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It seems to have been a miserable week.\xa0

We all seem miserable this week.\xa0

The boss, who I complained to this week about a bunch of stuff, gaslit me by telling me it\u2019s the time of year everyone gets a bit edgy.\xa0

Smith & Caughey's told us they were done. That was profound that a multi-generational company that has survived wars can't survive downtown Auckland in 2024.\xa0

Flybuys announced yesterday they are leaving the country. They join the tens of thousands of Kiwis that have already left the country. We have broken immigration records for leaving the country.\xa0

A survey suggested 90% of us would look to leave our job if the work from home rules got changed.\xa0

Let's be honest, working from home is about slackness. It's about taking the piss and skiving off. Or would the boss tell me that\u2019s the time of year talking?\xa0

There was a survey out of the U.S saying workers are less satisfied with their jobs this year in virtually every single area of it. It's gone up for ten years in a row but this year it's down.\xa0

The Budget didn\u2019t help. Although the Government are working hard, a lot of this country is broken. It is profoundly broken.\xa0

- Teachers who never passed exams are teaching kids, who fail their own\xa0

- Students are on rent strike\xa0

- There are protests on motorways and Parliament proceedings are being hijacked\xa0

-The bloke from the NZ Herald who took 1 hour 50 mins to drive 500m because everyone panicked, because as a country we obsess about weather and the MetService has taken to telling us how to live and when to leave the house and when to take shelter. Small tip - you take shelter in a tornado, not when it rains and a southerly comes in and everyone panics.\xa0

The census told us of the thousands who have left the centre of Auckland. The census also told us how the census, yet again, wasn\u2019t done properly because the computer was stuffed.\xa0

A lot of medical people went on strike, yet again. Rugby had a massive scrap that has left a lot of people fuming and the sport no better off.\xa0

Auckland Council put forward the two options for a national stadium. Why? We aren't building either.\xa0

More people got laid off. Consultants did OK though as Government departments hired them to help lay people off.\xa0

Adrian Orr made it harder to buy a house with his debt-to-income ratios.\xa0

Katie said to me "how's it feel living in changing times?" She's convinced this is a moment in history. She also wants to move.\xa0

But it might just be the time of year.\xa0

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