• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    That feeling when you go through your 30+ year collection of buttons and find a replica of the one you need to replace. Better than ice cream.

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Cat update: He is fine. Bloods came back great. He hasnt pooped out any worms or anything, but he also hasnt vomited so… dunno.

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Glad kitty is okay. Ours had a bit of vomiting episode Saturday…came home to a bit of a mess. I’m assuming she chewed on her blanket and couldn’t digest it.

  • calhoon2005@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    So tech question Tuesday… You know this 3g turn off thing? My MIL has a Moto G8 plus (which the specs say supports LTE), but Optus keep sending her emails through her account saying that it will not be supported going forward … They list her phone specifically as one that will not be supported…so VoLTE is a different spec than LTE?

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    IT guys are very busy. They should give me access to the website to update this form myself so I can just get it out of the way. I know what I’m doing, I’ve managed Wordpress websites before

    • Nath@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      Unless you are in a very small business, it isn’t the IT guys making this call. Present your case to your manager, explain your experience and how it helps the business for you to have the access. Let your manager take it from there. You never know, you might get access.

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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        6 months ago

        Unless you are in a very small business, it isn’t the IT guys making this call.

        God I’m just imagining my security managers face when I tell him “But X staff member says they’ve managed Y before so I’m sure its fine lets give full admin access!”

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      They should give me access … so I can just get it out of the way. I know what I’m doing

      With the utmost respect, the amount of times i’ve heard this over the last 15 years followed a couple of months later by “Heyyyyyy so I kind of stuffed up, can you please spend the next 2 days unfucking whatever I stuffed up” is the problem.

      Not saying your not an expert. I’m saying the people who CLAIMED to be an expert but were in fact not ruined it for the people who actually are experts.

      • SituationCake@aussie.zone
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        6 months ago

        Have seen this plenty of times too. Sure there’s lots of untapped skills and knowledge in organisations where people genuinely could step up, but there’s even more people who severely overestimate their abilities and their bravado can leave a ginormous mess which now someone else has to clean up. IT has no way of knowing which one you are based on ‘I say so’

        • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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          6 months ago

          As frustrating as it is, I understand why bigger places do this. That being said, I want to fix up something IT configured incorrectly in the first place

          • AJ Sadauskas@aus.social
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            6 months ago

            @tombruzzo @SituationCake The other thing is to keep in mind is that it’s not necessarily IT that is the “business owner” of the website.

            Sure, IT might be responsible for keeping it online. But the main decisions about it, and the responsibility for maintaining the content, belong to a different person/team/department.

            Depending on where I’ve worked, that’s been operations, content, comms/PR, and marketing.

            Even in small orgs, it’s often the CEO rather than IT who has the final say.

            And sometimes different parts of the website are managed by different people/teams/departments.

            The second thing to be mindful of is it’s not just about whether you have the WordPress skills.

            There’s often a lot of office politics in many organisations.

            People quite rightly don’t enjoy feeling like their jobs or responsibilities are being undermined.

            And they don’t want changes made in an area they’re ultimately responsible for without them knowing.

            That’s where business processes and procedures come into play.

            It might be as simple as emailing a particular person to get their sign off on you making a particular update, or notifying them afterwards.

            You also need to think about what the benefits to them are of granting you this access. Perhaps it frees up their resources for more meaningful tasks?

            And the third thing to be prepared for is if you get the admin privileges you want, suddenly other people might ask you to make changes as a shortcut around IT. You might want to push back against that.

            If I were in your position, I’d plan out the case for:

            * What the problem you want to solve is.
            * Your proposed solution. That’s not just gaining access, but also the approvals or notifications around it.
            * Restrictions and safeguards. You are only to have this level of privileges and make updates in situations x, y, and z. This helps you push back if someone else wants you to make other changes — I’m not authorised to do that.
            * The benefits to the business, including improved productivity, or customer experience.

            I’d have a chat with your boss to get them on board.

            I’d find out who the business owner(s) of the website are.

            I’d organise either an informal chat (maybe buy them coffee one day?) or a meeting to talk through the case with them.

            And finally, I’d be prepared for the answer to be a no. That’s ultimately their call. If that’s the case, your decision is whether you stick with your current job, or find a different one that makes better use of your skills.

            • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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              6 months ago

              I know Marketing aren’t responsible for the website because that’s the team I’m in. This issue isn’t worth getting everything setup for, but I might try get access overall soon.

              I think it’s that I feel hamstrung by not being able to make the change myself. I’m just bumping against the contradictions of businesses needing everything done now, but also needing everyone’s input and approval.

