And for the second time in two weeks I’ve had “your interview was fantastic, we really loved you, but we’ve gone with an internal candidate this time.” Arghhhh
That sucks. Those roles might have been advertised as per org policy, but they already had internal staff lined up.
Don’t give up!
I have successfully re-hung the mozzie net over the bed. It fell down late last summer when the sticky ‘removable’ hook peeled off and I never bothered to re-do it. But it’s done now albeit a few days too late. One of the major delay points is that it is very very difficult to buy just one cuphook. Packets of 25 or so, no problem, but just one? Impossible. Especially in Richmond or in the CBD. Not even Kmart sells them. So I’ve improvised with a long screw and a small butterfly nut filched from work put together arse end first. Might even be better than a cuphook as less subject to the mozzie net hanging ring sliding off in the breezes.
where rain?
I told them to take it back cause I don’t want it. Sorry
Dilemma. I am rostered in the office today. Thought I was getting the flu yesterday. Feeling ok today but one side of my throat is quite sore and it’s all red. Maybe mild tonsillitis?? Never had that mild tho… maybe just allergies??
I think I need to WFH to be safe don’t I? Bum. I had a whole heap of stuff I need to do in person…
I hate in-between not quite sick. Make a decision body
In my last job there was a solid 9 month period where my employer refused to accept that there was now a third degree of sickness. Instead of just “fit to work” and “not fit to work”, there is clearly a new category now - “fit to work, but only from home”. Took them a long time to accept that, and many spent sick days.
It is a difficult one to negotiate because there’s definitely that third category. But then there’s people who insist they can work from home when they are clearly half dead but they are have trouble stopping and there’s others who will WFH/take a late start etc at the slightest hint of discomfort - its too hot/cold/I didn’t sleep until midnight etc. and they see it as a bit of a rest day. And as someone who has always been type 1 I honestly get really resentful at the second group. And yes this is often a battle of X/millenial vs Z which makes it trickier.
Went for a run. So humid. I am a walking shower.
Time for a few days of solitude down the beach. Only irl interaction will be 'ellos to randos on the beach and their dogs (and the local IGA for goon, love those peeps). Cannot wait.
Absolute zero risk of anyone popping 'round.
Just redid the ol’ girls drug / drop schedule - calendar after today’s appt… Still full on but seems to be working well so far and logical. Keeps changing after every appointment as there are a few docs involved. They can’t communicate for shit. Crossing off shit that another has prescribed. I’m in a very privileged position to know very deeply, that kindergarten kiddos with a few cans and some string could do better here with respect to communication it’s like herding fukn cats.
Would you like to discuss your boat’s extended warranty?
That’d be nice, not having to speak to anyone or anything.
DAISO…
I don’t understand. You sell all these binders, but no inserts?
What is this?
It’s one of life’s little mysteries I suppose. Like Why are the younger generations scared of ads? and Why does my spring onion have snot in it?. Some things can’t be explained.
😂
minimaru sells them
I’m in the CBD. Was hoping to find something cheap to store my postcards.
It’s the inserts that DAISO don’t seem to have. Ugh. Annoying.
Bit of a rant coming up.
Went to my GP to get a referral for a minor procedure. Referral was sent to the surgery clinic (Western Health), I was told it takes about 5-7 days for the surgery to send a confirmation text and set up an appointment. It’s not urgent but needs to be done.
After about 2 weeks, hear nothing, call the surgery clinic, turns out they didn’t receive the referral. As GP to send another one, and now have to wait another 5-7 days to actually find out it was received.
So either the referral wasn’t faxed the first time OR it was misplaced at the receiving end.
I’m not really interested in investigating any further (like asking for sent receipts from my GP), but it’s pretty frustrating.
Private is not an option due to lack of insurance and costs unfortunately.
turns out they didn’t receive the referral
Yup, their communication leaves a lot to be desired.
I’m kind of disappointed that my GP doesn’t have a follow up system themselves to ensure things are received.
Seems to be sorted now, but very frustrating.
I have a friend who is a GP and partner in a medical centre. I dropped in to visit him once, and it was a real eye-opener as an IT person. Their IT was a shambles. The four senior Doctors have a share in the business and hire every other employee. They all had their own computers / not purchased through a central procurement point. The center itself had computers and a records system, but it was super basic in terms of what a real IT department would set up. Just PCs plugged into a central switch and a single server running whatever software the business runs on. It was a small business, basically. Security was not up to scratch (no firewall at all for internal traffic/ just the consumer grade router NATing external traffic). Email was just hosted with Microsoft 365 with an off-the-shelf config. Fax was literally the phone line plugged into the receptionists printer.
I assume they were great at the doctory bits. But their IT was amateur hour.
That’s a real worry where sensitive medical data is concerned, and I have the feeling they’re not the only clinic like that
I should state that the records stuff itself was via some sort of cloud-based SaaS company accessed through a browser. No medical records were kept onsite.
have provided support for medical industry in the past. This is so accurate. Even when they did purchase a solution they’d hang onto it YEAR beyond what it was originally scoped for and still expect it to run like new. Dumbest profession i ever supported TBH.
