[Hondaracer]

Well you ever gonna return? If you’re forced to pay the resort fee and the valet is part of that forced fee I wouldn’t feel obligated to tip. Especially if it’s not actually some fancy “resort”

[CivicBlues]

Fucking resort fees in Canada now? GTFO with that shit. Refuse to pay, review bomb them. Put them on blast...call Global News. No more of this American bullshit seeping north where they're even charging resort fees in cities like Boston, NYC, etc.

[punkwax]

Tigh-Na-Mara has been charging resort fees for years.

[Hondaracer]

Fucking resort fees in Canada now? GTFO with that shit. Refuse to pay, review bomb them. Put them on blast...call Global News. No more of this American bullshit seeping north where they're even charging resort fees in cities like Boston, NYC, etc.

Apparently Nevada just outlawed them

Canada should follow suit, pay more for nothing extra

[supafamous]

Are you tipping the valet drivers? and if so, how much?

It's crazy that this hotel even has a resort fee. I've never heard of a resort fee outside of Las Vegas. Apparently there is a self park option that is free across the street.

Resort fees are increasingly common - when I was looking for a hotel in San Diego anything close to the water would have something especially the ones which had on site activities (pools, spa, tennis courts etc). Near Disneyland you'll see the same thing for a number of hotels (more expensive ones).

As for tipping the valet I just give a couple bucks and I do tip.

[Badhobz]

Tigh-Na-Mara has been charging resort fees for years.

well tigh-na-mara can blow-ma-ass-hole with their lame ass resort fees

[supafamous]

well tigh-na-mara can blow-ma-ass-hole with their lame ass resort fees

It's not them. Their website says they do not charge resort fees: https://tigh-na-mara.com/resort/faq

[punkwax]

Well then. My mistake! Thought they did..

[Eff-1]

Resort fees are definitely not just a Las Vegas thing. We looked a booking Hawaii recently and the resort fees were out of control.

I remember looking into this a while ago and over the past decade, resort fees have evolved into something that has nothing to do with guests paying for the use of amenities.

Essentially, by lowering the room rate, hotels get better ranking and more prominence on sites like Expedia and Travelocity.

Hotels are then required to pay those sites a commission on the booking. The commission is calculated off the room rate. The resort fee, however, is separate and the hotel gets to keep 100% of it.

I am surprised there aren't more hotels in Canada charging it, tbh.

As for tipping the valet, the cost of valet parking and the tip are two separate things, so yes I think tipping the valet is still customary. That said, it's pretty easy to not tip a valet, so I wouldn't sweat it. Just park and enjoy and if you choose to tip, do so on the way out.

[HonestTea]

Yep, resort fees are pretty common in Hawaii as well. They were outrageous!

[quasi]

I'm pretty sure resort fees are used by the hotels as a way of moving some of the room rate into the resort fee and skirting around the resellers like Priceline, Expedia and what have you giving them a smaller piece of the pie, this isn't a $275 a night it's $225 with a $50 resort fee that you'll pay when you check out.

I'd rather have them just show the real rate including all the fees but that's probably never going to happen.

[PeanutButter]

It's not them. Their website says they do not charge resort fees: https://tigh-na-mara.com/resort/faq

It's The Beach Club Resort in Parksville. Nothing crazy.

[GS8]

Looks like Brampton (https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/move-over-mississauga-brampton-is-now-the-third-largest-city-in-ontario-according-to-statistics-canada/#:~:text=Newly%20released%20census%20data%20publis hed,approximately%20100%2C000%20people%20since%202 020.&text=Mississauga%27s%20population%20was%20pegged%2 0at,growing%20faster%20than%20ever%20before.) is now the 3rd largest city in Ontario. 15% growth in 4 years!

I guess the municipal government will have to analyze their 3 boroughs:

Urban
Suburban
Turban

[whitev70r]

For you building / lego nerds, this looks very educational.

V8 DIY car engine model mechanical metal assembly kit 500+ pieces educational experimental toys, only $25 US

https://www.ponpoke.com/products/v8-diy-car-engine-model-mechanical-metal-assembly-kit-500-pcs-educational-experiment-toy?spm=..collection_8ac4f4fa-aeec-425f-8fc8-d6e940763196.collection_detail_1.2

https://img.staticdj.com/700a8db4848b3855381f69affd556ac0_900x.jpeg

[donk.]

I would doubt that website isnt a scam, that thing is listed for 600$usd+ on most websites.
What tiktok ad did you click to get to that site even

[Gumby]

Yeah... metal engine assembly kit with 500+ pieces for US$25? No way!

[whitev70r]

Hmmmm ... too good to be true.

[red kryptonite]

For you building / lego nerds, this looks very educational.

no thanks! im only allowed one women repelling hobby :okay:
https://tnstatic.net/attachments/thumbnail_img_6283-jpg.1076351/

[EvoFire]

no thanks! im only allowed one women repelling hobby :okay:
https://tnstatic.net/attachments/thumbnail_img_6283-jpg.1076351/

I need to pick that up from Costco. Cheapest way to get it new

[red kryptonite]

youll love it! the amount of details in these new sets are crazy, makes the gt3rs look like dogshit.
its only $1 cheaper at costco lol unless your local one is selling for cheaper.
i recommend buying from lego store/online. this weeks promo you get 2 gifts with purchase, heart box and flower *ahem for the wife*.

[Gumby]

I need to pick that up from Costco. Cheapest way to get it new
It’s not cheaper from Costco, but it happens to come with a bonus set (42161 Lamborghini Huracán Tecnica, retail $65). If you want that set, great, but I’d prefer a straight discount over the bonus set. Can’t be bothered to sell it.

[red kryptonite]

hmmm then costco has the better deal.

[EvoFire]

The secondary set makes for great gifts for other kids. I just want the P1, but I can gift the Huracan away.

[Hondaracer]

lol jfc.. Tim hortons.. I avoid this place like the plague but wanted to grab some donuts because I’ve got to go to a meeting

She asks what donuts I want so I start selecting them

Half way through another guy comes up and says I can’t get the blueberry fritter or lemon donut because those are “specialty” donuts and have to be billed individually outside of the dozen

Holy fuck.. no wonder this place is in the state it is lol

[68style]

I hate to be the one to tell you this, but they increased their profit share another 5% in 2024 over 2023 and have steadily grown yoy for the last 5 years.

Theres a lot of people with bad taste out there.

[bcrdukes]

People with bad taste mean profits! :fuckyea:

[Hondaracer]

I hate to be the one to tell you this, but they increased their profit share another 5% in 2024 over 2023 and have steadily grown yoy for the last 5 years.

Theres a lot of people with bad taste out there.

Three words, Temporary Foreign Workers.

[68style]

Nope.

Timmy's are franchised, the parent corporation does not save money on TFW's, the individual establishments do. That also doesn't amount to hundreds of millions of dollars.

[spoon.ek9]

Had dinner last night at The Boathouse on Arbutus. Set menu was $55 and actually pretty decent value I thought.

I got the lobster bisque but kind of regretted that after I saw how massive the Caesar salad was. The soup was good though, don't get me wrong lol. The main, I had the 7oz sirloin steak which was cooked nicely but was of course a bit tough due to the lack of marbling. Flavours were nice though, so no complaints there. Dessert was a pretty giant slice of raspberry cheesecake with fresh strawberries. It was big enough to share with the gf. Overall, I'd say that was a decent meal given the price SeemsGood

[Badhobz]

7oz ?!? I’ve had burgers bigger than that. Boooooo get outta here

[spoon.ek9]

haha I'm sure you have, but it is what it is. the 7oz sirloin on the regular menu alone is $39. so for another $16 you get an appetizer and a big ass slice of cake.

[CivicBlues]

Lobster Bisque? Big Salad?

https://y.yarn.co/5a0961eb-8268-409d-b44b-eeef1d20b4c4_text.gif

[N.V.M.]

7oz ?!? I’ve had burgers bigger than that. Boooooo get outta here

7oz is enough. it let's you have more of everything else.

[Badhobz]

7oz is enough. it let's you have more of everything else.

Then they better have a side of “blonde whore” with extra ass.

[westopher]

Sir it's a boathouse, you're gonna be served by a 19 year old named Brock working to save up for his Australia trip (much to his kits point parents chagrin) before he goes to UBC to study English literature.

[Badhobz]

Why you gotta pop my day dream with your sensible white man logic.

[supafamous]

Had dinner last night at The Boathouse on Arbutus. Set menu was $55 and actually pretty decent value I thought.

I got the lobster bisque but kind of regretted that after I saw how massive the Caesar salad was. The soup was good though, don't get me wrong lol. The main, I had the 7oz sirloin steak which was cooked nicely but was of course a bit tough due to the lack of marbling. Flavours were nice though, so no complaints there. Dessert was a pretty giant slice of raspberry cheesecake with fresh strawberries. It was big enough to share with the gf. Overall, I'd say that was a decent meal given the price SeemsGood

I was at the Keg last night for their $55 dine out and it was pretty solid - I rarely go to the Keg but it was my dad's birthday and old folks love the atmosphere of it.

For $55 I got a lobster bisque, a 10 oz prime rib and a billy miner pie. There was a 7oz French onion sirloin option along with salads instead of the bisque.

Like the Boathouse I think $55 is pretty good value for what I got - everything was pretty good. Not my first choice if I want a steak but fine for taking my parents to.

[Badhobz]

https://youtube.com/shorts/FU7CfewRva4?si=CfxNMJVKWuwUuBBy

this is pretty sick! man the things these kids come up with nowadays

[spoon.ek9]

I was considering The Keg for tonight but we ended up deciding on trying out Jungle Room instead. Will let you guys know how that is.

[CivicBlues]

^It's alright, it's white people's idea of what "Asian" food is so you'll get a lot of fried things with sweet chili type of stuff.

Atmosphere is nice enough for a few drinks though.

[spoon.ek9]

Yeah it's mainly gf's idea because she's wanted to try their food for awhile now. I normally wouldn't set foot in these types of places :lol

[BIC_BAWS]

^It's alright, it's white people's idea of what "Asian" food is so you'll get a lot of fried things with sweet chili type of stuff

For some reason, this really bothers me - when white people make Asian food and claim it's Asian lol. Fusion also annoys me, but I guess you really have to focus on the ___ culture x Asian culture aspect.

Also, does anyone know where I can locally buy loose-leaf tea? I bought an infuser in December and I've been trying (not very hard) to use it.

[Qmx323]

My mom goes to The Chinese Tea Shop (https://thechineseteashop.com/) in Chinatown, David's Tea also has loose leaf.

