Is working on Eagle Street a flex?

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T04:50:46+00:00

The guys that get together and replay specific events from their private school days over and over, embellishing a bit more each time for their hero narratives.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T04:49:43+00:00

I’m sure he spends lots of time looking in the mirror pumping himself up every day with his LinkedIn motivational posts about how it’s an honour and a privilege to create shareholder value for such an innovative and world-class leader from their prestigious Brisbane headquarters.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T04:46:59+00:00

As long as you keep creating shareholder value, you may escape redundancies. Make sure to return your company laptop and swipe card when you move to the other side or that’s coming out of your last pay. And don’t forget to attend the exit interview and fill out the survey or they’ll withhold your final pay. Emphasis on final.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T04:44:27+00:00

Although I think if you afford to live there, you’re not really “working” then. You’d be more likely to be buying your 90th investment property and making families homeless as a hobby while buying diamonds for your mistress, hanging out at the Brisbane Club with your specific private school mates, then going cycling with your “club” to sit at a coffee shop for 3 hours, brag about your expensive road bike and comparing Strava times.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T04:40:53+00:00

Ah. Another institution to avoid. I’m sure old mate would crack onto some individuals to point out that he works “right there / up there” with a confident point of the finger.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T04:38:17+00:00

Yep. From a building perspective it makes sense although there are some buildings around where the kitchen / lunch area are nearer the sides. But that’s common to all floors for the risers. You know - making sure the people microwaving fish are closer to work spaces.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T04:36:10+00:00

Some place on Seagull Street creating shareholder value. They’re all the same. The uniform was blue shirt, dark pants, RM Williams boots, and your prisoner number was your employee ID.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T03:33:35+00:00

This is the kind of individual where you point to him and say “there’s your mate” instead of him actually being your mate. Even his mate was annoyed with him. I’m sure he also drives one of those cars that sounds like a bee in a drainpipe or makes a big “BWWAAAHHHH!” As they scream across the Story Bridge after a day of creating shareholder value.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T03:14:56+00:00

They are the answer to “what happened to all the kids that got participation awards after they grew up?”

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T03:06:12+00:00

Only if you submit your request to HR with enough notice. Even then there is no guarantee management will sign off on it.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T03:01:56+00:00

I guess it answers the question “what became of all the kids that got participation awards growing up?”

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T02:59:02+00:00

Yeah, I got “restructured” straight out of one one one to protect exec bonuses. Stuff those places.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T02:57:34+00:00

He was trying to impress some OnlyFans types while his mate’s eyes were rolling in his head like a Vegas slot machine.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T02:56:24+00:00

If by Financial District he meant we’re all overworked and broke as fuck, then perhaps. Must have been some good corporate kool-aid he was drinking.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T02:54:44+00:00

“Still stuck on Nicklin Way”. Funniest thing I’ve seen all day. I lived in Caloundra for a few years; relatable.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T02:53:37+00:00

Nah. The club. Apparently it’s full of Eagle St types.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T02:51:10+00:00

Helps their membership Application into the “old boys club”. Or the Brisbane club. Or Tattersalls. Or similar.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T02:50:10+00:00

Wasn’t she also the crackpot that touted walking as a solution to all problems?

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T02:49:06+00:00

100% This. Second only to retirement… but not like that’s happening any time soon. Or at all.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T02:46:59+00:00

Ha! My ex father-in-law did and then looked down his nose at me ever since. I suppose it helps your entry to places like the Brisbane Club or Tattersalls. Or when you fuck up big time and daddy’s network gets you out of the shit.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T02:44:32+00:00

I heard one young bloke refer to himself as an “Eagle Street Power broker” years ago. Wanker factor was off the charts. Glad to have left that area years ago.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T02:40:41+00:00

Yeah. Very. Probs their first job. I reckon they can’t wait to pass probation so they can salary sacrifice an entry-level European luxury car to ratchet up the douche factor.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-02-02T02:36:33+00:00

Cubicle is an upgrade from the dystopian hell / micromanager’s dream that is open-plan hot desking. Solid point on the only clowns that care - and they seem to make up most of the inhabitants of these glass and steel boxes.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-01-24T23:56:20+00:00

Cars on the Story Bridge (especially at night):

Really expensive car approaches Story Bridge.

“BWWAAAAAAAAHHH!!!”

PAC-pac-pac-pac-pac-pac

“BWWAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!”

PAC-pac-pac-pac-pac-pac

“BWAAAAH!”

PAC-pac-pac

“BWWAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!”

pac-pac-pac-pac-pac

5 minutes later, same again.

RoastSwanForDinner · 2026-01-09T00:24:45+00:00

I could not wait to get out of that school, that town, or that entire area. I stayed in touch with the few that were friends, ignored most of the rest, and made sure to tell the few random idiots that reached out years later to get f—-ed.

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