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Uber and Streaming have killed the entertainment and restauarant businesses
If there a service available to the people they going to use it .

Imo the people in the cafe, restaurant, supermarket etc.
Should be looked after before uber etc.
 
Dont retire

Even given medical inducements to lose weight I cant stop the nibbling at home because well what else do you do when watching Netflix
Yes, non-hungry eating is a real curse. I found I couldn’t have certain foods in the house. Sugary stuff mainly. There are lots of low-calorie snacks around. Fruit, crackers, popcorn, chewing gum, soda and mineral water. Not very exciting but they’re a help.

Eating protein at each meal makes you feel full for longer.

Keep busy. Delay eating. If you’re thinking of having something, say to yourself that you can have it after you’ve done a task, or if you’re watching tv, make yourself wait for an ad break. Make a rule for yourself that you don’t eat during the action.

Drink water instead.

Don’t make excuses or feel sorry for yourself. Who’s the boss, you or that pesky brain of yours that has told you you’re hungry?

Sorry for the rant, no offence meant 😬
 
Yes, non-hungry eating is a real curse. I found I couldn’t have certain foods in the house. Sugary stuff mainly. There are lots of low-calorie snacks around. Fruit, crackers, popcorn, chewing gum, soda and mineral water. Not very exciting but they’re a help.

Eating protein at each meal makes you feel full for longer.

Keep busy. Delay eating. If you’re thinking of having something, say to yourself that you can have it after you’ve done a task, or if you’re watching tv, make yourself wait for an ad break. Make a rule for yourself that you don’t eat during the action.

Drink water instead.

Don’t make excuses or feel sorry for yourself. Who’s the boss, you or that pesky brain of yours that has told you you’re hungry?

Sorry for the rant, no offence meant 😬
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uber is a cancer company but food delivery options themselves are a good thing

not everyone can go and get the food from the restaurant, whether through disability or illness or lack of transport/carer requirements

people tend to assume everyone using it is lazy, same as they do with pre packaged meals at the supermarket


home deliver existed long before uber its just that these companies now mean places that don't offer their own delivery service are accessible

the problem isn't that people can get food at home the problem is how uber treats their drivers and the places that do uber eats

Uber, Amazon....go back a decade or two, Google, Facebook - before them Microsoft, Apple, etc. Cancer is the ONLY way these companies should be described. Maybe a parasitic tumour.

People have ALWAYS traded away their independence and freedom of choice for convenience. The above companies all found a way to not only get the consumer to pay for it, they simultaneously used their size and influence to make themselves indispensable to their corporate "partners", then renegotiated contracts that crushed any and all opposition.

I have a couple of clients running local restaurants. One is so beholden to UberEats now, that they actually STOPPED their own deliveries (despite offering the same product cheaper, quicker and with online ordering for years) - after the first month, even their regular customers started putting orders through Uber. It's just easier (lazier). They no longer serve three sittings of 25 a night (6, 7:30, 9) - instead they will only take bookings for up to 15 people - the rest of the floor space is now dedicated to lining up for takeaway (of which 90% is now Uber). It's not uncommon for people dining in to reach the end of their 90m sitting only having had one drinks order, and their meals delivered. No followup, no "how is your meal" - it might as well have come in a plastic box. They used to have four waiters (and the owner/FOH manager) plus whatever in the kitchen. Now, they have the FOH manager, one wait staff for the restaurant and the rest on takeaway.

A patron who visits the restaurant and walks out in disgust? Restaurant loses $50-100 max. Maybe a bad google review (after 10 years, it doesn't matter - the locals know). Upset an UberEats customer/driver? Suddenly Uber's commission rate is reviewed (raised), driver response times are slower and from lower-rated drivers, and they could lose hundreds, if not thousands of income. We've all seen variable pricing - this applies to restaurants too.

Another client is a restaurant that refused to join UberEats/etc. They have a local competitor (same cuisine) they've had a 'friendly war' with for decades - two families with similar backgrounds and performance. The other restaurant leaned into the Uber method, and followed a similar path to my client above - their "chef" now only preps and makes sauces - the 'cooks' are merely combining and reheating pre-prepared dishes for service. Horrendous service dining in, significantly reduced food quality, constant turnover of staff....and they are killing it, looking to open up new locations.

Meanwhile my client still does their thing, cooks "everything" to order (and IMO food quality is 1000x better) - their prices are even significantly less. The owners - for the first time since I've known them - didn't take a salary last year, just so they could keep all their staff. Their revenue has halved, and they have had to reduce hours and even say goodbye to some employees with 10yrs+ working for them.

UberEats will destroy the restaurant/hospitality industry (if it hasn't already). It's hard to blame them though - their manipulative practices are "good business", and they prey on lazy people, which is (lets face it) most of us.
 

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What children are doing at school this time of year.

I have three kids in primary school basically saying to me they are doing little more than free time and watching movies in class. Hard to believe their teacher's are getting paid full rates for crap like this.
 
What children are doing at school this time of year.

