that’s the longest winded humble brag ever.
“hey everyone, I’m heading over to Malaysia. suck it” would’ve sufficed.
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Get a Wise card and you can load it with many currencies including MYR for 2.759
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Generally we’ve used a Latitude card, but jumped off recently when they jacked up their rates and introduced a ridiculous annual fee.
So, now it’s a Bendigo Bank card. That will in turn get tossed if they go silly with fees in the future.
This was just to have a couple of hundred in cash to start with.
Don’t people just use Visa to tap and pay for stuff while outside Australia? I figured most countries had moved to cashless, and the fees can’t be too bad (versus exchange and left over money)
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I pretty much don’t take cash to most places anymore. Still a few where cash is king or small amounts are useful. I’ll be in KL next month and won’t take any cash. If I do need cash I just find an ATM
Yes in many cases, but especially in SE Asia there are situations where cash is still needed (e.g. tuk-tuks, markets, grabbing some street food or a drink) or where you’re not comfortable handing-over a credit card (plenty of those instances…). We certainly don’t hold massive quantities, but useful to have some handy.
As Ace said above, once we’re there an ATM will do if required. This is more to reduce the pissfarting-around at the airport at 11 pm.
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i’ve got just enough self awareness to know that in most larry david esque mild social interaction stuff that i’m usually the unreasonable schizoid
that said, at the airport when you put your bag in the tray to get scanned for 5g or whatever, and then it pops out at the other end, what is going through the minds of people who stand right at the first point they’re able to reach their bag, and opt to stay right there while they put all their accessories back on, repack their bag, and while were here fire off a few emails and check the bank balance
“i’ll be quick!” no you won’t. you’re not quick at anything. you’ve never been quick. all of your loved ones know this but won’t say anything because you’re so emotionally unstable they’ve decided that its easier to shut up than to cope with the 3 day fallout
“oh so i’m just supposed to carry all this loose stuff with me?” yes. that’s exactly what you’re supposed to do. they even extended the conveyer belt so you can do all that a mere four feet away. and they even put in some extra tables after the conveyer belt in case you’ve forgotten how to put your phone back in your pocket and need a while to test some theories
“the entire known universe exists only within a one metre radius of my head and is in my field of view.” ah yes of course, silly me for thinking otherwise. maybe i’m gifted and take it for granted that i know there’s objects and beings that exist outside of arms reach.
other than that, yeah my weekend was ok, how was yours
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The same farkers who don’t just approach the luggage conveyer belt once their luggage has arrived. No, they have to stand so close to the thing I wonder if they’re about to climb on, as well as occupying 25 cubic metres of additional space by parking a trolley next to them and blocking those who’ve politely stood back and whose luggage has in fact arrived.
The same farkers who take sixty-five bags and boxes on-board with them and fill the overhead lockers before the plane’s even half-boarded.
The very same farkers who jump up out of their seats like a jack-in-a-box the very nanosecond a plane meets terra firma.
And the exact same tnucs who tilt their seat back to maximum lean on a 1 hour domestic flight to Sydney.
Some of the most cretinous and inconsiderate behaviour you’re ever likely to see occurs at airports and on aeroplanes…
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I see you two have seen each other in action.
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When people move to a semi-rural, bushy area and proceed to hack down all the nice gum trees on their block. Move to some other barren hellscape you ■■■■■■■■■.
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And bring a Cat as well.
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yep, few of those around. I love finding half eaten ringtails and tawnys in my front yard all the time.
Planes empty from front to back.
(Or split if the rear doors open)
You can stand if you like early. Anything that speeds up the process for those behind you on a plane is a good thing I reckon.
I had a lady stick her feet in between my seat last plane. I mean they were pretty good looking toes, but it was still unwelcome and she quickly removed them.
And yeah I prefer being almost last to board.
The planes not going until everyone’s on it.
I prefer to sit towards the front of a plane for comfort, but the safest place on a plane is actually in the tail.
So if your right down the back you can enjoy the knowledge that if the plane crashes you have the best chance of survival.
Most of the time everyone else endures a gruesome death.
Happy travels!
With the rancid stench of airplane farts and what not. I’d rather be up the front, and die, than down the back and live.
I thought it was over the wings?
Nope in the tail - sitting in the middle. Pea shooter seats
Ironically the worst seats on a plane are statistically the safest
Nope.
At the back but middle seats
I’d rather die up the front whilst sleeping in my bed or sipping champagne though
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Planes don’t back into mountains.
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Not when that Russian MIG fires a missile up your ass.
I had a meeting today with my 1 up manager to understand why they hired someone new to do the exact role I do, but with a more senior title.
After a lot of rubbish excuses, the best one was suggesting I don’t have as much experience as the person they hired. I asked this bloke if he actually knows what my experience is. He said no, I didn’t recruit you and I haven’t seen your resume.
What do you actually say to people like this???
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