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Best possible outcome! And validation that honesty still matters to people.
oh wow, congratulations mate - amazing news and a great end to a long journey
edit: or rather, what a great way to take the next steps
That is great news. I’m happy to hear it
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We’ve got our reference story figured out so feel free to get in touch if you need one again
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Yay! Cat treats and champagne all round!
Woooooo!
Congrats dude.
Onwards and upwards!!
🥳🥳🥳
yay 😊🎆🎇
GO SIMON FLUFFYBUTT!!!
YOU FUCKING LITTLE RIPPER!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🥂🍾
Congratulations!!
YESSSSSSSS!!! We LOVE this kind of energy!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!
WWWWOOOOOOHHHOOOOOOOO!!!
Congratulations!!!
Amazing! Congrats!!!
Woohoo!!! That’s fantastic ! I’m so happy for you!
FUCK YESSS OMG OMG OMG!!!
YOU DID IT!
YOU DID IT!!!
AHHHHHHGHGGHGHGGDJDJDJDKD!
YAAAAY!! So happy you finally got it 🎊
WOOOOOO CONGRATULATIONS!
go celebrate 🥳 🎉
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Huzzah! 🎉
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Given that we know Gibson is in fact a cat, Honey is probably more appropriate.
That’s so good!! Congrats! Your persistence has paid off.
Thank goodnesss
So glad you landed the job and you never gave up!
Good going for you, it’s time to celebrate!
🎉
Congratulations!
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OMG THATS AWESOME 😎😎 😎
Right on
Fuck yeah! Late to the party as usual but congratulations my dude! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I’m having inguinal hernia surgery tomorrow.
Have a feeling in my bones that you’ll be just fine and will enjoy a quick recovery.
Me too. It’s a simple operation. It’s the admin side of medicine that’s the problem.
May you have a speedy recovery mate.
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Ouch. Hope it goes well!
very gentle hugs
Thanks, I’ve spent the day getting things set up for at least two weeks of uselessness.
Allll the tv and snacks.
and the medical cannabis.
Noice.
Ooh hope you have a speedy recovery 🙏
She’ll be right. Quick little snip and patch and you’ll be good to go 💯
Exactly. I’ve patched clothing and done anatomy wet labs. I even helped the student doctor sew my fingertip back on.
Good luck, hope it goes well and you have an easy recovery
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You got it Simon
Crossed fingers for you bro🍀🤞
Crossing all of the fingers and toes for you!
YASSS
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🤞🤞
💪🗿💪 you got this!
Fingers, toes and eyes crossed for you!!!
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What an absolute knob. I’m sorry this is happening to you mate
Can you report the macbook theft to apple?
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Ah, shit, mate. 🙁
I’m so sorry. What an awful thing to happen. I don’t know why people are like that. Do they feel good to trash someone stuff? Why??? Hopefully police will be helpful. Even if they aren’t, you’ll be doing the right thing to report it.
Bloody hell. This is a nightmare. I hope it gets sorted for you quickly and they get the help they clearly need (and leave you alone)
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I’m only just catching up on your saga now and holy hell. Your nightmare experience puts most of us sheltered plebs’ complaints about shitty neighbours and housemates to shame - I can’t believe that deeply fucked cockhead got away with so much cruel, wanton damage and you’re left in such a heightened state. I’m so sorry. It’s unbelievable that the State is exposing an underage person to levels of danger that would be unacceptable on so many fronts.
You write well and are level-headed Baku - I sincerely hope that helps you escalate this outrageous situation to the highest level and get some appropriate compensation and protection. I hope you never ever have to experience this sort of thing again.
I’ve had similar experiences and saw this little fuckwit coming a mile away.
I hope he ruins his own life irreparably and has nobody else left to blame
More stuff to put in the report to the minister. Sucks to have to go through it now though.
Tidy up.
Then take photos of all your stuff and your rooms. That way you can tell if someone has been there touching your stuff.
Brace your door with a wedge so it can’t be entered.
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Put empty glass bottles around where the window is, that way any intruder will make a noise.
