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Good news: nothing from my main room is missing. My main room has a deadbolt, so he couldn't get in. My spare room isn't so lucky, it isn't a deadbolt, so he was able to get a screwdriver into the lock and push it open. For my main room though, he drilled a screw inside the lock hole and went mental kicking the door, but it didn't work. Honestly impressed. Our front door isn't a deadbolt though, which is a bit nerve wracking. I now know how easy it is to push the type of lock on my spare room open
Bad news: my MacBook isn't in my main room which means it has definitely been stolen. I actually grabbed it before but then decided I wouldn't need it so it wasn't worth carrying. I thought I left it on my bed, but I actually left it on my desk, so it's gone.
I'm really pissed about the poster. It was a nice canvas poster thing that I got as a Christmas present with the Tokyo train map on it. Completely slashed. Right through the middle. End to end. It's not irreplaceable, but it had sentimentality. The MacBook is almost a decade old, missing screws, has shitty battery life, and has deep gouges marks in the top from when another kid at a previous place got shitty at me and scratched it up.
I asked about the threats he made over the phone to someone else, but apparently that was a misphrasing on their part. He didn't threaten me, he was just abusive towards me. That makes me feel ever so slightly better about it, but
I'd be chasing a new macbook from them then. Also it WASNT old and missing screws. It was an M3, top of the line and needs to be replaced like for like!
You could hit up the Minister for Children with a rundown of your bullshit experience.
https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/lizzie-blandthorn/
Fun fact: I actually did meet her once. After the last bloke Luke Donnellan or whatever his name was got sacked (or probably resigned), she wanted to come do a tour of a Resi house. She hit up my old org and asked to get a tour of some houses, and they chose mine because it was settled at the time and she wasn't too likely to be attacked. She seemed alright, I always imagined if a minister ever came to a Resi house they'd bring bodyguards and bulletproof vests (keep in mind I first entered Resi when I was 11, hardly had experience with ministerial visits). She only brought 1 dude, James, her personal assistant or something I guess, and the ceo of the last organisation. I gave her a brief rundown of my worst experiences and she seemed to listen, I also offered I'd be happy to share more with her another day, but she never took me up on that
They were never going to drop a minister into a shit situation, it'd make them look terrible. Here look Minister, a bunch of well behaved and settled kids, the system works, gib money.
I've had a few friends work in resicare, they said that there's basically either kids taken out of bad situations or kids who are the bad situation. They felt it was bullshit that both types got mixed up in the houses.
If you've met her before, mention it if you make contact.
If the poster is canvas backed, you might be able to take it to a picture framing place, and get the tear(s) mended at the back with light canvas or paper tape. A canvas backed map is worth the bother. You might even think about getting the mended map laminated to protect and preserve it. The line will be still be visible from the front but the structural integrity will be nearly as good as new. Basically, they'll flatten the map and then tape it from behind. You could do this yourself on a large tabletop I think - press it flat with a cool iron and then stick it together on the back. Please don't use duct tape - that could ruin it.