Happy Hump Day, Team!

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    14·
    29 days ago

    hehe I walked to the shops and survived.

    I won that war.

    But the neurologist long term neighbour rocked around to say g’day to mum and dad. Wasn’t a check up just hello. Fark me get two docs like that in the same room you are gonna get a lotta latin.

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
    13·
    29 days ago

    Amazing day today - drove down to Goolwa and caught an old/heritage “SteamRanger” train run by a Redhen railcar (the steam loco wasn’t operational, apparently) down to Victor Harbour. Amazing views out the window - it pretty much drives along the beach for about half the route

    View:

    And those of you who pay attention to my ramblings may recognise this little guy:

    In case you don’t, that’s a Vline H Set, the kind that used to run the afternoon/evening peak trains from southern cross to Wyndham Vale/Melton (or Bacchus Marsh)! I think it may have gotten a little lost, seeing as we’re in a teeny little town in SA! I don’t actually think the Victor Harbour line is still connected to the main Melbourne-Adelaide line like it used to be, but in any case, that’s a broad gauge line (for broad gauge H sets), while Melb-Ade has been standard gauge since the 90s

    Speaking of the junction with the mainline, this morning we stopped at Mount Barker Junction station, and managed to find a way inside. Pretty neat:

    We also went to a little station called Littlehampton which seems to have seen better days:

    Then we topped it all off with a trip on the Victor Harbour horse drawn tramway!

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        1·
        29 days ago

        Maybe, these are some of my less interesting experiences. I think the time I just casually hopped onto a bus into Adelaide when I was 15 without much plan was a more interesting tale

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      29 days ago

      And why shouldn’t Littlehampton have its own chook shed? Just needs a bit of wire mesh, a floor and some chooks I reckon.

      This is as much fun as the airport at Mt Gambier back in the 80s during the pilot strike - literally was a tin shed and a coke machine with all 3 of Mt Gambier’s taxis waiting outside in the boiling sun. I believe they’ve upgraded it since.

      • mysticgreg@aussie.zone
        4·
        29 days ago

        Very jealous of your trip Baku!!!

        I remember when Tulla Terminal 4 was a tin shed and a coke machine 🐅

        I believe they’ve upgraded it since.

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    13·
    30 days ago

    Told the GM that’s leaving that I can’t keep up anymore. He said I should make a task list and present it to my manager.

    Let’s see if they’ll be reasonable or not.

    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
      6·
      29 days ago

      Document! clockify is a good app with a free level that lets you break up and track work. Even a week or two of that broken into projecta/projectb/ admin/staff management/adhoc queries etc is enough to give you something to point to and ask how to change things. Or if you are asked to do something you can point to it and ask which thing should slide.

      (I mean this is totally a do as I say not as I do situation!!)

      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
        5·
        29 days ago

        Thanks for the heads up!

        I’ve got an excel sheet going, and so far I’ve got about 50% of things I need to complete asap.

        It’s sitting at 30 hours not including my day to day work.

        And that’s only half so far lol

      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4·
        29 days ago

        Do you mean the 2% company wide raise?

        Yeah I think that hurt some people really badly. Everything was fine for me until:

        1. I was approved for leave
        2. people started leaving

        If I hadn’t taken leave, I wouldn’t be so far behind, but it was approved. That’s the bit that’s annoying me. Why wasn’t someone keeping track of my clients while I was away?

        I’ll probably end up staying until I get probation in January as it’s proving difficult to get a role right now.

        At least then I’ve got security while I look elsewhere.

  • Duenan@aussie.zone
    12·
    29 days ago

    I hope don’t jinx myself with this.

    This morning I had more little meetings voicing my concerns and problems and my mental state and initially they decided that they’d assign extra staff to aid me at the end of the day,

    It’s now been decided that the problem I’ve been having at work has escalated enough now after a serious meeting today that the person will not be able to use the service that I look after and therefore will not be interacting with me at the end of the day.

    If that is true and holds true for the rest of the work year I’m really relieved finally, it may not stop everything but it will certainly mean I don’t end the day feeling super crappy and stressed about everything.

    One thing at a time but at least that’s a load taken off me from a work perspective.

    Edit: And thank you everyone here for your support and warm words of encouragement.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    12·
    29 days ago

    fucken’ hell, saw a guy on the tram in the seat across from get out his meth pipe and fill it up. His gf was already pretty manic and jumping around the tram.

    How do people lose sight of what is acceptable and what is not? 😣

  • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneEnglish
    11·
    29 days ago

    First world problem : pizza or fish & chups? Cbf cooking tonite. And no meat in the fridge. Or freezer. Bad me. Must go shopping this weekend.

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
    11·
    30 days ago

    Sorry, it double posted before, then I deleted one, and both vanished

  • tone212_@aussie.zone
    10·
    29 days ago

    Hate getting public transport late at night. Train from Collingwood to city, then train home from Flinders didn’t line up, 20 minute wait. Then another 12 minute delay on top of that. Feels like I went in a voyage to get home.

    Travelling at peak - no problem. Outside of peak, not fun if you need to catch more than one mode of transport.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    10·
    30 days ago

    Holy shit I had some weeeeeird dreams… calling Gina Rnehart about a rotted out power pole that I pushed over indoors at the Northcote Automotive Museum (?? It had a network of indoor roads…), having a tooth rot out (my dental hygiene is bad tbh), and @Force_majeure123 appeared out of nowhere with a comment saying everything’s going to be alright 😭

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    9·
    29 days ago

    That’s a wrap on a really intense work week. Who thought taking 4 hours off last week would be so hard to make up over 3 days. Some weeks are cruisey but it feels like I’ve done a week’s worth in 3 days. And then I’ve got to get cracking on uni tomoz. Have dinner at a friend’s and no time or energy to make anything. Then dinner out with another friend Friday. I hope to be able to get everything unpacked over the weekend and just blob out a bit. I sure will tonight after seeing the psych.

  • Nath@aussie.zone
    9·
    29 days ago

    I have a task in my change this afternoon to execute a release pipeline called “Order 66”. The task has been worded as “Execute order 66”.

    None of my colleagues thinks this is funny. 😞

  • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
    8·
    29 days ago

    GRRRRRRR the drainage I put in is draining, but it ain’t ocming out the hole.

    If weather permits I’m gonna stick my endoscope on some yellowtongue and shove it up 'er