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Another suggestion that may help. Smear vaseline or similar all over the outside windowsill (if any). Anyone attempting to get in will not be able to get a grip on it to raise themselves up to that level. They’ll have to bring a ladder or whatever which appears to be a level of forward planning that this nincompoop is not capable of. And bringing equipment makes noise. One very old trick is to attach a rattly thing or a small bell to the window at the top where it can’t be seen from outside but will make noise if the window is opened unexpectedlike. Enough noise to alert you and get your phone up and recording if someone does break in. Like a shop bell - the old fashioned sort on a spring that tinkles when the door is opened.
okay, chairs are done, phew, that was hard work
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Those are AWESOME! So much hard work but the results are soooo worth it.
I love your choice of materials and patterns 😍
The Last Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
I would like to offer this to you instead, our faithful chef of the last four years:
🍩
and a 😘
😳
Oh my, thank you!
Toasted cheese and champagne please Bacon. The cheese for hunger, and the champers to celebrate your distinguished service.
🔥🧀🍾🥂
It has been Our pleasure.
Thank you bacon for your patience and dedication to these sometimes difficult customers. May you always remain crispy. ♥
Our pleasure. From tomorrow onwards, look for the Truck
offers a donut in respect and thanks 🍩🫡
Oh yes doughnut. Thank you so much, and it has been Our pleasure.
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It’s Our pleasure
eh? last breakfast?
Will be replaced by food truck
yum, breakfast tacos
🥓🍳🧀🌯
Bacon is starting a new job, I think!
lunch chef?
something to supplement the after eight income
Thank you for all the breakfasts! 🎁
A teleporter for my truck! Oh my, you shouldn’t have!!!
Thank you for all the breakfasts bacon! I will have a chef’s choice spread so you can clear out anything that won’t fit on the TRUCK
🐘🥩🍄👽🌳🍲 Oh yes thank you
One of those big deli sandwiches with a comical amount of sliced meats, salad and sauce. Half for me half for you
🥓🥩🥩🥩🥩🥩🥩🍗🍖🥗🍯🥪
oh thank you!
Something decadent, please. Cake! Champers! Hot dog! Thanks for all the breakky smiles!! Looking forward to your truck!
🍰🍾🌭🦞
Praise to the Chef 🙌
and to my staff
Chicken and champagne please chef, on account of it being your last breakfast and all.
🍗🥚🍾
Thank you for your service these past few years - the breakfast has put a smile on my face on days when there wasn’t much to smile about.
A🍹and a 🍩 for you.Oh another doughnut. I am spoiled 🤤
🍰 A special cake for you, to thank you for your service!
Delicious thank you
I’m here for the last supper 💋
🥓🧃
Doggo walk noir…
You take some great photos!
Hey thanks.
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It was four months ago I wished you a happy birthday. Quick maths tells me you’ll age out of the system in another eight months. I hope you’re able to find your own place with some stability and safety to it.
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Christ, so you’re only 17 and dealing with this stuff? Wow. You’re mature as heck dude. I’m sorry this is all happening to you.
Not good memory, I searched my old posts because Lemmy is set up good like that.
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Is there any avenue for you to replace the high value items via insurance or something like that?
I’m sorry you’ve had to return to all the chaos but in the end as much as it hurts to lose material items, as long as you’re safe, that’s what’s most important.
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Living in fear sucks hard. I’m sorry. I hope things get better soon.
I’ve been taking the dog outside on a retractable lead. I encourage him to do pee-pees but he’s shy even though I know he’s a dirty little boy.
So I put some newspaper down in the kitchen and explained nicely that in times of an emergency could he please use the facilities provided and NOT on my fucking carpet. 🤞
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Today has been a day of rumination about the breakup and me telling myself I’m not good enough because he didn’t think I was good enough (logically I know this is silly). As a result, I’ve really just made myself feel shitty. Using this as an accountability post to get off my butt and head to the shops to buy food for the meal prep I was meant to do, like yesterday.
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Thank you <3
hugs, you’re doing ok,
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I’m so sorry dude. The people in charge of your situation fucked up royally and left you in this position. They’ve put you in danger through negligence.
Please consider making a formal complaint if it won’t endanger your accommodation, or reach out to some independent advocates and tell them everything. Also please talk to somewhere like Berry St or Orange Door.
