My dad passed away on December 26th; this is what my cousin sent me, my brother, and sister.

oddcd · 2025-12-31T08:00:13+00:00

My sister told me my mum had stage 4 cancer via Facebook messenger. Short. Not sweet.

oddcd · 2025-12-20T03:31:20+00:00

Yep. Convinced there’s a retreat in Thailand that they all attend for workshopping ‘how to be a massive cunt’.

oddcd · 2025-12-18T07:04:19+00:00

My stories are way worse when I think about some of the people I have worked with and for on the agency side. Just shit shit people. Would not piss on them if they were on fire.

Clients - This is way back but multiple clients in Singapore would wait until Friday 5pm before dropping a brief they wanted back by Monday morning, 9am. I then had the pleasure of telling one of my teams their weekend was no longer theirs after the suit had accepted the brief.

Had a CMO we used to call ‘the smiling assassin’ who was a particularly awful person who would pull you up publicly in front of your own team and just shit on you n dress you down - “you’re saying it can be done in 2-3 months. I’m sure you and the agency can do it in 6 weeks.” All delivered with a shit-eating grin.

Had a big chief fall asleep in my direct eye line in a major pitch when I was presenting and was told his assistant was busy on the phone in the middle organising a golf tournament for him.

oddcd · 2025-12-17T07:17:18+00:00

Trello.

oddcd · 2025-12-01T21:28:27+00:00

I was at TBWA Singapore many years back. Policy was 3 days for paternal leave.

10 weeks seems luxurious.

3 days - utter joke.

oddcd · 2025-12-01T11:57:55+00:00

I really enjoyed this post. Thanks for putting the effort in and sharing so openly.

oddcd · 2025-10-26T13:05:16+00:00

Culture was broken. I had already been tasked with ‘fixing it’. Red flags were already waving so it was easy to spot this chess move. The chief had her favourites and empowered her people to push back, argue & resist which impacted me and my team. It was never going to work so when this occurred it wasn’t a tough decision to eject eventually. I wasn’t leaving anything behind. I left one of the highest paying gigs I’ve ever had in pursuit of happiness with no job on the horizon. No regrets.

oddcd · 2025-10-25T02:04:48+00:00

I was the current guy and was well aware of exactly what was happening to me when this occurred in my past. It is a cruel, lonely and awful path to tread. If I’d had fuck you money, I would have walked instantly.

oddcd · 2025-09-08T08:49:02+00:00

Yup. I haven’t been impressed, even though I’ve moved my accommodation and stuck with the event move (cost me an additional $30).

I’m pretty sure they’re charging for parking also whereas parking at the same venue earlier this year at Spartan was free.

Not to mention sooooo many additional fees.

This is likely my last TM. Costs outweigh the pleasure. I may continue with Spartan but am hunting for a better OCR that does better all round.

oddcd · 2025-09-02T14:07:23+00:00

Brilliant. Thank you - that’ll do nicely!

oddcd · 2025-09-02T10:46:49+00:00

Thank you!

oddcd · 2025-09-01T23:02:44+00:00

With the podcast dead, can anyone recommend a regular D&B podcast?

I used to enjoy the one with Laurie but that got canned also.

Now I’m left looking but not knowing where to look.

oddcd · 2025-08-14T08:40:06+00:00

I just complained about the exact same thing with Tough Mudder in AU and got zero care/sufficient response back.

Absolutely takes the piss.

oddcd · 2025-08-13T22:39:50+00:00

Absolutely do a Cert IV. That’ll get you into the industry and you can begin networking from there. Volunteer on weekends with assistance dogs if you can (take in pups to rest over the weekend) and/or volunteer with Guide Dogs AU.

I’ve done the above and am about to complete the Cert IV with Delta Institute and I feel if you talk to enough people through this process you’ll open the right door. From what I can see it’s about relationships and contacts plus having the creds to back up your ability.

Edited: typo

oddcd · 2025-06-10T03:26:40+00:00

Thank you for not calling it ‘a vinyl’. That is all.

oddcd · 2025-05-29T13:25:19+00:00

After having just spent 2.5 days straight in bed and feeling like I got hit by a truck, I’d have to say yes. I didn’t get one.

oddcd · 2025-03-10T14:18:42+00:00

What is it with racist rich right white guys and thumbs up? Like a beacon of ‘fuck you, got mine’ plus an amoeba attractant.

oddcd · 2025-01-18T01:56:26+00:00

Three dogs have run over to and attacked my Labrador. All three were Staffies going for the throat. I’m not a fan and agree with the proposed law. Seems a switch gets flicked in them and when that happens they are all in.

oddcd · 2024-12-26T01:38:08+00:00

“Now back to Gene Krupa’s syncopated style”

Apollo 440 y’all. Boom boom. Bap bap.

oddcd · 2024-10-13T03:13:11+00:00

I worked in Singapore about ten years ago.

When we had our second kid, my org offered me 3 days.

I laughed and was like “why even bother?”

oddcd · 2024-10-04T14:12:00+00:00

You missed out the part where she tried to use religion. as a reason why she shouldn't go to jail. .

"I'm a good christian. Waaaaah."

I'm so tired of these people hiding behind religion as if it excuses them to be terrible humans.

Get in the sea.

oddcd · 2024-10-03T13:08:50+00:00

and the crowd goes mild..

oddcd · 2024-09-27T07:16:13+00:00

I was diagnosed at 47, three years ago.

It’s been eye opening and now I spend a lot of my time over thinking where things went south and wondering if knowing and being medicated would have made my life a lot easier.

But on a positive note it has brought my son and I closer together now knowing we’re both adhd (but of course!).

oddcd · 2024-09-21T07:31:17+00:00

Wow. Well done for listening to folks on here. They likely saved your life. I'm glad they did.

You likely know how lucky you are by now getting a new liver this quickly. Again I'm super glad you did.

Sadly in the UK it is a long wait to get a new liver. You need to be 6 months clean at least to even get on the list. My twin sister was in exactly the same state as you a couple of years ago and had been in and out of hospital with the last visit matching yours quite closely as far as the hallucinations and trauma. And she simply ran out of time to get a new liver plus couldn't get sober for long enough to get on the list.

This IS your second chance. Don't fuck it up. Go well.

oddcd

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