Mega Thread The Questions Thread - Part II

[Cuzz09]

Anyone used STAYZ or AiRBnB?

Looking at getting away in March for a few days (4 or 5) but looking at the reviews of both they're horrible.



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[FRUMPY]

Anyone used STAYZ or AiRBnB?

Looking at getting away in March for a few days (4 or 5) but looking at the reviews of both they're horrible.



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Never had an issue with either - i guess you just have to do your homework and get ones with good ratings/reviews. Like anything you'll get good people to deal with and dodgy ones.

 

[drd23]

Have used AirBnb before - you need to pick well, and make sure to activate the option to show all fees up front so you don't get surprised

 

[Off The Couch]

Anyone used STAYZ or AiRBnB?

Looking at getting away in March for a few days (4 or 5) but looking at the reviews of both they're horrible.



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Used AirBnB with no issues
Keep an eye on the extras like a cleaning fee (bit of a scam tbh as the “rules” give you a long list of things to do when leaving. We ended up leaving ours tidy but we certainly didn’t clean it

 

[revo333]

Anyone used STAYZ or AiRBnB?



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Only used Airbnb overseas and not sure I'd use it again as I think hotels in general are a better option these days.

As people have said only book with those who have good reviews.

 

[Caesar]

Question for teachers like raskolnikov and perthblue (or anyone in a highly social job)

How do you deal with being in a position where you’re meeting tons of people all the time, and a lot of them greet you with some familiarity because they already know who you are before you’ve met, but some of them you HAVE met, but you’re not sure because you are terrible with faces and names?

I seem to spend my whole day introducing myself to people and apologising to the 50% of them I’ve already met

I just introduced myself to someone for the third time and I want to die

 

[Over The Post]

I just introduced myself to someone for the third time and I want to die

Amateur.

I'm also terrible with names and went to a customer's Christmas party, introduced to 423498724 people whose names went in one ear and out the other. I noticed everyone was calling everyone else "mate" - "Mate!" "Gidday mate, haven't seen you for ages!" "Hey mate, have you seen old mate over there?"

Not wanting to appear like one of the clueless throng around me, I started doing the American thing and called everyone "buddy." "Hello OTP!" "Gidday buddy, how are you these days?" Smooth.

Except for the Indian guys.

"Hello buddy!" <significant look> "Oh hello, I'm Satish."
"Nice to meet you, buddy." <poisonous look> "Umm, I'm actually Arunchal."

... puzzlement and wonder intensifies as this continues for ten minutes with randoms ...

Then: "Hey OTP, I'd like you to meet our senior sales engineer, Buddy Harpreet"

Fifteen years later and I still can't think of that occasion without wanting the floor to open up and swallow me whole.

 

[Off The Couch]

I do the onboarding of new staff including inductions and the easiest way to learn the names is use them at every opportunity.

I start by remembering something distinctive about them and then use it throughout the induction and then When I do the site tour, I introduce both parties using their names, their roles and the department they are in. It’s repetitive and at times can be difficult if there’s more than one but I find it makes it easy the next time I see them

 

[gaskin]

Become one of those annoying people that use your name 15 times in a 3 minute conversation.

 

[peternorth]

Sometimes introducing two persons to each other requires reintroduction because when you say

Caesar this is OTC, OTC....Caesar.

Both will say hi how ya going at the same time to quickly, neither party actually hear their opponents name

 

[PT Bar None]

I seem to spend my whole day introducing myself to people and apologising to the 50% of them I’ve already met

I just introduced myself to someone for the third time and I want to die

LOL. I'm usually the one on the other side of this equation

(BTW, none of these people were me. I didn't talk to anyone in person today. It was glorious!"

 

[Caesar]

Become one of those annoying people that use your name 15 times in a 3 minute conversation.

Whenever I make an effort in social situations I get paranoid I’m the guy Rob plays in this sketch

 

[raskolnikov]

I have a knack of remembering names and faces. However it is waning as I get older. Used to be that I knew all the names of the students in a new class within the first lesson. Now it takes 2 or 3 lessons.

