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u/chonky__chonker 13h ago
My boss and exec have decided to finish up my probation 2 months early, so I’m permanent after 4 months!
I love my workplace, and I’ve never felt this positive about a job before.
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 12h ago
I love that for you - everyone deserves a decent workplace but to have one that you love is special. I hope I can find my forever work sometime soon... really need to get out of this place next year.
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u/chonky__chonker 7h ago
Unfortunately my job that I live so much has an end date because it’s a project, so I’ll be sure to live it as hard as I can before I’m out in the Wild West again in 2031!
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u/kmm88 Cat tax paid 5h ago
Went to Tame Impala with my husband last night, he's a big fan and I went because yeah why not! It was brilliant, I knew more songs than I expected to, but my favourite part was occasionally looking up at my husband and seeing the totally in the moment look of joy on his face :)
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 4h ago
I love that you took the moment to watch your husband in his element. That's really cool. Glad you guys had a lot of fun. Would have been an awesome gig.
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u/LaksaLettuce 4h ago
Saw the critical levels of blood. At the donation centre now and it's the busiest I've ever seen! Hope the levels improve over the next few days.
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u/samdiatmh 14h ago
is it actually 4C or has my phone picked up a weird location?
steps outside... nope, actually COLD
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u/9isalso6upsidedown 5h ago
my therapist played jedi mind tricks and now I’ve been able to finally stop being so negative about myself what the hell
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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 7h ago
The sheer amount of minor crap I've had to deal with this morning is exhausting.
I took 1.5 days off and somehow that caused several people to stop functioning.
Had 5 requests for things I don't deal with.
Took an hour for someone to admit they made a typo, which caused a lengthy hunt around for correct information.
Putting myself on DND for the afternoon.
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u/TinyBreak Salty in the South East 7h ago
I had someone reach out this morning and go "Hey you know how you said my new laptop won't be here until next week? Can I have it today?". It is in fact NOT next week yet.
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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 7h ago
The audacious entitlement!!!
Perhaps tell them it's been delayed and now won't be available until sometime in February.
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u/TinyBreak Salty in the South East 7h ago
the way the orders are coming in, feb legit may be too soon. We waited 3 months earlier in the year for some new MacBooks.
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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 7h ago
As long as it's out of your hands, milk it for all it's worth.
Surely others would take precedent over the impetuous.
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u/Nova_Terra West Side 6h ago
Enterprise laptops are cooked at the moment lol, I'm trying to push for next FY's laptops to be put in this side of Christmas if possible
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u/CrazyEeveeLady86 5h ago
What sort of MacBooks? I picked up a Neo earlier in the year not long before the price hike was announced. I was able to get mine really quickly but a colleague who wanted to order a few a couple of months later for a research project had to wait ages for them to come in.
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u/63Reddit 12h ago
Last night, across from Flinders Street Station where Elizabeth Street terminates, the road that goes north was being worked on: several witches hats & a DETOUR sign told drivers you can’t go down this road.
But some bold senior chap apparently didn’t let the rules dictate where he can/cannot drive, and went down Elizabeth Street anyway (obliviously driving in between the witches hats)…to the amusement/horror of multiple onlookers.
Seriously, how do some people have their driver’s license?
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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 10h ago
Oldies on the roads are as much of a hazard and angry tradies.
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u/futtbuckicecreamery 2h ago
Seriously, how do some people have their driver’s license?
I only found out recently, to my amazement, that for my dad's driving test, the bloke had him simply back into a parking space and was like "righto, that'll do, that's a pass"
Thankfully my dad is a fantastic driver, but god damn the 70s must've been a helluva time to be alive.
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u/Prime_factor 9h ago
It happens in the UK too. Drivers get too impatient to detour and drive in the construction site.
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u/DarkenedSkies 6h ago
Trying to figure out if my hayfever is just wretched today or if I'm coming down with something.
Place your bets!
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u/Nova_Terra West Side 11h ago
My VO2 max finally crossed the barrier into "good" which supposedly puts me into the top 40% of dudes in my age even though I don't know if I feel it lol
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u/melbslove26 8h ago
Nice one!! I feel personally attacked every time my watch shows a giant "FAIR" for my VO2 max and tells me my recovery time will be ~36 hours. Rude lol.
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u/Nova_Terra West Side 8h ago
I feel like my watch seems to compare me to an unrealistic standard, like come on there's no way i'm going to run a 28min 5k unless it was all downhill. It's cute it thinks I can but I know there isn't any way unless I knew there was a Heytea at the finish line 🫠
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u/alchemicaldreaming 10h ago
Been staring at words in the thing I am writing for too long. Words no longer appear as words. Is 'tip' even a real word. It doesn't look real?!
