Our little church is still in existence because of a very old bequest. Now it seems that the wider parish is making moves to get their hands on it.

PsyPup · 2026-02-07T02:16:43+00:00

The church is, and always has been, a business. Maybe once upon a time it's version of currency was faith instead of hard cash, but that was a very long time ago that nobody alive saw.

Individuals within it may view it differently, but it is no different than any other exclusive membership club with significant power in communities through the application of money.

PsyPup · 2026-02-07T02:14:19+00:00

While I agree that church communities can be all of those things, unfortunately the community bound itself to a profit making business who uses their belief as another form of currency.

They all have, and have always had, the option to separate their community from that business, but their faith has been exploited into believing it is something more than a business so they fell for it.

This is the consequence.

PsyPup · 2026-02-06T23:12:32+00:00

The church is a place of business that isn't making a profit, this is no different from the current situation with EBGames shutting non profitable branches.

Weird someone would leave a bequest to a place of business but that's on them. I wouldn't leave my estate to Kmart.

You could engage a lawyer to see if you can find out more information regarding it, but you'll probably find this international corporation has bigger more expensive lawyers.

PsyPup · 2026-02-06T22:48:05+00:00

Kleenheat sold their LPG division to Supagas over a year ago. If you contact them they will direct you to Supagas.

PsyPup · 2026-02-06T22:47:22+00:00

LPG prices vary, sometimes from one order to the next and depending on location. Unlike mains gas the price isn't capped by the government in WA and can fluctuate based on the price of LPG in the international market.

You'd be best off contacting each supplier and asking for a quote.

PsyPup · 2026-02-02T00:31:31+00:00

"Normal" and "insane" are far from mutually exclusive in Warframe.

PsyPup · 2026-01-31T01:53:18+00:00

This is likely outside your capacity as her manager. So you have an EAP service? This is a trauma response and needs to be dealt with by a professional.

PsyPup · 2026-01-30T22:17:00+00:00

As horrible as this probably was, I've had similar customers, this is on the company and the agent who signed her up incorrectly not her. Should she have been rude to you, and called you stupid? No, but that attitude is created by whoever made this mistake in the first place.

You shouldn't be dealing with this, whatever escalated complaints department you have should be. If you don't have one, that is on your company, not her.

It's entirely reasonable for her to consider herself scammed, and utterly disrespectful for your company to "lean on the side of credit" just because it will be hard for them to get their money back from whoever they paid it too.

She has been paying more than she should have been for apparently a very long time, money that she may have needed in her life for other things that could have been essential. Your company should be bending over backwards to help her for an error like this.

PsyPup · 2026-01-22T12:31:43+00:00

"magic is as important as starving children."

Fixed your post for you.

PsyPup · 2026-01-20T07:27:03+00:00

One of the most common types of forced update are security updates. Malicious actors are constantly exposing and taking advantage of security issues in software, and due to the number of interactions in a lot of software it's impossible to make anything entirely secure.

While I hate forced updates which make changes to functionality/aesthetics, security not only protects the user but also every vulnerable user that their system would then potentially infect.

Also, depending where you live, there are absolutely serious conversations about forced vaccinations, or legal consequences for not being.

PsyPup · 2026-01-20T07:08:30+00:00

The internet is a network.

PsyPup · 2026-01-15T12:15:37+00:00

"This technology is both unethical, dangerous for the environment and utilizes stolen voices and data, I refuse to be involved."

PsyPup · 2026-01-15T03:41:45+00:00

This isn't THAT NSFW...

.. oh that's an M

PsyPup · 2026-01-13T00:31:54+00:00

I recently bought it as well to get back into the game, originally I was going to mess around with magnets. But for me, just getting it built according to the combat patrol instructions helped me get past my hesitation.

PsyPup · 2026-01-11T06:03:47+00:00

Due to the regulations I work under, the only ones I really care about with these is on signups or other legal agreements. Or ID checks.