[bcrdukes]

If you want some fancy tea and someone who can speak English, try Avenue 18 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/Er2NecvdzBDqjQLe6) in Richmond at Union Square.

May not be the cheapest but the service and quality is pretty good. Be prepared to sample some teas and have a conversation with the owners. They are Taiwanese. Very hospitable so to say the least.

Disclaimer: I have not been there in over a decade, so things may have since changed significantly. I used to buy Hario products from them before there was a distribution channel in the Canadian market and they always went out of their way to get me rare items from Japan directly.

[unit]

davids tea has quite a big selection if you're not looking for anything in particular. otherwise if you like green tea then i like chado on main st, but its more expensive premium stuff.

[CivicBlues]

For some reason, this really bothers me - when white people make Asian food and claim it's Asian lol. Fusion also annoys me, but I guess you really have to focus on the ___ culture x Asian culture aspect.

Also, does anyone know where I can locally buy loose-leaf tea? I bought an infuser in December and I've been trying (not very hard) to use it.

Yeah it used to bug me a lot too, but I realized basically all great food cultures are "fusion" if you go back far enough - Malaysian, Vietnamese, etc. I can't blame them though for creating fusion, trad "Canadian" food is bland AF.

[Badhobz]

What is traditional Canadian food !?! Westopher ed-Jew-cate us prease.

I hope it’s congee and 1000 year old duck egg and pork.

[roastpuff]

David's Tea is pretty bad. Try Great Wall Tea in New West. Owner is great.

[Eff-1]

Wow, the Boathouse. I totally forgot that place existed.

Up until maybe 10 or 15 years ago, it used to be quite a treat to go there. There was one in Horseshoe Bay that we'd go to once or twice a year when I was a teenager and it was considered fancy for us.

[sonick]

The last time I went to boathouse it was fucking terrible.

Went to the port moody one for lunch as it is a pretty decent location right next to the water and park.

Anyway, we were seated, it was pretty quiet. Didn't get acknowledged to order for like a good 20 mins, ordered a whole roast fish that was on special that day, another like 45 mins. The thing comes out and its fucking raw in the middle.

To westopher's point it was probably some 21 year old behind the grill who had never eaten, let alone cooked a whole fish before in their lives.

[spoon.ek9]

Only reason I was there was because it was a birthday dinner for a friend and the only place that could host such a large party (25+ people). I had never been to that location before so it was odd to say the least when I saw how dark it was there and wondered if we were even at the right place lol. I remember way, way back when I went to the English Bay location which upon googling I see was closed around 2018.

[BIC_BAWS]

Er, I should clarify. I drink white people tea LOL. And I prefer cheap over quality in this instance. I don't have the refined taste buds for fancy teas. I'm looking for loose leaf because it appears to be cheaper than buying the satchels.

Really just looking for a caffeine kick tbh. Can't drink coffee anymore lol and matcha is a premium ($$$$) product

[Qmx323]

Oh then all you need is a good cheap black tea. (https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/Tea-India-Mamri/6000197584041?region_id=201500&cmpid=SEM_CA_32814_74ICFF1ERY&utm_id=SEM_CA_32814_74ICFF1ERY&utm_medium=paid_search&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=seasonal&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA74G9BhAEEiwA8kNfpfGPTYSMgk9hwNJ0tMiu SW_FRohO2hD1CmiIJZHlu5c2JzZx9-xdkxoCHYgQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds)

Walmart - 2 pounds of Assam Black Tea. 12 bucks.

[Badhobz]

im not listening to a guy with an opium-smoking chinaman avatar !! you might be high while recommending!!!

[unit]

Er, I should clarify. I drink white people tea LOL. And I prefer cheap over quality in this instance. I don't have the refined taste buds for fancy teas. I'm looking for loose leaf because it appears to be cheaper than buying the satchels.

Really just looking for a caffeine kick tbh. Can't drink coffee anymore lol and matcha is a premium ($$$$) product

how much cheaper can you get than a box of red rose at the dollar store? buying loose tea isnt going to be cheaper because most loose tea stores are gonna be selling a more premium product.

[Qmx323]

im not listening to a guy with an opium-smoking chinaman avatar !! you might be high while recommending!!!

Man who stand on toilet, high on pot. :smug:

[bcrdukes]

Get the bags of Indian tea (i.e. Tata or the one Qmx323 shared) and that should suffice.

[supafamous]

I was 48 years old when I discovered that the lemon iced tea at HK cafes are nothing more than really strong black tea (specifically orange pekoe) and that I could make it myself at home super easily.

[Traum]

I was 48 years old when I discovered that the lemon iced tea at HK cafes are nothing more than really strong black tea (specifically orange pekoe) and that I could make it myself at home super easily.
It's a little more than just really strong black tea because any reputable HK tea cafe should be mixing at least 3 different blends of tea leafs, and using a LOT of it to brew the tea. The mixing and the sheer amount of tea leafs being used to brew isn't something I can practically do on my own, so I continue to prefer the cafe-made stuff instead of DIY.

But the tea blend is more important when you are making HK milk tea. For HK lemon iced tea, the taste is somehow much easier to replicate on our own with just strong tea.

[bcrdukes]

It's typically a blend of Ceylon for the dark, bold flavour, blended with Assam and some other black tea. The blends to each shop are proprietary unless you buy the commercialized stuff served in the chains. Orange pekoe alone won't replicate the same flavours from my own experience.

[supafamous]

Now you guys are gonna send me down the rabbit hole of putting together my own blend for it. I've been using some of my downtime to learn how to make authentic Chinese meals - I figured out real dan dan noodles and did a pretty acceptable sweet and sour chicken recently so now I gotta figure out HK Lemon ice tea.

[whitev70r]

For HK Lemon tea, once you get the blend right, use yellow rock sugar, not white man sugar.

[spoon.ek9]

I know I sing their praises all the time, but Kam Ho in Richmond has the best c0t (cold "ling" tea) imo. Every other place is usually ok but something about their blend hits different and I inhale that whole cup way faster than I should because it's just that damn good!

[unit]

the place in the aberdeen food court that is a few stores from the place that does bubble waffle as soon as you go up the escalator has the strongest milk tea ive ever tasted. back in the days you could get a large one for like $2 or $2.50. by the time i finished half of it i was having heart palpitations and had to throw it away. 10/10 recommend

[spoon.ek9]

Mambo or Leung Kee? must be one of those two lol

[unit]

had to look it up but yes leung kee

[Badhobz]

Best milk tea is the one in lansdown. In that corner next to taco Luis. They use a real silk sock to filter the tea and it’s thick and creamy. Very delicious !!’ I should know, I’m basically a Guangdong bastard now

[Qmx323]

Did a leng lui wear that silk sock first??? :pokerface:

[Badhobz]

no, some bitch ah mo. im sure her stinky feet is what makes it taste so good.

[EvoFire]

I was 48 years old when I discovered that the lemon iced tea at HK cafes are nothing more than really strong black tea (specifically orange pekoe) and that I could make it myself at home super easily.

Wait till you learn HOW MUCH SUGAR is in it to make a good tasting lemon tea. you alter ego in the workout thread will have a heart attack.

I know I sing their praises all the time, but Kam Ho in Richmond has the best c0t (cold "ling" tea) imo. Every other place is usually ok but something about their blend hits different and I inhale that whole cup way faster than I should because it's just that damn good!

This, if you want a good cup of ice lemon tea, go there.

[Badhobz]

For HK Lemon tea, once you get the blend right, use yellow rock sugar, not white man sugar.

:heckno: but youre white :heckno:

highly sus you pulled a 69 style and are porking our women.

WHAT THE FUCK DID I TELL YOU HONKYS ABOUT STAYING THE FUCK AWAY FROM OUR WOMEN!?!!!?!?

they'll make you go broke

[sonick]

Wait till you learn HOW MUCH SUGAR is in it to make a good tasting lemon tea. you alter ego in the workout thread will have a heart attack.

Haha not lemon tea but these days I always get no sugar milk tea.

Lemon tea can't do zero sugar, but will do less sugar.

[SkinnyPupp]

Am I the only yin yueng guy here? :alonehappy:

[Badhobz]

That’s disgusting. Boooo !!!! Get outta here with your mixing of cultures

[EvoFire]

Am I the only yin yueng guy here? :alonehappy:

Yin yeung is amazing. I drink it all the time. Can't get it right at home.

[SkinnyPupp]

Yin yeung is amazing. I drink it all the time. Can't get it right at home.
I never bothered trying, but I imagine you'd have to find the right ratio of coffee/tea. Also should figure out the coffee first - brewing a "good" cup of coffee will probably result in an inaccurate result.

I'd try to nail that overbrewed slightly sour Robusta brew first, and then go from there LUL

[bcrdukes]

Oh man, yin yeung from Toastbox Singapore :sweetjesus:

Since Alleluia closed, I’m not aware of any good cafes that serve a mean HK milk tea or yin yeung

[Gumby]

Oh man, yin yeung from Toastbox Singapore :sweetjesus:

Since Alleluia closed, I’m not aware of any good cafes that serve a mean HK milk tea or yin yeung
Alleluia :cry:

I found Kam Ho's milk tea pretty good & strong...

[jing]

Eggette (RPM) has a pretty good milk tea. Grill King at Lansdowne has good drinks too for cheap.

[EvoFire]

Oh man, yin yeung from Toastbox Singapore :sweetjesus:

Since Alleluia closed, I’m not aware of any good cafes that serve a mean HK milk tea or yin yeung

I like the hot milk tea from Maxims in Chinatown.

[Badhobz]

Eggette (RPM) has a pretty good milk tea. Grill King at Lansdowne has good drinks too for cheap.

That’s the one !!’ Grill king. Ahhh yes Jing my man

[SkinnyPupp]

Alleluia :cry:

I found Kam Ho's milk tea pretty good & strong...
Oh no that place is gone too?

I wonder if any single restaurant I went to is still around LUL

[Traum]

Mambo or Leung Kee? must be one of those two lol
Mambo has a great tasting HK milk tea that is very strong. But their milk teas are pretty tiny, and I find that I just haven't had enough to satisfy my cravings even though my hands might already be shaking LOL~

And Yin Yeung is gross, man. Totally ruins the milk tea! What's wrong with you Yin Yeung people lol~ :failed:

[bcrdukes]

Oh no that place is gone too?

I wonder if any single restaurant I went to is still around LUL

It’s been gone for a number of years. :okay:

When was the last time you were back?

[Badhobz]

For all you non Guangdong bastards, yin Yeung (ying yang) is when they mixed Hong Kong milk tea with coffee.

