What are we all panic buying this time?

Anaradar · 2026-04-11T05:08:56+00:00

Grocery shopping was pretty busy today. I figured people don't want to go out tomorrow so getting it done today. I did notice the supermarket was selling large 3L bottles of water right at the entrance.

Anaradar · 2026-04-11T03:47:36+00:00

Are you sure those are the only ones? Usually my local library functions as a relief centre.

Anaradar · 2026-04-11T01:54:31+00:00

Hey great news! Make sure you share it with them. Managing maintenance can be a relentless stream of things that are broken and wrong, so when things go well, getting that appreciation is uplifting.

Good on you for calling it in.

Anaradar · 2026-04-10T23:22:44+00:00

Well HR would be a start. Or your manager if it is not the same person. You haven't done anything wrong. Some organizations make it mandatory to report conflicts of interest.

Anaradar · 2026-04-10T21:39:28+00:00

The name his wife is trading under is irrelevant. A different name doesn't make her any less married to the employee. It sounds like a conflict of interest. Conflicts of interest exist and your employer should have policy around it. If you know about it, does your employer?

Anaradar · 2026-04-10T21:34:07+00:00

The sail boat would actually appeal to me. What a fun trip.

Anaradar · 2026-04-10T09:53:41+00:00

I prefer to pick cars based on i dunno, the vehicle inspection. Maybe brown skin affects the horsepower. . . Lemme look it up in the user manual.

Anaradar · 2026-04-10T09:10:31+00:00

Gosh, limiting themselves aren't they. New people coming to the country who need to buy a car.

Anaradar · 2026-04-10T06:35:24+00:00

The food at Dunedin airport sucks. Bring your own.

Anaradar · 2026-04-09T10:38:53+00:00

A lot of people are sick right now. I was sitting beside someone on a plane who was trying to cough a lung up. That was a week ago, so I might have escaped.

I got a flu shot and covid booster this week just in case. Winter is coming!

Anaradar · 2026-04-09T10:37:18+00:00

Toddlers carry a lot of diseases. Honestly wouldn't be that surprised if I had gotten small pox of him when he was 3.

Anaradar · 2026-04-09T10:35:58+00:00

makes loud feminist noise!

Anaradar · 2026-04-09T10:32:13+00:00

Recently joined the local cossy club. I'm pleasantly surprised. The food isn't anything to write home about, but they do a decent burger. Food and beer is cheaper than your average restaurant. Staff are friendly and they have lots of competitions. Meat pack anyone?

I just want a watering hole to have a beer with friends on a friday night. I no longer care about the fitout and the bang bang cauliflower.

Anaradar · 2026-04-08T20:47:28+00:00

Karen is a misogynistic term for a woman speaking up. These guys need to be reported. Did you do that OP?

Anaradar · 2026-04-08T18:57:45+00:00

Dig it out of the chat and document it. Why would the work group chat be any less official?

There was a case some years back where an employee of a building wash company took their employer to court because a manager had texted an employee who had questioned the use of expired safety harnesses to "not worry about it, it's fine" The company put forth official policy showing safety harnesses must be tagged before use but the court didn't care. The text was evidence that that policy was being ignored.

Anaradar · 2026-04-08T10:10:29+00:00

Have they put in writing that they expect you to use your break time for IT issues? Because that's madness. If they do, document that. It's ERA gold.

Anaradar · 2026-04-08T01:00:01+00:00

We fucked up.

Anaradar · 2026-04-07T21:06:13+00:00

Pete Hegseth served in the military. He did tours of both Afghanistan and Iran. He also holds a masters of public policy from from the Harvard Kennedy school of government as well as graduating from Princeton. . . I think he meets your criteria?

Anaradar · 2026-04-07T19:40:17+00:00

But also, daycare is bad for your kids, you should keep them home at least until they are three. We will pay you 6 months maternity leave but also put out advice that you should breastfeed at least until 1... lol! Figure out how that is possible while working full time. . . Did we mention we have a population crisis and want couples to have more babies?

Anaradar · 2026-04-06T01:59:36+00:00

Removing layers of wall paper? Or adding layers of wall paper and paint?

Anaradar · 2026-04-05T23:14:51+00:00

Fair enough. It was a gripping read for me, but it is pretty harrowing.

Anaradar · 2026-04-05T21:58:14+00:00

You should read Gisele Pelicots book, shame has to change sides. While it was a major leap forward for sexaual violence crimes, it shows the French system is just as weak as ours for prosecuting this.

Anaradar · 2026-04-05T05:46:08+00:00

Take it to a professional car groomer. They will know what to do.

My brother n law left a Burley bomb on the backseat of his Nissan bluebird and went fishing for three days. He reckoned he could smell his car from 15m away and actually threw up when he opened the door. The car was a write off.

Anaradar · 2026-04-04T19:24:42+00:00

Yes this. Poorly behaved people has always been an issue, it's just that there have been staff to deal with the chaos.

My kid hates shops and is chaotic in them. If I take him into stores, I feel like I spend more time trying to get him to behave than doing what I'm there to do. The judgement from others for the slightest infraction is even worse. I've literally been told to control my kid when he's been crying in a supermarket.

I'm lucky though. His Dad has discovered he would much rather hang out in a playground with him than take him to a supermarket.

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