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Graeme S 08-09-2012 11:11 PM

Most likely the one downtown.

If that "integrity team" just took a walk down Robson and then down Denman on any given Friday or Saturday night, I can almost promise you they'd hit a goldmine of fines and violations.

Jang Mo Jib is most definitely not the only one who is "bending" the rules when it comes to workers' visa eligibility.

too_slow 08-10-2012 09:29 AM

^i have nothing to add but the JMB's red Hummer H2 with the restaurant name plastered in chrome is quite an eye sore..

spyker 08-10-2012 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by too_slow (Post 7999473)
^i have nothing to add but the JMB's red Hummer H2 with the restaurant name plastered in chrome is quite an eye sore..

Ever see the Digstown Hummer H2? that thing was pretty sad on the eyes too.

SpuGen 09-30-2012 11:22 AM

Brent Seabrook's dad is a cheeky cunt.
His mom is really nice though.

I used to work for him before I found a shop that actually paid people what they're worth.

Peanut Butter Jelly Time! 09-30-2012 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Gumby (Post 7993309)
I've always wondered what the retail price for a bag of Coke syrup is. Not how much it costs for Coca Cola to manufacture/produce, but how much your average restaurant buys it for. Anybody know?

for the stuff that they use for fountain machines and just add air to it and maybe water... it comes in a bag in a box n the box packaging.... i think it was around 20-40 bucks. dirt cheap. the air tanks that we had to pay for incl. deposit cost more than those boxes.

westopher 09-30-2012 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Peanut Butter Jelly Time! (Post 8043100)
maybe water

Maybe? You don't add just air to syrup and have it magically multiply fluid volume by about 5000.

knight604 09-30-2012 01:57 PM

im fucking awesome?

Peanut Butter Jelly Time! 09-30-2012 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by westopher (Post 8043143)
Maybe? You don't add just air to syrup and have it magically multiply fluid volume by about 5000.

i stand corrected

BrRsn 09-30-2012 02:15 PM

Worked for car rental company, I could go on and on about it but I'll divulge one thing that always bugged me.

John rents car, john curbs rim, John returns and pays to fix rim. Car rental company is short on cars (Because we always overbook. Always, by a large margin. So if everyone does show up, we are almost always completely fucked) so we re-rent john's car to bob. Bob brings it back with more damage to the same rim, we now bill bob for more damage to the same rim that was gonna be replaced/refinished anyways. Meh, it is what it is!

nns 09-30-2012 03:34 PM

^Which rental agency?

BigTrollFace 09-30-2012 04:22 PM

that is why you do a pre check.....

Graeme S 09-30-2012 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by BigTrollFace (Post 8043240)
that is why you do a pre check.....

What he's saying is even if the wheel were damaged and it were acknowledged in the pre-check, they would then charge the second guy for further damage, even though the repair had been paid for by dude A.

4444 09-30-2012 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Graeme S (Post 8043243)
What he's saying is even if the wheel were damaged and it were acknowledged in the pre-check, they would then charge the second guy for further damage, even though the repair had been paid for by dude A.

of course they would charge you - why wouldn't they, you've damaged their car, you need to pay for it

the fact that they may or may not have been planning on fixing it is irrelevant, you damaged the car more than it was previously

not sure how you could argue that this is wrong

Jason00S2000 09-30-2012 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by spyker (Post 7997592)
Wanna go into business together? we can take turns holding the camera.


Hell no, porn is pretty disgusting.

K-bad 09-30-2012 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by 4444 (Post 8043284)
of course they would charge you - why wouldn't they, you've damaged their car, you need to pay for it

the fact that they may or may not have been planning on fixing it is irrelevant, you damaged the car more than it was previously

not sure how you could argue that this is wrong

Correct me if I'm wrong. But what he's saying is dude A damaged the car and acknowledged it, so he paid xxx$ amount when he returned it to get the rim fixed. But BEFORE they fixed the rim another guy rented it out and damaged the same wheel again, so he had to pay for it as well. Meaning they got paid twice to fix it once.
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Manic! 09-30-2012 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Peanut Butter Jelly Time! (Post 8043100)
for the stuff that they use for fountain machines and just add air to it and maybe water... it comes in a bag in a box n the box packaging.... i think it was around 20-40 bucks. dirt cheap. the air tanks that we had to pay for incl. deposit cost more than those boxes.

It's C02 and water.

spyker 09-30-2012 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason00S2000 (Post 8043294)
Hell no, porn is pretty disgusting.