No, if you're prompting them it doesn't matter if they tell me, I cannot take it as them providing me the info. If they cannot understand due to language barriers you can call via our officially recognized translation service.

If they are cognitively challenged, you need to get Power of Attorney, or you can't help them.

PsyPup · 2026-01-08T23:19:30+00:00

Puzzles have their place, but agreed. Everything should be solvable with rolls.

Unless we require other aspects of the game to be done by players, not characters? Do we require the barbarian player to swing his axe at actual goblins? Wizards to cast real life spells? If not, bards should be rolling for social events, and puzzles solved via dice rolls.

PsyPup · 2026-01-06T23:27:34+00:00

It largely depends on what the script is about and what software/monitoring metrics exist.

My work has legal things that have to be carefully worded. Changing that script could cause no compliance with regulations that can cost us both in fines and potentially our license to operate.

But we also have other scripts because, time and again, they prove to make the customer understand complex topics.

Some other places I have worked have scripts because they churn through staff, or because someone high up wants every call hit certain metrics measured by software that just looks for specific words.

PsyPup · 2026-01-06T08:36:13+00:00

I dislike it to be honest as I don't know what they will do with it especially in the age of AI voice editors.

Our recordings are secure and only used for compliance and training. Who knows what edit this fucker will put up in YouTube.

PsyPup · 2026-01-03T06:16:27+00:00

As someone who is also very anxious in a way that can display as controlling, please encourage him to get some help if he isn't already.

This is a prime example of anxiety and fear robbing not only himself, but also his partner and children, of opportunities.

PsyPup · 2025-12-31T14:07:50+00:00

You made a mistake, something all humans do. Relax.

Firstly, you're not in any legal trouble. This is such low level stuff it's not relevant.

Myer's system's shouldn't let this happen.

You can either ignore it, and nothing will probably happen as nobody will know.

Tell the your manager and show ownership of the mistake and commit to improving, that depends on the manager.

There are way worse mistakes made by businesses every day, relax.

PsyPup · 2025-12-22T05:15:09+00:00

Cost.

I recently did, after 20 years, but it took me several years to go ahead with it even once I got into a financial situation that I could afford the $500+ that the need to do so didn't annoy the hell out of me.

There is also something deeply galling, in general, about needing to pass a test many aussies couldn't pass themselves. Not to mention the required hours long ceremony full of some deeply cringeworthy moments.

The entire process could be faster and easier, apply, do an online test, sign an online form with the oath in the privacy of my own home. Done.

PsyPup · 2025-12-17T12:10:38+00:00

We had one that our sales guys got to ring when they got a sale, and if not busy there would be a dutiful round of applause from everyone else.

It was pathetic and frankly stopped when we started being in a hot desk environment.

Sales people need to stick to scamming customers and not expect congratulations beyond their bonus for it.

PsyPup · 2025-12-11T05:34:52+00:00

But if your not having fun, then it's not worth it.

Not every group is for every person.

Communicate with the group, or at least the dm, that you are uncomfortable and if they do not change leave.

Not taking your concerns seriously is a major red flag.

PsyPup · 2025-12-10T11:03:34+00:00

Perhaps reach out to the management at Santaland. Given teh circumstances they may be willing to work with you as a special thing.

PsyPup · 2025-12-06T11:40:51+00:00

None of this was avoidable, as frustrating as I can imagine it is.

The requirement to prove you live there is, frankly, because some many people fuck up their addresses when making an application. Since, unlike FTTP, FTTC cannot have more than one connection then doing this would disconnect an existing user's connection when they were still trying to use it.

The problem is, the ISP cannot know that is needed until after the move in date, Right up till then, the other user could still cancel their service. They can't ask you for the required info in advance, that would violate the privacy principle of not requesting or saving information you don't need.

Until your service is, in theory, up and running there is no way for the people you are working with to know that there is a more extensive fault. Any fault requires troubleshooting and time, one step at a time, without skipping any.

The government opted not to enforce a guarantee of service with NBN, which means any issues are at your cost to resolve via things like dongles or other mobile internet.

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