KFC Livingston — Restaurant in Western Australia

Resilience HOMEECONOMY

The Pros and Cons of Living in Our Small House By Kara Stiff, originally published by Low-Carbon Life February 18, 2020 First, I want to let you know I have a guest post about how we cook off grid on The Organic Prepper. Preparedness has gotten a bad name lately, but I think it’s only sensible to plan for common emergencies such as an electrical outage or a job loss. I like The Organic Prepper because they understand and care about modern food issues, and they take pains to collect stories from real people who have been through real disasters, like the Bosnian war and the recent troubles in Venezuela. If you’re interested in cooking off grid, check it out.

We built our little house using light straw clay and lots of reclaimed wood, which both saved us money and reduced the environmental impact of building. Alternative materials alone don’t make a house green, though, because even the eco-friendliest house is still far more impactful than it has to be if it is bigger than it has to be. And if you’re building with your hands or serving as your own general contractor, I can guarantee the best thing for your soul and budget is to make the house as small as you comfortably can.

Here’s a personal confession: I’ve got project stamina you wouldn’t believe. I work on and think about nothing else until the project is done. Only now in my mid-30s am I learning to abandon a plan when it becomes apparent it’s a bad one, rather than relentlessly carrying it through because it’s THE PLAN. My kind husband calls this “over-focus,” when the more accurate term is “obsession.” Even though I was very thoroughly obsessed, I was so done physically and emotionally long before we finished our little bitty house. At the time, I dearly wished I’d made it smaller.

How small is it? My husband and I and our two kids live very happily in 725 square feet. It’s not within the tiny house limit of 400 square feet, but then again most tiny house dwellers are singles or couples. We have three bedrooms, a toilet/utility room, a shower room and a main room which serves as the kitchen, dining, homeschool and lounging space. Our house is under a third the size of the average new American house. It’s smaller than an average American apartment. But let’s be real: it’s a fantastically spacious and comfortable size in global and historical terms.

Whether you’re building or buying, the benefits of living smaller are many and spectacular, while I personally find the drawbacks to be...

If i complaint about food there is no differences since its franchise but my concern its about customer services and food order processing in the counter. I'm so not happy with unwelcome face and taken ownership by the young guy in the front. His name is Joe as i saw the name tag. He took order for Customer in front of me and finished all the process. I was im THE QUEUE and definitely he saw with me clearly. Logically when come to my turn i step forward ready to order which there is no customer behind me at all which is not busy at all. You know what happened the boys named as Joe just leave me unattended without saying any one of word even he looking at me with unsmile face. I'm so enraged but in control maybe i was thinking that he is break time or sign out of the duty. No one attend to come unless i call hello and one guys Chinese but named as Ze Chuan look unwelcome me anf cut of my conversation for every single question i request. Just asked for dine in, drumstick and thighs portions. After completing order i was waiting in counter pass and ze chuan give me can drink and i request for straw. He replied that only small straw they have and should be charged a dollar. I said "come again??" He said nothing with rude face and pass me the straw. I'm really surprised with this franchise that still keep unprofessional staff or maybe with no enough training. Should i complaint further in social media because it's that true straw's request will be charged?? Maybe the Regional Manager should take responsibility more to monitor this toxic franchise for future business. Totall sick attitude. Don't force people who does not want to commit work...

It’s been 20 minutes since I placed my order on the app and been standing in the store. I could have conquered the world in the time it’s taken the 5 people here to make some chips and popcorn chicken. How hard is that?? I don’t even know why I bother coming here. Do yourself a favour and don’t (or go through the drive thru, apparently there is classism here, and those abled in cars are more important than us legged folk)

Update: I have once again visited this KFC out of curiosity today (31/12/20). And, once again, waiting an exuberant amount of time. They don’t start making online pickup orders until you are physically standing over the counter. I was initially waiting on the seats right near the counter for 15 minutes, but got fed up. After standing over the counter, the girl asked if I was waiting on an online order. When I confirmed I was, she only then went and started putting it together, which took a total of 20 seconds. How hard was it to do that 15...