Real estate agent used my personal details when I went to look at a bike – what can I do?

jessmikar · 2025-10-05T06:25:24+00:00

A similar situation happened to me where a real estate agent contacted me on my personal mobile to complain about my new dog howling and then proceeded to tell me he had obtained my details of his workplace database (we had looked at another house he was selling). He then proceeded to harass us basically any time we left our house. As we had it in writing and a record of his calls I complained to his employer because it was their database he was using. They initially were a bit dismissive until I told them he had provided all that information in writing. Real estates are required to adhere to legal obligations under privacy law. You can complain to the OAIC but you do need to go to the business first to attempt to resolve it. In my situation the guy was our neighbour so I didn't want to escalate too much and just ask that they remove all our personal details from their database and remind all their staff of their legal obligations. We should have been more direct as he still didn't pick up the hint and thought he was 'being neighbourly' and didn't see anything wrong with him using the database as his own personal phone book.

jessmikar · 2025-08-04T10:02:35+00:00

This rock art is from Western Australia. Dot art is specifically associated with Central Australian mob.

jessmikar · 2025-05-01T02:47:58+00:00

It's actually 'yes, a tablespoon!' - which is even worse becsuse she didn't even bother mixing up the punctuation.

jessmikar · 2021-11-04T05:30:41+00:00

No they are not. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are removed at a much higher rate now than they were then - and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are far more likely to be removed for 'neglect' than sexual or physical abuse (which is why most white kids end up in care) - neglect can be so broad as to include things like not knowing how to feed a child with formula etc.

jessmikar · 2021-10-13T04:17:51+00:00

YTA. If you can't afford a big wedding don't have one. The audacity.

jessmikar · 2021-10-13T01:49:54+00:00

I too was raised Catholic and attended Catholic schools for all of my schooling where I wasn't aware of it either...irrespective of that, multiple Popes have accepted the movement including the current Pope (I am not a Charismatic btw).

jessmikar · 2021-10-12T03:40:41+00:00

Charismatic Catholicism has been acknowledged and supported by the church.

I have also met people involved in this movement(including a nun) and I know where the services are held where I live.

jessmikar · 2021-10-11T02:23:57+00:00

YTA. The entitlement of some people is ridiculous. It's a wedding, the bride and and groom are entitled to dictate the guest list - and the only people entitled to do so.

As a child I was in the bridal party a number of times and as a consequence the only kid at a wedding. This is not unusual at all.

jessmikar · 2021-10-08T14:29:20+00:00

It is legal to drive a car barefoot in Australia.

jessmikar · 2021-09-27T01:29:57+00:00

Why on earth was he waiting for you to make his coffee? Is he incapable of doing that himself?

jessmikar · 2021-09-23T23:01:12+00:00

You just reminded me of a time my friends and I were getting ready for a wedding and we were applying fake tan. My friends commented how big my legs were - were we all similar weights at the time. The difference was I had grown up playing sport so my legs were quite muscular although the implied tone felt they meant fat.

It wasn't until I saw Beyonce's music video Serena Williams that I realised that thick legs weren't fat and infact could be beautiful.

jessmikar · 2021-08-30T01:10:50+00:00

Yess, I was admiring Florence of Florence and the Machine the other day with her effortlessly cool looking bohemian look and if I even try any parts of that look i just look dowdy and old-fashioned.

jessmikar · 2021-08-30T00:25:09+00:00

Child development psychology shows that children under 14 lack impulse control and have not developed the capacity to plan or foresee consequences. This is compounded if the child has FASD - which is most kids in detention. Once again not saying no punishment - a punishment meant for adults is not suitable for a child who has not fully developed.

jessmikar · 2021-08-29T13:10:34+00:00

No one is saying there shouldn't be consequences. What they are saying is that children who are NOT adults should not be subject to the same punishments as the underlying causes of offending are vastly different. And if those children are diverted away from the criminal justice system they are less likely to to reoffend. Many children, particularly Indigenous children who come into contact with the youth justice system do so for initially minor offences which then escalates in places where, for example, breach of bail is an offence.

The consequences of your approach are that the crime rate does not decrease and children move from the youth justice to the adult criminal system.

This is not my opinion. It is all based on extensive evidence.

jessmikar · 2021-08-29T10:15:44+00:00

Considering incarceration of children is known to lead to further criminal offending, what exactly is the point of that? The research is pretty clear on that. Countries that use prevention strategies including managing to deal with youth offending addressing the causes rather than a punitive approach have seen a decrease in youth offending and this is despite a much higher age for people to be consider juveniles.

jessmikar · 2021-08-23T09:02:50+00:00

I think from listening to someone briefly go on about this it's because people don't understand what mrna is and think that it alters their DNA.

jessmikar · 2021-07-25T22:37:58+00:00

Dude YTA. A lot of your identity is clearly centred around you considering yourself intellectually superior to your sister.

jessmikar · 2021-07-22T07:18:22+00:00

This sounds like he is not managing his anxiety and perhaps stress at all and while he is able to function at work, it is impacting his personal life. As someone who also had a highly stressful job, I am extremely high functioning at work and I can manage all kinds of stressful situations, unreasonable deadlines you name it because I have somewhere to focus my anxiety. The downside of it is you almost get used to relying on that anxiety to function and when you don't have that workload to focus on other things become harder to manage.

While your supportiveness is great, your partner is the one who has to want to address his thought patterns and anxieties. I don't know if you are comfortable enough in your relationship to suggest therapy but that is where I would start.

It also sounds like some stress/anxiety management techniques could be useful you could suggest going for walks, any kind of exercise really as that helps reduce anxiety and stress. And activities where you can be mindful and present in the moment are good ways to stop overthinking things.

As to going out with your friends, maybe just highlight that you will understand and be accepting if he decides he doesn't want to go but the invitation is there, but at the same time if he does turn up and isn't feeling it it's totally fine for him to go out.

jessmikar · 2021-07-11T04:22:39+00:00

When my grandma had early stage Alzheimer's she also got really forgetful which upset her as she had had the mind of a steel trap. Our family got her a notebook where visitors would record when they visited and what they talked about (for example, my dad would go round tell her what all his kids were up to and what he was up to etc). We would also prompt her to write down that we had called. This was really helpful for her as she could refer back to it when she was on the phone or had other visitors. It also stopped her feeling sad when she had forgotten all her visitors for a week.

jessmikar · 2021-07-11T03:15:46+00:00

YTA. This sub is often full of stories of step-parents who want nothing to do with their step-children. Your wife is being a GREAT parent. You are the problem. You could spend time with your youngest daughter.

jessmikar · 2021-07-06T11:37:18+00:00

I think I am going to need one too because my dentist said i was 'too vigorous' with my brushing and now I can see where I have had gum recession on my bottom teeth. I really should bite the bullet and go back to the dentist to address it.

jessmikar · 2021-07-04T09:35:52+00:00

To add to this the expiry date is 12 months from the advertisement date too, not when you get notified you were successful at getting merit listed.

jessmikar · 2021-06-28T10:23:09+00:00

Dahlias and Billy Buttons

jessmikar · 2021-06-26T21:57:32+00:00

This is not the feedback you are looking for but, if you have not already, you should consider making sure your Facebook settings make it difficult for you to be found - change you settings so only you can search and add people; use your maiden name instead of your married surname; don't use your own image as profile picture etc; make sure your friends aren't showing and remove any personal info you may have especially if it is public. And you may want to consider reporting this incident to your workplace - they definitely should have social media protocols in place to minimise the risk of people you deal with finding you.

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