Embassy's vaccine joke angers expats

[248900_1469958220]

1 hour ago, from the home of CC said:

you're joking about folks intelligence levels based upon being an Australian right?

uhhh......yes thats right mate. Move to the front of the class. 

[gk10012001]

That is pretty bad.  Making a joke at a time like this.  Last night at the local casino I was cashing in a ticket at the cashier's cage and the lady said lower your mask.  I said no.  I just want hundreds instead of twentys which the automatic machine will give. I was cashing in exactly 200.  The big slovenly manager said, don't worry just hold your breath.  I was aghast at such insolence.  I got his name, his bosses name, etc.  It won't do any good but I sure will be firing off a letter with copies to his boss, the casino manager, all the way up the chain, along with online form one can submit.

[Jimbo53]

13 hours ago, Old Croc said:

Finding that pathetic offering unfunny doesn't mean you lack a sense of humour, perhaps just one a little above kindergarten level or from this century. 

I'm sure the Ambassador himself doesn't do inane postings on Thai Facebook sites, and the poster who did will already have had a talking to about her lack of judgement concerning sensitive issues.

For those who have never previously heard of avocado toast it may be time to plan a refresher trip back into the world where you would find breakfast menus in much of the western world have dishes based around this.

I occasionally have it for breakfast here in Thailand.  Avacardo trees are an up and coming crop in rural areas.  We've planted a number of trees on our property and have found an eager market in Bangkok for fruit from a neighbors farm.

Very good..hopefully looking forward to cheaper Thai grown Avo's now!

[rumak]

the main thing that pisses me off about Aussies is they're always preaching .

 

every time they write to me they alway gotta get in that same old message to propagate. 

 

Its alway  "mate"   this     and    "mate"  that.         Give it a brike,  will ya

[Mayhem11]

I think it is time to get a life. The whingers and milque toast crowd.

[Meat Pie 47]

yeah I am really upset now they stole my avatar ????

[The Hammer2021]

6 hours ago, Thunglom said:

OK - can someone deconstruct this "joke" and tell me whites funny. Maybe I've missed context or something. I don'yt find it particularly offensive, but only the media have said that presumably to get a story to fill space. but ll it says tome is that someone at the Embassy is one of those people who really doesn't understand humour and thinks somehow there is a joke.

Well.... I don't geddit! So if someone could explain or do we just agree the person who thought it was funny, and wrote it, is a humours moron

Some chinless, creepy, overpaid, underworked tax funded parasite needs firing for unprofessionalism. Given the lamentable treatment of Australians towards their overseas and expat communities, especially in India the public sector must be seen to be doing their utmost to help not make pathetic, adolescent jokes at the expense of vulnerable people from their protected, gilded safe surroundings.

[pookondee]

7 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Many people are too cheap to fund their own flights and endure long wait times waiting for a repatriation flights

ok that makes sense.

So are you saying the repatriation flights are free? 

[Old Croc]

Avocado on toast recipes - BBC Good Food

[Thunglom]

1 hour ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Some chinless, creepy, overpaid, underworked tax funded parasite needs firing for unprofessionalism. Given the lamentable treatment of Australians towards their overseas and expat communities, especially in India the public sector must be seen to be doing their utmost to help not make pathetic, adolescent jokes at the expense of vulnerable people from their protected, gilded safe surroundings.

Fine but that isn't a deconstruction of the joke.

[Thunglom]

how do you know when an Aussie hs lost n argument?

 

They start calling everyone a whinger.

[bendejo]

What offends you is just as subjective as what scares you. 

 

The first movie I saw her in was The Beach.  I can relate.

 

 

 

[Gandtee]

8 hours ago, rumak said:

the main thing that pisses me off about Aussies is they're always preaching .

 

every time they write to me they alway gotta get in that same old message to propagate. 

 

Its alway  "mate"   this     and    "mate"  that.         Give it a brike,  will ya

Propagate? I like it. They're coming the raw prawn, my old son. Why beat about the bush? They're just telling you to **** off. But you know that already????  

[Zack61]

I recommend avocado banana crispy bacon and cheese on toast. Grilled to melt the cheese. Aroi maak

[Artisi]

23 hours ago, condobrit001 said:

The Embassy staff clearly have too much time on their hands. It would be better spent trying to secure vaccinations for its subjects.

