I could write a book on some of the shit - pun intended - I’ve seen.
Notable mentions to the lady who passed out in the cubicle in front of the toilet bowl who had shat and pissed and vomited everywhere, and the bloke who thought it’d be funny to take a shit in no less than 6 schooner glasses. Then there was the old codger regular who was incontinent, and would shit/piss himself on a regular basis…
I’m not an alcoholic, but I’m trying to kill the brain cells that hold some of those memories for sure as it was yours truly who had to clean it all up!
On a much brighter, less shittier note. Workmate of mine and I were having a conversation during the week about how nobody uses the outdoor kitchen at work, complete with no less than 3 6 burner BBQs.
So at lunch, we drove to Aldi, picked up a couple steaks, and had ourselves a steak lunch. $10, 440g rump.
Best idea ever. So much cheaper than buying lunch!
I bet you can imagine the looks of utter jealousy from the staff sitting there with their crappy sandwich of frozen pasta meal.
That reminds me, the day after Melbourne Cup an email was sent around work saying that the kitchen and women’s toilet up stairs were out of action for a bit. I didn’t think twice till rumours starting swirling around that someone had a little too much to drink at the Melbourne Cup function and had an accident bug enough to take the bathroom out of action for the rest of the week and a deep clean needed.
Yeah vaping bad but imagine getting calls from this Karen.
" Over the past four years, David has made complaints to his local council, police, the Australian Taxation Office and federal and state politicians about the illicit tobacco and vape store that opened across the road from his home.
With a “cash only” sign, vapes visible on the shelves through the windows, and people frequently leaving the store carrying illicit tobacco packets in plain sight, David says even the local police have acknowledged that illegal trade is occurring.
He says it is one of the busiest stores in his small town in the Gippsland region of Victoria, east of Melbourne. And that angers him, he says, “because I pay my taxes every year”. "
Ok - I am certainly not a member of Mensa… but I can’t be the only one that thinks this makes no sense… what am I missing… ?
“A psychologist [who] tested Isla specializes in gifted children … [and said] he doesn’t usually test children,” Jason McNabb reportedly said. “But [he] made an exception after hearing about her talents.”
We’ve had a place like this open up in town.
My tobacco sales for last week were down 47% on the same week last year. The only bit that annoys me is that it opened about a month after my wage budget was handed down for the year.
They’re only trying to outlaw the vapes because they can’t regulate and tax them.
They’ll still be plentiful to be bought behind the counter of tobacconists and convenience stores. The Border Force won’t be able to pick up all the importations.
Had to laugh at a rep from one of the big tobacco companies yesterday.
He was telling me how the new task force will be starting up next month and how they’re going to stop the importation of tobacco and vapes so the trade I’ve lost will be coming back.
My response was that it is also illegal to import cocaine yet it’s rather easy to find it.
He was adamant that the AFP will be coming to a small country town of 4000 people and closing down the tobacconist. Poor guy.
My response to my wife when she told me she was looking forward to the cracking down on vapes. She didn’t realize that the big song and dance the cops do when they do a drug bust, is it’s usually a rival crew tipping off the Police, or the gang purposefully allowing the cops to seize and raid a small bust, meanwhile a shipment 10 times the size they busted is going past them on a shipping container on the back of a semi-trailer.
It might be effective in reducing kids from doing it, but it’s still going to be out there in plentiful supply. Cops won’t bother cracking down on it, because outside of a dedicated “operation” or taskforce (which they’ll probably put on a big show and dance about once a year), it’s not worth the paperwork back at the station.
The governments only making a big song and dance over it because kids are openly smoking them in schools, and they realize they can’t tax it and regulate it like they can traditional tobacco products.
Like drugs and anything “illegal”, it’s not going to be hard to get in this country.
Not sure if it is accurate or not but I was told that State police don’t/can’t do anything about it because it’s a Federal police matter.
Whether that is true or not, I can’t imagine your local cop who smokes is going to actively try and shut down the shop that they’re buying their $10-$15 packs from.
I could be wrong but I don’t think that the average person on the street really gives 2 shits about the illegal tobacco/vape trade.
The main outrage is coming from the big retailers (Coles, Woolies etc.) who have lost a significant amount of income that didn’t require any extra staffing.
I can only speak for myself, but as a parent of two young adults (20 & 18yo), and as a former smoker myself; I had hopes that my kids wouldn’t smoke because it’s now too cost prohibitive.
The whole fruity flavoured vape scene has dashed those hopes (for at least one of my kids), and the low cost and ease with which they can get them is concerning.
I’m in favour of the ban on flavoured vapes and making them harder to get, even if deep down I realise it’s not going to stop anyone determined enough.
I’d say I give a shit. Stuff that’s illegally imported and sold is more likely to be dodgily produced and more dangerous than even the “legit” shit right? Plus if they just ignore it and it’s so prevalent then decades of public education and disincentives (successful ones at that) are just flushed down the drain.
Really they should be cracking down on it hardcore. They were too slow to move on updated legislation and enforcement when vaping started to get big.
My partner is currently involved in some of the studies being conducted with these vapes and so far what they’ve found is that most ‘no nicotine’ vapes do in fact contain nicotine, and those that claim they do have amounts of nicotine have nicotine levels well in excess of your cigarette equivalency creating serious nicotine addiction issues in adolescents who have no idea just how dangerous some of these vapes are.
Regulation of them so they can at least be correctly labelled and consumers can be aware of the risks seems like the obvious first step to me. Who knows whether it stems the tide of black market vapes but the early stages of the research are quite concerning.