I find it offensive.

Oh and Hong Kong milk tea is basically British English breakfast tea with uhhh what was it again ? Evaporated milk or condensed milk. One of those to make a really rich tea. The old school method is to filter it through a silk pantyhose and therefore they call it si mat milk tea or silk sock milk tea.

Fuck you Guangdong idiots. Why the shit do I know this trash about your culture. I’m shanghainese for fuck sakes. Not like you retards would know anything about my pan fried river eel…. Or sugar / vinegar spareribs…. Or hairy crab

[bcrdukes]

Get out of here you Commie pinko!

[Badhobz]

Mo yi si ! Mo yi si !

Time to yarrr uarrr arrr ni haooo marrr

[SkinnyPupp]

It’s been gone for a number of years. :okay:

When was the last time you were back?
2008

Things are much different now I bet LUL

[Gumby]

It’s been gone for a number of years. :okay:

When was the last time you were back?
Alleluia got shafted… the landlord sold the property and the new owners demolished the building shortly after, and ever since then it’s been an empty piece of land. They should’ve kept the tenants if they didn’t have any plans yet!

[bcrdukes]

2008

Things are much different now I bet LUL

LOL yes. It's a very different world now. :badpokerface:

Alleluia got shafted… the landlord sold the property and the new owners demolished the building shortly after, and ever since then it’s been an empty piece of land. They should’ve kept the tenants if they didn’t have any plans yet!

Oh man, that's too bad. I really enjoyed Alleluia. The staff were always really nice, the milk tea was pretty good (only when the angry Asian lady was working) and the food was consistent.

There was a server there named Roy, younger Asian guy. I was there with some RS'ers and we were talking about how some people on the forum were getting owned. After he served our meals, he jumped in out of nowhere and shouted out, "OWNED!!!!" and walked away. We were like, WTF? EleGiggle Good times.

[SkinnyPupp]

GREAT NEWS!!!

My cat pooped!

He hasn't pooed since Friday, and while he's been eating and drinking, we were starting to feel really worried as he's 17 years old, and this kind of thing can be scary. He has been pretty low energy today, so we were going to take him to the vet tomorrow

But he pooped! And now he's running around, totally fine.

We'll still take him to the vet on the next day off, but for now, crisis averted

I have never been happier to clean up some shit. And it was 3 huge logs LUL

Yey Jett!

https://i.imgur.com/jeHxgx8.png

[Badhobz]

17 ?!?!! Wowowow you can’t tell at all. Looks like a kitten.

[SkinnyPupp]

17 ?!?!! Wowowow you can’t tell at all. Looks like a kitten.
He really does sometimes! He still likes to play and cuddle when he's not sleeping. But also sometimes he looks like a crusty old cat when he's tired or cold lol

[spoon.ek9]

Alleluia used to be great when it first opened. Portions were huge and their 1 free refill of your drink policy made it an easy choice to go there. The second cup of c0t would for sure get me jittery with some mild heart palpitations lol. After awhile, those portions shrank but at least they still did the second cup for free as usual. It was a shame that it closed down, never to be seen again. Meanwhile shitty 1+1 cafe still exists.

+1 for not understanding why people like Yin Yeung. I've never really had good experiences with it.

[unit]

i used to go to alleluia so much. it was a nice alternative to golden awards which became silver tower, except a bit better service as far as hk cafes went, and the free drink refill. eventually it went a bit downhill and drinks wouldnt even show up till like 20m into your meal.

[spoon.ek9]

Jungle Room review:

$55 DOV menu

We got the steak tartare and the prawn dumplings. Would recommend the tartare much more than the dumplings.

For the main, we got the 6oz steak which was good. However, having just had the 7oz steak at Boathouse, this steak felt more like it closer to 5oz than 6oz. Flavours were good but somehow the Boathouse steak had more pronounced beef flavour to it. The sauce at Jungle Room was better though and the meat was a bit more tender despite also being lean.

Dessert we got one of each: Mochi Churros with yuzu spiced chocolate pudding and jasmine milk foam. The foam is light and delicious! Green cardamom flan was the second choice and we both felt the Mochi Churros were a WAY better option between the two.

Overall, service was good, food was good but portions were lacking in comparison to Boathouse. Two meals, one cocktail, and tip left me a bill of about $150. Would I go back? Probably not but that's just me lol.

[Badhobz]

6oz ?!? Closer to 5oz ?!?!? What the fuck…. I would have flipped the table and called them out

https://i.postimg.cc/4xYfbLZw/IMG-8215.gif

[spoon.ek9]

I can't be certain of that, just a guess. But it did seem significantly smaller than the steak at Boathouse. Either way, it seems like The Keg is the best deal with a 10oz prime rib or 8oz steak to choose from.

[Eff-1]

A couple weeks ago I lost my job. Never had this happen to me before and emotionally it's been hard but I'm finally crawling back out from my cave where I've spent the last couple of weeks. I've never met like 98% of you but for some reason this place is a place where I can share this stuff.

In 2022 the company I worked for was acquired by a Toronto-based company and since then I've felt like I'm on Squid Game, watching my friends and coworkers get killed for the past 2 years. Finally I lost the game too, the day after xmas holidays. It was very, very unexpected and I had zero warning signs. In fact, a month prior they were hinting I was on the cusp of promotion and so I was totally blindsided.

My wife's been awesome and very supportive. But ngl, it's hard seeing her be the only one bringing in income.

We had to cancel our planned renovation which she was excited for, so I feel bad about that.

The worst part was we are renewing our mortgage for Feb 1 and so the timing could not have been worse. Thankfully our broker pulled some strings and this lack of job did not end up being a problem. We locked in variable 5 years for 4.45 (includes the recent drop) and hoping for more drops. Fixed was 4.39 I think for 3 years.

I guess I have a few tips in case you run into this:

- The most important one is read your employment contract closely and learn exactly what restrictions there might be in the event you are terminated. Read the clauses on on non solicits, non competes, and any caps on entitled severance. Having spent the last 2 weeks negotiating my package with help from my lawyer, I learned a lot of stuff I didn't know. I'm happy to answer any questions anyone here might have on what I learned about negotiating severance packages.

- Keep a backup of your important files on your personal computer. Or, in my case, because my personal and work computer were the same, on my personal cloud. Contacts, documents, research, anything and everything you wish you had if you are suddenly terminated. My access to my email/contacts/drive was cut off within seconds of them telling me. There are a few docs I wish I had downloaded and kept but don't have access to anymore. I also lost a lot of contacts!

- Try and update your resume/linkedin profiles periodically. I haven't touched my resume in almost 10 years :badpokerface:

- In our case, because my wife is still working, I have some severance, and we have savings, financially we're not in panic mode yet, but with our mortgage, it's only a matter of time until are in trouble. Have a plan mapped out for how you'll stay afloat if you lose your income and still have to pay rent/mortgage/bills, etc.

- It's cliche, but no matter what, never burn bridges. Vancouver's so small.
Maintain your network! You never know when you'll need help from others. You don't want to be that guy who never calls on his friends until he needs something. Getting a job by appyling to online postings is the worst way, as opposed to talking to your network and getting introduced. I've been setting up calls/lunches with people and everyone has been super supportive and offering to help me find something new by letting me know of job postings before they are even published. I'm so grateful for that, and so if you haven't yet created a trusted network for yourself, start now. Better late that never!

- If you're sitting on a bunch of unclaimed expenses, send them in, don't wait. I have about $3k in expenses from travel that I hadn't submitted and now I'm trying to get them to pay and they are being difficult/fuckfaces about it.

[supafamous]

Sorry to hear about the job loss! I've been fired and laid off in the past so I can relate. One really positive takeaway of getting a severance package (if it's decent) is that it's rare to have paid time off with no obligations mid-career. The 3 months I had off (twice) were fantastic to have - my second time I was laid off and got a new job in 3 weeks but I was able to negotiate a start date 2 months out so I just chilled, caught up with friends, fixed up the house etc.

Share your line of work - there may be folks on here who are in the same line and can help you out.

[Gerbs]

I'm normally on the employer side hiring lawyers to combat paying severance, as long as you don't have a minimum severance clause signed, you're getting a nice payout!

[unit]

sorry to hear of that and good tips. also bold of you to assume there are more than 50 ppl on RS these days.

[EvoFire]

A couple weeks ago I lost my job. Never had this happen to me before and emotionally it's been hard but I'm finally crawling back out from my cave where I've spent the last couple of weeks. I've never met like 98% of you but for some reason this place is a place where I can share this stuff.

In 2022 the company I worked for was acquired by a Toronto-based company and since then I've felt like I'm on Squid Game, watching my friends and coworkers get killed for the past 2 years. Finally I lost the game too, the day after xmas holidays. It was very, very unexpected and I had zero warning signs. In fact, a month prior they were hinting I was on the cusp of promotion and so I was totally blindsided.

My wife's been awesome and very supportive. But ngl, it's hard seeing her be the only one bringing in income.

We had to cancel our planned renovation which she was excited for, so I feel bad about that.

The worst part was we are renewing our mortgage for Feb 1 and so the timing could not have been worse. Thankfully our broker pulled some strings and this lack of job did not end up being a problem. We locked in variable 5 years for 4.45 (includes the recent drop) and hoping for more drops. Fixed was 4.39 I think for 3 years.

I guess I have a few tips in case you run into this:

- The most important one is read your employment contract closely and learn exactly what restrictions there might be in the event you are terminated. Read the clauses on on non solicits, non competes, and any caps on entitled severance. Having spent the last 2 weeks negotiating my package with help from my lawyer, I learned a lot of stuff I didn't know. I'm happy to answer any questions anyone here might have on what I learned about negotiating severance packages.

- Keep a backup of your important files on your personal computer. Or, in my case, because my personal and work computer were the same, on my personal cloud. Contacts, documents, research, anything and everything you wish you had if you are suddenly terminated. My access to my email/contacts/drive was cut off within seconds of them telling me. There are a few docs I wish I had downloaded and kept but don't have access to anymore. I also lost a lot of contacts!

- Try and update your resume/linkedin profiles periodically. I haven't touched my resume in almost 10 years :badpokerface:

- In our case, because my wife is still working, I have some severance, and we have savings, financially we're not in panic mode yet, but with our mortgage, it's only a matter of time until are in trouble. Have a plan mapped out for how you'll stay afloat if you lose your income and still have to pay rent/mortgage/bills, etc.

