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Old Mar 3rd 2016, 5:30 am
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Originally Posted by richandsarah3469
'Laid - back' is one of the reasons we want to come to NZ...I'm good at being 'laid-back'!!!
That's good as this particular phrase will apply to everything.
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Old Mar 7th 2016, 6:27 am
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Originally Posted by MrsFychan
whats a public hospital ?- anytime I have had to take the kids to A&E or for a scan they have had to pay. the lower amount as we are residents.
never had to pay anything for the kids, we've had X-rays, MRI scan and we were on work visa, not residency
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I've recently applied for a job with a government agency, got told I was selected for a phone interview, which will be held between Monday 29th February -Friday 4th March, seriously not even a hint of a date or time!!!! After that interview was told I would know by Monday, today, if I have an interview this Thursday or Friday, guess what no email or phone call.
Yes kiwis do laid back really really well lol
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The level of laid back horizontalness does often seem to be extraordinarily flexible and appears to be far worse at the times when it matters most. The full horizontal position, with the head rest tipped back to its full extent, is most likely to occur at those very important life changing times, such as recruitment to a new job.

To avoid any unnecessary distress you should therefore expect the expected, particularly at times when you are totally reliant on others for getting their A into G to organise interview times and dates, arrange references and provide you with an actual employment contract.
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Old Mar 7th 2016, 8:48 am
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Well...it's interview night tonight.

Hopefully the HR dept and the interviewer have managed to co-ordinate their diaries / appointments and the discussions actually happen this evening.

As you say Bo-Jangles, the relaxed approach does have more impact in times of importance!

Patience is required, I feel..........
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Good luck!
are you still in spitting distance of Brunton Park, or are you one of the odd ones who support the blues from further afield?!
we did cumbria to akl and back... six years ago now... i remember sitting up late with OH waiting for his interview... again, and again when they forgot
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Originally Posted by usedtobestoof
Good luck!
are you still in spitting distance of Brunton Park, or are you one of the odd ones who support the blues from further afield?!
we did cumbria to akl and back... six years ago now... i remember sitting up late with OH waiting for his interview... again, and again when they forgot

Wow...you know Brunton Park???? There are people 10 miles down the road who have never heard of it....

Live in Preston now - but born in Carlisle. You?
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Originally Posted by BEVS
That's good as this particular phrase will apply to everything.
And it wears very thin after a while.
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