WEBVTT - Flexi's Building Manager Has Had Enough 🏩😨

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<v Speaker 1>Flex and Frooms, Flex and Frooms. This is the Flex

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<v Speaker 1>and Frooms catch Up podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>It is Flex and Frooms on CATA. Does my building

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<v Speaker 2>manager hate me? I'm not putting that energy into the ether,

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<v Speaker 2>but a few situations have come about recently, and using

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<v Speaker 2>my empathetic heart, I could imagine that there would be

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<v Speaker 2>a bit of a tense environment if we let it

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<v Speaker 2>get to that point. Okay, I've made a few mistakes

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<v Speaker 2>in my time. I've been a victim. Okay, bit in

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<v Speaker 2>my time. We'll start with the victimhood and we'll we'll

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<v Speaker 2>work up from them. Being an influencer, you get a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of unsolicited PR packages. Now you would say unsolicited,

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<v Speaker 2>how how do people get your address?

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<v Speaker 1>This is what happens. Pr agencies have a lot of clients.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's say there's a PR agency.

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<v Speaker 2>They've got one car client, one grocery client, one beauty client,

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<v Speaker 2>one nightlife client, and one person gets your address because

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<v Speaker 2>you willingly exchange it. They say, hey, we want to

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<v Speaker 2>send you a crystal encrusted water bottle. You say, great,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you, here's my address for this crystal encrusted water bottle.

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<v Speaker 2>Next week you're getting sent break fluid and the next

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<v Speaker 2>week getting sent cereal, and the next week you're getting

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<v Speaker 2>sent lip gloss and you're.

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<v Speaker 1>Like, where, how, where's this coming from.

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<v Speaker 2>Then you work backwards and you're like, Okay, clearly this

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<v Speaker 2>one person at this agency has put my name in

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<v Speaker 2>a database, and every time someone wants to send something,

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<v Speaker 2>they'd be like, oh, just grab the database.

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<v Speaker 1>Her address is there. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>When these packages come, they often come without a return

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<v Speaker 2>to sender because they don't want you to find them

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<v Speaker 2>and say, don't send me packages. And often you'll say,

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<v Speaker 2>don't send me packages and they'll say, already sent, Sorry,

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<v Speaker 2>do what.

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<v Speaker 1>You want with them.

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<v Speaker 2>So the situation I'm talking about is so the promo

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<v Speaker 2>for the Barbie movie, which we loved. We love seeing

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<v Speaker 2>things in advanced screening. They asked if they could send

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<v Speaker 2>me an invitation. I'm assuming an invitation is like a

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<v Speaker 2>four at max, right, maybe some flowers to go with

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<v Speaker 2>it as a small gift. This was a one by

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<v Speaker 2>one by one cube box. Threw me open a similar

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<v Speaker 2>one up in the office downstairs.

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<v Speaker 1>A huge box.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't fit in a door a traditional doorway without

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<v Speaker 2>you turning it on its side.

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<v Speaker 1>Type of box taller than a small child. Type of box.

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<v Speaker 2>The issue is I wasn't in the country or in

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<v Speaker 2>the state when it arrived. So now it's sitting in

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<v Speaker 2>the lobby, the communal lobby, taking up space. Now the

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<v Speaker 2>building manager has to find a way to orient this

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<v Speaker 2>package so one it doesn't get stolen and two it

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<v Speaker 2>remains safe for five days.

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<v Speaker 1>That's annoying. And who's the blame. Did they know you?

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<v Speaker 1>The people sending the invitation? No, the beauty manager. They

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<v Speaker 1>message like, hey, come get your package. It's like obstructing

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<v Speaker 1>the way.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, sorry, I'm not here. Very annoying for them.

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<v Speaker 2>I get the package.

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<v Speaker 1>It's huge. In the package worth three things, four things.

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<v Speaker 2>Two barbies, a Barbie car, and some lego and like

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<v Speaker 2>I would say, sixty five kilos worth of what do

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<v Speaker 2>you call this stuff? Start like the bubbles, the paper, peanuts,

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<v Speaker 2>packing peanuts and shredded paper and just a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>stuff to keep the package safe. Right, And so I'm thinking, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I need to get this into the bin room, right,

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<v Speaker 2>But in order to get to the place where there's

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<v Speaker 2>like bedroom on the floor and the bedroom that you

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<v Speaker 2>can only get via stairs, I'm like, I put it

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<v Speaker 2>in the floor bedroom. People put their like counter pickup stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll leave it there and then we'll do what we

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<v Speaker 2>can with this when I get back. Why is there

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<v Speaker 2>a building wide bulletin with a picture of this box

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<v Speaker 2>and some other things, But like the box is very clear.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, hey, everyone, you can't just leave your rubbish here.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to pack it down.