- It's cliche, but no matter what, never burn bridges. Vancouver's so small.
Maintain your network! You never know when you'll need help from others. You don't want to be that guy who never calls on his friends until he needs something. Getting a job by appyling to online postings is the worst way, as opposed to talking to your network and getting introduced. I've been setting up calls/lunches with people and everyone has been super supportive and offering to help me find something new by letting me know of job postings before they are even published. I'm so grateful for that, and so if you haven't yet created a trusted network for yourself, start now. Better late that never!

- If you're sitting on a bunch of unclaimed expenses, send them in, don't wait. I have about $3k in expenses from travel that I hadn't submitted and now I'm trying to get them to pay and they are being difficult/fuckfaces about it.

Having been through 4 mass layoffs (got laid 3/4 times) it's rough. The first time it happened I was in shock because I'm still relatively new in my career. The last time it happened I was also in shock as we were 2 months out from expecting our second child.

What field are you in? Some fields are pretty hot while others are still in the shitter.

It's great that wife is able to single handedly keep you guys afloat. I get it, one could feel useless.

Come out and grab a beer sometimes if you need it, I'll spot you

[Eff-1]

I'm normally on the employer side hiring lawyers to combat paying severance, as long as you don't have a minimum severance clause signed, you're getting a nice payout!

Yeah so that is exactly what I learned. I did have a clause like that. But I was still able to get a package beyond the statutory minimum, but with some strings attached to it.

In case anyone isn't aware, employers can put a clause in your agreement that limits your severance to the government minimum, but nothing more. In my case, that would have only been 5 weeks. It's a good idea to read your agreement before assuming that if one day you're let go, that you'll be entitled to severance like those employment lawyer commercials always talk about.

[Eff-1]

It's great that wife is able to single handedly keep you guys afloat. I get it, one could feel useless.

Come out and grab a beer sometimes if you need it, I'll spot you

Oh definitely we can't stay afloat just on her income. That would be the dream haha.

I can pay for my own beer! haha

[quasi]

A couple weeks ago I lost my job. Never had this happen to me before and emotionally it's been hard but I'm finally crawling back out from my cave where I've spent the last couple of weeks. I've never met like 98% of you but for some reason this place is a place where I can share this stuff.

In 2022 the company I worked for was acquired by a Toronto-based company and since then I've felt like I'm on Squid Game, watching my friends and coworkers get killed for the past 2 years. Finally I lost the game too, the day after xmas holidays. It was very, very unexpected and I had zero warning signs. In fact, a month prior they were hinting I was on the cusp of promotion and so I was totally blindsided.

My wife's been awesome and very supportive. But ngl, it's hard seeing her be the only one bringing in income.

We had to cancel our planned renovation which she was excited for, so I feel bad about that.

The worst part was we are renewing our mortgage for Feb 1 and so the timing could not have been worse. Thankfully our broker pulled some strings and this lack of job did not end up being a problem. We locked in variable 5 years for 4.45 (includes the recent drop) and hoping for more drops. Fixed was 4.39 I think for 3 years.

I guess I have a few tips in case you run into this:

- The most important one is read your employment contract closely and learn exactly what restrictions there might be in the event you are terminated. Read the clauses on on non solicits, non competes, and any caps on entitled severance. Having spent the last 2 weeks negotiating my package with help from my lawyer, I learned a lot of stuff I didn't know. I'm happy to answer any questions anyone here might have on what I learned about negotiating severance packages.

- Keep a backup of your important files on your personal computer. Or, in my case, because my personal and work computer were the same, on my personal cloud. Contacts, documents, research, anything and everything you wish you had if you are suddenly terminated. My access to my email/contacts/drive was cut off within seconds of them telling me. There are a few docs I wish I had downloaded and kept but don't have access to anymore. I also lost a lot of contacts!

- Try and update your resume/linkedin profiles periodically. I haven't touched my resume in almost 10 years :badpokerface:

- In our case, because my wife is still working, I have some severance, and we have savings, financially we're not in panic mode yet, but with our mortgage, it's only a matter of time until are in trouble. Have a plan mapped out for how you'll stay afloat if you lose your income and still have to pay rent/mortgage/bills, etc.

- It's cliche, but no matter what, never burn bridges. Vancouver's so small.
Maintain your network! You never know when you'll need help from others. You don't want to be that guy who never calls on his friends until he needs something. Getting a job by appyling to online postings is the worst way, as opposed to talking to your network and getting introduced. I've been setting up calls/lunches with people and everyone has been super supportive and offering to help me find something new by letting me know of job postings before they are even published. I'm so grateful for that, and so if you haven't yet created a trusted network for yourself, start now. Better late that never!

- If you're sitting on a bunch of unclaimed expenses, send them in, don't wait. I have about $3k in expenses from travel that I hadn't submitted and now I'm trying to get them to pay and they are being difficult/fuckfaces about it.

Happened to me in 2010, once and only time and it sucked. Try and make sure you try and live a somewhat normal life, talk to your friends and family, get out of the house. It was one of the roughest times for me and reflecting back I did a lot of woos me kicking myself when I was down. The hardest part is the world around you just continues on and here you are dealing with shit, for me my self esteem took a real hit during that time.

Keep your chin up, you're valuable, your family doesn't think any different of you and eventually you'll find something else. For me it was like a reboot in my career, was hard at first but in the end it made me better both as a person and as an employee.

Wishing you all the best.

[Hondaracer]

If you’re headhunted from another company and then ultimately get laid off, you can get big $$$ out of the severance. The issue is you can’t work while you’re fighting for it but had a few friends in sales go through this headhunted and promised promotions then suddenly laid off due to “restructuring” and were able to get months and months of severance. Had to lawyer up though

[Eff-1]

ne really positive takeaway of getting a severance package (if it's decent) is that it's rare to have paid time off with no obligations mid-career. The 3 months I had off (twice) were fantastic to have - my second time I was laid off and got a new job in 3 weeks but I was able to negotiate a start date 2 months out so I just chilled, caught up with friends, fixed up the house etc.


It's taken me a couple weeks but yes, I have realized this too! Done a lot of housework, I've been doing more cooking, and our driveway never has more than a cm of snow on it lol.

[Gerbs]

Yeah so that is exactly what I learned. I did have a clause like that. But I was still able to get a package beyond the statutory minimum, but with some strings attached to it.

In case anyone isn't aware, employers can put a clause in your agreement that limits your severance to the government minimum, but nothing more. In my case, that would have only been 5 weeks. It's a good idea to read your agreement before assuming that if one day you're let go, that you'll be entitled to severance like those employment lawyer commercials always talk about.

How'd you push beyond it, we're like 9/9 on those clauses, otherwise we're paying 5 months and getting 33-45% of it raked to lawyer fees on both sides.

[68style]

Sorry to hear man that sucks, you have a good rep in your previous line of work and the current one I am confident you will land on your feet pretty fast... once you get over that hump of the mental impact, you will realize how many contacts you've made over the years and be able to find something cool I'm sure.

[Badhobz]

if you work in anything federally regulated, go through ESDC and SUE THESE MOTHEFUCKERS for wrongful dismissal. You'll get what you deserve. it sounds like you already have talked to an employment lawyer, if not ill recommend you a girl, shes fierce and insane.

Hang in there broski, a lot of us have gone through this and it's a depressing time for sure.

Try not to think about it, try and keep yourself as busy as possible doing other things. Especially since we are asian, I know the burden is magnified. In the mean time if you are hard up, just sign up for some gig work (uber eats, fantuan, etc) temporarily while you seek further employment.

OR!!! you can learn mandarin and come seduce this ferrari chick at my gym. Im pretty sure you can MANWHORE it up for good money. Youre a good looking guy, whaddya have to loose?!??!?!!

[6793026]

A couple weeks ago I lost my job. Never had this happen to me before and emotionally it's been hard but I'm finally crawling back out from my cave where I've spent the last couple of weeks. I've never met like 98% of you but for some reason this place is a place where I can share this stuff.


I've been thru it twice and you can look back in 10 years and know you'll come out from the better end.

1) Talk to your lawyer, generally, you'll get 3 weeks, if you lawyer up, you might get 4.5 weeks. However, you'll burn that bridge, so be sure to decide wisely.

2) I used to save my contacts too but at the end of it... MEH.... it taught me one thing, your work friends are not your friends, your clients are only your friends because of your credit card.

3) Linkedin is your friend. I will never forget during placement services (provided by when i got let go), the guy was working for 30 yrs and never had a resume. Please go to 2 interviews yearly just to update your life.

Lastly, don't you worry about your life. You got friends and family - they are always willing to help.

Eating doesn't cost much. You can always bum a meal from close friends. Just rough it out, stretch your horizon and do something new. My last employment i lost 20 lbs cause I picked up cycling. I had a friend said "if you need money, i'll lend you 10k, pay me back whenver" that's when you know who your true friends are.

If you need help with resumes, let me know, i was at a global HR / payroll company for a bit so i can help you level up.

[westopher]

Yeah to echo everyone else, sometimes the best opportunities come from this.
My advice (I wasn't fired, but kind of forced out from by previous big job) is get something chill to keep you busy in the meantime and bring some money in if you feel stressed about it. It can take the pressure off while you look for something that's a good fit.
I had the most chill job for a bit before getting headhunted for my current job. I had a few months to work part time in which I worked hard on myself. I dealt with my drinking, sex life became exponentially more often, I got back in decent shape and did tons of projects on the car and home I'd put off. It helps the mental health immensely.

[GLOW]

i was laid off early in my career so had little risk and took advantage of the free time, but it got boring fast as all my friends were busy during the day so it was pretty isolated. i probably should have started looking for work asap only b/c it takes time to find a new job, and if you're experienced, time to find the right job for you.

i feel like now i'm older, these breaks in full time work are good to reset and make use of the time off but at the same time not to slack. i remember at my last job i was hoping to get laid off only so that it would force me to switch jobs, but also able to collect EI as i look to change jobs :lol

[6793026]

^ always look for a job asap.
Keeps you alive and you wont' believe how long it took

1st time was 6 months, sned time was 9 months, i kept an excel spreadsheet and applied to 168 jobs, with only 2 job offers.

It's weird; despite my past history, my past great experience and network, it still took 9 months so beware..
Competition is really fierce.

DO remember and remind your sign other, NEVER live beyond your means. I scare my wife cause I told her, if either one of us lost out jobs and depleted our emergency funds (which we got at lesat 3-6 months(thank goodness my asian parents taught me well); we'll have to live on the streets, cause there is just no way we can live on one income / mortgage.

[Manic!]

