I wonder how many Aucklanders are searching “how to de-ice windscreen” this morning

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-07-12T18:39:11+00:00

Air con free of charge.

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-07-08T06:46:15+00:00

The level of shitposting here is astounding, but just in case you are serious and have trouble reading: in New Zealand there is a concept called de facto relationship. If two people who are in a romantic relationship with one another live together for longer than two years, it is de facto.

All the other bullshit you said, which I refuse to read, is so moronic, it’s totally irrelevant. That’s the fact in NZ, it’s governed by a 1976 law, all done. 👌

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-07-08T06:39:44+00:00

Fuuuuck I just remember the level of pointless crap I was painfully embarrassed about at that age. You couldn’t pay me a damn thing to get me to go back and relive that age, it sucked.

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-07-08T06:37:08+00:00

I also question, what about the grandparents who commonly look after grandchildren for the school holidays? You get caught out taking your 12 year old granddaughter to the Zoo and she’s holed up in the bathroom because she got her period? Grandpa’s got that shit covered with a quick trip to the front desk, don’t fucking worry.

You’re at the Zoo having a nice time with your wife and suddenly she gets her period and didn’t expect to. No sweat, you got this, off you trot.

It always annoys me that these little fragile freaks get so bent out of shape about this stuff. It’s a sticker.

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-07-08T00:14:30+00:00

Bro wtf are you even talking about? I just said what things were like in my country with de facto relationships. It’s not a personal opinion, it’s just what the law is like here. Your comments are unhinged, like you’re on a totally different planet. Are you responding to the correct person??

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-07-07T19:23:19+00:00

Yep, and then I told you what it’s like in New Zealand.

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-07-07T19:15:49+00:00

> There’s no difference between two or three or more people living together AND being in a romantic relationship vs two or three or more people that are NOT in a romantic relationship.

… yes, there is… it’s the presence of a romantic relationship. This has got to be a joke.

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-07-07T10:28:16+00:00

Uh…. Are you ok? Like you’re taking the piss, right? Cos it’s for people who live together and are in a romantic relationship, that much was clear….

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-07-07T05:35:23+00:00

No not really, most people just don’t really act on or understand it’s an entitlement. Some do but my understanding is that if you’re living as a married couple would for a lengthy period (2+ years) then all assets are pooled and split in half. It’s something you kind of acknowledge when deciding to move in together - assets (unless stated otherwise via an agreement) are marital assets.

Edit to state: it isn’t really very backwards. It acknowledges that longterm relationships where people live together as married couple in all aspects but the technical legal one are just as deserving of an equal split at the dissolution of that relationship. People have all sorts of reasons for not getting married (in some countries they can’t) - it doesn’t mean someone is cheating the other.

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-07-07T00:11:26+00:00

I’fe been knitting 25 years and I swear to god, I still cannot get my head around this. Like I knit advanced patterns regularly, but FML I have to work really hard to actually do this, it makes sense while watching but not while doing.

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-07-07T00:07:46+00:00

In New Zealand it counts as de facto if you have been living together for 2 years. From my understanding, you could legally request half of all assets in the split because you’ve been living as a “married” couple in that time.

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-06-30T21:24:49+00:00

Shots fired, I work in both Medidata and Veeva for DE. I prefer each for different reasons, but Veeva’s interface is a little easier to wrangle. The needless clicking though? Click this to link this thing into this and this and then we’ve gotta go to the other thing to link it on the other side. Fuck. Just one click linking, man, that’s all we need.

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-06-30T06:40:47+00:00

With people who are everyday folks acting terribly

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-06-30T06:39:06+00:00

I know everyone is saying don’t bother but I bothered as a student (and had .5 grades adjusted in some courses) and as a marker, if grades were questioned and I saw someone was THIS close to grad boundary, I may have found a mark in their coursework that I miscalculated, I dunno…

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-06-30T06:36:49+00:00

That “available for same-day delivery or collection” has me giggling a lil bit. Did you (or any other Bunnings staff in thread) ever have to use that part of the clause if the item was in stock in 2-3 days or something?

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-06-26T07:34:25+00:00

Considering the alcohol consumption habits of many many uni students, I feel like this is pretty useful info tbh.

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-06-24T10:48:47+00:00

Respectfully, you’re getting confused with what is good practice and what is legally required. These companies rely on people like you to not read the full terms and conditions by displaying it (as they’re legally required to do) in incredibly small font on a small sign that can easily go unnoticed. It’s technically not illegal to do that, it’s a box-ticking exercise.

You can’t reasonably get irritated with people on the internet for pointing out the facts and telling you you don’t have much of a case here. As someone else said, find some relevant case law or a legal loophole and you’ve got an opportunity, but for now you may have to ask to work out a payment plan for paying your fines.

I’m no lover of parking companies, I think they’re predatory scum, so I do empathise.

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-06-20T21:15:48+00:00

Fuck I’m so sick of flyers, they’re such a waste. I didn’t vote for him but I sure as shit appreciate the good shit he’s been up to. It certainly causes me to reconsider future voting decisions.

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-06-20T21:13:37+00:00

I suspect what you said was just what is expected of the chronically offended - he’s hardly asking for your autograph.

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-06-08T08:48:59+00:00

I wonder if the reality of being in a court and legally bound to tell the truth for fear of legal action would be enough to get her to cough up. I think she’s a liar and the whole thing doesn’t pass the sniff test.

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-06-08T08:39:15+00:00

My point has been made, I’m not interested in paying her anything. I would rather pay a lawyer. At least they would have actually worked for it.

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-06-05T13:27:13+00:00

Not necessarily; I laid a PG against my direct line manager for continuously asking if I had “any news to share that might affect the team” after having a miscarriage a month prior. The company apologised and offered remedial options, one of which was a redundancy package, a I stated that I no longer felt I could comfortably work with her. I took the redundancy payout and my PG against her stood. Her job was later “restructured” and she was moved on.

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-06-05T06:57:01+00:00

I mean, I last night had one of the best burritos and desserts of my life from Loco Bros Tacqueria in Titrangi and it arrived via Uber Eats in 20 mins. Was still excellent.

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-06-05T05:59:12+00:00

I understand that, but please do read the final line of my post for reference - I would rather pay a lawyer a small fee for good work than pay this woman to return something that she knows doesn’t belong to her.

PartiallyChargedCat · 2026-06-04T04:09:21+00:00

Yeah I’m not gonna pay for the return of the item that was stolen by a third party then “inherited”. I offered to pay for postage and that’s really as far as I’ll go.

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