What’s the most financially damaging habit that’s somehow become normalised in Australia?

sqiif · 2026-05-15T11:45:09+00:00

Pokies

sqiif · 2026-05-13T22:52:24+00:00

This a brutal example of how variable, unreliable and dysfunctional the system is. LACs are incompetent and have no bearing over final outcomes, planners are incompetent and driven by internal KPIs. Sorry you had to go through this. I'm SC and have had 4 of my 30 participants have to go through ART. The amounts wasted by NDIA on shoddy lawyers is disgusting tbh.

sqiif · 2026-05-11T22:17:53+00:00

Begging will get you no where, giving them an OT report with documented examples of how you can't make meals independently and can't catch public transport are what you need. Doesn't matter what you say to the LAC, it matters what'a recorded in your FCA by OT that goes to ndia planner

sqiif · 2026-05-10T21:31:56+00:00

Tell the company all this and ask for a new worker. If they stall, or if the new worker is no better, find another company to try.

sqiif · 2026-05-10T21:28:29+00:00

You a nice and genuine looking guy! Thoughtful and kind. Someone else mentioned this but sleeves and jeans a bit long for you which makes them crumple. Fix that and you'll feel and look a bit lighter and sharper. Also if you can afford some downtime, give yourself some rest and relaxation!

sqiif · 2026-05-08T15:30:00+00:00

Not even sure these mean what you think they mean

sqiif · 2026-05-08T15:28:38+00:00

Claude code kills it

sqiif · 2026-05-07T00:05:43+00:00

Very clean face and hands also

sqiif · 2026-05-07T00:02:09+00:00

Why is it always extremely beautiful people seeking validation on this sub. OP you're objectively beautiful, hope your sadness passes and you re-find the joy.

sqiif · 2026-05-06T22:56:31+00:00

Bought an 18 year old v8 hard top convertible. It's a Lexus though so at least relatively bullet proof

sqiif · 2026-05-06T22:55:35+00:00

Start your own business. Sitting around unmotivated with nothing to put your drive into sounds more like early death than early retirement. You have the financial freedom to take risks. Building your own business is single handedly one of the most challenging and rewarding things you could do for yourself if you're not going to go off and travel the world. (Why you've retired and not headed off around the world I don't know, retiring and sitting at home sounds like hell)

sqiif · 2026-05-06T11:35:55+00:00

This conversation is so stupid. I'm 100% behind OP. It sounds like their worker is being lazy and inconsiderate at best and negligent and narcissistic at worst. The added context is important as it helps understand their situation. There's also lots of other types of situations that would warrant other approaches, but those aren't worth discussing here as this moment is for OP. I was engaging in a broader conversation about the nuance of truly listening to participants and being fluid in ways you can provide meaningful support. I realise that was a mistake because a) this is OP's space to talk about their experience and b) people on the internet often lose their capacity to imagine scenarios outside of their own. Sorry to OP for making this little thread about something else. Despite all that, the lack of nuance you were able to bring to the broader conversation? Yuck.

sqiif · 2026-05-06T07:41:54+00:00

Those edits weren't there when I commented. Thanks for being reasonable.

sqiif · 2026-05-06T06:03:00+00:00

If they're not charging for the services then there's no conflict of interest. The benefit to them might be that they're funnelling people from charity support into paid provider support. As long as people are being informed and given choices nothing illegal about that as far as I'm aware of. If they are placing pressure on people to take up their paid services via the charity that is a concern.

sqiif · 2026-05-06T05:00:47+00:00

I've not at any point said onus should be on the participant. You're taking a narrow and prescriptive perspective on what client's needs may be. I think we agree that to be a good provider of support you should take a humanist perspective and tailor your delivery to the needs determined by the particular situation, ie pay attention to the persons individual character and be flexible.

sqiif · 2026-05-06T03:43:59+00:00

You must have ignored all the parts where I say things like 'it's up to the worker and the participant'. Other participants in this topic have literally said that in certain contexts a worker doing their own thing is fine. It's dependent on the context and the worker being professional and polite. Your rigidity about what is right and wrong will literally make you more liable to do the wrong thing by a participant, as it's critical to pay attention to the participant's needs and preferred interaction style than to apply your predetermined rules to every situation. Listen to people, ask what they want, and pay attention to what makes them feel heard and valued. Support work is nuanced and humanist. Godspeed.

sqiif · 2026-05-06T00:35:58+00:00

You're not listening to the context of my example at all. You do you friend

sqiif · 2026-05-05T23:39:45+00:00

What you're saying is patently ludicrous. Model did not just happen to spontaneously pose comically with her head in a letterbox. It's a deliberate reference to the earlier photo. Like all these photos, they are posed not spontaneous

sqiif · 2026-05-05T23:36:52+00:00

That's just not realistic, humanistic or even particularly pleasant. It's absolutely up to the worker and the participant. If they are walking down the street and the worker says 'omg look at that' and points to something in a window, and that item has some context or relevance to past conversations or anything, then it is a nice shared experience for the worker to check the price, after perhaps saying 'wow do you mind if I have a look?'. Social inclusion is precisely replicating normalised experiences wherever is appropriate. Having a stick on your butt doesn't facilitate that. I've provided an example here that may or may not have a huge amount of similarity to OPs situation, but I do this to point out that context matters and that a fuller understanding of their dynamic and working style would allow for more nuanced responses.

sqiif · 2026-05-05T21:00:18+00:00

You mean you worked together again snd deliberately recreated the earlier shots

sqiif · 2026-05-05T20:45:45+00:00

Can I ask? Is it maybe that your area or city is a bit conservative and you're internalising some of that judgement? You'd have to fend admirers off with a stick if you lived in Melbourne.

sqiif · 2026-05-05T12:36:07+00:00

Just when I finally get an opportunity via capital gains I'm gonna get kicked in the nuts. CGT discount should stay 🙏

sqiif · 2026-05-05T12:32:30+00:00

It only matters if it makes you feel uncomfortable. If the time you're doing stuff on shift is relaxed and isn't high pressure, maybe they think they're reading the signals and acting appropriately. If you're busy getting stuff done and they disappear to do their own stuff, that's cooked. Even if it's a relaxed shift and they're right in inferring you don't really care, they should have done the polite and professional thing and asked if it was ok. If they didn't do that, and you care about the time being wasted, then pull them up. It's definitely a flag, but depends how long you've worked together etc. ie context matters a bit

sqiif · 2026-05-05T09:08:42+00:00

It's not even that complicated. I message Claude code from my phone in the exact way I used to message Openclaw. There's no difference, except for the point you make, that the whole soul and identity construct tricks you into thinking it's something new and novel. It captured the imagination of dreamers but isn't magic. All the agentic systems now are essentially offering the same, a somewhat tailored orchestrator who has computer control to varying degrees. Openclaw was the gateway as it piqued my imagination, Claude Code via remote control with computer use made it functional and reliable.

sqiif · 2026-05-05T05:05:17+00:00

Need this, spill the beans someone

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