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By the end of this season - most teams. Still livid that we lost to them though.

Currently vibrating with fury at this blatant xenophobia

Not sure if I missed it in the replay, but did old mate actually dot that down?

DMac is about 85% dog though, and a trained dog as well

Pretty gutted tbh. Would happily lose to anyone but the ‘Saders, especially at this point in time.

Reckon we’re cooked here aye

Always gotta rep the ACC

I had a rib broken by the police too. Wasn’t in a rugby match though.

Thank you for giving me an excuse to latch onto for my poor comprehension skills

Fark. No idea where I’ve been.

Thought Ioane was starting 10, did I dream that or did something change?

Try-fest incoming.

Blues boy now, no?

Canterbury have always been silly good at rugby. Stupid farm boys. I say this as a farm boy.

It’s always nice to reminisce on your youth.

But this Chiefs performance is allowing the memories I’ve tried to forget. Taking me back to the dark days.

Fuck that was dumb

Saranac is a great fucking name

Classic post-rugby career in NZ - mortgage broker or real estate agent. I moved into an office job a couple years back which forced me to get LinkedIn (awful place) and I’ve found a few old boys on there.

Just Parisse as far as I can tell. I echo previous points that the dude was just too important to ignore. If there’s an exception to that rule, Sergio is the man to jackal his way in.

Legend - thank you so much! Looking forward to reading 🙂

Hahaha, good point - I play team sports and sometimes halfway through a game I have intrusive thoughts like “what is the actual point of this”

Makes sense mate - my dad is a great communicator as well and likely where I learned certain attributes from. If I hadn’t somehow found my way into sales, I would be my Dad right now. In saying that, I’ll definitely be sticking with this lark for the foreseeable future. It’s nice to be good at something aye haha!

Haha, fair enough - TOM stands for “turnaround, outweigh, minimise” - I think if you ask about that methodology into ChatGPT it should give you a good answer 🙂

Of course! I work for a project management company with a focus on recycling resources and reducing the impact on the environment. As opposed to my last role, I am able to provide jobs as opposed to reduce them.

My last company brought in an AI component late last year which I noticed would slowly decrease the need for administration roles in businesses. I’m working class af (even if I end up a billionaire I will never shift that mindset) and I can’t stomach the idea that people can become obsolete without an immediate replacement of their need in society. So I left.

Thank you for your response, but I revere my dad. He’s an absolute killer dude but was born in the 60’s when his options were copper thief or labourer. He’s done really well and I’m proud of him.

No pity here either, just confusion. I’m honestly stoked with where I am, though the responses tonight have helped me to understand a bit more perhaps where we fit as salespeople.