Not much to report today, have spent the majority of time working of course. Sunday was pretty quiet, mostly catching up on paperwork and making plans for the move to the new flat.
Monday was pretty run of the mill, the Australians strangely quiet about the cricket... I must remember to rub that in a bit more while I can. A bit of bench work, and then back to school to do more blasted whiteboard/projector installs. On the bright side, I can now troubleshoot and install these things pretty much without instructions by now.
Ended up driving a guy from works van to the job today, he's down in Brisbane at the moment. Again, vehicle in poor state of repair. Put foot on brake to stop... kept pushing, kept pushing... just managed to stop in time. Pushed a bit more and foot ended up at the floor... a bit of a problem with the hydraulics, then.
The amount of warrants I have failed on brakes tells me that this vehicle needs attention. I duly "advised my supervisor" as the catch phrase is over here, and it is now booked in for a service tomorrow. I don't hold much hope for it, the Australian "services" appear to be of the same quality of the rest of their work, which I am growing to believe is little above shoddy at best. Australians like things easy I have discovered, us Kiwi's are certainly hard workers compared to these guys.
Probably because in NZ you have to be a hard worker to stay on top, unless you choose to depend on the government of course.
All cars which have been "serviced" usually come back with faults.. and all vehicles I have checked so far have been significantly over filled with oil.
So, the list of useless services so far includes: Telephone, Internet, Postal services, Boot shops, Car servicing.
I'm certain there will be more.
Right, that's all folks.
Here's a picture of a shovel.
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