Post #3939847

2026-04-25 10:15 UTC

Also, dunno if it was just that tonight is Anzac day, but: * "Lots" of Chinese Restaurants were closed tonight (e.g. in particular Joyful, Little Spicy, Shanghai Bistro). * Joyful in particular was weird: All the lights were on, the kitchen exhaust fans were running full bore, the manager was there doing stuff, and there were 2 tables of people inside! BUT... the sign on the door said they were closed! There was no notice that they were closed today / tonight though... Am almost wondering if someone played a cruel trick on them, and flipped their sign. (OR, some of the employees were disgruntled at having to work... OR, just that someone forgot to check on the sign!) In any case, it was suspiciously quiet there tonight! * The other 2 I mentioned were all darkened * Various other places were open though. Kind of busy too...

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@aligorith@mastodon.nz 2026-04-25 10:24

Oh, and a word about some of the motorists tonight: * There was one jeep-like vehicle, who was violently zig-zagging across the center line in a hurry, trying to find the parking lot they were looking for. They did this right outside the Central Police Station FFS! 🙄 * Half a block earlier, we watched a SUV circumvent the line of cones preventing driving into Lichfield St heading east (i.e. the stretch where The Crossing Carpark is), clipping and *driving over* that first one! * There were a few other vehicles out there that were driving a bit erratically Sheesh! 😬

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@Kay@mastodon.nz 2026-04-25 10:37

@aligorith@mastodon.nz ANZAC Day is a public holiday so paid employees would be paid at higher rate. Other rules apply too. https://knowledge.myhr.works/how-do-i-pay-staff-for-good-friday-easter-sunday-easter-monday-and-anzac-day-nz

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