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Looks like Yarrabyte has got the lurgi. Get well soon Yarrabyte!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Today I visited the centrelink office for the first time in 18 years. I walked in and froze. It's changed so much and it's quiet which was a contrast to the last time when some cunt was having a melt down, throwing chairs and punches and the cops were called.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

It was meltdowns and yelling or people crying back in the day at my local one

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Yes! I remember it as a combo of an airport waiting lounge and a rough pub.

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