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What’s A Dick?

S lang words are a language consisting of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people. When you look at New Zealand and Australian slang it can be quite hard to understand especially with our unique accents. We all use slang words on a daily basis when communicating with people – it’s in our DNA.

past, I have found it quite fascinating and proud to see Oz or Kiwi storer’s bring their entire household of mates, buddy’s, cobbers, ankle-biters, bro’s or cuz (wearing their jandals or at times eating some tucker) to visit our sites (especially in the arvo) just to have a squiz at our facilities. Most people visiting our facilities just like to have a yabber or earbash about their lives. Haven’t we all had that over the counter experience with the bloke or sheila from The Wops or Back o’

of fitting all their stuff into a small locker. All they really wanted was a quick squiz at the storage space cos’ I was just passing by. In the end, strewth do you think that they would listen – yeah nah, just pack a sad and probably spit the dummy about the cost. During my time spent working in our NZ storage Centre’s, I always got a ‘shux bro’ or ‘good as gold’, but it just didn’t make sense why people would finish a sentence with the word ‘eh’. Actually, if ever it was a hot day, I loved to see Team Members take customer service a little bit further and ask if they wanted a ‘chur’ or ‘cold drink’ from the ‘Chilly Bin’. Most customer reactions were ‘too right’, ‘yeah nah’, ‘she’ll be right mate’ or ‘choice bro’. Isn’t it funny the way we New Zealanders and Australians communicate between each other - just like ‘being a dick’! Wayne Birch VIC Operations Manager

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G’day, Kia ora or just plain welcome have all the desired effect of making our customers feel at ease. There are certainly other forms of the English ‘ Most people visiting our facilities just like to have a yabber or earbash about their lives. Haven’t we all had that over the counter experience with the bloke or sheila from The Wops or Back o’ Bourke...

Bourke, who hasn’t seen anyone for days, just wanting to big note themselves, and have a yarn or chew the fat about their storage moving experience… and all we want to do is get on with our daily storage business. So frustrating – right! What I do like is the new interactions with the dags or even ding bats that aren’t quite dinky di about what they want to store – and we just do what we do best – sort out their problems. We’ve all come across those sus customers that have a boot full of gear, who really don’t have buckley’s chance

language that also may have the effect of initially greeting someone or

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