Parcel woes resolved! Hardly anybody was in the LPO, so no wait. They were really really nice! One of the things I ordered was really big, so they suggested I go around to a garage door they have in the back which they then opened up for me to make it easier to get things into the car

I think my suspicion they didn’t scan things in correctly is right, because after I picked them up, it sent me a message saying they’re ready for collection (again). Even right now they’re still telling me that my parcels are awaiting collection

In any case, I’m now praying nothing is wrong with my phone lines and this stupid FTTC box thing works. It’s currently just flashing blue and making clicking noises (which after a bit of google is apparently because my box eats some electricity to shove down the phone line and into the NBN pit to power their equipment. Which is kinda cool but also seems weird I’m paying their power bill. But anyways). It takes up to 20 minutes they say, but if it doesn’t turn solid blue within that, then I get to call my ISP yet again and have them send somebody to figure out what’s wrong. Then potentially need to haggle with the landlord to get them to fix whatever decrepid old hellhole of wire is probably frayed and broken in the wall

Feels kind of gutting that if arsehole politicians weren’t arsehole politicians, I could’ve just had fibre directly piped in and wouldn’t have had to deal with any of these problems, and could’ve gotten 10x better speeds. Sigh

E: oh, but I went for lunch with a mate and tried an actual creme brulee! I’ve only ever had the stuff from the little plastic can thing in the dairy section at the supermarket. It was nice, though I didn’t realise it was crunchy