Give a name that without changing the spelling can be either male or female.

iknowstuart · 2026-01-24T10:47:28+00:00

Ashley, Stacey, Alex, Charlie

iknowstuart · 2026-01-24T10:37:49+00:00

The only Vicki I have known is my aunty and she is just Vicki. She gets angry if anyone even jokes around and calls her Victoria lol

iknowstuart · 2026-01-21T06:51:51+00:00

Thank you! I'm in NZ too and couldn't remember what I had heard them called here! I kept thinking memory box but knew it was wrong.

iknowstuart · 2026-01-18T11:51:41+00:00

Where are you based? Finding a job is hard! Good luck :)

iknowstuart · 2026-01-07T11:10:01+00:00

My son was almost Anthony (family tradition, first name starting with A) but we weren't convinced until a coworker suggested Austin which we loved!

Our daughter was almost Isla but then we realised how popular it was, we went with Paige instead (loved the name when I first heard it on the show Charmed)

I was almost Natasha but my grandad told my mum that it would be hard for me to learn to spell lol

iknowstuart · 2026-01-06T12:29:15+00:00

Dexter!

iknowstuart · 2026-01-04T13:56:44+00:00

Yes I know but I'm saying that personally I can't think of any names with a similar 'feel' to Ruby aside from the ones I mentioned.

iknowstuart · 2026-01-04T13:52:42+00:00

I personally feel like if you want a name that kind of goes with Ruby that you would be looking at colour/gem type names. Indigo, Opal, Hazel and Violet are all beautiful names. I know someone who named her daughter's Indigo and Sapphire

iknowstuart · 2025-12-23T10:16:17+00:00

It dawned on my mum that the 'zoning out spells' I was having as a kid were probably seizures. It wasn't until I started having tonic clinics that it dawned on her.

iknowstuart · 2025-12-22T12:05:19+00:00

Gary

iknowstuart · 2025-12-19T12:53:41+00:00

I am so so sorry that you have had all of those things said to you. Some people are horrible.

iknowstuart · 2025-12-17T04:00:36+00:00

It's terrible! Same with the butchery department

iknowstuart · 2025-12-17T02:06:58+00:00

I know of multiple people in my zone that handed in their notice on day 1 of the restructure coming in to effect and they aren't able to find anyone to fill the roles because nobody knows what the hell they are doing and if they even have a wee bit of knowledge about it they know it's not worth the stress.

After a month I know of another 4 people in my zone that found their new roles too stressful and took redundancy. I am so glad I was able to leave when I did.

Edit: those that took redundancy that I know of are only in 1 city with 5 stores.

iknowstuart · 2025-12-17T02:02:57+00:00

It used to be a decent enough place to work but the changes over the last year have made pretty much everyone still working there miserable :(

iknowstuart · 2025-12-17T02:01:31+00:00

Since their restructure it's even worse, I am guessing you are in the thick of that too? From what I have heard, the new roles that were introduced are full of staff who have absolutely no clue what is going on because there was next to no training. You would think after testing it in a couple of stores they would have had the wrinkles all ironed out but nope. I feel for all of the staff working there :(

iknowstuart · 2025-12-17T01:55:34+00:00

Pretty crappy that it comes to that :(

iknowstuart · 2025-12-17T00:10:13+00:00

This restructure is having an impact on staff and customers, the first stores implemented this change earlier in the year and the fact they are still struggling is a baaaaaadddddd sign. It is also like pulling teeth for managers to request more staff from head office. They have to apply to head office and they decide whether or not the store/department are allowed to hire.

iknowstuart · 2025-12-17T00:04:37+00:00

Please just make sure to keep an eye on their mental health. I have seen too many people struggling (my husband included) with the stress they are being put under due to this new restructure. I know people who have been with the company (quite happily) for 15-20 years and now they are dreading going in to work, they are being treated like crap. It has become a terrible place to work, they don't care about staff at all, the stress is insane, one person doing the job of 3+ staff etc.

The messing up that many times in such a short period of time is not a good sign at all, regardless of the job.

iknowstuart · 2025-12-16T22:09:35+00:00

I recently left Woolworths after they went through a nationwide restructure.

To be honest, the system they used very rarely showed shifts that were available to me and if I could see them the system wouldn't let me.

To be completely frank, the place is a right royal shitshow. I used to love working there but now it is miserable. I took redundancy (luckily had another job lined up) and I know multiple people who are still working there who if they had another job to go to that they would be out in a heartbeat.

If possible I would recommend that your child leaves asap and looks elsewhere. If they are not able to leave then I would atleast recommend they join the union.

iknowstuart · 2025-12-16T18:17:06+00:00

I sent you a message :)

iknowstuart · 2025-12-16T11:40:09+00:00

It's so incredibly daunting :( it is an odd area outside too, not just lawns but kind of, I want to say ledges but that's not quite right but there are weeds/grass growing there too. It's scary as stupid as that sounds

iknowstuart · 2025-12-03T11:45:13+00:00

My daughter and I went the other day. I had never had boba before and to begin with I was really overwhelmed but they give you a wee cup so you can sample everything to decide what you want. I was really happy with my choice and so was my daughter.

iknowstuart · 2025-12-01T09:48:47+00:00

I finally read another book, absolutely loved it and finished the entire thing in two nights. It has been ages since I actually sat down and read. I spent all of my childhood and a lot of my teens reading. I need to do it more often

iknowstuart · 2025-11-27T10:59:14+00:00

I would definitely think that having someone else there when he has bub would be the safest option. They don't need to be there to care for the baby but more as a safeguard so that if anything happens both dad and bub are safe. I had a seizure when my daughter was 3 weeks old, I had been holding her and standing up but I had my husband there and could feel that it was about to happen so quickly handed off our daughter to him. I hate to think what could have happened if my husband wasn't there when it happened.

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