They have

[golli]

As an Aussie I'm very offended by the neenish tart the're terrible. Love a good pie and rocky road though. 

[Ralf001]

2 hours ago, Zack61 said:

I recommend avocado banana crispy bacon and cheese on toast. Grilled to melt the cheese. Aroi maak

Do you have a soy latte with that too ?

[Mike k]

20 hours ago, orchidfan said:

You have to have male and female avocado trees, where they cross pollinate to produce fruit. 2 male or two female trees will not produce fruit.

But what if the male tree self identifies as a female ????

[soalbundy]

20 hours ago, orchidfan said:

You have to have male and female avocado trees, where they cross pollinate to produce fruit. 2 male or two female trees will not produce fruit.

Apparently confused and fluid gender trees don't cut it.

[Gandtee]

29 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

Apparently confused and fluid gender trees don't cut it.

It doesn't matter if they are Thai trees. Graft will solve it.????

[monty1412]

21 hours ago, monty1412 said:

not offended at all , in fact I love it . it exactly reinforces what Ive already stated about the folks at the Australian embassy and the amount of help they render to the people they are supposed to be representing....couldn't have demonstrated it better if I tried ..... however I do profess to having a tinge of jealousy creep in when I see that our embassy staff have time to create this australiana nonsense and that is Im jealous of people from other countries who have an embassy that actually acts in their interests and assists them. Im jealous of the fact that their embassies actually understand what their mandate  is rather  than the scant disregard  the Australian embassy shows . So go for it Aussie embassy staff.. while many of us Aussies are trying to get vaccinated  and sort out issues ( none of which we can get help from you on) please continue making up jokes.....note to Australian government.... please consider shutting down the embassy returning all the staff back home and outsource consulate services.. you would save a great deal of money and no doubt the service would be better  (put another way it couldn't be worse) 

I must admit to having put on a few kilos since  writing this.. a decent serve of humble pie I have had to digest  as it seems based on news yesterday that the Australian embassy is indeed arranging vaccinations for Aussies ... so my apologies Australian embassy .. if indeed this heralds a new era where you actually assist those whom you are supposed to serve then I will be your biggest fan .. lets have more of it 

[from the home of CC]

18 hours ago, 248900_1469958220 said:

uhhh......yes thats right mate. Move to the front of the class. 

and you to the back...

[248900_1469958220]

17 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:

and you to the back...

That hurts....man....ok ok ok....I will slink to the back.....but I'll be back, mark my words.... You haven't heard the last of 248900_1469958220.....bwahahahaHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!

[from the home of CC]

34 minutes ago, 248900_1469958220 said:

That hurts....man....ok ok ok....I will slink to the back.....but I'll be back, mark my words.... You haven't heard the last of 248900_1469958220.....bwahahahaHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!

I'm sure you'll will. People that stereotype nationalities on this site are given special preference lol...

[248900_1469958220]

35 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:

I'm sure you'll will. People that stereotype nationalities on this site are given special preference lol...

Good onyuh moit.

[brianthainess]

The biggest joke is only having a few vaccines to give out, and only in Bangkok.  

[brianthainess]

I'm not the slightest offended as it's not even funny. If at first you don't succeed, give up, go home and have a cold beer.

[Litlos]

I just went and had a look at the Embassy posting and the Canberratimes article. The term "Offended" is not found in either. Plenty of forget the comedy and do your job type comments etc. So basically this post is somebody trolling with fake news.

 

Cheers

[Artisi]

On 7/17/2021 at 11:49 AM, monty1412 said:

I must admit to having put on a few kilos since  writing this.. a decent serve of humble pie I have had to digest  as it seems based on news yesterday that the Australian embassy is indeed arranging vaccinations for Aussies ... so my apologies Australian embassy .. if indeed this heralds a new era where you actually assist those whom you are supposed to serve then I will be your biggest fan .. lets have more of it 

no need for humble pie - the arranged vaccinations were but a poor joke - that's should be what is making us Aussies angry, not some juvenile corny joke - what went over like a pregnant pole vaulter.  .

[aboctok]

On 7/16/2021 at 7:35 AM, condobrit001 said:

The Embassy staff clearly have too much time on their hands. It would be better spent trying to secure vaccinations for its subjects.

Subjects. Lol.