Anyone know the youtuber.

https://nanaimonewsnow.com/2025/02/05/speeding-influencer-caught-vehicle-impounded-after-lantzville-traffic-stop/

A Nissan GT-R was impounded for seven days, while a so-called “influencer” had to wait for his mother to pick him up after being caught speeding Hwy. 19 through Lantzville Sunday night.

https://d2ksr9467jthww.cloudfront.net/20250205160244/e311d496cc3acdf24d78d9912f6873f8bd7c63b2fd3cc27e91 b198720dd25c99.jpg

[westopher]

Daily dildo exotics I assume

[pastarocket]

Anyone know the youtuber.

https://nanaimonewsnow.com/2025/02/05/speeding-influencer-caught-vehicle-impounded-after-lantzville-traffic-stop/



https://d2ksr9467jthww.cloudfront.net/20250205160244/e311d496cc3acdf24d78d9912f6873f8bd7c63b2fd3cc27e91 b198720dd25c99.jpg

Youtuber's name is Brendan McMartin:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/speeding-bc-youtuber-picked-up-by-mom-after-clocked-driving-60-kmh-over-the-limit/

[GLOW]

wait a min, so you have a modified GTR that looks like it's supposed to be a sports car with a big ass spoiler that i assume is there for aero-dynamics... but then you have a big ass thule style 4x4 camping roof rack that is not going to help with aero dynamics at all... :confused:

am i just an old man now or what in the fuk?

[xxxrsxxx]

if you get a severance package and you find another job, can you still continue to collect the severance?

[supafamous]

if you get a severance package and you find another job, can you still continue to collect the severance?

Most severance packages are paid out right away (once paperwork is signed) and the company doesn't care what you do after so if you get a job right away then good for you.

[Manic!]

wait a min, so you have a modified GTR that looks like it's supposed to be a sports car with a big ass spoiler that i assume is there for aero-dynamics... but then you have a big ass thule style 4x4 camping roof rack that is not going to help with aero dynamics at all... :confused:

am i just an old man now or what in the fuk?

People put roof racks on lambo's it was a tend a few year back.

Dude has over a million subs on youtube. No idea who this guy was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZTW5E4WkYU

Cops says he heard the car first. Maybe not a good idea to straight pipe your car.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5UEbuZgjxuk

[Eff-1]

if you get a severance package and you find another job, can you still continue to collect the severance?

Yes and no.

When you are terminated, "severance" is broken into two portions.

One is the portion that the company owes you by law. That is explained here:

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/employment-standards-advice/employment-standards/termination/quit-fired#getting-fired

So if you work at a company 3 years and you are terminated without cause effective immediately, the minimum they must pay you is 3 weeks of notice and/or pay, plus 1 week of notice/pay after each additional year of employment (to a maximum of 8 weeks).

^ this portion must be paid as a lump sum within 48 hrs of your last day.

Then there is what's called "common law" severance which is basically the additional compensation because your life is being upended and to recognize the challenge you may have in finding a new job.

The amount of common law severance you might receive is based on many factors and that's where a lawyer is helpful.

You only get common law severance if your employment agreement allows for it. Lots of employers put in your contract that you don't get any, no matter what.

The company might put strings on the severance. Rather than pay a lump sum, they pay a salary continuance. They also might put a clause that says if you find employment during the period of salary continuance, they can cut off your payments.

[GLOW]

i'll go back to shaking my fist and yelling at clouds

[Eff-1]

Thanks to everyone for your kind words! It helps knowing others have been through the same and they felt the same hit to self esteem, etc.

[Badhobz]

Hey bro I saw this today and thought of you. Just in case you need something to get you by

https://i.postimg.cc/3RrLVzZY/IMG-8277.jpg

[Gumby]

Hospital Trans?

:lol

[Badhobz]

It purposely told 4 Met to keep back too. Stupid 4 Met, what kinda of a lousy immigrant name is that

[MG1]

People put roof racks on lambo's it was a tend a few year back.

Dude has over a million subs on youtube. No idea who this guy was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZTW5E4WkYU

Cops says he heard the car first. Maybe not a good idea to straight pipe your car.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5UEbuZgjxuk

Anyone else see the rack first and not the whole car? Roof rack..............

[!LittleDragon]

Getting laid off doesn't carry the stigma it used to, happens all the time.

In 2007, I didn't make it past probation. Said I was overqualified and let me go after 2 months.

In 2019, I was downsized from Seaspan after 12 years. Our department had survived 3 other downsizings over the years because we've always been lean but I knew eventually, we would get hit. I was okay with it because after commuting to North Van for 12 years, I was kinda done with it and already looking for something closer to home. When I was being terminated, I had a huge grin on my face because I knew I would be getting a 12 month severance. 1 month for every year I was there and I could transfer my pension elsewhere. Total, got about $200k to GTFO. I was cool with that.

The worst part of being unemployed is the boredom. I told myself, I would take a 6 month break, I lasted 2 months before I started job searching...

Found a job at some pharmaceutical R&D company, was going okay until they went bankrupt 3 years later because the CEO stole money and the investors stopped funding the company.

I decided to just retire. Travelled around for a few months but got tired of that and again, found myself just sitting around so I started job searching again. This time around, I wanted to work for non profits. In 4 years, I lost 2 jobs because of someone's greed so for my next job, I didn't want to use my skills to help someone at the top get rich.

Found a job at an Indigenous non profit. A few months in, I realized the director was a verbally abusive asshole that constantly ripped on the younger team members. I spoke to HR and the COO about this and nothing was done so I helped the other team members find other jobs. After everyone found new jobs, I bailed and told the director that he was the problem. When I left, they had no more IT support... basically gutted the IT Infrastructure department in the year I was there... LOL

Current job looks good, been there 8 months. It's non profit, 5kms from home and it's pretty chill.

If you're good at what you do, you shouldn't have any issues getting a job. In the past 5 years, I've had 4 jobs. My most recent job search, I was doing interviews almost every day and the job I landed were really quick to hire me.

In a 27 year career, I've worked at 11 places. 3 contract expirations, 3 resignations, 3 terminations and 1 bankruptcy. Employers don't care these days so don't sweat it.

[spoon.ek9]

Man, kudos to you guys for working in such careers. I can't imagine having to deal with such volatility. I've kept my hospital job for nearly 17 years now and have always been grateful for the stability.

In fact, it was the #1 reason I chose this job to begin with because the job and it's hours are guaranteed no matter what. Recession proof, Pandemic proof, there's never been a reason for me to fear losing my job. Hearing the kind of numbers you guys are earning definitely makes me a tad bit envious but I'm happy where I am lol.

[6793026]

Man, kudos to you guys for working in such careers. I can't imagine having to deal with such volatility. I've kept my hospital job for nearly 17 years now and have always been grateful for the stability.

Not everyone appreciates what you do and there's a calling too right?

I was cocky and never wanted gov't job, with no high potential but hey, huge stability. Now in my 40s, i want pension and stability.

Quote I kept and learnt today. "Choose your hard" You got a shit job... how about no job? YOu had your boss.... at least you have a boss and a job.

Oh... hate your boring gov't job... at least you have stability...

[6793026]

In a 27 year career, I've worked at 11 places. 3 contract expirations, 3 resignations, 3 terminations and 1 bankruptcy. Employers don't care these days so don't sweat it.

Holy crap, what a roller coaster. Props on your for sharing my man. Definitely a huge pivot from seaspan to First Nations to non profit.

Non profit are always at mercy on fundraising / gov't etc. There will always be people who hate but you saw the first hand on the crappy leaders and CEO taking money... that i'm pissed. No more golden handcuffs retiring at a job nowdays...

[BIC_BAWS]

Quote I kept and learnt today. "Choose your hard" You got a shit job... how about no job? YOu had your boss.... at least you have a boss and a job.

Eh. I would say no job is better than slaving away at shit job that saps away from your daily motivation to live - speaking from very recent experience.

Outside of shit job = toxic job, I'd agree.

[6793026]

The company might put strings on the severance. Rather than pay a lump sum, they pay a salary continuance. They also might put a clause that says if you find employment during the period of salary continuance, they can cut off your payments.

This is what my previous company did. They paid the staff and a good mgr told them off record. DO NOT post on LINKEDIN you got a new job or else you'll get cut off from your salary continuance. Load and behold, you see people with new jobs after 18 months cause it ended...

[Dbone]

Anyone else see the rack first and not the whole car? Roof rack..............

Yeah, the rack was quite something. Speaking of which, the scenario is he just met this girl (See it's not all cougars in Nanaimo!) and next day has a shot of her like that for his thumbnail?

I guess this is what the kids call 'clout'?

Anyway... I would never do 150 off the line through Lantzville...or on the long clear entrance from the old highway to the bypass. That would be irresponsible. :pokerface:

[Gumby]

Man, kudos to you guys for working in such careers. I can't imagine having to deal with such volatility. I've kept my hospital job for nearly 17 years now and have always been grateful for the stability.

In fact, it was the #1 reason I chose this job to begin with because the job and it's hours are guaranteed no matter what. Recession proof, Pandemic proof, there's never been a reason for me to fear losing my job. Hearing the kind of numbers you guys are earning definitely makes me a tad bit envious but I'm happy where I am lol.
I share the same feelings!

While I didn't specifically choose this career path, I have been working at a university for over 21 years, and moved into a higher position 2 years ago with a decent salary bump. It's not as steady as your hospital job, but it's still quite stable, with good benefits, and pays for my modest lifestyle.

[spoon.ek9]

Not everyone appreciates what you do and there's a calling too right?

I was cocky and never wanted gov't job, with no high potential but hey, huge stability. Now in my 40s, i want pension and stability.

Quote I kept and learnt today. "Choose your hard" You got a shit job... how about no job? YOu had your boss.... at least you have a boss and a job.

Oh... hate your boring gov't job... at least you have stability...

Reminds me of conversations I've had with some of the nurses and my observations of them. The young ones WANT to work in places like emergency because they'll see everything, use all their skills, and it'll always be exciting because you never know what to expect.

Let me tell you, it doesn't take long for them to get burnt out and fucking hate the job and people even more lol. Generally speaking, those who are settled, have kids etc (let's say Age 29-40) end up leaving this place and finding jobs that are more stable, chill and whenever possible Mon-Fri 8-4.

So in the end, it seems a lot of us reach the same conclusion: we just want stability. We may have reached that conclusion by different paths but we're all on that road eventually. Me, due to my circumstances, have always looked for stability first.

Sure, I've been harshly judged by others to take more risks and do this, do that while you're young but none of those people ever had to support themselves from the age of 20. None of them went out into the world without some sort of support system to back them up in case shit went south. And thus, I chose this path despite being "locked in" to a certain yearly income.

