Perhaps the handymen could pack the shopping?

I'm so happy there's someone out there worse than I am! . Although I must say I even make sure that items in multiples are all together and lined up the same way. I've also been known to tidy up the treats, magazines, etc around the till if I'm standing there doing nothing.

I've got a personal friend that did handyman work before taking on his current job. He didn't like working for estate agents, because of difficulty in getting money out of them

I'd say that there is plenty of work. Didnt know about the 1100 dollar contract rule though.

I reckon there is real potential in wineglass cutting palm trees. I cant find anyone to do mine.

Like this....




Untrimmed they look like the top part, they are baarstards to work with as they have the sharpest thorns you've ever encountered.

Has anyone on here ever had one done, how much did it cost and who did it ?

I've phoned lots of people in Melbourne and never been able to find anyone.

So tip to OP, I reckon you could just about set a business doing these Wine Glass cuts, because its obviously a specialised area. Especially in Melbourne.

He's totally the worst! I must admit to being guilty of sorting out the sweets myself, it must be rubbing off on me

The department stores here in Sydney seem to be open to employing foreigners. There's a Scottish lady and a Brummie working the shoes in the city centre Myer, and two Eastern Europeans on shoes in the Chatswood branch.

I've also chatted to an Englishwoman working in a stand-alone shoe shop in Chatswood (yes, shoe addict ), oh and a woman from York in Ikea.

I would hazard a guess that a lot of them are part-timers.

(I've also been to 3 different beauticians in 11 months - one Irish, one Scottish, and one English. Not an Aussie in sight. )

God you sound like me - I am obsessed with people putting things in the wrong bags so I plan every bag and only put what can go in together together with big gaps in between. And I glare at them if they try to reach into the wrong section

In between panting profusely and telling the kids to be quiet usually

scary

Isn't that racist?

That is why they have Fire Investigators. They can spot faulty wiring, even after a fire.

I reckon it's always been like that here. I had huge amounts of problems with this when I arrived in 1980.

It was like my working life in the UK didnt exist.

To do it to a check out chick does seem over the top though.

My 3rd Daughter enters the workforce at the end of may at 14.3/4 She is like a bull at a gate, to get a job. I've seen Moneypens experience as well, so it should be interesting to see how ours fares in these less than perfect employment times. We've been in the area for over 25 years now, and have lots of contacts plus my youngest daughter is very mature and confident... she looks more like 18 than 14. I'd say she will try and head for a place that already employs friends of hers.

My eldest had no problem getting permanent part time work at Woolies. She had had a short run of work at a local toyshop previously but admitted that it was short because of a useless manager. She also had training of packing the bags properly. Her friend who got a job at Coles had no idea about packing and hadn't been told how. Maybe it depends on which store does the training

I'll get her back out there and try again. Really, though I think she would rather focus on her studies at the moment.

First born also needs the money to finish paying us back for her car She's lucky, she was contracted with all day Sunday (time and a half) and four hours Monday afternoon. Her school have the seniors off on a Monday - earn or learn day so she has the morning studying and afternoon earning. Not too bad at the moment but Woolies have an excellent concrete policy that they work around the students not the other way round, so if studying needs more time, they will offer her what she can manage.

I'll get my little darling off to Woolies, then. She's only in year 10, so doesn't get the day off to work that they do in 11 & 12.

Why have no women pointed out Handy man as an oxymoron?

You are all slipping

I thought men were often 'handy'. Practically every bloke I see plays pocket billiards at some point, let alone when the missus has a headache