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u/FallofGondolin 12h ago
Power down in the north for anyone else?
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 12h ago
Looks like an unplanned outage in Lalor/Thomastown - link
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u/Dalek-Thal 12h ago
Jesus, what happened to the Mernda line lol. Trains cancelled and delayed for days.
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u/ScissorNightRam 10h ago
Who are the people in this giant mural in Richmond, Crown St? Anyone know?
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u/AJayToRemember27 9h ago
It's to promote the TV show House of Wellness which is a glorified Chemist Warehouse infomercial.
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u/HurstbridgeLineFTW 🐈⬛ ☕️ 🚲 9h ago
Looks like an FM radio breakfast show gang.
The two people in the middle are familiar
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u/TinyBreak Salty in the South East 9h ago
aren't they radio people? Looks a bit like Jo Stanely, Jonathan Brown and Chrissie Swan. Cant tell the first person though looks too cartoonish.
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u/lord_mattius 9h ago
Really unsure what to do today, had a driving lesson cancelled last minute. I wanted to visit Rippon Lea estate for tour but it was sold out, considering doing a Marvel/MCG tour or just checking out the architecture of the university of Melbourne or supreme court library... any recommendations?
Also considering just staying in my suburb and taking a lapidary/pottery class
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u/HurstbridgeLineFTW 🐈⬛ ☕️ 🚲 13h ago
Finally a solid sleep. I thank the gods for the cold night .
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u/rekt_by_inflation 7h ago
$100m powerball tonight, that would be nice wouldn't it.
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u/Nova_Terra West Side 6h ago
I used to have a rule I wouldn't buy in unless it was over 100m, but that was last year and I think i'm indexing it for inflation. I reckon nobody wins div1 and it goes to 120 next week (if that's how it works?)
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 5h ago
I was the same though my limit was $30m and then it went up to $100m. I bought a ticket, although I entered a syndicate. I don't mind sharing my winnings if it's anywhere near the top division.
Does mean that more people are buying tickets, more people have a chance of winning, and the prize pool gets diluted. So there is that. But whatever. It's nice to dream about what the kind of wealth you can retire young on would mean for the family, huh.
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u/Nova_Terra West Side 5h ago
I think my limit is so high because similarly when I say I buy a ticket it's.. a bit more than just 1 ticket it's the powerhit one I think it's called. Where basically it selects all the different powerball numbers you can possibly have and your select numbers. I recall looking into it briefly a few years back and saw it was like marginally better odds or something and that's been my play since. There's only been a handful of 100m+ in the past few years but I think last I recall I'm actually net positive despite how much it costs to powerhit each time (a few years back I won like $900 which I think was the powerball + 4 numbers)
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 4h ago
Yeah same. I think I remember reading as well that it's something like the best odds-to-winnings ratio of all of our lotteries, so there's that as well.
But you're right. going in alone is pricy. It's like $35 or something for the entry-level power-hit, and like $44 or something for a row of five or something absurd. That's a lot of money if you're doing it frequently. The syndicate that I entered resulted in a ticket that cost about $35 but was worth $400 or something. Just means if I won something (such as the $900 that you did) I'd be splitting it with others as well.
Either way, it's still gambling and definitely not worth it if you constantly buy tickets.
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u/chonky__chonker 6h ago
It would be and I ponder the possibility of buying a ticket but then my brain decides to bring up the statistics regarding the probability of winning and I decide not to buy a ticket.
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 5h ago
I see it as a ticket to dream... an expensive ticket, but for just a little while, I can dream and hope that even winning 10% of first division would create so much contentment in my life.
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u/EaeleButEeelier 5h ago
Me too. I keep thinking about buying the lotttery tickets, and my friend (who’s strangely enough an accountant) keeps wanting me to, but I think about the statistics and my brain is like no
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u/tone_212 1h ago
That’s a nice sunset, love this time of year when we get these pretty skies so often.
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u/HurstbridgeLineFTW 🐈⬛ ☕️ 🚲 9h ago
The ball thingy at Northlands is back!
It’s the 60 year anniversary of northlands
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u/chonky__chonker 6h ago
Is it upstairs near Hoyt’s again?
I am totally looking for it next time I go.
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u/HurstbridgeLineFTW 🐈⬛ ☕️ 🚲 5h ago
From the video I’ve seen, it looks to be downstairs somewhere
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 8h ago
NO WAY!!!! That makes me happy. Can't wait to show Jaybber Jnr! He'll get such a kick out of it.
