WGMG: End of term madness - 5 assessments due in 1 week. I'm fucked sideways.

WGMG: Optus suspending my service even though I paid the bill. Had to go into the optus shop and shout at them and I have to wait until tomorrow to get service back. In the meantime I can receive calls and messages but not make them and people are getting shitty that I'm not replying to their messages.

WGMG: Not going to the Broncos or the Reds matches this weekend. :(

WGMG: "Signal failure" on the trains. Took me three hours to get from Reservoir to St Kilda today.

WGMG: Sydney Buses. I'm sure I've complained here before about it, but if I want a bus at 3:12 I want it at 3:12, especially after a rainy day

You got lucky, both were heart breakers

Bus timetables don't take into account the wet weather and subsequent extra travel time created by everyone driving like shit.

WGMG: Passed out on the couch at about 5pm last night. Just woke up. Guess I needed a good sleep.

WGMG: A-league scheduling. Every year Sydney's Sunday games always seem to be at the end of the a-league season but at the start of mine so I either miss the end of the season or have to run straight from my game to get there.

I just realised that the clocks switched back last night, so I slept for an hour longer than I thought. 14 hours of being out cold.

WGMG: I'm not a very serious guy, but today shit got serious. I live in Brazil in a small city of 35k or so. I used to drive, but I got rid of my car and have been catching a taxi about twice a month for whatever reason. My motorista (taxi driver) of.choice was sr. Jose Noel. He never charged me the 'gringo fee', always dealt with me respectfully and in my luck seeing as I lived near his house he would sometimes drive me to work free of charge.

I woke up this morning to discover that he'd gone to a job in the hills (pure forest)of my city and was stabbed to death by 2 filhos da puta. They killed a father of 2 teenage girls for 300 reais.... About 135 dollars. The last time I spoke to Jim was 1 week ago and my housemate chatted to him yesterday... Hard to comprehend.... Be careful in Brazil if you're coming over

Edited by bundi: 6/4/2014 04:18:05 PM

They tell tourists to stay out of the hills don't they?

What's the reason you live there?

-PB

That is one reason I plan on not going to South America, poor guy.

Edited by mrmcjewpants: 7/4/2014 09:58:17 AM

WGMG: Brock Lesnar breaking Undertakers streak. So not a worthy wrestler, if you can call him that.

WGMG: Another week til the next GOT episode

Not sure what you mean by that. He's one of the few wrestlers with actual, real-life achievements. Do you mean he doesn't have a worthy enough costume, nickname or storyline?

N.b. I have zero interest in wrestling

ahhh those drugs...gotta love em....

Whilst he may have fought in UFC, I don't think his 'accomplishments' or his pedigree in the WWE is worthy of him being the man to topple such a giant of the business. Only two men would be worthy in my view, Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels.


N.b. I understand your lack of interest in wrestling, but i had to respond.

WGMG: 40 minute late bus.

:lol: What route you catch?

the uhhh 6927.

:lol: :lol:

I wasn't attempting to come across as a stalker, lol. I'm a PT tragic and would be able to tell you the worst bus routes in Sydney by company, region, timetable, etc. :lol: :lol:

I catch multiple ones, but most around Dulwich Hill, even if it is actually pretty far from anywhere I live or really go to. 426, 418, etc.

Yeah, 422-428 all run through Newtown, and into the City. Shocking congestion from Central right through to Enmore is why your buses are constantly late. Timetables are a pipe dream. :lol: Any bus route that runs up George St. in the City is never going to be on time. :lol:

The 433 into Balmain via Glebe is notoriously bad. George Street, right through Glebe Point Rd is a nightmare any time of the day. If it's running anywhere between 5-10 minutes late, the traffics not too bad. :lol:

People who are on the phone while they are at the checkout and tell the cashier to wait a second FFS !

Edited by thejollyvic: 8/4/2014 07:47:32 PM

As somebody who works in hospo, this is one of my biggest pet hates. I usually pull out my phone, open up facebook with one eye on the patron, and when they've put their phone away, and give me a weird look, or start to say something, I hold my hand up, and tell 'em to hold a minute.

The only thing that annoys me more than that is when they do it when you've made their order, and you're waiting for them to pay, they haven't even gotten their money ready, let alone their wallet out (it's 90% women as well). On more than one occasion, I've waited until they've put their phone back in their bag/purse/pocket, then I've drunk their drink, in front of them, and served the person beside them. :lol: The look of sheer astonishment on their face never fails to amuse me. When they pipe up in complaint, I swiftly tell them I don't have time to wait whilst they browse facebook/tinder/grindr/matchmaker.com or whatever the fuck they're doing. :lol:

It makes it all the more sweeter when they go griping to my manager and he shuts them down over it, too! :lol: :lol:

There is a cafe I read about that is charging people an extra dollar per coffee if they are on their phone. Have this as a blanket rule and people would stop doing it.

In hospitality, there's a cu*t tax. Generally that means the bartender ads an extra drink to your order. Say for example, you order 2 bourbon & cokes @ $8 each, but you're a rude prick, or you're on your phone the entire time, that $16.00 order will magically rise to $24.00.

It's fun when said c*nt tax is placed on a customer who has a bar tab running. Say he's been drinking Vodka Cokes all night. His at $80 tab will rise significantly because the bartenders been putting down top shelf vodka instead of the house vodka which he's actually been given the bloke.

You want to be a dick to a bartender, we'll tango baby! :lol:

WGMG

Attacks on international students

Like yeh it needs to stop, yeh?