 hours, so approx $13 an hour, which more than doubled my income.

Since starting professional work I have to be very careful with accepting any gift, gratuity or hospitality. Since the early 2000s gifts have become very rare for our industry. Occasionally you get some nice hospitality at a function, but even then the gift register rules are pretty tight, especially for anything which involves people outside the company. The last "gift" I received was a bottle of wine from my one-up manager when I was promoted in June 2012. I'm still not sure if she paid for it herself, or if it came out of her budget, but it was a nice touch.

You have to be so careful in many occupations. I have a daughter who is a town planner working for a council in Sydney. She just about records everything in the register because of the taint of corruption that could accrue from accepting a gift. I think they have very strict rules on the upper limit (monetary) of gifts that they can accept

 

[coco50]

Happy Easter from Osaka Japan.

One travel tip for the week, wear sunscreen if you are walking around outside even if the temperature is in single numbers.

... and don't eat the yellow snow!

 

[Cynicor]

You weren't there last time I visited!!!

Mr Flowers keeps asking me to visit also, so I should pop over to London soon.

Coming back out west anytime soon?

 

[cove]

Now coco50 I fell asleep with your yellow snow thought last night.....

 

[cove]

As a lucky break we went to Waitrose and Hotel Chocolat stores last night to pick items up instead of Easter Sunday to find out the whole shopping centre will be closed today.
We leave before the shops open on Monday.

 

[GarrettM]

Have damaged one of the guides on my favourite beach fishing rod. Not happy.

 

[penegal]

Coming back out west anytime soon?

Imminently.

We should do another dinner, although my liver is still recovering from Uppy last time.