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u/PrimaryWaste9407 7h ago
Have I missed something about why we’re not complaining about the petrol prices at the moment??
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u/Wankeritis 6h ago
I filled up last night at $2.40 for the e10. It cost me $70 to fill my little car. Not happy Jan.
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u/HearthyEarther 7h ago
We've given up and switched to public transport, so now we're complaining about that instead 😂
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u/PrimaryWaste9407 7h ago
I just got my car back on the road after it was out for about 5 months… I put $10 in and it doesn’t even move off 0km!
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u/tone_212 6h ago
We've being conditioned to the ridiculous prices, but they're getting closer and closer to $2.50 a litre which is madness.
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u/HurstbridgeLineFTW 🐈⬛ ☕️ 🚲 4h ago
I barely drive now. I catch PT to work, to visit my parents, to go out. I am enjoying the half price PT.
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 5h ago
I think complaints by and large have been directed to Pedo OTUS, and since he's still doing his stupid shit, people are mostly over it and just accept it. There's literally nothing more that we can do other than maybe vote Green so that we end up with more electrification projects (which only get eaten up by data centres anyway so there's that problem, too).
It's the same as people no longer complaining about climate change. It really does feel like at this point the billionaires have won.
I think I should probably log off the internet for a while.
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u/BEASTS4LIFE 11h ago
C class tram just derailed on Victoria Parade. It looks like route 109 will divert via Bridge Road for several hours.
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u/AccomplishedTry7460 5h ago
Anyone else work in pharmacy and feel like the cost price of perfumes gone up? I can't order some because it costs more to buy it than what we sell it for.
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u/asocialcomplex 3h ago
What do… i’ve developed a massive crush on a guy who helped jump start my car.
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u/Justan0therthrow4way 10h ago
What in the ever living fuck happened in Victoria pde this morning? Car vs tram. All tapped off. I wonder if it’s more than just a traffic accident. I doubt it’s opening again later. PSA for anyone headed that way later.
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u/Excabbla 9h ago
There has been a major derailment of a C class tram, it was hit by a car, and while derailingit has taken down the overhead power lines
Seen people mention that there were no injuries so all that's happening is the massive clean up and repair job
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u/Slayers_Picks 5h ago
Is it election year? or are state elections coming up or something? Just had a labor person come around and drop off pamphlets which is absolutely fine but its also so rare that they come around so i'm curious. Was gonna talk to her about the horrid state our hospitals are in since that's a thing that is currently a thing in this country.
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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 4h ago
First day on the internet?
In all seriousness, yes there is a state election next month.
It's great to see candidates campaigning in the community. Also shows that Labor is very worried in retaining power.
If you're seriously interested in plans for hospitals, reach out to your local member's office for info.
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 4h ago
Well done on keeping your head out of all the chaff, mate! We have a state election and it's finally been called, which means a lot of political advertisement can now be launched.
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u/alsotheabyss 4h ago edited 4h ago
It hasn’t been called - writs will be issued on 3 November, and candidate nominations close on 9 November. Because Victoria has a four year fixed term these dates are predictable in the way they aren’t for a federal election.
There’s nothing preventing candidates campaigning before this date, and many have been doing for months, but sometimes there is little benefit in doing it earlier either. Parties are still finalising candidates.
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 3h ago
I was going off of the VEC sending out an email advising that the 28th of November is when the State Election will be held.
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u/Slayers_Picks 4h ago
hahaha thank you. I do get political shit from facebook alot but thats coz i engage with it alot so the algorithm does its thing. Ah that makes sense, thanks for informing me!
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u/saxMachine I LOVE WINTER, PERIODTTT 💙❄️ 2h ago
Have been craving anything with banana the past month. Banana Greek yogurt, banana pudding, caramelises banana, even banoffee pie. I’ve had them all. What else are some banana stuff out there that I can buy in groceries pls tell me (not banana bread pls lol). It’s such a weird unstable craving. 😭
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u/herbertdeathrump 1h ago
Does anyone know what happened on Victoria Parade? There's some works happening, no trams are running and there is a tram missing the front with smashed windows.
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u/showquotedtext 48m ago
Is the tram pink? I saw a post earlier of a derailed tram, possibly there. I think a Camry was the culprit.
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u/shoveitinreverse 3h ago
Effective Monday, work has put a blanket ban on smoking and vaping on their property and anyone caught doing so on the property will receive one warning and one warning only.
They've also made it firm that there will be no smoke / vape breaks any time other than your designated break times (morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea) and there's to be no smoking / vaping in cars in the staff car park.
