News from on high is that we’re back in office from Monday.
It’s fine for me - I can walk to work! I sometimes go in just because it’s cooler and my VPN isn’t working - but this doesn’t feel like a lot of notice for anyone who isn’t me
Bathroom and kitchen cleaned. Who am I!?
Someone who is welcome to clean mine. 👍
Haha ahhh nah lol! I can’t even do it for myself, I was only motivated because I have an electrician coming tomorrow morning (between 7am and 9am 💀). The REA has finally put in the job for the dead downlights and the stovetop (where only 2/4 burners work). It’s only taken since October 🙄
Just sent a pretty forceful sounding / legally threatening email to a client that still owes me a couple of grand. 4 months overdue invoice, all kindly worded follow up emails totally ignored. Spoke to him on the phone a few weeks back, said he’d pay by the following week but never did. Just taking the piss now, and I’m angry.
Give me my money, then they’re getting blacklisted for good. There’s more work to be done for this client (and I’m letting them think things will continue) but I’ve decided I won’t be doing it. I don’t want to work with people that have zero respect for what I do. I have the authority to say no, take your business with maybe payment elsewhere, and I plan to use it.
When I did mobile therapy, I had some many people get lax with their payments. This was before OSKO and payID. I had someone I’d been to visit four times take another six weeks after that to pay me. I think they only got their shit together when I started calling every second day to ask when payment was. THEY got pissy at me for pestering them for work done. We dropped each other after that.
I have so much experience debt collecting, lemme know if you’d like me to freelance for you 😂 I got legislation and regulations burned into my neurons.
That is the right call tho, no more work for them!
Cutting paper, laminating said paper, low key arvo. 1 hour to go!
Aldi have those acupuncture mats for sale this week. $16.99.
Of course I got one.
Can confirm they’re good. If they come with the spiky pillow, even better.
Yes it does.
I got a shakti years ago, they take a bit of getting used to, but by god they work on them tired feets.
the cats do disagree tho so YMMV
As soon as I put it on the floor the dog got on.
Movers have been and gone, those guys deserved a bigger tip. Not everything fit. Guess the location of “the most important box in the house”?
I wanna know if the air mattress survived?
Because those things can be iffy.
The sex dungeon™
Ya’ll have a dungeon? I just stash stuff under the bed!
I have enough stuff to equip one, but not a dedicated space
If that were true I’d at least know where it was
hrmm…
The booze cupboard?
We used to have a special box for remotes, cables. furniture screws and final odds and ends. Sometimes when we did containers from England, they’d’ve packed tea cups, tea and the kettle in there.
This special box is all the fixings for the extensive shelving system. Without it we’re fucked.
garage
New phone screen has an added advantage: the slowness on typing seems to have disappeared. I thought it was the new iOS that slowed it down, but man this is heaps better for no real change other than a new screen.
my brain is stuck today
I will do what I always do when it is stuck, tidy my work area and the living area
and make lists 🙂
These daily discussion threads are great for tracking what day it is. Sometimes I need a moment of pause to remember which thread is the current one
You mean, today is Thursday, not Wednesday?!
dammit, you made me double check …lol
It do be lunchtime
At the Lunched time straight snacking on ‘it’, and by ‘it’ I mean…
What’s for lunch? I’m hecka excited about the toastie I’ve got! Boyo made a tasty mince mix, gonna chuck that in with some cheese!
toasted chili cheese bread and a coffee
Sounds delicious, enjoy! My toastie was soo good!
Pie and salad
Hell yeah! What kinda pie?
Beef, bacon and cheese
The nap to meeting ratio is increasing.
Wish they’d give me garden leave. Not allowed to say anything to clients. Just feel like I’m going through the motions.
At least I’m getting paid.
Not allowed to say anything to clients.
“And you trust me not to do that?! Cause maaaaaan insert laugh. I fuckin wouldnt!”
I’ve heard notice period weeks drag on because you can’t do anything about them. You’ll have to find a way to make the most of them and not let it get to you too much
Naps and video games help when I’m working from home lol
A company wide email calling out the management for being cunts usually sorts out any notice period from my experience.
Sometimes you need to say what needs to be said. Management will hate you but you’ll forever have your coworkers’ respect
Honestly, nothing is stopping you from must leaving. Notice periods are a professional courtesy. You won’t be paid for the time you’re not there, but they can’t hold back your entitlements (like annual leave).
Trampled the shit out of this thing a few months ago doing the retaining wall and was worried it wouldn’t make it. After putting in the watering it has other ideas. I think it’s a giant taro / elephant ear thing:
Absolute messy jungle corner.
Seems like people rate them as indoor plants. Would be hilarious to have something like that taking up half the room.
it looks awesome
Such a lush looking space!
Think I’m lucky today, not much work to do due to finishing all my backlog earlier in the week.
If something doesn’t pop up today I’m going to have a cruisy day tomorrow as well.
For now I’m stapling paper together.
Winning! Sounds like you’ve earned a pizza night 🍕🍕
Oh I wish but I am going to make a monster burger tonight!
Michelle trachtenberg died? Wtf?
So sad, so young as well.
Very tragic.
Very sad to hear!
Might need to rewatch her episodes of Gossip Girl, her character had such amazing lines. “You can tell Jesus that the bitch is back.” and “Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to get drunk enough to make you all seem interesting.”
She’ll always be annoying Dawn to me.
Word! Such an awful tragedy
Boyo is the same, but aside from the musical episode, I never really paid much attention to Buffy. Which is sad, I’m sure I would have loved the fuck out of it. I know the soundtrack of the musical episode word for word though.
That’s my least favourite episode! 😂
I’m a musical theatre kid, I can’t help it… but I can see why people wouldn’t like it! Think I’ll be listening to the soundtrack on my drive home tonight!
I love musical theatre and Buffy but I cannot do them combined!
I heard that too, and had a similar reaction.
I know right?
From what I’ve read she had a liver transplant recently that resulted in complications.
Could be wrong though.
Bloody sad! Had no idea she was in so many roles.
Today is v. vague