I’m wondering whether taking out an ivo will create enough political pressure for them to move you. (And be worth the potential risk of aggravating this kid further.) Though you generally need a name and address to serve it which may require cooperation from the organisation - and these jokers seem to be the type to suddenly remember “privacy” now that it suits them to. (They will likely go into arse covering mode.)
In your situation it would be called a Personal Safety Order. You are allowed to apply for one by yourself (not sure if your age affects that) or police may agree to apply for one on your behalf. You can apply online and court by WebEx is available sometimes, but if it’s in person there will be court volunteers to support you.
It may be harder to get one as it isn’t a family member or ex/partner but having it puts you in a stronger position to have something done if he comes back. If you wrote down what happened plus the dates, this is where that comes in handy.
Also please document that the lock was broken while you were away - even just a quick dated note, write that it happened in this date range so you remember. And preferably mention it in an email to the organisation for a paper trail that possibly prevents the damage being blamed on you or repairs billed to you. (Arse covering mode often involves blaming the victim for anything they can plus refusing to take responsibility or help.)
Potentially report the burglary attempt and property damage to the police - even if you ring the cops and agree to do the report via email. Send photos of anything you can - reporting the property damage may mean that you won’t get charged for repairs or held responsible and have them try to kick you out.
Ps. I’m sorry if this stresses you out worse. It’s just coming from someone who has dealt with many ferals.
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Stay safe dude. It’s a pain in the butt but I suggest jot down anything that happens along with the date. (Even if it’s only a few words or one line.)
Also it might be good to set up a camera in any way that works for you.
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I’m sorry you’re in this situation. Definitely set up the old phone camera and keep yours handy
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so they actually kicked him? Jeez, thats surprising. Seemed like they wanted to drag this saga out as long as they could.
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Tinyest can now clap to the parts of “if your happy and you know it” which is pretty awesome. He’s also waving “Hello” after being able to wave bye bye for a while now. He does both at random though, and occasionally wants a high 5 or clap in between a waves. Still, progress. Scrubs was right, it really is like having a dog that slowly learns to talk.
Clever boy!
Was just reminded that at my previous job, the 33f supervisor and the 40m appointment setter called each other “work husband/wife”. She has a long-term boyfriend, and he is married to his husband…
I’ve given myself the ick again. I hate those terms. Like, we don’t have to reduce every male/female friendship into “wife/husband”, just with the “work” qualifier.
Men and women can be friends at the workplace, and it is entirely appropriate to call each other “friends”. My hot take is that “work husband/wife” is gross and inappropriate.
Fully support this. Its a term that feels like it belongs from an early 2010s buzzfeed list. Gross.
Thank you! You get it!
I used to call my boss work dad… his boss was work grandad
Not quite the same as what you’re talking about but this brought up the memory. I made him a “worlds goodest work dad” mug once.
I wouldn’t say it’s gross or inappropriate just weird.
Gross and inappropriate to dismiss male/female platonic friendships, and instead label it “work husband/wife”.
Especially when both are already in serious relationships. I think I’m just sick of the lie that men and women can’t be friends. Prolly from my own experience of being accused of cheating every time I spoke about work to my ex and mentioned a male colleague, now that I think about it 👀 Why do we have to add romantic undertones to a opposite sex friendship?
The terms are just weird. Like, it’s not hard to say “my friend from work”, “work friend”, “James/Jessie/Meowth from accounting and I had a nice lunch together”
Got some news for you - now it seems that ANY platonic friendship gets sexualised in some people’s minds. For me, I think someone that thinks that way is severely limited by their own expectations that ALL relationships MUST be sexual. And we all know that that just isn’t the case.
It’s almost as if people are attracted to everyone they ever meet / talk to.
I caught up with a friend of the opposite gender a while ago, and these two women sitting next to us asked if we were on a Tinder date.
Oh I getcha now.
The term doesn’t imply any sexual relationship. It means they are close colleagues and got each others backs at work, and can safely talk shit about the workplace with each other. I don’t think it’s gross but probably there could be a better term, maybe workplace besties?
Edit: I will add, that if it’s a manager/team member or some other connection that is leading to favouritism or unfairness in the team that needs to be addressed. But other than that I really wouldn’t care what people like to call their friendships.