              I’ll see if they let me in, even if it’s just to put on my own resume.

              • AJ Sadauskas@aus.social
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                6 months ago

                @tombruzzo Out of curiosity, roughly how large is this organisation? Is it closer to 10 staff, 50 staff, or 1000?

                Also, you mentioned something I found interesting.

                You said the business wants everything done now, but also everyone needs to give their input and approval.

                Is that an issue just with the website? Or is it across the board in your business?

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Mrs is channel surfing and skipped past “farmer wants a wife”, when a strange thought popped into my head: good on 7 for getting some farmers laid. Working a farm is tough as shit, it’s not like you can go to the pub every other night. Country towns are often small, people couple up quick outta school. So ignoring the reality tv show aspect I suppose it’s really a net positive hey.

    • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      I worked on a farm when I was 19 for about 2 years. No job has ever been as hard as that was. Not even house demolitions and that is brutal.

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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        6 months ago

        So what I’m hearing is not only do farmers deserve some love, but it’d be pretty… intense.

  • wscholermann@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    I really don’t care for running and I wonder how people enjoy it. It’s a lot of work for what seems like limited benefits.

    I really do feel you get much more bang for your buck weight training if you had to choose between the two.

  • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    6 months ago

    In exciting news: 2 hours after arriving at work I’m done with my presentation and I’m on a tram home. I might even make it before my apartment inspection AND the presentation I was going in for tomorrow fell through so I don’t have to go back in.

  • AJ Sadauskas @lemmy.mlEnglish
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    6 months ago

    "Thank you everyone for all the kind words 😽

    "Mum is still giving me eyedrops today, and it’s really uncomfortable 😿

    "But my eye feels a lot better today 😸

    “Now excuse me, I have some chicken to eat for dinner. It’s my favourite! Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom”

    — Miss Mimi

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    6 months ago

    After a couple of years of self-imposed junk food ban I decided to stop for KFC on the way home. The electronic order board thingy had to be poked a few times before it deigned to take my order but otherwise worked well. But I noticed no one else that came in after me used them and just ordered at the counter. Was I doing the weird thing, or were they?

    The wrap seemed smaller than I remember and much more cabbagey. The chips were undersalted and lacking even a hint of crunch. A bit underwhelming and I’ll be happy to abstain from fast food for another few years I think.

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      There was something in ozbargain today about a large snack pack and I gotta be honest I’ve never been more sold on anything in my life for under 10 bucks!

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      Haven’t had KFC in many years. I remember it being rubbish and don’t imagine it’s improved. Local chicken shops are so much better, and many of them do wraps and burgers as well as the standard rotisserie chicken. And chips are always fresh cooked. They can take my money instead.

    • Catfish@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      I’ll pick at Boyo’s chips but otherwise don’t touch the stuff. The abomination they call gravy is so salty you might as well suck stock cubes.

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    said it before and I’ll say it again: Spotify users have better taste than apple music users (even though I AM an apple music fan). Nemo - Broke the Code, Joost - Europapa and Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim have all moved into the global daily top 50. Wonder how far apple will be behind.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Massive day today. Worked non stop from 7:40 to 3:40 including a whole lot of new shit and new requirements to my job that, while making a lot of sense and genuinely good for service delivery, involve a level of mental load/energy that’s… not exactly what I signed up for. I need more training and preparation. It kind of happened so suddenly that I didn’t have time to formulate a response, and ask for reasonable accommodation/support. I’m definitely willing to give it a go and see if it improves things, but I just really didn’t need that extra burden this week 😣

    Anyway… I then had to go help a friend out with some things and ended up having a long chat in the car, really was good to unload but I ended up really exhausted and emotional. Despite my pledge to cook more at home and save money I gave in and ordered the two-large-pizza-plus-garlic-bread special at my local for 37.50. I’m reminding myself that it’ll be enough for dinner tonight, brekkie tomorrow, dinner tomorrow and maybe even lunch the day after. Thankfully lunch is catered tomorrow at some training thing I gotta do. I’d really rather catch up with work but it’s mandatory training so oh well…

    I’m thinking after I come back from my break I’m gonna have to ration out my energy a bit better at work in terms of in person interactions. Might need to start requesting one day from home even though I genuinely want to work away from home for the work/life separation - I’m just gonna be really exhausted with all the masking and social interaction.

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    How do you abbreviate ‘breakfast’? I’ve seen cafes offer a ‘big breaky’ which I read as break-y. Others do ‘Brekkie’ which I seem fine with. And one place I saw does ‘Breakki’ which annoys me to no end for some reason.