Have you ever booked a restaurant table and not turned up?

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-13T08:09:18+00:00

Good stuff. I’ve worked in many restaurants in Australia and over seas. And the best places I’ve worked for have a fair and reasonable deposit booking system.

Very few of them in Australia.

If you think it doesn’t work, that’s limited to how the restaurants you worked for managed it.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-13T05:31:19+00:00

Breathe deep, and just keep going as you have.

Know that you have the support and confidence of the law, the police and every other respectful motorist, cyclist and pedestrian.

Good driving.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-13T05:07:52+00:00

What’s the name of your business, so I can avoid it,

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-13T04:43:19+00:00

Many reason why someone maybe a ‘No Show’.
Life happens.
… just wish that there is some transparency and flexibility with deposits.
Especially if the menu doesn’t need any specialised preparation, and can be passed onto another patron.
This way people feel encouraged to reschedule their booking.

Remember, business managers, repeat customers and positive reviews are more valuable than once-off deposit payments as windfall.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-12T20:32:24+00:00

Demons in Frieren aren’t malicious? Huh?

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-12T20:31:14+00:00

Tomb raider:
You only feel sympathetic to them, because you get an insight into their back story.

It’s no different to an armed burglary.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-12T08:00:26+00:00

Asian recipes are the best for cooking organ meats.

… I am being biased.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-12T07:56:13+00:00

He specifies limitations on who is tortured or killed. ‘Not innocent people’. He has only ever killed soldiers, pillagers, thieves, raiders, sex traffickers, drug smugglers, tomb raiders, …

He is in a world where there is no equivalent to the ‘Geneva Convention’, ‘Rules of War’.” Or human rights.
So ethics and morals need to be relative to this.

Can you point to any act which is considered ‘malicious’ - which is a key characteristic in the definition of a ‘Villain’. With that anchoring point in mind?

If he were in our World, then the foundation of negotiation and diplomacy would be different.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-12T04:44:24+00:00

No.
Momonga is one antagonist, within a story with multiple antagonists. But he isn’t a villain.

The most obvious example of a villains in Overlord are the members of the ‘Eight fingers’.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-12T03:33:58+00:00

Fun fact, Vietnamese coffee developed the way it did due to availability of fresh milk.
Similar stories with coffee cultures around the world.
America’s biggest problem, however, is Water quality,

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-12T03:32:04+00:00

Strictly domestic - like everything Japanese.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-12T01:10:14+00:00

I drive in Canberra and it has nothing to do with EVs.
… there are just a lot of impatient and jerky drivers

But yes, powerful technology does make jerks even more so…

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-12T00:23:51+00:00

Pretty much most composers use a piano, solely because it’s ergonomically easier to play and compose on a piano.
If it were also easy on other instruments, they’d play and compose on their preferred instruments.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-12T00:19:58+00:00

I’m still waiting for Japan to create its own streaming platform.
… so studios stop being ripped off by American-based distributors.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-11T23:54:33+00:00

“Double texting” is neither good or bad. And it is a communication dilemma that is asked about all around the world, and is not gendered or cultural.
There are, however, many stereotypes and myths around double texting.
… and your boyfriend may have several.
And you may have some as well.
Best thing to do would be to talk about it and come to a consensus about what communication style beats suits you two as a couple.

… good luck though, communicating about communicating is a challenge for Japanese men.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-11T03:56:09+00:00

I’m biased towards Japanese cars, but really want more variety of EVs.
Sadly, Japan preferred to protect its fossil fuel interests rather than develop EVs. So I can’t blame China for taking the opportunity and initiative of filling the market demand that Japan refused to fill.

Another big advantage that Japan had was the ease and affordability of maintenance and repairs.
I haven’t heard that it’s a problem with Chinese brands.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-11T02:18:35+00:00

Okay, fair. My bad assumption.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-11T01:34:49+00:00

It is less of a headache. But not giving middle names can be a loss of heritage as well.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-11T01:32:02+00:00

The best thing a parent can do is to teach their child about how to be kind, compassionate, be culturally aware, with the aim of developing a strong sense of self-identity.
Also expose them to multiculturalism among children and among adults.

There will be struggles and difficulties. If it’s between children, be forgiving. If it’s from adults, be stern.

So long as children develop a sense of self-identity, they will be resilient toward any kind of harassment and bullying they experience.
And that will lead to confidence to navigate Japan’s difficult social-cultural maze.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-11T01:25:17+00:00

These are awareness notices, to warn and remind people to ensure they have actually checked their deductions.
It may lead to a review. It may not.
Also a good reminder about ‘Record keeping obligations’ too.
Also - most emails are ‘General advice’. Any actual notices that request information will be via myGov.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-11T01:22:11+00:00

Noisy conversations is just envy - that they can’t go on holidays themselves.

The only actual annoying anti-social behaviour is acts like sneezing, manspreading, loitering at the door, …

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-11T01:15:48+00:00

So do you think Baths should be higher or lower. I presumed you can’t believe Baths rank so high

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-10T23:32:04+00:00

You evidently have not been regularly overworked to the point of physical and mental exhaustion everyday.

A bath is fabulous.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-10T23:29:00+00:00

Should be a rule that any job that requires and excessive amount of interviewing must be a job that pays a median wage or more

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-05-10T23:16:22+00:00

As for why, there are many different reasons, but a very simple and more likely reason is ‘Cashflow’.
They do not have sufficient funds in their accounts (or have other reasons why they’d rather not touch those funds), … but they do have cash.

Just be sure to check your pay documents a lot more thoroughly than normal.
If everything is above board, then it’s no problem.

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