That's why seeing the path others took is very intriguing to me and I admire the risks guys take and seeing how much they have accomplished. Definitely not something I could have done! Who knows, now that I have more certainty in life, perhaps I'll branch out to other things and explore different areas for growth.

[Badhobz]

scam-a-versity!? i love it when they get 4th year undergraduates to call us alumni and ask for "advice" aka donations to the university. I just tell them straight up, your history degree is fucking useless you clown. why the hell did you get a history degree!?!?! you wanna be a useless idiot like me!!?! i got no money to donate to you THANKS HISTORY DEGREE!!!

[MG1]

37 years at same job. Never in my life got laid off or fired. Definitely not quit.........

Another part time job, 27 years.

Single income with three children. Wife looked after the children. Wouldn't have it any other way. House paid off. Collecting pensions. Comfortable. Never gonna get rich. The 37 year job was very satisfying. I retired because of wife having cancer, but I miss working. Looking back, I can't believe I had two jobs for that long. The part time job was seasonal, so it's not as bad as it sounds. Best part was meeting lots of people and making long lasting friendships.

I would give up everything, though, if it meant getting my wife of nearly 32 years back. I was sitting on a chair on my front porch the other day watching couples walk by, holding hands................ that's when it hurts the most. I still visit her every day to tell her how my day is going.

Life's a bitch, but I thank my lucky stars. I could have been stuck in the DTES like I was for the first 16 years of my childhood.

A colleague once told me, "Life's a bitch, then you die!" (told to me that, long before it became a well known quote).

[MG1]

scam-a-versity!? i love it when they get 4th year undergraduates to call us alumni and ask for "advice" aka donations to the university. I just tell them straight up, your history degree is fucking useless you clown. why the hell did you get a history degree!?!?! you wanna be a useless idiot like me!!?! i got no money to donate to you THANKS HISTORY DEGREE!!!

I was thinking the other day......... Wouldn't it be nice to go back to University as a mature student? Audit some funky courses............. then I thought, I'd probably get into so much trouble, jbol.

Guest lecturer? Hmmmmmmm..............

[yray]

I was thinking the other day......... Wouldn't it be nice to go back to University as a mature student? Audit some funky courses............. then I thought, I'd probably get into so much trouble, jbol.

Guest lecturer? Hmmmmmmm..............

you should, its free anyways, take some LGs home over rice :pokerface:

[Badhobz]

I was thinking the other day......... Wouldn't it be nice to go back to University as a mature student? Audit some funky courses............. then I thought, I'd probably get into so much trouble, jbol.

Guest lecturer? Hmmmmmmm..............

not university for me, but maybe a community center course on woodworking, or automotive, or even metalworking so I can learn how to wield shit together

[HonestTea]

Don't sweat it about being laid off, it sucks but that's why you should always keep your resume up to date, you never know when you might need it. Don't get discouraged when applying, it's a numbers game, so just blast resumes out daily.

I'm in tech sales and it's been volatile as fuck, so I do envy you guys with stable education/government/healthcare jobs without needing to stress about quarterly/yearly quotas. Alas I'm shackled with 'golden handcuffs', although I'm reaching to a point where I'm exploring the possibility of taking a slight pay cut and thinking about joining govt roles for the stability.

[supafamous]

I was thinking the other day......... Wouldn't it be nice to go back to University as a mature student? Audit some funky courses............. then I thought, I'd probably get into so much trouble, jbol.

A few years after I graduated from SFU I decided to take a history course for kicks. I can't remember all the details but, Jesus effing christ, there was a lot of reading to do and I just couldn't keep up. Like 100-200 pages of shit to read every week. I dropped out just before I would get a failing grade for it.

Guest lecturer? Hmmmmmmm..............

Funny you mention this but I'm teaching a class tonight for UBC. It's not with UBC students but with working professionals. I really enjoy teaching and am doing a few test runs with UBC (and maybe SFU) to see if I like it enough to do it as a side hustle or even my next career.

[Badhobz]

they better be paying ya for teaching those classes. i swear the universities are basically like any big business and they milk the charity of their profs, lecturers and staff in the name of "education"

how much is it to get a BA nowadays? like 60-70k? it was 50k back in 2005 when I graduated.

[Dbone]

they better be paying ya for teaching those classes. i swear the universities are basically like any big business and they milk the charity of their profs, lecturers and staff in the name of "education"

how much is it to get a BA nowadays? like 60-70k? it was 50k back in 2005 when I graduated.

50K? Damn man.

I don't think my cost of education, plus books, rent, food and fun was even 50k. Grad in 2005 from UVic.

[!LittleDragon]

Holy crap, what a roller coaster. Props on your for sharing my man. Definitely a huge pivot from seaspan to First Nations to non profit.

Non profit are always at mercy on fundraising / gov't etc. There will always be people who hate but you saw the first hand on the crappy leaders and CEO taking money... that i'm pissed. No more golden handcuffs retiring at a job nowdays...

Yah, non profits are not for everyone, especially non profits that don't bring any money in. My current company is technically not non profit, it's a not for profit organization. They do sell services so they have income and whatever profit there is gets distributed to the employees. Don't work for a non profit unless you're in a senior role or depend on the money... I found most employees at the Indigenous non profit were on the younger side to get a few years experience before moving on.

I just wanted to help others... lol.. I've had a lucky career, no longer need to work for a living, managed to retire at 42, got bored, needed something to do so I figured working at a non profit was the best for me.

I always seem to be in the right place at the right time. Never went to post secondary at all. Graduated HS in the late 90's, was about to go to BCIT for industrial electronics but somehow landed an internship at CRA doing IT support. Figure I could pay to learn at BCIT or get paid to learn at CRA... went with the CRA and just ran with it... 27 year career...

Not to say there wasn't hardships. When the dot com bubble burst, I went 18 months without work and ended up with $30k in CC debt. Took about 6 years to pay that off because when things recovered, there was nothing but low pay call center jobs. After paying off that debt, I told myself I'll never let that happen again.

Once again, right place at the right time... just started working at Seaspan at a decent salary and the 2008 financial crisis hit a few months after I started. I started throwing all my unused money at index funds and dividend funds. Rest is history... Non profit is just my way to give back and still keep busy.

I'm also helping out the founder of the bankrupt pharmaceutical start up a new one. I felt bad for him, he's a scientist, didn't have time to run the business so he hired a CEO that ended up stealing millions from investors. I helped him out all the way til the end without pay to avoid the bankruptcy but we failed. He wants to try again, if it works out, I'll be a Tech Bro, Finance Bro and Pharma Bro... lol

[bcrdukes]

they better be paying ya for teaching those classes. i swear the universities are basically like any big business and they milk the charity of their profs, lecturers and staff in the name of "education"

how much is it to get a BA nowadays? like 60-70k? it was 50k back in 2005 when I graduated.

:alone:

[GLOW]

wow
i think my engineering degree was like $30k scraping by like the poor person i was.

mind you i took an unconventional route - BCIT and then smaller uni so cheaper tuition

[spoon.ek9]

I'd love to learn autobody skills so I can fix my own shit lol. I dunno if I'd actually go to school for it but I certainly have interest in it.

[Badhobz]

50K? Damn man.

I don't think my cost of education, plus books, rent, food and fun was even 50k. Grad in 2005 from UVic.

its probably around that, cuz I recall seeing a student loan debt around that amount. But I took the MAX student loan and invested the money into the stock market. :fullofwin:

[Dbone]

Nice. 2005 would have been a decent time to get in there with a 0% loan... as long as you were out by 2008. :)

[unit]

i think when i went to sfu credits were like $133 each or something. so with 120 credits to grad, tuition could be as little as 16k. even now they are $212 so $27560 excluding books, fees, etc..

[supafamous]

$133 sounds about right for my era - 1994-1999.

I'm aiming for my kid's RESP to get to around $120-140k as I figure in 12 years that tuition, books, and food will cost a mint. I'm not sure $120k would even be enough to cover housing if she moves away.

[PeanutButter]

UBC Grad in 2010, four year degree, and I think for just tuition it was just under $20,000 for me

edit, I may have been closer to $16k-18k even, I can't fully remember. Definitely under $20k

[noclue]

Yeah UBC for me as well and it was under $25K. I commuted instead of dorm to save money otherwise it wouldve been pricey.

[Gerbs]

I paid BCIT $38,000 for 4 years in 2020, before grants

[donk.]

How much some of you guys paid for school disgusts me

Hvac school was 7k
Daddy government paid me 8k for completing the program and getting licenced through grants, tax incentives, etc

[Badhobz]

school is disgusting. its a friggin scam! like the sham wow guy.
https://media.tenor.com/dWyCnAWLzHQAAAAM/shamwow-points.gif

[Gerbs]

I think CPA program was another $21K

[Great68]

school is disgusting. its a friggin scam! like the sham wow guy.
https://media.tenor.com/dWyCnAWLzHQAAAAM/shamwow-points.gif

Would you use a doctor that never went to medical school?

Or would you drive on a bridge designed by someone who never went to engineering school?

[underscore]

I wanna say the college was $4k/semester. So $16k for the tech diploma.

[Tapioca]

I caught the tail end of the tuition freeze, so my Bachelor was about $12K. My Masters was about $15K, but I did that part time in my 30s.

With respect to career changes and layoffs, there's always learning. I left the comforts of the public sector in my mid-30s for the private sector. Did stints in two different industries and grew a lot.

These days, you can't stand still. Always look at opportunities to expand your network. Get involved in stuff outside of work - you never know what opportunities you'll come across. But, remember to celebrate the wins too and document those.

[!LittleDragon]

As much as I want to say you don't need post secondary because I never went, I don't recommend it in today's world. I started my career in a time when it was easy to get a job if you know how to use a computer.

Today, if you're trying to get started, you're competing with everyone else with a degree... and everyone else has a degree.

Then if you do manage to get a job, you have to discipline yourself not to spend all your money... then you realize that saving is not enough so you need to teach yourself how to invest/trade. You need multiple income streams these days.

I didn't really stop chasing the career until I figured out how to sell promises on the internet (options contracts). The index funds create wealth but it's the dividend stuff and options trading that provides income.

Keep at it and soon you'll have the lyrics stuck in your head...

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"

[6793026]

^ good post, i'm on both sides. If you grad from high school and don't get into post secondary, you might gain a lot of experience in those 4 years and work your way up.
Of course you won't be able to do accounting, being a doctor, being an engineer or nursing without but for admin / sales related sure.

