I worked at a pretty close-knit little place in St Kilda for several years. There was a guy who worked there, Joel, who, for all intents and purposes, was delightful, but he struggled with substance abuse problems. He was self medicating because he had undiagnosed schizophrenia (which no one, not even Joel himself,…

And who has such a sweet video store hook-up that they are willing to put up with ongoing shitty friendship to keep that channel open?

The other one that cracks me up is r/ThatHappened. The best is when they title them "Crazy Co-worker gets arrested for getting spray paint on shoe! Can confirm, am sign" and the story is- OP is offered a free lunch if she spray paints some signs. Horrible co-worker piggy backs onto deal. OP takes off her shoes to keep…

Because I am completely obsessed with r/Relationships, I read this one. The fakey's are always the best. A good recent fake was a guy who lived with his wife and 3 kids in a trailor, below the poverty line, on foodstamps, and she spent the entire $10,000 tax return on a trip for him and her to a cosplay convention and…

Im sorry if you found my descriptive offensive. Im not sorry for using it, but I can empathise that reading my words *could* cause offense, or at least a desire to defend the woman I was describing from judgement. I feel like it was the least offensive way to explain how degraded her illness had left her body. The…

no, there was no recovery. Because we tend to remember when people look different, they (as a couple) "stood out" in the area. She was obviously un-well for years. I have no experience having never suffered from the disease, and my question is- is there a way that someone suffering from anorexia can behave to "get…

agreed on point one. Back in Melbourne, there was this couple who you would see around my area. Very "young rich professional" types who only ever wore work-out clothes on the weekends and would go out for brunch alot. Anyway, he was your typical gym rat, buff, "hot guy" type and she CLEARLY had an eating disorder.…

my favourite thing is when supposed story and true story collide: but seriously, I would have LOVED to have worked with the airline on this one!!! In no way did I refuse their overtures to slightly change my swear-word t-shirt so I could stay on the flight!! Nor did I act like a huge douche, secure in my knowledge of…

probably the same basic threats and bullshit they all use- the people who are MY bosses are very powerful and will hurt your family, they will come and get you and take you to a way worse place, be good and i will try to protect you. Also the abuse, abuse, small kindness, abuse pattern is remarkably effective and…

and in Australian, my reply to that is "cunts"

where would you even start? I mean, what are the initial red flags that signal "total f*ck tard douche king"?

Also, for shits and gigs, read the comments on the actual OXJane article. You know how its all usually "you go girl! no one should critisise anyone else appearance" etc etc. and THEY"RE all saying "she has cold heartless dead eyes" then someone else says "dont say that, she's clearly an arsehole but that has nothing…

except for cocktail waitresses in busy bars, they get double. I had a beautifully pleasant and marvellous woman get me a few round of waters and I think i ended up giving her about $20. Why? Cos she was prepared to battle her way through a drunken busy bar crowd and get me cups of water cos i'm too lazy and lame to…

Fuck this bitch. You're paying ME for the service, ME. You're paying my employer for the space you're in and the products you're consuming, but *I* am taking the service charge. And (as I'm a bartender) I will ignore your sorry arse if you dont tip that first/second time. AND I DONT EVEN FEEL GUILTY ABOUT IT!!!!

Are we sharing bad public proposal stories? Cos I've got one. So, I used to work at a halloween themed theatre restaurant where the servers had to dress up like sexy witches. You had to book a table to go there and people mostly came for work do's, christmas parties, birthdays, family things, you get the drift.…

it appears the wedding she was talking about is the one everyone was at- the dad's and his youngest brothers brothers wedding (so, camelia's uncle). I think.

I agree entirely. That "point of no return" that people reach is happening to more and more people. Hence the yo-yo dieting and massive rip-offs by the "diet industry". I wish wish wish, back in the day, before I gained weight and re-set my body, that someone had just shaken me around and slapped my face a few times…

HBO made a great documentary about obesity. Part of it showed people who have lost weight and what they are doing now. One woman went from 400 something pounds to 200 something pounds. Even though she was still over 200 pounds, she did look great and claimed to feel great too. So she was happy with where she had got…

The genius of Joan Rivers on that show is while everyone one was simpering and giggly and making risqué comments, Joan would crash in with some hideous, un-PC, hilarious thing that your drunk grandma would say, which would make you guilty laugh. Its been said before and I'll beat the dead horse again- it was Joan's…

I dont even think its about taste, I just feel like there is BETTER BBQ out there. I agree, Smokey's, Jethro's et al tick the boxes of "BBQ"- smoked, right cuts of meat, slow cook time, sauces, but everything is slightly lacking. Im not eating DSM BBQ and doing that whole "oh dear god, what glory did I just put in my…