BOUTIQUE ADVISORY: New laws introduced to govern office behaviour
From: Frustrated neighbour To: Boutique Advisory Hi there, A member of the neighbouring ‘pod’ at my work insists on holding telephone calls on speaker phone, despite this [...]
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Doctor, doctor, give me the news already
Due to an over-zealous attempt at being domestic and deciding to clean the bathtub, I now find myself once again back in the doctor’s waiting room with a bad [...]
My CV has been drinking protein shakes
Not to discount the development of modern technology and its importance in shaping the society we live in today, but I’d still I have to say that THE most useful invention [...]
How to deal with fucking annoying work colleagues
When I’m not slaving analyst-style, I actually fancy myself as quite the lyricist. What I lack in terms of any sort of remote musical competence, I make up for in my [...]
Australia vs. England: The Ashes of our soul
I’ve spent the last 48 hours stocking up on cans of tuna, tomato, corn and any food product that is in can-form such that my house now resembles aisles 2 and 3 of my local [...]
The best way to deal with parking and speeding fines
You know you’re struggling when the most exciting thing to happen to you all month is the discovery of $15 fleece tights from Woolworths. So far this month, in addition to [...]
When you miss out on critical bits of basic life knowledge
So today I tried something different which seemed to make sense in my head but in practice failed miserably: FYI watering plants with Yakult does not make them grow any [...]
Talking about my gen…meh! I’m bored already
I read this article recently about Gen Y. I got bored midway so ended up only reading the start and the finish but I got the impression that this was another crap-on article [...]
Smells like coffee, tastes like shit
Due to a disgusting cough brought on by this disgustingly cold Melbourne weather, I found myself taking the day off from work and seated in a café eating breakfast. I did my [...]
Learning to budget so you have ‘freedom money’
Today I have negative eighty-six cents in my bank account. Wow that sounds much better when you write numbers out in words. As a result of requiring an eighty-six cent [...]
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