THE THUMBS

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and thank-you to Jasmine, a cashier at Big W, who managed to change the time on my stubborn inexpensive watch. She did it with a welcoming smile, too. Thankyou also to the man on the Tech counter who assisted.

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to Council for watering parks and sports fields in the middle of the day! Just because you’re using grey water doesn’t change the fact that it’s the most wasteful time to use sprinklers in the heat. And why are we using our bore water to water parks? Isn’t that our backup plan for drinking water?

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to a lack of respect for different views been shown in public. When making a purchase, I asked the owner of a dress shop if the slaughter of racehorses aired on the ABC had impacted sales for race wear? Another customer shouted at me that it was the “communist ABC” and yelled about shooting her horses. I said quietly a single shot to the head would be euthanasia, hardly slaughter. Another customer commented on the gravity of the slaughter. I felt ambushed when this woman shouted at me, it was a very unpleasant experience and I was pleased the other customer made a comment about how horrendous the slaughter had been.

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to Julie of Cross Cafe who always welcomes customers and shows care for our wellbeing. Recently she even cleaned a windscreen muddied from the dust and rain drops.

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to the person using a whipper snipper near the main roundabout in West Dubbo. They showed a lack of consideration for motorists passing by – a rock flew up, hit my car and left a small dent and chipped the paint work.

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to Robyn, Debbie and Patrice from Dubbo TAFE for being such lovely teachers to their students and clients. 

Thumbs Down to the inconsiderate people who don’t have their dogs on leads and don’t pick up after them when they’ve gone to the toilet.

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and a sincere appreciation to Aaron Mcmillan from Colour Copy Shop for his generosity in printing 50 copies of the Start of the Zoo2zoo Black Dog Charity Cycling Event by Premier Gladys Berejiklian. A copy was given to all riders and support crew as a memento.

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to the King of the Road who tailgated my ‘L’ plate driver son, then honked the horn when – “surprise” – he made a newbie’s mistake, so this is also a Thumbs Up for teaching him to watch out for idiots on the road.

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to Priceline Pharmacy on Macquarie street for fantastic service.

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to Geoff Richards Panel Beating and a huge thank-you to all the staff for the fabulous service – it was a wonderful surprise that my Toyota Camry was returned washed and polished... from one very grateful lady.

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to Savannah at the Telstra Shop in Macquarie Street for the fabulous service setting up my Apple watch and new phone. You were brilliant!

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Thumbs Up to the staff at Brennan’s Mitre 10 for assisting to my wife when she was feeling unwell, even though they were extremely busy on Saturday, October 26. They called an ambulance and made sure she was okay. Thank you very much!