There are alot of disgusting jobs in life that a person can do,but porn is one of the few filths I'm willing to put up with.

bluejays 09-30-2012 05:50 PM

Instead of waxing and polishing cars, my boss often wipes paint thinner instead "because it makes it look like it's been waxed" :heckno:
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Graeme S 09-30-2012 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by 4444 (Post 8043284)
of course they would charge you - why wouldn't they, you've damaged their car, you need to pay for it

the fact that they may or may not have been planning on fixing it is irrelevant, you damaged the car more than it was previously

not sure how you could argue that this is wrong

I didn't give an opinion either way--was just clarifying.


That having been said, I'm of two minds about this.

On one hand, do the damage, pay to fix it. On the other hand, you've just collected double for a single repair. using this same logic, a shady (or even just 'efficient') rental agency could collect damages from each person who rents the car over 3 years never fixing anything, then having the whole thing done at once and pocketing both the interest and the difference. Even if we get one person putting $150 worth of damage every 2 months, that's still $2700 over three years. And that's a lot more than a fresh respray from a place like Maaco (which honestly is all it would need to be sold as a mint car).

BrRsn 09-30-2012 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by nns (Post 8043213)
^Which rental agency?

Rather not disclose that

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Originally Posted by BigTrollFace (Post 8043240)
that is why you do a pre check.....

pre check depends on the attendant helping you out. If you are a dick to him he could easily just throw our record of the check into the waste bin, essentially making the piece of paper in your hand with all the damages written down useless/of no value.

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Originally Posted by Graeme S (Post 8043243)
What he's saying is even if the wheel were damaged and it were acknowledged in the pre-check, they would then charge the second guy for further damage, even though the repair had been paid for by dude A.

Exactly. Say there was 3 inches of curb rash, if the next guy brought it back with more damage other than the 3 inches of pre-existing curb rash, he would pay also.

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Originally Posted by K-bad (Post 8043298)
Correct me if I'm wrong. But what he's saying is dude A damaged the car and acknowledged it, so he paid xxx$ amount when he returned it to get the rim fixed. But BEFORE they fixed the rim another guy rented it out and damaged the same wheel again, so he had to pay for it as well. Meaning they got paid twice to fix it once.
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^ Correct

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Originally Posted by Graeme S (Post 8043373)
On one hand, do the damage, pay to fix it. On the other hand, you've just collected double for a single repair. using this same logic, a shady (or even just 'efficient') rental agency could collect damages from each person who rents the car over 3 years never fixing anything, then having the whole thing done at once and pocketing both the interest and the difference. Even if we get one person putting $150 worth of damage every 2 months, that's still $2700 over three years. And that's a lot more than a fresh respray from a place like Maaco (which honestly is all it would need to be sold as a mint car).

^ A lot of the vehicles that aren't sent back to the manufacturer after a quarter of use are never repaired and costs for repair are just collected.




Just a lot of weird shit I could go on and on. And the insurance they push on you so hard, it's essentially useless because although it does cover the vehicle, if you read the fine print there are so many technicalities which cause it to be void. Further to that, any decent credit card will carry a zero deductible zero fault coverage. Whether it was your fault or not, you are covered 100% and there's no deductible. These are just fundamental flaws I found, even more shady shit happens based purely on the fact that there's so much commission to be earned

k3mps 09-30-2012 09:33 PM

some times when you work at a car dealer, and there's a fast food chain across the street you can often get a 5-10% discount by telling them you work there.

When I first started training at mcdonalds years back, I saw someone drop a bag of nuggets into the fry vat, skim it out with the plastic bag mostly melted into the oil, and dump new nuggets into the fryer. ugh....:Puke:

punkwax 10-01-2012 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by bluejays (Post 8043310)
Instead of waxing and polishing cars, my boss often wipes paint thinner instead "because it makes it look like it's been waxed" :heckno:
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Your boss should be shot.

z3german 10-01-2012 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by bluejays (Post 8043310)
Instead of waxing and polishing cars, my boss often wipes paint thinner instead "because it makes it look like it's been waxed" :heckno:
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What the fuck?! That's fucked up, you should quit and out the company out, that's shit storm cause worthy ....

murd0c 10-01-2012 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by bluejays (Post 8043310)
Instead of waxing and polishing cars, my boss often wipes paint thinner instead "because it makes it look like it's been waxed" :heckno:
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Paint thinner takes off the wax which gives it a dull look, I don't get how it looks waxed after...

bluejays 10-01-2012 07:27 AM

^ He only does it on white/silver cars. Rubs it in and wipes it really fast. I think it takes off the stuck on tar and sap but I've never tried. I'd rather just wax the car instead of taking the risk
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