Going into trades, being a mechanic, welder, framing... sure...
Going into sales / business analyst (tough maybe). What you do miss is the shit that is thrown at you at university. Dealing with shit group projects, dealing with writing essays, analytical thinking... i think that's really important skill to learn during my education.

There's a lot of IFs. TO succeed without post secondary... sure you can, a lot just has to go your way to succeed. THat's assuming you're a good kid and eager to win.

[6793026]

Single income with three children. Wife looked after the children. Wouldn't have it any other way.
Props to you. I wish i married young, popped out kids. Would have had a diff life. Thought I was going to be single and emo for life but ended up marrying someone in my 40s. Definitely can't have 3 kids now and have single income paying off a home. I cringe at being in my 60s to pay off my house.

Reminds me of conversations I've had with some of the nurses and my observations of them. The young ones WANT to work in places like emergency because they'll see everything, use all their skills, and it'll always be exciting because you never know what to expect.

Holy F, spot on with my Ex. Worked in Emergency and bam. Burnt out. She doesn't need the money, but after 5 years.... feels empty. I think she's into education now inside the health care system. Guess all great jobs gets boring after a while.

I was thinking the other day......... Wouldn't it be nice to go back to University as a mature student? Audit some funky courses............. then I thought, I'd probably get into so much trouble, jbol.




Funny you mention this but I'm teaching a class tonight for UBC. It's not with UBC students but with working professionals. I really enjoy teaching and am doing a few test runs with UBC (and maybe SFU) to see if I like it enough to do it as a side hustle or even my next career.


I now teach at a local school on Sat for international language just to give back (2.5 hr each sat). FML, my paycheck is literally 50 bucks after taxes and deductions (won't evenpay for gas and a happy meal each week) but seeing kids, teaching them is great. My pension will be like $1 a year but whatever. it's good to give back.



I'm also helping out the founder of the bankrupt pharmaceutical start up a new one. I felt bad for him, he's a scientist, didn't have time to run the business so he hired a CEO that ended up stealing millions from investors. I helped him out all the way til the end without pay to avoid the bankruptcy but we failed. He wants to try again, if it works out, I'll be a Tech Bro, Finance Bro and Pharma Bro... lol

this is why mechanics are never good business people, they spend too much money /hours and doesn' tknow what to charge. Good for you being their light house.

[Eff-1]

University is very different today from what I experienced.

I generally give 2 or 3 guest lectures at one of the bigger schools each year.

Every kid just stares into their laptop. There's zero eye contact and you have no idea what they're actually doing at that moment.

It's worse than doing a zoom meeting and everyone's camera is off and you're just speaking to black boxes on the screen.

ALSO, I didn't really grasp the issues of student immigration and study visas until this past year.

Compared to say 5 years ago, these days 80% of the class looks to be international students, primarily from India in my experience, who appear to have zero interest in anything I was saying.

[EvoFire]

It should improve in the next few years as the Fed tightened the education and TFW visas.

[MG1]

wow
i think my engineering degree was like $30k scraping by like the poor person i was.

mind you i took an unconventional route - BCIT and then smaller uni so cheaper tuition

Dude, you're an Engineering student? UBC?

Back in my day, they were nuts. Knew a few of them. E-Week, lol. I remember the Lady Godiva Ride. Buck naked on a horse........... then the pranks. Hanging Hitler cars off bridges (Golden Gate and Lion's Gate at least twice maybe more). Even stole the Rose Bowl. Those were the days....... Oh, the Rag. funny as hell. That publication was so crude, butt funny as hell. I remember an edition that had a very detailed sex machine. Chick with multiple things attached to her body........

Wouldn't get away with shit like that these days.


EDIT: NVM, just read the last part...............

[spoon.ek9]

Holy F, spot on with my Ex. Worked in Emergency and bam. Burnt out. She doesn't need the money, but after 5 years.... feels empty. I think she's into education now inside the health care system. Guess all great jobs gets boring after a while.

Can't speak to your ex specifically, but for most it isn't that the job became boring. It's because people fucking suck lol. Rude patients, rude family members, entitlement/abuse of the system, occasionally idiotic/lazy coworkers, poor management etc. It's tiresome and wears on a lot of people very quickly. There's only certain personality types that can handle this environment for years on end let alone their entire career.

[GLOW]

Dude, you're an Engineering student? UBC?

EDIT: NVM, just read the last part...............

were, that was decades ago LOL but ya not rich or a brainiac so it wasn't UBC. I'm not the engineer that was uber smart, more in the critical/pragmatic thinker category

ya my time was very quiet and studying, nothing extra curricular or fun

if you know what discipline you want, i would recommend BCIT and get a 2y tech diploma, and then transfer to get the degree. i felt like i learned a lot more hands on that way. year 1 and 2 i feel like you take a lot of generic science math courses crazy as hell in uni to weed you out but don't give you value (i did 1st semester in uni before and was gruelling/waste of time IMO).

BCIT i was in labs messing with stuff, blowing stuff up (b/c of screwing up :lol )
sure the theory was micky mouse as hell, but as least applicable to the discipline. the math was SO micky mouse though it wasn't funny haha

[yray]

uni is too woke now... can't be radical without facing taboo shit.

no gender washrooms was the nail in the coffin

[Qmx323]

"Hello fellow classmate!

Would you like to collaborate with me and them, so we can complete this project?

Thanks Gender-Inclusive Folks!"

[6793026]

Can't speak to your ex specifically, but for most it isn't that the job became boring. It's because people fucking suck lol. Rude patients, rude family members, entitlement/abuse of the system, occasionally idiotic/lazy coworkers, poor management etc. It's tiresome and wears on a lot of people very quickly. There's only certain personality types that can handle this environment for years on end let alone their entire career.

Every job suck LOL. My mom (again, different era), spent her career in Emergency Room, and what was funny was how she ran her place.
She would tell the doctors to go F off. If something was not part of her role or treats her like shit, she said "i don't report to you and you can talk to my union". Regardless of where you work, there will always be poor mgmt, lazy workers etc.

My wife is in health care and she there was a rule, if you work pass 1 AM, you have in lieu day which you can take the day off. Back in her days, everyone just sucked it up. 3 funny story -

a) Trainee took next day off, when asked why (cause I'm pretty sure as your leader you didn't have to work till 1 AM cause I went home at 11) "oh, my wifi wasn't stable, so i decided to stay at the hospital till "late", so i deserve a day in lieu"
WTF...
b) Trainee would sit in office from 12:30 AM - 1:00, finishes charting at 1:01 AM and declares she worked past 1 AM and demands day in lieu.
c) Then we have all this EDI - there are so many staff with "i am taking a day off cause of religious holiday blah blah blah".....

if you know what discipline you want, i would recommend BCIT and get a 2y tech diploma, and then transfer to get the degree.

Best case scenario yeah, it saves TONS of money, but it also changes the social circle as you have to start fresh meeting new groups when all the group had known each other for 2 yrs. *translate - it was so hard to get laid.

Dude, you're an Engineering student? UBC?

Back in my day, they were nuts. Knew a few of them. E-Week, lol. I remember the Lady Godiva Ride. Buck naked on a horse........... then the pranks. Hanging Hitler cars off bridges (Golden Gate and Lion's Gate at least twice maybe more). Even stole the Rose Bowl. Those were the days....... Oh, the Rag. funny as hell. That publication was so crude, butt funny as hell. I remember an edition that had a very detailed sex machine. Chick with multiple things attached to her body........

EDIT: NVM, just read the last part...............

HOW OLD are you???? i read about these stories... of course this was before internet so it was only world of mouth.


Every kid just stares into their laptop. There's zero eye contact and you have no idea what they're actually doing at that moment.

It's worse than doing a zoom meeting and everyone's camera is off and you're just speaking to black boxes on the screen.

ALSO, I didn't really grasp the issues of student immigration and study visas until this past year.


I hear you, that's why i tell them rule 1) video on during each zoom then 2) when I was doing in person, rule 1 was to close all laptops and paper only.

One of the profs (at the higher level course) had a rule which was 10% participation. I remembered i told a prof "what's the point of coming to tutorials when there's no reason to come and no participation is required. We can just skip all this, buy 2nd hand exam papers, and ace the test.

SO i think next semester and future on-going (at lesat for his classes / tutorials), there was a 10% attendance / participation.

[GLOW]

Best case scenario yeah, it saves TONS of money, but it also changes the social circle as you have to start fresh meeting new groups when all the group had known each other for 2 yrs. *translate - it was so hard to get laid.


ya i tell my wife no shame in transfering, pick up an extra educational credential to wipe your ass with, cheaper tuition etc... she's insists uni or bust having done the full ubc route, then again she's in medicine so makes sense for her

you do start fresh, unless you have classmates that continue with you, but you're also in a similar pool of transfer students too potentially.

hard to get laid? dude... i was in engineering not only impossible, no time - studying/homework like a good asian kid just trying to graduate :lol :okay:

[Traum]

hard to get laid? dude... i was in engineering not only impossible, no time - studying/homework like a good asian kid just trying to graduate :lol :okay:
If I could go back in time and to ugrad again, I'd totally spend waaaaaay less time on being that good Asian kid with all the studying and shxt, and divert that time on doing more club activities and and getting laid instead LOL~

:failed:

[AstulzerRZD]

yeahhhh i grinded hard enough to get the job i wanted

and low key when i started relaxing and enjoying life with a safe group of friends, my grades went up

[!LittleDragon]

Since I never went, I'm curious if College and Universities actually teach people how to problem solve, how things work, etc... or do they tell people to prepare for exams by basically memorizing stuff?

I ask because the recent grads I've worked with were socially awkward AF and can't problem solve for shit... lol... yet they have CS degrees... what gives? lol

[Badhobz]

you fucking nerds!!! ya should have taken a womens studies course on the side like I did. that's where I got muy muy laid.

30+ bitches in the class, 2 dudes. me and my buddy. We plowed like Mr plow and snow king.

https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/hd/cd57cf9949127.560dce924b529.PNG


I ask because the recent grads I've worked with were socially awkward AF and can't problem solve for shit... lol... yet they have CS degrees... what gives? lol

you trolling or what?

[bcrdukes]

If I could go back in time and to ugrad again, I'd totally spend waaaaaay less time on being that good Asian kid with all the studying and shxt, and divert that time on doing more club activities and and getting laid instead LOL~

:failed:

I thought you were white? :confused: :suspicious:

[EvoFire]

Since I never went, I'm curious if College and Universities actually teach people how to problem solve, how things work, etc... or do they tell people to prepare for exams by basically memorizing stuff?

