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Friday, October 18, 2019
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Used to be a Cardbury bloke through and through, but their chocolate tastes like crap now. Nestle’s always was crap I guess, so I’m now doubting that Picnic is the better of the two and I’m ready to make the change.
What’s your pick from those two?
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I seriously, SERIOUSLY have had enough of these cunts. Every single time I go to a shopping centre or a supermarket I get asked and followed to the point of harassment by these annoying wont take no for an answer pricks.
Just the other day I had to go out and do some stuff at my local shopping centre. First time I walked past “Hi what’s your name?” My name is not interested love. Walked back past to go to another shop. The 2nd girl at the little stall said “oh my god you have a jumper on, I have one on too would you like to hear what we’re selling?” No, I would fucking not, a jumper doesn’t give us some sort of secret code and bond which is gonna make me say yeah sure I’m really interested now unlike I was 3 minutes ago. I had to walk past a 3rd time to go back and pick up some scripts, this time the guy that was at the stall tried his luck “hey bro how’s it goin ya wouldn’t be interested in hearing about blah blah blah”. Fuck sake, NO, once again in the 5 minutes since I passed earlier my interest has not changed. So I pick up my scripts and I’m heading for the exit, knowing I have to walk past again, this time all 3 of them, the two girl and the guy physically walk across to block my path and like something from a horror movie all went “Are you suuuuree we can’t interest you buddy” simultaneously. I held my tongue, i understand they have a job to do but for Fuck sake, trying to entice me 4 times in about 15 minutes is just too much. You would think whoever their boss is would say, if you don’t get any interest from someone the first time, fucking leave them alone it’s not that hard. I’m not a mean person, if the cause was good and worthwhile I would’ve probably stopped and had a chat. But continuously harassing and badgering me while I’m just trying to go about my business then get the Fuck out of there is not ok. It’s also getting way to out of hand, I live in a town of around 37,000 people and they’re bad enough here. I can’t imagine how bad it’s getting in places like Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo and other major cities. Is anyone else getting fed up with this? Because I’m sure I’m not the only person who’s sick and tired of it.
TL;DR Salespeople in my local shopping centre are getting way too pushy and harassing and I’m sick of it
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Hi guys,
I have recently been approved for Australian Citizenship, and its a privilege to become one. Honestly, it was the happiest moment in my life.
However, my local council in Victoria has no more citizenship ceremonies this year at all. The earliest one would probably be on 26th January 2020 (not confirmed yet), and there is a massive wait-list for that too (council's words)
due to some personal circumstances (i am sorry i cannot disclose here), I want to get my citizenship ceremony done before the end of the year (I know it may be selfish on my part)
Do people who have been through the process knows if there is any possibility to move ceremony to an earlier date to any other council than my local one, or even fast track it?
Here is what i have tried so far,
- Multiple calls and emails to local councils with no luck. Basically they told me to contact Home Affairs.
- Multiple Calls and emails to Home Affairs. Never got a single response for an email, and every-time I got a response from a call, they always said they don't allow fast-tracking ceremonies in Victoria (I still don't understand why just Victoria?)
Is there a slightest possibility to reschedule ceremony somehow?
Any assistance will be much appreciated.
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Hi guys, i am looking for some help/solutions that worked for people while getting internet. I moved in a new development about a year ago. We were told that we could not get ADSL, NBN or anything else. The only thing available was mobile broadband (OH MY GOD IS IT EXPENSIVE $80 for 200GB at Optus on a lucky deal). So i have been paying $160 for 400gb of unstable internet for a year now. I was told that my conduit pipe isn't connected to the pit. I paid a third party telecom company (Telstra licensed) over $3000 to fix it up. Then i was told that they don't have enough ports at the internet exchange so i should wait for NBN. A couple of months ago NBN was rolled out in my suburb and my neighbouring suburbs. My neighbours in all directions have NBN available. Telstra initially talked to NBN for me and confirmed that i should have NBN available because all my neighbours have it even though it didn't say so online. Then, they processed the order at the wrong address. I talked to them multiple times confirming the correct address, yet the technician came to my neighbour's house. However, he also confirmed that my house is NBN ready and he would be able to fix it up if he had the correct address. Then after talking to Telstra again, they reordered it but i was never sent any confirmation for it. After 8+ chats that were all over an hour, they are now saying that i will only get it in June 2020. I don't understand why i can't get it if the technician confirmed it is good to go and all my neighbours in all directions can get it and my entire suburb has access to it too. Please let me know if anyone has a solution or steps that should take.
TLDR: Haven't had internet in my house for a year even though NBN has been rolled out in my area.
edit: Suburb - Ringwood, 3134
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