It should have happened a few years ago, but it's finally happened. There's nothing worse than artificial fruit flavours wafting through the warehouse or through the hallways and as you walk outside to head to the car park.
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u/TinyBreak Salty in the South East 11h ago
Saw the post requesting blood donors so got off my arse and... I'm stuck waiting to see if meds I'm on are compatible. Well, I tried.
Cat is back home, stoned AF and COMPLETELY over it. If you listen carefully you can almost hear him muttering to himself something that sounds an awful lot like "Fucking fuck fuckers, gonna burn this place to the fucking ground". Even then I had to clean up the language a bit.
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u/alchemicaldreaming 10h ago
Put matches in safe places. Be aware. Maintain vigilance!
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u/TinyBreak Salty in the South East 9h ago
i just got up to get a drink and was side eye'd the whole time. I think your right, best not to take any chances.
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u/five_line_poem Caffeine achiever ☕ 10h ago
Mine got fed 30 minutes late this morning due to an alarm snafu. Similar mutterings were heard.
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u/koala_is_stupid 2h ago
Does anyone know what happened to one of my boiled eggs? Is it still safe to eat?
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u/Excabbla 58m ago
If you have to ask if it's safe to eat you should probably just throw it out to be safe
My assumption is that it's rotten, because it's definitely looks rotten
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 8h ago
There is next-to-no one in the office today, so I've spent the morning listening to The Volgun's retellings on SCP objects/events. Relatively speaking, it's been a good morning :)
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u/TinyBreak Salty in the South East 7h ago
I LOVED that about the first control game. Resonant has entirely failed to scratch the same itch.
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 7h ago
Ah shit, really? I was worried about that when they said it was no longer going to be set within the Oldest House. But yup - Control is one of our favour games in the house because of how much they leaned into the SCP. So damn good.
Wifey is playing the newest Alan Wake and watching her is making me itch for a really good SCP experience.
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 12h ago
I would have done a lot of unspeakable things to not have my alarm go off this morning.
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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 12h ago
I slept in for a good 90 minutes. Am very privileged.
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 12h ago
We're trying to get Jaybber Jnr into a good routine with his sleep which has meant a 7am alarm for the house. But on days where I have to drag my arse into the office I have to get up at 6:15am. Add to that knowing that the relative temp outside was nudging zero and yeah... definitely feeling it.
90 minute sleep in though. I would honestly consider renting my kidney out for that kind of reward.
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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 10h ago
I'm usually up around 6 am all mornings. Today I turned my alarm off and got up at 730.
Still a bit under the weather but not too bad.
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 6h ago
Sucks that you're still feeling the effects of that cold, although hopefully you'll come out the other side of it soon enough to enjoy the warmer weather we're about to have (helps even more with the weekend within arm's reach).
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u/SadSafety9009 10h ago
Cash discounts should start to become a thing businesses offer. A few cafes/restaurants local to me have raised prices in response to the removal of credit card fees. As someone who always pays by cash it's so shitty I have to pay extra to subsidise the costs of people who are actually generating that expense for the business.
It's comical. A change intended to eliminate extra costs ends up with the user still paying more.
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin 9h ago
Processing cash costs more than processing cards. You aren't subsidising card payments, they're subsidising your payments.
Cash only gets a discount as a way of dodging tax. That's it.
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u/SadSafety9009 9h ago
Sure, there are time and labour costs associated with handling cash, but there's nothing to suggest these universally exceed card processing fees, or that card paying customers are always subsidising cash paying customers. That speaks more to the business itself and its operating costs, rather than something you can make a blanket statement about.
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin 9h ago
You made a blanket statement about cash subsidising cards. I pointed this out with a similarly blanket statement correcting your false assertion.
I can absolutely say cash is more expensive than card because of all the documented expenses around handling, sorting, security, and labour. There might be instances where it isn't but those wouldn't apply to restaurants.
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u/SadSafety9009 8h ago
Except I wasn't making a blanket statement about cash versus card processing costs. I'm referring to specific businesses I regularly visit where staff have explicitly told me prices have increased to offset the removal of card surcharges. So now I'm paying more to cover a cost I previously avoided by paying cash. That's the point I'm making.
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u/HeyHeyItsMaryKay 11m ago
LinkedIn is pretty depressing and that new 60 minute ep is really not helping
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u/babylizard38 14h ago
Today is national allied health day and instead of paying us more, or even putting on a morning tea, my work has decided that to celebrate, the “execs will visit the office in recognition of allied health and the work that you do”
Why is this a PUNISHMENT