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Where is/can Donald Trump take US (sic)?
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What happens when poorer nations lured by China's cheap loans can't pay them back?
China is splashing out billions of dollars in concessional loans to developing countries, but what happens when these debt-laden nations can't pay Beijing back?
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Here is an article on what you were talking about @moXJO, Australia with the Darwin Port and the Victorian belt and road initiative are starting to head down the same road.
It is a risky game, when you are borrowing money, from the very same people you are dependent on to buy what you are selling.
They stop buying, you can't pay the loan, you have to give them something.?
Another example of the smugness that is permeating through Australia, "we are smart, we are invincible".
We are dicks. IMO
Similar through Africa, Vanuatu, I think Kazakhstan area. There are actually a lot of places that threw in with it.
What happens when poorer nations lured by China's cheap loans can't pay them back?
China is splashing out billions of dollars in concessional loans to developing countries, but what happens when these debt-laden nations can't pay Beijing back?
Here is an article on what you were talking about @moXJO, Australia with the Darwin Port and the Victorian belt and road initiative are starting to head down the same road.
It is a risky game, when you are borrowing money, from the very same people you are dependent on to buy what you are selling.
They stop buying, you can't pay the loan, you have to give them something.?
Another example of the smugness that is permeating through Australia, "we are smart, we are invincible".
We are dicks. IMO
On the smugness of Australians. I'm noticing a nastiness that's creeping in as well. Customer service has always sacked in this country. But its very apparent now.
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Customer service has changed, it is driven by dollars.
Customer service used to require a human, but it doesn't anymore.
The younger generations see customer service as this:
- Can I find a website(s) that has what I am looking for - YES
- Does it load fast - YES
- Does it have good content - YES
- Is it the cheapest price - YES
- Can I checked out (pay for) almost instantly - YES
- Is my product going to get delivered fast - YES
- Can I return it if I change my mind - YES
Brilliant customer service, no human required.
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To be honest I am over the American BS fake smile can I help you sir have a nice bla bla..............me thinking Fu(k off and be Ostralian FFS gimme "what ya want" "you want what? nah dont sell that crap". 
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That's why we have a basic wages, awards and enterprise agreements, so workers don't have to beg for tips.To be honest I am over the American BS fake smile can I help you sir have a nice bla bla..............me thinking Fu(k off and be Ostralian FFS gimme "what ya want" "you want what? nah dont sell that crap".
But it does lend itself over time to a lax attitude, as it is difficult to reward excellent workers, without retribution.
I think ours is a better system, but it does breed complacency and lack of endeavour.
I had to go into the rta or service centre and explain their rules to them last week. They stuffed up two friends- due to staff having no idea what they were doing.To be honest I am over the American BS fake smile can I help you sir have a nice bla bla..............me thinking Fu(k off and be Ostralian FFS gimme "what ya want" "you want what? nah dont sell that crap".
Ended up getting the manager out (after roasting the desk staff). Who when he checked confirmed I was actually in the right.
As much as I love being a know it all a55hole, I am honest sick of the attitude they front up with. I'm pleasant at the start where they just go full bore rude.
I actually asked the friend that was there if I came of standoffish at the start and they said I was the complete opposite.
Admittedly by the end of it I had told them the irony of being called a "service center" and then used a few choice words after that.
Not looking forward to renewing my licence.
Bank staff at commonwealth have been similar. To a few acquaintances. Don't get me started on phone calls.
I've dealt with a lot of customers and always tried to go above and beyond even if it was $20 profit.
Did covid make everyone forget how to deal with people.
Knockabouts I don't mind as they usually have a chat.To be honest I am over the American BS fake smile can I help you sir have a nice bla bla..............me thinking Fu(k off and be Ostralian FFS gimme "what ya want" "you want what? nah dont sell that crap".
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Hmm, interesting....
Censorship in full swing at Twitter HQ
Censorship in full swing at Twitter HQ
IFocus
You are arguing with a Galah
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I was dumbstruck how rude Americans were to waitresses in the US who kept smiling for the tip it was horrible.
When we were in USA and Canada we said hello to the staff, like we do in Oz and the Canadians were OK with that but US staff were kind of shocked that we treated them as people
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Personal experience, I never wanted to go the USA, went due to a wedding, found the average person, service provider, considerate and personable, but might have been due to I have an Ozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzie accent or are polite to people.
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Because you are an arrogant Australian.
I don't follow your comment, Oz are far less arrogant than US or Euro people according to people I know who have worked in hospitality around the world
Drunken yobbos are never popular no matter where they come from
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We are yobbos, face the facts
You may be, I have never met you so I don't know but my friends and I are not, how we behave is a personal choice.
We have got on well with people of all nationalities when travelling
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As I have travelled across the globe, the only time I have been embarrassed is often due to you yobbo australians
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Scenarios on how the US election could play out given the current situation.
Ugly.
From a market POV Nov/Dec could look very dangerous.
Timeline / how 2020 US election scenarios could play out
Americans are used to a certain routine with presidential elections – but this year might be different.
www.theguardian.com
Ugly.
From a market POV Nov/Dec could look very dangerous.
Timeline / how 2020 US election scenarios could play out
Americans are used to a certain routine with presidential elections – but this year might be different.
Timeline: what a normal US election looks like and what might happen in 2020
Americans are used to a certain routine with presidential elections – but this year might be different
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Lol, lol ,lol. Personally I believe everything the Betoota Advocate says.
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US President Donald Trump shared a satirical article Friday about Twitter shutting down to slow the spread of negative news on his election rival Joe Biden, apparently unaware that it was a joke.
The story Mr Trump shared was from the Babylon Bee, a satirical news site with the motto "Fake news you can trust" clearly visible on its Twitter page.
The website's chief executive officer Seth Dillon offered his own light-hearted take soon after attracting Mr Trump's attention, proudly declaring: "The Babylon Bee is the president's most trusted news source."
At a televised town hall event in Miami on Thursday, Mr Trump defended his retweets, saying "people can decide for themselves" if the outlandish theories he shares have any merit.
"I don't get that," NBC interviewer Savannah Guthrie retorted. "You're the president, you're not like someone's crazy uncle who can just retweet whatever."
Donald Trump shares a satirical story about Joe Biden, seemingly unaware it was actual fake news
The story Mr Trump shared was from the Babylon Bee, a satirical news site with the motto "Fake news you can trust" clearly visible on its Twitter page.
www.sbs.com.au
US President Donald Trump shared a satirical article Friday about Twitter shutting down to slow the spread of negative news on his election rival Joe Biden, apparently unaware that it was a joke.
The story Mr Trump shared was from the Babylon Bee, a satirical news site with the motto "Fake news you can trust" clearly visible on its Twitter page.
The website's chief executive officer Seth Dillon offered his own light-hearted take soon after attracting Mr Trump's attention, proudly declaring: "The Babylon Bee is the president's most trusted news source."
At a televised town hall event in Miami on Thursday, Mr Trump defended his retweets, saying "people can decide for themselves" if the outlandish theories he shares have any merit.
"I don't get that," NBC interviewer Savannah Guthrie retorted. "You're the president, you're not like someone's crazy uncle who can just retweet whatever."
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