Sorry about all that, I felt like that at the time, but I’m slightly better now (although still not completely) because we chatted about it over lunch, and he apologised for giving me a consequence, confiscating my phone, and for what he said about those terms at school, about someone on TV, etc. Feel free to warn me about those kinds of posts or not to make them anymore if you want, because it did have a fair amount of caps-lettered rants included in it, and I’d hate to get kicked off this site because of that - I’ll never forget that time in January a few years back when it happened on here, and I’d hate even more to have that happen again. ... View more

Not sure if this rings true to anyone on here, but doesn’t it just make you mad and confused as all hell when the media says things about COVID-19 that don’t sound true or make much sense? Like, e.g, “we’ll come out strong on the other side”, “there’s no cause for alarm”, “don’t panic”, any of that crap? Because I just absolutely hate it to the core and the bottom  of my heart to hear this when the whole damn world’s already in so much panic that some parts are even in lockdown (including Australia, Melbourne and nationwide). Like, seriously? This bloody media needs to give it a rest because I really do not need to hear any more about this disease, even if no-one in my house is at risk of catching it. I already know well enough what’s going on, as does everyone else, and I’m even home from my work education course because of this! Now, I don’t know about anyone else on here, but doesn’t it just feel totally and utterly messed up to be home from school just because of a damn virus spreading, even if it is a necessary and important precaution? ... View more

@Taylor-RO, sorry to go over this again (and I know your and every other mod’s port of call is “no need to say sorry”, etc, but I still like to be anyway), but when someone said even though it makes sense to use mobile phones to ring my family, payphones are great too because he’s used them in the past, I hope that doesn’t mean I should try them out too, because last time I tried, I had to use up most of my coins in my wallet to talk to my mum, and the call only lasted about 30 seconds with each one I inserted into the coin slot, and it’s just too hard for me because I hate having to use up every single one of my 50-cent coins just to get a call through to my mum - it’s too stressful to even think about doing, and it’s been in my mind ever since, even when I tried my hardest not to think about it. ... View more

‎21-06-2018   04:56 PM   Re: Mistakes regarding using my phone instead of a pay phone in future "hi @Matty D-  no need to apologize! You've expressed yourself well! We don't mind the use of bad language as long as it's not about or directed to another person (or yourself). But you've used words to describe how you're feeling and that's fine.    I can hear how frustrating this was for you , but it sounds like you've come up with a good solution - to bring your charger to school so you can keep your phone charged, and always have it available to use on your way home if you need. I hope this works out for you - you've learnt from this situation and that's awesome!"    @Bre-RO, This post from June 21, 2018, said the words I used are OK as long as they aren't about or directed towards another person (which I take it that the manager meant here on RO), but the one part I'm a little confused about is when they're said to myself, because I said on here that day that I was "so bloody angry and pissed at myself" for accidentally uttering the “F” word in front of my dad, so, well... that's directed at myself, because I was doing that too (as I sometimes did to myself on here as well), and not just saying how I felt, and I don't know about this manager's opinion, but I don't really see anything wrong with saying stuff like that towards myself, or with saying them about others and directing them towards them (and of course, by that, I mean other people I'm around, not anyone on RO), and alas, they don't have any problem with it, because they understand it's how I express myself, and because they and 99% of other people in this country don't see them as cursing.  ... View more

This will be my last post for good after this has been talked through, but if any of the managers are free, I just want to say sorry about some of my posts to another user because when I told a staff member about some of the things he said that shocked me, it was when she said “For now let’s leave this one, as we have spoken to [username removed] and he’s doing really good work getting on top of it”, which made me feel like (and don’t say I don’t need to feel like this, because it’s been worrying me for a damn long time and we all have feelings), maybe if I hadn’t gotten involved, he would’ve had someone else on RO to lean on? And, yeah, I really just feel like that maybe if I kept my nose out of his business, RO staff (probably) wouldn’t have had to remind me about the situation with him, so even though it wasn’t anything bad or wrong I did, and my help to him was appreciated, I still just want to say a massive sorry about that night. I wasn’t upset, just a little shocked to see someone writing such nasty things. I should’ve just sent the damn email about it instead of bringing it up online, because that was one of her most helpful solutions.  ... View more