There are dumber. I supported an alliance of car yards. Those were the dumbest profession I ever supported. Managers who somehow failed upward into their roles and were dumber than a box a of hammers. Mechanics who had (and needed) Windows XP in the workshop. Car salespeople who would ignore everything in their email that wasn’t “I want to buy a car”, even if the message was as bold as possible “If you don’t click this button by x time your email will not work on Monday”. Guess how mad they were at me on Monday? 🙄
whole thing feels so 80’s its nuts. Meanwhile they charge more and more for this shit experience.
Yeah. I get human error. Happens and I get faxes are more secure than emails and such. But I’d be happy to wave my privacy rights for this occasion to ensure that the damn thing was actually sent and received.
Just got a message from the surgery clinic that this referral came through and I’ll hear from them shortly to book a consult and such.
Then the girl I spoke to earlier (and yesterday) rang me to ensure I got the message. I got her name and will email the clinic with glowing praise for her.
Monash Health never responded to my referal for surgery. It wasn’t until bitcoin went up and I decided to pay for it privately and they realised I’d been ignored for 2.5 years did they jump to action. My advice now is don’t trust referrals, pester them all the way through, they cannot be trusted. Anyone waiting on surgery/referral for over three months, go back to the gp and complain about symptoms, shit even try a new gp.
Solid advice. I know I’m in the ‘queue’ now but will keep following up with the surgical team.
If I get nothing in a week, I’m going back to my GP with ‘worse symptoms’.
Fuck it’s hot out there and the BO is ripe cos my nostrils told me so.
Feels like fucking Thailand out there
Unrelated, but DankPods made a Pilk mixture and stuck it in his car coolant thingy (not a car guy - no clue what it’s called) today
Just thought you needed to know
My Pilk reference is from a short 20 second snippet of this video starting at 4:50. I actually don’t know much about the newer, grosser pilk to be honest!
its only about 27, but yeah the humidity and sun certainly make it feel warmer.
It’s 31 here and the air con is on
My car insurance renewal came in with an increase of over 25% so I’m getting to spend the morning getting quotes for alternatives.
Youi just crossed themselves off my list with a bait and switch process - the online form says they will email you a quote, then asks for a phone number just to send you a PIN. I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt, gave the number and it goes straight to them phoning me instead. Lying to me to get personal details is not something that makes me want to deal with a company.
AAMI was the cheapest for me. I just want enough insurance to not ruin my life if I tap a $150k car. I’ve got front/rear dash cams too.
I just did AAMI quotes, and they are now winning as well. Weirdly I think it will be better to go with comprehensive than third party only with them too.
I’ve seen Suncorp offering better deals on cars than RACV recently.
RACV got their asses kicked by AAMI for us this year. to be fair, AAMI also crushed Budget Direct. The real irony being a MY23 ~$45k SUV was substantially cheaper than the MY~10 $8k Hatchback.
I mean, I know the safety tech and all that, and the hatch is a known p plater car. But seriously. You guys are gonna screw me on a market value of it anyway, meanwhile you’d be stuck buying me a brand new SUV if i managed to write it off.
None of these quotes make sense! RACV are quoting cheaper for 3rd party if I add fire and theft to it. Suncorp is quoting me cheaper for a basic comprehensive policy than for third party.
They are currently the winner - I can get comprehensive insurance through them cheaper than the RACV third party. Weirdly RACV are quoting me a lower price for third party fire and theft than just straight third party property which covers less!
Bikini, soap and bucket. Are you gonna wash my car Seagoon? Yeehaa
That was Spud yesterday
🥔 👙 🧼🪣
Can I join the car-washing queue, too, please?
Mine has extra cobwebs and spiders atm
Sure but this service is very slow.
With what’s to come today those services are rendered obsolete today.
It’s not gonna rain. Someone needs to wash my car.
My son’s school is hoping to have their outdoor Christmas Carols event this afternoon.
At this stage I’m thinking it’s a 50/50 possibility.
My son is singing Feliz Navidad - one of my all time faves.
Will he be singing solo?
He does one song with his year group and a medley of song with his choir group.
They decided to cancel the event but record all the year groups doing their performances. It’s something.
Meeting the CSO of one of my clients today. He accidentally stood me up last time so he’s taking me to lunch.
Yay?
chief science officer? Heck yes can you please get me a posting on their ship?
That humidity-less breeze is beautiful. I’ve got the windows open to let it in the house.
Been at my new place of work for just over three months now and they have the new batch of people sitting with me, watching me work, and asking questions etc. also a manager (not my direct one, but same role) spoke to me yesterday about having my mind on my future with this company, as they need good people and are expanding in Melbourne. Feels quite good 😊
Well done hot stuff!!
You certainly want a future at this company but like all good workers you would be extra motivated if they show their appreciation monetarily.