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<v Speaker 1>Blah blah blah. I'm thinking they're.

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<v Speaker 2>All they are, all these boxes assembled there anyway, So

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't like doing anything out of the ordinary. But

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, you know, what's fair? So I email my

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<v Speaker 2>building manager. I'm like, hey, that's me, my bad. But

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<v Speaker 2>I knew they knew it was me because in the

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<v Speaker 2>bulletin they said, we've got CCTV.

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<v Speaker 1>We know who you are.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, leg So I'm like, okay, great, I

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<v Speaker 2>see the picture. I let them know my hey, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not actually in the state at the moment. Do you

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<v Speaker 2>mind giving me an extension on recycling this box? They said, actually,

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<v Speaker 2>somebody took it and they really like it, so thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>So much for that.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, okay, all good, But these things keep happening,

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<v Speaker 2>getting unsolicited packages that I'm not here, that I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>here to accept, and it's making me look bad in

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<v Speaker 2>this brand new high tech apartment where they've got CCTV

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<v Speaker 2>cameras monitoring our behavior and nothing slides. The thing is,

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<v Speaker 2>when I rented it, it's like a regular rental to me.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know the rules and stuff. I'm not really

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<v Speaker 2>across it. So my first infringement was moving in. Oh

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't there for it. I had some assistance friends

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<v Speaker 2>in Melbourne who moved in for me. Really, apparently I

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<v Speaker 2>was blocking the lift. There's like a Goods lift and

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<v Speaker 2>then there's like a residential lift, and if you block

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<v Speaker 2>the lift for too long, it just makes it hard

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<v Speaker 2>for everyone to travel to and fro. This is secret

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<v Speaker 2>information though, Like I didn't know this. They were like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>it's in your welcome pack. I don't own here, so

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what's going on. So infringement number one

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<v Speaker 2>fine infringement number two. I'm using the spar at night

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<v Speaker 2>on date night?

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<v Speaker 1>Was I a little bit naughty? Sure it was pg.

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<v Speaker 2>PG Was it though a kiss or three exchange? Why

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<v Speaker 2>do I get a bulletin a building? White bulletin? Hello?

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone?

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<v Speaker 2>Just let you know that the spar can be seen

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<v Speaker 2>from every vantage point in the building. So just be

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<v Speaker 2>mindful when you're spending time there that you can be seen.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're in the spa stop. I said, great, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait so didn't you know that when it was going down? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>because it's PG. I was like, I don't mind, like

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<v Speaker 1>I'm viving more.

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<v Speaker 2>I like, idio, you're real for that anyway, so that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, okay, striking them a two, strike them a three.

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<v Speaker 2>These bloody packages that keep coming unsolicited. It'd be one

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<v Speaker 2>thing if I could be like, hey, building manager, because

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<v Speaker 2>what we have, We've got a concierge. You can pick

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<v Speaker 2>a packages up three times a day, two thirty five,

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<v Speaker 2>thirty eight, thirty right, and they send you text messages

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<v Speaker 2>and emails when you have a package, so you know

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<v Speaker 2>to come and get it. It's a beautiful well or system.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not there because I'm not expecting packages. So now

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<v Speaker 2>it's every second day someone's sending something unsolicited that I

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<v Speaker 2>did not account for. I'm wasting people's time. The fourth

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<v Speaker 2>issue at the reception, everybody knows who I am.

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<v Speaker 1>They see the packages, they see the name saw you

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<v Speaker 1>at the logis? How was that? Saw you at this?

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<v Speaker 1>How was that? Do you think my name is not?

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<v Speaker 2>People aren't mumbling and cackling while the cleaning, while the

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<v Speaker 2>queen's in the building, while queen's in the stoop, like

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<v Speaker 2>my information is being circulated bad. They know I'm the

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<v Speaker 2>Barbie girl with the box. They know I'm the person

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<v Speaker 2>in the spa.

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<v Speaker 1>They know the.

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<v Speaker 2>Barbie girl with the box and the spa so so

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<v Speaker 2>real for that spa. Right now, I'm living life, babe.

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<v Speaker 2>Life is so short. It's so short you think I

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<v Speaker 2>wud be eighty five. We're telling all these stories again

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<v Speaker 2>and again and again.

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<v Speaker 1>What will you be? Draight up? Drat up?

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<v Speaker 2>So what I'm I will say is my building manager

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't hate me yet.

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<v Speaker 1>Good.

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<v Speaker 2>But if it keeps on going this way, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>have to start doing something, a remedy like the future

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<v Speaker 2>annoyance that I'm going to cause by virtue of existing.

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<v Speaker 1>You're a pest.

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<v Speaker 2>You're a pest, a menace, a building, a problem.

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<v Speaker 1>You've been listening to The Flex and Froom's daily podcast.

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