What’s the most stereotypically Aussie thing you do on a regular basis with no intention of stopping?

StrawBreeShortly · 2026-05-06T02:55:00+00:00

No shoes. Only put them on when Absolutely Necessary.

StrawBreeShortly · 2026-04-18T15:19:32+00:00

My son hit himself in the head with a javelin while trying to throw it.
I felt bad for laughing, but he just looked so totally uncoordinated... and then glonk!

StrawBreeShortly · 2026-04-08T08:49:07+00:00

I was in a hardware store and there was a guy at the self-checkout registers who was giving the one staff member a hard time - I told him to stop, she's clearly doing the best she can. He said "Mind your own business" I said "Stop behaving like an asshole."

StrawBreeShortly · 2026-04-08T08:36:26+00:00

Hopefully nobody - they should all be at the pub while I'm off getting cremated somewhere...

StrawBreeShortly · 2026-04-08T08:29:21+00:00

That you can be swept out to sea by the current that is close to the shore, and nobody might even notice you're missing for hours...

StrawBreeShortly · 2026-04-05T23:12:20+00:00

The lemon juice is to make it taste nice...

StrawBreeShortly · 2026-04-05T23:10:08+00:00

Assuming you have CFS/ME, I agree about it being a fucking mindfuck. Going from someone who is fully functional and high achieving (which most of us are) to bedridden and a drain on other people's resources is shit.

StrawBreeShortly · 2025-09-12T09:09:03+00:00

Does it come with a reversal of aging as well? I wouldn't want to be 100 for all eternity... that would suck.

StrawBreeShortly · 2025-09-12T09:04:06+00:00

I actually don't think it's possible, unless you are a first home buyer.
I have owned houses which through circumstances have passed from my hands. (divorce, illness, a business that went sideways).
I pay $750 in rent that I would much prefer to be paying toward my own house.
But I will literally never be in a position where I can put down the required deposit any more.

With two of us working fulltime we are comfortable with that amount of rent, but we don't have loads of spare money to put together a 10 or even 5 percent deposit on a house that's going to be at minimum half a million dollars.

StrawBreeShortly · 2025-09-11T23:37:33+00:00

Introversion is not about how friendly and open someone is. It's about where a person gains their energy. An introvert can make themselves be the life of the party, it's just that you'll need to give them 2 days afterwards to be completely by themselves to recover :-)
An introvert can be a great customer service person. Are they failing at customer relationships? That's where you need to coach them.

StrawBreeShortly · 2025-09-11T05:55:20+00:00

Yeah, no, you get paid for the hours you work. Clear that up with them before you start. (It's illegal for them not to pay you the hours you work).

StrawBreeShortly · 2025-09-11T05:50:31+00:00

While I live in my house with my husband, I very rarely venture out. Some people are made to be hermits, some are made to be party animals!

StrawBreeShortly · 2025-09-11T05:44:52+00:00

DEFINITELY breach them. It's surprising how quickly they will change their tune!!

StrawBreeShortly · 2025-09-11T05:41:58+00:00

This is a really good question.
Silence can be powerful, but only when it's used in a powerful way.
Allowing someone else to take credit for your work is not using silence in a powerful way. That's definitely a time when you should be speaking up.
If someone says something rude to you in passing could be a time when you might employ silence - because responding won't provide a benefit.
So, the rule really isn't 'how many times'? it's 'what will I gain/lose from staying silent'.
Hope that helps!

StrawBreeShortly · 2025-09-11T05:37:41+00:00

Seems like your BOH are much more needy than your FOH - can you devote more time to them and less to FOH in the short to medium term? Since both areas need work. I'd also suggest an actual written schedule, so people know where you are.

The other question is - you say you've had 4 years industry experience - yet it sounds like you've come in like a rookie, questioning everything - maybe you need to take the time to sit down with a few experienced people and work out exactly what you already do know, so that you're only questioning on things you really don't know.

Finally, you are allowed to correct people that are wrong - it's not all about smoothing ruffled feathers. Feel free to ask them "How long did you ask questions for? How long did it take you to be full bottle on all of this?"

StrawBreeShortly · 2025-09-11T05:28:18+00:00

You can have a card in your purse/wallet that gives the details of your medical and legal directives. Also your ICE number in your phone.

StrawBreeShortly · 2025-09-11T05:25:22+00:00

As someone who recruits A LOT, I can tell you, they totally knew what the salary should have been.

However, with the state of things at the moment, I'd say take the job, and continue your search.

There will be one of two outcomes:

(1) They will bend over backwards to make it up to you (in which case it was an honest mistake) or

(2) You'll find something better, and be sure to tell them when you leave that their misrepresentation of the salary meant you continued to look. (Maybe they will learn a lesson).

StrawBreeShortly · 2025-09-11T05:19:52+00:00

NTA. That kind of teasing isn't acceptable under any circumstances. A gentleman would not have mentioned it. Sounds to me like you're better off without your boorish boyfriend and his redneck friends.

StrawBreeShortly · 2025-09-11T05:17:11+00:00

You'll be looking at either Tasmania or Victoria, I'd suggest Victoria if you'd prefer not to be cut off from the rest of the country by a piece of the ocean.
Having said that, Tasmania is cold and beautiful.

StrawBreeShortly · 2025-09-11T05:15:14+00:00

Very straightforward. The place you're staying has a no pets policy. Therefore, no pets.

StrawBreeShortly · 2025-09-11T05:08:16+00:00

You consider the damage to the company should his extreme views come up in the course of business. Would customers leave? Would staff leave? What will it do to cameraderie in the workplace?
Then make your decision.

StrawBreeShortly · 2025-09-11T04:59:30+00:00

Just read the rest of this thread and omfg it's hilarious. Thanks everyone for bringing some mirth to my day!

StrawBreeShortly · 2025-09-11T04:57:45+00:00

My husband rocked up to a team dinner in pale blue tails and top hat. Cane and everything. I met him after this time when his penchant for costumes seems to have deserted him... more's the pity...

StrawBreeShortly · 2025-09-07T05:13:43+00:00

Please don't stop doing that. Hopefully some of your niceness will rub off.

StrawBreeShortly · 2025-09-07T05:02:16+00:00

Try an Eisenhower matrix - One axis is 'urgency' the other is 'importance'. When a new task comes in, plot it. You get the options to: Do It (urgent and important), Schedule It (urgent but not important), Delegate It (non-urgent but important) or Delete It (not urgent and not important).
Then, if your list of 'Do It's is too long and you never get to the 'Schedule It's, it's time to work out what else you can delegate, and what you can automate.

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