greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 15^th, 2022 at 7:33pm:


More like $200 to pay 2 teens to work 6 hours. Or maybe 3 people working 4 hours shifts, manning the checkouts. But it comes down to moving 2 people away from the checkouts to stacking those shelves and saving the store money on not needing to babysit some old man that does not know how to scan a few items himself.

We had 2 people on checkouts tonight when I was doing my shopping. Given that it was near 8pm, it is fair that they only had 2 checkouts open to serve the 5 people getting served in that 10 minute window. Why would you want to have a third or fourth person sitting at the checkout waiting on someone else after the 1 person they served is gone. Waste of labour money.

You paid $2.20/L today. I bet you are the type of person that uses his car regularly, too. Would you rather pay $1.10/L and self-serve. Or would you rather pay the $2.20/L and have someone from the service station pumping your fuel for you?

By the way, buy a packet of baking soda powder for $1.90. Dump the contents into an old milo or coffee tin. Leave the lid over it and available in the bathroom. Before a shower, get a spoonful of baking soda from your tin and put it in your mouth to dissolve, swish around and then expel down the bathroom drain during your shower. The baking soda will clear off the plaque on your teeth a lot better than mouthwash. Wash your mouth out afterwards and brush your teeth to clean off the remainder. Your breath will smell better for a lot longer. You save money. The powder will last longer than mouthwash. And for guys, your manhood won't be affected by the way mouthwash does.

UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 16^th, 2022 at 12:58am:


If it creates more jobs, I have no problem paying more for goods and services.

Lisa Jones wrote on Mar 16^th, 2022 at 10:51am:


I did marry, and I do have kids.

My wife died years ago, and my kids are employed in decent jobs and certainly don't need any money from me.

Moreover, they wouldn't take it even if I left it for them (they'd donate it to a charity).

Our family doesn't worship money, and we don't seek inheritances.

My father died a few weeks ago (holding my hand as he struggled to take his last breath), and now his money has been transferred into my mother's account (I finalised the paperwork yesterday).

Starting tomorrow, I'm using that money (with Mum) to buy her a new AC unit, fridge, bed, lounge, washing machine, TV, vacuum cleaner, wheelchair, etc. etc. etc.

She doesn't need any of those things replaced, but I've insisted that she get brand new everything.

I want her to be as comfortable and happy as possible in her last years (possibly only months).

I want her to spend every last cent on herself (and stimulate the economy in the process).

If I end up with an inheritance from her, I will consider that a failure.

This is how our family works, and my children wish the same for me - they want me to spend every last cent on myself before I die (my ever-expanding guitar collection is seeing to that quite nicely).

Some people put family, love, comfort, community, and experiences before money and inheritances.

And, some people put jobs before the need for cheaper baked beans.

Lisa Jones wrote on Mar 16^th, 2022 at 11:13am:

Lisa Jones wrote on Mar 16^th, 2022 at 11:20am:

Lisa Jones wrote on Mar 16^th, 2022 at 11:20am:


LOL hows the election going Lisa?

Lose much?

haha

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 16^th, 2022 at 10:45am:


Oh, bull-f'n'-sheeit. $2.17/L to fill up my car tonight (plus some for my mower fuel). I would not pay another 5c/L to pay someone to come out and pump my fuel. It is such an easy task that it would be demeaning to have someone else do it for me. Take your 20 items to the self-checkouts and do your own scanning. The designated checkout operators are too busy trying to help old people too technophobic from learning new things.

I swear that there are too many people in this country that think paying more to have people scan and bag, or wash the windscreens, check your oil, and pump your fuel. Perhaps we need to bring back people that go around knocking on your bedroom windows to wake you up and replace that darn alarm clock. Or maybe a water carrier to replace those pesky pipes leading from the town's water reserves.

Wake up and smell the coffee -- before you start accusing that product of stealing income from tea or milo brands. Being a luddite in the 21st century will soon leave Australia having to fall behind places like Indonesia in technology. Ironically, their catch up will have us competing better with them.

UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 17^th, 2022 at 1:13am:


Just ignore Bwian aka Gwoggy aka Laugh Til We Laugh At Him aka Jim Slackey aka Moosetupha Can't Troll hard enough...

He's absolutely off his face and talking utter invented BS again.

And he posted 2 comments yesterday which I copied and took a screenshot of before he could edit or delete them. Why? Both comments clearly indicate how unhinged his full time multi troll mindset is these days. Do not believe his comment above. It is a filthy and unhinged lie by an unwell man who has not worked for at least 15 years (that I know of).

What I do is this : I follow the principles my migrant parents taught me :

• Always do the right thing wrt money matters. Don't waste it. Invest it in your health and welfare and future. And your children's future. And always remember the vulnerable poor around you.

This is why today .... I'm in a very financially secure position with my husband. I've stuck to mum n dad's philosophy.

I STILL remember being around 4 and sitting on a normal chair at the kitchen table and watching my parents talk about money. It was never about MAKING money. It was about SAVING money. They kept repeating the word : economia <--- it means to economise ie save.

And that's all I knew growing up. My life was about growing organic fruit n veg ( Mum n Dad had a mini farm happening ffs with chooks etc ).

And that's why 2 teenage migrants with no education and no English language skills and no money and no support who came to Sydney with nothing but dreams and hope in 1965.....had FOUR houses by the time I was born!

Both worked 2 to 3 jobs each all the time and saved.

My uncles and aunts by marriage did even better! They owned factories as well as homes. But that's because my uncles had trades skills/qualifications.

Mum n Dad taught us to remember those around us who couldn't cope financially. If your standard of living increases so should your standard of giving. And through that we were taught the important principle of BEING GRATEFUL and the principle of SHARING.

And as a little kid I watched what this did. It kickstarted a synergistic chain reaction involving community network development driven by positive energy and happiness. Yes HAPPINESS. Being HAPPY! That's what life is supposed to be about!

The only complaint I have about my European childhood is that we never had a pet dog or pet bird or pet kitten like the kids at school. Ours was always a pet lamb. My cousins had pet goats.

The peculiar thing about our pets? Every so often these animals needed to apparently return to their homes far away on some farm for the farm air was good for their health. They would then come back. Looking exactly the same mind you to be our pets again. 😐i