I have three kids in primary school basically saying to me they are doing little more than free time and watching movies in class. Hard to believe their teacher's are getting paid full rates for crap like this.

Hasn't really hanged from my school days, granted from what I've seen and heard from others year 10/11 peeps start the VCE pre pearly while the rest of the years do the fun stuff.
 
we learned that for all our moral issues with it, it was just so damn convenient and easy.
Same happening with banking and cash. The banks are gaining control of our money, closing branches and ATMs so that we have to bank online. But hey, waving a card is so much less of a hassle. Let’s hope there’s never a catastrophic hacking from an outside source, or even withholding our money by the government (refer Canada).
 
What children are doing at school this time of year.

I have three kids in primary school basically saying to me they are doing little more than free time and watching movies in class. Hard to believe their teacher's are getting paid full rates for crap like this.
It's been like that for yonks. We did Christmas stuff 20 odd years ago when I was in primary school.
 
A conservative politician is still most likely person with a family. Sometimes even a secret second one if you are the leader of the Nationals.

People celebrating the death of politicians is pretty tacky. At least wait until they are cold before telling the world how much better than them you are.

Haven’t seen anyone “celebrating” his death or implying they are better than him. What i have seen, are people responding to the “what a great bloke” he was being bandied around by other politicians.

He wasn’t a nice bloke and his decisions, based on his own beliefs, severely impacted many Australians and I don’t see why people need to shy away from that just because he’s dead.

His family aren’t hearing anything they didn’t hear when he was alive
 
What children are doing at school this time of year.

I have three kids in primary school basically saying to me they are doing little more than free time and watching movies in class. Hard to believe their teacher's are getting paid full rates for crap like this.
So keep them home, half the kids don't turn up this time of year which is why they don't do anything.

The teaching year is done but schools have to stay open so parents can keep working
 

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It's that time of the year where you need to avoid Channel 10 and it's multichannel, app etc. at all costs.

They aren't real celebrities. It isn't Lord of the Flies. STFU with your musical number.
At least the Irwin name will die
 
Yes, non-hungry eating is a real curse. I found I couldn’t have certain foods in the house. Sugary stuff mainly. There are lots of low-calorie snacks around. Fruit, crackers, popcorn, chewing gum, soda and mineral water. Not very exciting but they’re a help.

Eating protein at each meal makes you feel full for longer.

Keep busy. Delay eating. If you’re thinking of having something, say to yourself that you can have it after you’ve done a task, or if you’re watching tv, make yourself wait for an ad break. Make a rule for yourself that you don’t eat during the action.

Drink water instead.

Don’t make excuses or feel sorry for yourself. Who’s the boss, you or that pesky brain of yours that has told you you’re hungry?

Sorry for the rant, no offence meant 😬
This makes sense in general what you're saying, but actually executing things like that and not getting the Doritos out is the hard bit.
 
So keep them home, half the kids don't turn up this time of year which is why they don't do anything.

The teaching year is done but schools have to stay open so parents can keep working
Ah no, there is no notice to parents to say "the teaching year is done". Nothing to do with schools staying open just so parents keep working. Teachers set the culture by allowing students movie watching and free time.
 
Think I did a minor hip flexor injury last Sunday snowboarding.. took a few days to stand out after all the other sore points, which are easily identified by what wasn’t sore… actually I can’t think of anything. My mouth and nose were ok I guess.

Going back tomorrow, I’ve healed long enough 🤣
 
A conservative politician is still most likely person with a family. Sometimes even a secret second one if you are the leader of the Nationals.

People celebrating the death of politicians is pretty tacky. At least wait until they are cold before telling the world how much better than them you are.
I've applied that sort of empathy Kevin Andrews displayed in life to his death.
 
Ah no, there is no notice to parents to say "the teaching year is done". Nothing to do with schools staying open just so parents keep working. Teachers set the culture by allowing students movie watching and free time.
You should stick to bleating about what you don't know on SRP
 

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Nah
You're complaining that at the end of the school year teachers are getting paid while kids do activities like it's some sort of conspiracy teachers have set up to rip you off.

Well actually you should probably take that tk the conspiracy board not SRP
 
So keep them home, half the kids don't turn up this time of year which is why they don't do anything.

The teaching year is done but schools have to stay open so parents can keep working

It was the same 20+ years ago when I was in highschool - I went to a private highschool, nothing real fancy but mum thought it would provide a rounded education

I remember year 10 we had finished the curriculum & exams with over a week of the school year to go - and those of us who'd been studying Yr11 subjects had completed those even earlier

A letter went to all parents to say we'd be finishing a week earlier than planned at the start of the year, but that didn't go down well with some parents cracking the shits - they had paid for that last week of school so they felt entitled to receive it...

That meant a year level of 15/16yr olds going to school for the purpose of glorified babysitting & moving watching for a week
 
Ah no, there is no notice to parents to say "the teaching year is done". Nothing to do with schools staying open just so parents keep working. Teachers set the culture by allowing students movie watching and free time.
My school sent a letter to parents saying the last week would be a supervision week only.
 
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