 

[Kram]

A kid once cracked the shits with me for not remembering their name at the start of day 2. I then said well what is my name? And he didn't even know haha. I'm like dude I have to remember like 50 and you only have one 1..

 

[Over The Post]

Did you brik him? Shoulda.

 

[Engimal v3]

Do you say "graph" with a long or short "A"? E.g.
A) "Grarf"
B) "Graff"

I'm Tasmanian, and I say the first one. I use the long A in "castle" also, but a short A in "dance". Interested in what others say.

 

[Off The Couch]

I’m B

 

[phantom13]

Do you say "graph" with a long or short "A"? E.g.
A) "Grarf"
B) "Graff"

I'm Tasmanian, and I say the first one. I use the long A in "castle" also, but a short A in "dance". Interested in what others say.

… grarf…

I don’t understand the question at all. This just looks like you don’t know how to pronounce the word.

 

[perthblue]

Question for teachers like raskolnikov and perthblue (or anyone in a highly social job)

How do you deal with being in a position where you’re meeting tons of people all the time, and a lot of them greet you with some familiarity because they already know who you are before you’ve met, but some of them you HAVE met, but you’re not sure because you are terrible with faces and names?

I seem to spend my whole day introducing myself to people and apologising to the 50% of them I’ve already met

I just introduced myself to someone for the third time and I want to die

Kids and parents are easy.

i started off doing relief teaching in various schools and I quickly learned that one of the most important things you can do for managing behaviour is learning the kid’s names. At the beginning it took me a full day, by the end I could memorise everyone’s name within the first hour of the day. There was no trick to it, I just forced myself out of necessity.

I teach junior primary so I see the parents regularly, and I have a list of names and contact details of parents/caretakers should I forget. The only difficulty is if a grandparent or aunty or whatever picks them up from time to time.

But I work in a large school and really only have regular contact with my fellow year level teachers and so I’m often forgetting the names of other teachers, certain admin staff, and especially the regular casuals that come in and out. Usually I’m lucky in that they wear name badges, otherwise I just avoid talking to them or about them hehehe

 

[raskolnikov]

Kids and parents are easy.

i started off doing relief teaching in various schools and I quickly learned that one of the most important things you can do for managing behaviour is learning the kid’s names. At the beginning it took me a full day, by the end I could memorise everyone’s name within the first hour of the day. There was no trick to it, I just forced myself out of necessity.

I teach junior primary so I see the parents regularly, and I have a list of names and contact details of parents/caretakers should I forget. The only difficulty is if a grandparent or aunty or whatever picks them up from time to time.

But I work in a large school and really only have regular contact with my fellow year level teachers and so I’m often forgetting the names of other teachers, certain admin staff, and especially the regular casuals that come in and out. Usually I’m lucky in that they wear name badges, otherwise I just avoid talking to them or about them hehehe

For the last 12 years I was at a school with over 1600 kids. Some of the staff who were there for years I never knew the name of and I probably knew a tenth of the students by name. I'm at a school with just over 200 this year and after 4 days I know all the staff names and will probably know all the kids names by the end of the term.

 

[Quivorir]

I've never been to the tennis but assume they sell beer. Do they continue to sell beer for games that start at 10pm? That game that went to 4am do they sell beer for that duration or is there a cut off time?

 

[Cruyff14]

A kid once cracked the shits with me for not remembering their name at the start of day 2. I then said well what is my name? And he didn't even know haha. I'm like dude I have to remember like 50 and you only have one 1..

I thought you were a sparkie lol

 

[Engimal v3]

… grarf…

I don’t understand the question at all. This just looks like you don’t know how to pronounce the word.

You will find both pronunciations across Australia

 

[phantom13]

You will find both pronunciations across Australia

If I had any idea what pronunciation that is supposed to be I’m sure I would agree with you.

 

[Kram]

I thought you were a sparkie lol

I'm not just a glorified cable runner matey.