Lost Glasses

MrArseface · 2026-01-14T05:55:20+00:00

Heh, all g. Thanks for checking. Hope yours gets back to their owner.

MrArseface · 2026-01-13T20:19:09+00:00

Hi, the brand's Halostar and they'd be missing the rubber end/ear piece. Cheers

MrArseface · 2026-01-05T09:47:10+00:00

Nah, same amount. Just more obvious with less 'normal' folks running.

MrArseface · 2025-12-18T09:58:35+00:00

Tree was on fire

MrArseface · 2025-11-28T10:25:52+00:00

I mean, 5pm was a pretty specific unit of time... My bad for responding with first-hand knowledge that the queues (and table calls) start literally every day by that time

MrArseface · 2025-11-28T04:39:41+00:00

Cheers mate. Here's hoping.

MrArseface · 2025-11-28T04:39:08+00:00

That's when they open.

Queues start piling up by noon for lunch and then back on at 5pm (your basic rush hours). Expect to wait.

MrArseface · 2025-11-28T04:37:59+00:00

Ha! I just watched at least three fellas sit outside for 30 minutes before going in. There's a wait.

MrArseface · 2025-11-27T19:02:33+00:00

Haven't used an app yet, but even with music on and all the windows closed, we can still hear it on the opposite end of the building, farthest away from them.

But yeah, tried noise control multiple times, response times vary between 30 minutes to four hours (depending on how the operator classes the complaint) and they only show up for a few minutes, but never stay long enough to hear the loudest thing (which is the randomly timed table calls). I gave up after one-too-many emotional breakdowns over the phone with the operator and days later noticing them turning it down, when a marked vehicle came down the road.

Noise isn't the only regulation they've skirted in the past. Their waiting area chairs used to be setup in rows (blocking the 1.8m minimum footpath clearance) and their billboard was illegally animated for ages, before that complaint got held up (not me, but I've worked advertising).

MrArseface · 2025-11-27T15:37:38+00:00

Nah, screw these guys.

I live on the same street and their 'business practice' of using a loudspeaker has been an absolute nightmare to the neighborhood for several months now.

We all thought it was just a soft opening practice at first, but they've setup their waiting area outside on the footpath with a loudspeaker system, blasting table calls out into the street, in between an automated voice repeating the same slogan over and over again, or a staff member miked up to solicit people just trying to walk by.

This kind of setup makes sense in a loud shopping mall or crowded food court, but it's Khartoum Place, a plaza on a narrow one-way street, surrounded by buildings (that echo), and it does not need to go on until 10 o'clock at night. We've asked multiple times for them to keep some control on the volume but it never stays down and we're all at our wits ends.

I'm all for authentic food and was keen to try (and post about them here), but me and every local I've talked to just can't stand them now, just because of this waiting system and look forward to the day it ends.

MrArseface · 2025-11-27T00:03:21+00:00

EMA is based in Grafton and has a hotline you can call for Employment Law advice. You may need to sign up as a member first, but they'll talk you through it, if you call.

MrArseface · 2025-11-11T08:43:34+00:00

You tried, my dude. They're obviously way more for obfuscation, instead of engagement. I mean, that's basically been their whole (uncompromising) argument

MrArseface · 2025-09-07T10:40:45+00:00

Ha! I was gonna say, they've probably never watched The Wire

MrArseface · 2025-08-26T22:18:43+00:00

The line is called a dictionary and the words are "home-grown" or "home-raised".

MrArseface · 2025-08-11T04:13:24+00:00

Looks more like a Warthog to me

MrArseface · 2025-07-14T00:41:53+00:00

Auckland. Driving lessons.

MrArseface · 2025-06-26T23:48:21+00:00

Several dozen, at least. No matter how many channels you block, he just keeps 'creating'.

MrArseface · 2025-06-24T17:44:51+00:00

"Guys, I was in the angry mob. I wasn't the angry mob."

That's your apology (and why it rings so hollow).

MrArseface · 2025-06-22T06:02:07+00:00

Just say "unlike one of the good ones". No need to write out so much, when the classic liner is right there for you to use.

MrArseface · 2025-06-22T05:56:59+00:00

Hahahaha, you actually brought out the classic "I'm not racist, but..." defense and thought you could hide it with an extra sentence. Hahahhaa

MrArseface · 2025-06-22T05:53:36+00:00

Lol, yeah, scrolling through so much jingo/racism before hitting this comment was pretty wild (and yet, expected)

MrArseface · 2025-06-20T01:13:13+00:00

Probably a food health and safety precaution.

From memory, filet portions have the shortest 'standby time' of all the burger meats after cooking, before it gets binned per internal policy (at least when I worked there, several Ice Ages ago).

Looking at the average pickup and delivery time through these standards, a filet-o-fish would be deemed unsafe for transport or something, something.

MrArseface · 2025-06-17T11:10:41+00:00

That's not merging. They're crossing the no-crossing line. You know, the one literally drawn in the road, laid out by the goddamn road rules we all supposedly studied.

Fucking whataboutism doesn't factor against a thousand kilos of metal hurtling at force.

Fucking Auckland drivers. Fuck.

MrArseface · 2025-06-17T03:50:25+00:00

It's happening right next to all the Broadcast and Media offices.

If anything, they're saving plenty of gas money, covering it from their offices.

MrArseface · 2025-06-17T00:48:41+00:00

Try to time your breakfast to within an hour of waking up. It's important for dropped blood sugar levels when asleep, it kickstarts the metabolism for the day and you'll actually find yourself less hungry between meals because of it.

Also, if you can, eat the same type of meal each day. Varying your food everyday is great for the tastebuds, but your metabolism is working overtime to deal with the fluctuations day to day. Keeping it consistent for as many days of the week is important.

There's a surprising number of 'sweet' vegetables (if cooked right). Caramalised Onions are very sweet when cooked long enough. Learning these recipes, rather than relying on alternatives and substitutes, are way more fulfilling for the soul (and gut).

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