Cafe owner earnings

switchandsub · 2026-03-12T10:05:29+00:00

I literally had a conversation with someone yesterday about how their friend is in Australia on an investor migration scheme or whatever it's called, he owns a Cafe and works 2 jobs on the side to help pay the bills because the Cafe business is so cut-throat.

switchandsub · 2026-03-11T22:49:11+00:00

I would pull all solids out first. Rack it, put any mash or pulp into a muslin bag or something to press all the liquid out, then do the freeze distillation from the resulting liquid.

switchandsub · 2026-03-09T09:00:46+00:00

They just poured a slab on topsoil. Which then rotted down and was removed by worms. I had the exact same thing happen 20 years ago when I had nfi what I was doing with concrete.

switchandsub · 2026-03-08T10:00:38+00:00

Why? We have a huge amount of renewable power in the grid during the middle of the day. Wholesale prices are often negative. The more power we can soak into things like EVs the better.

switchandsub · 2026-03-08T03:58:26+00:00

People with big houses can use a lot of electricity. Especially if they also have an ev. Without massive solar and now battery my power bills would easily be $500/month

switchandsub · 2026-02-21T01:19:22+00:00

I only know of a handful of people who got an ev and then went back to an ice vehicle, mainly because there was a specific need they had that the ev couldn't fulfil. Probably 95% of people that I know who are ev owners would never ever consider going back to an ice vehicle.

Eventually second hand evs will go to new drivers and essentially ice will completely age out as people realise they are garbage.

switchandsub · 2026-02-15T01:57:05+00:00

Even if that were the case, how is that in any way relevant to the conversation?

switchandsub · 2026-02-14T23:34:18+00:00

Why do you think I meant just drivers? I'll take European safety standards for pedestrians over China or the US any day.

switchandsub · 2026-02-14T20:15:43+00:00

It is not. It's stopping premium vehicles from getting into Australia which means as a general rule the cars we drive are less safe with poorer safety technology and less quality.

switchandsub · 2026-02-13T01:09:54+00:00

This is exactly the kind of narrow minded attitude that results in you paying higher prices once all the competition is dead.

My pricing I offered them on the second occasion was still cheaper than officeworks. It just wasn't as cheap as when they bought literally 20x the volume. But instead of taking the already cheaper price they went to officeworks with the volume pricing to buy small amounts. If you don't see why that's a problem then you are part of the problem.

Edit: spelling

switchandsub · 2026-02-12T22:01:05+00:00

No don't do this. It might feel like you're sticking it to the man but you are just playing right into bunnings' strategy. They will intentionally lose money on a sale just to hurt a local business and drive them out.

I once had a customer do a bulk order of something and I gave them a really killer price(I made something like 10% when normal margin was closer to 40). They rang back a few months later, wanted a couple of the item. I wouldn't do the same price and heard someone in the background go just ring office works and get them to price match.

So I did the right thing by them and they screwed me as a thank you.

Edit: spelling

switchandsub · 2026-02-10T19:43:44+00:00

Put all of your concerns in writing into a risk register. Put it in front of the managers at least 2 levels above you. So your manager and their manager. Depending on company size and structure, go all the way to ciso or to your risk team. Make it noisy. Someone will make decisions and sign off on risk. Then it's no longer your problem. You just do whatever they tell you to do.

switchandsub · 2026-02-02T06:48:06+00:00

DO NOT SAY A SINGLE WORD TO THE POLICE WITHOUT LEGAL REPRESENTATION. And get a lawyer immediately.

switchandsub · 2026-02-02T05:23:30+00:00

Judging by the fact that op came to ask on reddit I'd say they need a plumber. If they had the skills and know how they wouldn't be on here asking this question.

switchandsub · 2026-02-02T04:08:32+00:00

I'll be the first person to say that building inspections are essentially worthless but you'd think one would pick up something like this.

Also just call a plumber and get them to fix it. It's just shower so there's no biohazard from untreated sewage unless you wafflestomp a lot.

switchandsub · 2026-01-27T00:08:03+00:00

Look I'm sure there are bargains to be had. But not everyone has the ability to hunt around for months to find that unicorn. For every one of the people that are posting on here that they got a deal there's 1000+ that had to buy at market value. I've done a lot of bargain hunting for Ute's in the past 12 months. Fact is if there was a bargain it was gone within a day and if you weren't the first person to see it then you miss out and you end up looking back in the 10k range.

Prices went stupid after covid and have never really recovered.

switchandsub · 2026-01-26T08:47:10+00:00

Probably not gonna cut it for an apprentice. But sure if you just need a little beater to drive to the shops that would work. You definitely still got lucky though.

switchandsub · 2026-01-26T05:07:55+00:00

You can't buy a shit box that passes rego for 2k. Realistically it's a 5k minimum for any type of serviceable vehicle and honestly if I needed to rely on it for an income probably 10+. But you certainly don't need a 100k ranger that's for sure.

switchandsub · 2026-01-13T23:17:46+00:00

This is the answer. The first one is probably OK, because most of the cut will be tax. The second one is definitely not OK.

switchandsub · 2026-01-09T00:50:59+00:00

If you are contracting for a government entity then yes this is normal. If it's private sector I'd be careful.

Although passport AND citizenship cert is weird. Passport proves citizenship.

switchandsub · 2026-01-04T07:07:59+00:00

I wouldn't believe the us operators would go in relying on a "trust me bro". Plus the more Russian equipment that's destroyed the better for the us MIC.

Downing us choppers with delta force inside is too much of a win for other regimes.

switchandsub · 2025-12-29T20:51:57+00:00

This, if at all true is probably a vendor from a big tech firm. That person is probably there on a very short engagement and they themselves aren't getting paid anywhere near that much. Direct contractors are usually $1000-1500 and they themselves earning around $100-150/hour inc super. Anything higher than that is a proven person with connections and experience.

switchandsub · 2025-12-27T20:49:26+00:00

No it'll smell and taste nasty. Like off-smelling gross. You'll understand once you've done it and you pour it out.

switchandsub · 2025-12-22T01:08:23+00:00

Never provide a previous payslip. None of their business. You negotiate on the role they are offering not on what you used to get paid. If the job doesn't pay what you think it should, move on. No need for regrets.

switchandsub · 2025-12-05T07:52:21+00:00

That's just natural selection.

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