I ask because the recent grads I've worked with were socially awkward AF and can't problem solve for shit... lol... yet they have CS degrees... what gives? lol

My biggest take away from university is the ability to critical think and plan. The actual knowledge you gain from university can be absolutely useless in the real life depending on the field you end up in. The ability to think about grad requirements, and planning your courses 1, 2, 3 semesters ahead, and then making changes to your plans due to either courses not being offered or time conflicts etc, it was a big soft skill.

A bachelor's is really just an stamp card ticket, and unless you plan on being in that particular field with a requirement(engineering, medicine are ones which have a hard requirement), which faculty you are in and which major you graduate in makes very little difference.

[Traum]

I thought you were white? :confused: :suspicious:
No, I am absolutely not white! Just your typical Hong Kong kid that moved here with my parents when I was young.

you fucking nerds!!! ya should have taken a womens studies course on the side like I did. that's where I got muy muy laid.

I needed an elective in 2nd year, and decided to sit in a first year women studies course because somehow I thought it would be a good idea to try something different. And boy was it ever different! It was a small lecture hall, and there were all these intimidating and mostly Caucasian women taking the course.

The thing that made them "imtimidating" were -- a good number of them looked like they were hardcore feminists straight out from the stereotypical tropes. The prof was making it sound like the whole world was against having woman succeed. After that first week of class, I left so fast that I never had any intentions to consider any WS courses at all.

The eye-opening course for this IT nerd at the time was Econ 101. Rows and rows of neatly and beautifully dressed Asian girls sitting in the giant lecture hall, compared to the 3 or 4 "girls" in my 2nd year computational math class of ~200 students. Of course, all the guys in class were pretty much dressed in rags (or a Taiga / MEC shell).
:lawl:

[BIC_BAWS]

I once did a COMMs presentation (BCIT folks you'll know what I'm talking about) in a lecture full of HRMG ladies (all the green haired ladies) amongst other feminists about how "Modern Day Feminism Is Overrated"

and it shockingly went pretty well

Also, I don't have my bachelor's and it would have made my job hunt a lot easier (maybe). But I haven't really needed it either. I might when I jump to a higher paying role or maybe just raw experience and my network will do the trick.

[supafamous]

If I could go back in time and to ugrad again, I'd totally spend waaaaaay less time on being that good Asian kid with all the studying and shxt, and divert that time on doing more club activities and and getting laid instead LOL~

:failed:

No amount of focusing more on getting laid would have gotten me laid anymore than I didn't get laid in university. :alone:

[SkinnyPupp]

No amount of focusing more on getting laid would have gotten me laid anymore than I didn't get laid in university. :alone:
Sadge

[supafamous]

Since I never went, I'm curious if College and Universities actually teach people how to problem solve, how things work, etc... or do they tell people to prepare for exams by basically memorizing stuff?

I ask because the recent grads I've worked with were socially awkward AF and can't problem solve for shit... lol... yet they have CS degrees... what gives? lol

CS tends to attract those with less social skills so your experience with them is not unusual.

It was essential for me to go but not essential for my brother (he basically failed out of Langara and got busy doing shrooms) - we both have roughly landed in around the same tier of accomplishment in our careers (we are in adjacent roles and have even worked together a couple times).

My degree is in Political Science and Economics (couldn't hack it in business) and it taught me really valuable critical thinking skills - a lot of my studies was focused on thinking about opposing viewpoints and in doing a lot of research. Today, those are still some of my greatest strengths.

[EvoFire]

CS tends to attract those with less social skills so your experience with them is not unusual.

It was essential for me to go but not essential for my brother (he basically failed out of Langara and got busy doing shrooms) - we both have roughly landed in around the same tier of accomplishment in our careers (we are in adjacent roles and have even worked together a couple times).

My degree is in Political Science and Economics (couldn't hack it in business) and it taught me really valuable critical thinking skills - a lot of my studies was focused on thinking about opposing viewpoints and in doing a lot of research. Today, those are still some of my greatest strengths.

Funny it sounds like our trajectory are quite similar.

Couldn't quite hack it in business and ended up in Econ. My upper level courses were all focused on theory in trade and taxation which was super interesting to me. To this day I still hold a very strong interest in economic topics.

My career though is in tech. I would like to think that my soft skills learned in Econ help me be more distinguished in my field when a lot of my peers aren't great communicators.

[bcrdukes]

Any high school dropouts? :alone:

[Dbone]

Since I never went, I'm curious if College and Universities actually teach people how to problem solve, how things work, etc... or do they tell people to prepare for exams by basically memorizing stuff?

I ask because the recent grads I've worked with were socially awkward AF and can't problem solve for shit... lol... yet they have CS degrees... what gives? lol

I have a CS degree and do very little with it (though I did have to crank out some SQL for the first time in 20 years last month). All I do is problem solve often in an area I know nothing about. Currently dealing with logistics in Kazakhstan. :accepted:

[GLOW]

If I could go back in time and to ugrad again, I'd totally spend waaaaaay less time on being that good Asian kid with all the studying and shxt, and divert that time on doing more club activities and and getting laid instead LOL~

:failed:

Yes I would have spent more time enjoying and experiencing what university have to offer instead of being stressed and miserable trying to finish and get out. Mind you most saw ‘enjoying’ also flunked out as engineering, even small schools, was no joke.

Probably would have seriously explored a masters more and at a better city/school to explore

+1 to me not getting laid if I tried :lol

:okay: FeelsBadMan

[supafamous]

To be fair, both UBC and SFU, until recently, were in terrible places to have fun and make friends if you didn't live on campus. SFU in the late 90s had NOTHING on Burnaby Mountain and UBC was quite isolated as well. The only time I had fun at SFU was when I retook an accounting class during the summer - made a few fun friends and we'd ditch class all the time to go day drink. The rest of the time SFU was a miserable place to be.

[Badhobz]

watchu talking about willis!?!?! Stupid Fuckers University is/was the best. You go up there, bored out of your god damn mind, and then you go up to the AQ and find an empty class room to bone in.

mucho fun.

[EvoFire]

SFU is pretty miserable, takes half an hour just to get off the mountain, and more to get anywhere. It's drab, leaks everywhere. At least the buildings are all connected not like UBC where you gotta walk outside when it rains non stop for 4 months or the year.

[RevYouUp]

SFU was brutal. I tried doing a CS degree straight out of HS and couldn’t keep my interest in the classes. The commute definitely didn’t help. I was at the crossroads of transferring to an Econ degree to keep my “SFU status” or eventually internally transfer to the business program if my grades were high enough, but I knew that was unlikely. Made the decision to pursue accounting at KPU and did not regret it all. It was definitely easier to make friends at KPU, I still hang out with them regularly to this day. I also did not have an issue with job prospects even though KPU isn’t respected as much.

[noclue]

Ehh Canadian university rankings dont mean much IMO whether UBC or SFU. The only one with global awareness is UToronto (St George) and maybe McGill. UBC might as well be Langara to anyone outside BC.

[supafamous]

watchu talking about willis!?!?! Stupid Fuckers University is/was the best. You go up there, bored out of your god damn mind, and then you go up to the AQ and find an empty class room to bone in.

mucho fun.

Hobz while he was in university:

https://x.com/PicturesFoIder/status/1888056378079547891

[supafamous]

Here's the story about how SFU ended up where it did: https://bettercolumbia.ca/2024/12/15/how-did-sfu-end-up-on-top-of-burnaby-mountain/

The other locations considered were Burnaby Lake (bad soil), Okalla prison (near Royal Oak), and George Derby Center (sound of where Gaglardi Way is).

BCIT was founded around the same time - it would have been really interesting if SFU took BCIT's location and was built on both sides of Willingdon. The land certainly was big enough for it.

[6793026]

SFU = stupid fucking university
UBC = university of billion chinese.
it was very isolated. I lived in Richmond and commute was 45 min and gas was 69.9 back then. HOLY F i'm old.
What I'm seeing is this. There will be less and less kids driving.. (social media, being comfortable, and just having helicopter parents.) I don't know how people esp girls do NOT want to learn how to drive. Even guys nowadays.... there are NO excitement at all.
Now that when kids live at home, the only place to get it on are in a car... and now if you do'nt even drive.. how the F do you get laid or drive a girl at SFU down a mountain.

[68style]

Bruh you were thinking about it all wrong, you're not trying to marry a girl in that situation... you don't drive her down off the mountain and be all romantic, you find a dark corner or empty tutorial room in the EQ or Biz wing... or if you're really hard up a bathroom stall. Or if it's nice enough weather out hit up the back seat of your car in B Lot.

Burnaby Mountain lookout was just like 2 mins down the hill, fuckathon for teens and early 20's every night there back in the day.

Nowadays there's an entire living community at SFU, I'm guessing you haven't been up there in quite a few years lol

[Badhobz]

I had a great time at stupid fuckers U.

You guys remember that hedge row box they used to have next to the cripple guy statue ? Me and this Scottish chick would go in there and see if we could wank off without getting caught. She’s quite a freak… god I miss dem sfu sluts.

That’s the only reason to get a history degree. The girls are freaks in liberal arts. Girls in engineering must have dusty, chapped cunts. I wouldn’t know, I only porked arts majors and business majors.

Now I’m stuck with this angry umaru looking spy ballooon !!! Arrrghh all my venomous sperm is wasted.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2b/49/a3/2b49a332460acf467f4a4c80df6cdde7.gif

[68style]

^ The brightest stars burn the fastest <3

[supafamous]

https://i.imgur.com/PochNuk.png

[Badhobz]

I used to be cool…..

Now I just returning things to Costco and frowning at children at a rave. Yes it’s a rave!! Big whoop!

[MG1]

What you wanna fight about it ?!?!?

https://youtu.be/tAJD9LBGlTg

[spoon.ek9]

So I ended up going to The Keg for DOV. They're always consistent so it's a go to once in awhile anyways.
DOV ends tonight btw so maybe some of y'all can squeeze in a dinner tonight.

$55

Appetizer
10oz Prime Rib (or 8oz sirloin)
Billy Miner Pie or Cheesecake

The BMP was a HUGE slice. I guess I'm just used to the birthday freebie size because this thing was fuckin' DOUBLE the size of that. The cheesecake was also pretty good quality we found.



OH! Today I had the Maple Bacon Cheeseburger from Save On. It's $2 more so $13.99 but oooooo boy it was well worth that $2! The bacon was good quality, crispy and not the paper thin bullshit they serve at Mcd's etc. The maple sauce added a nice sweetness to the overall savoury experience. We also tried the Funguy Cheeseburger (not a typo), also $13.99 but the Maple Bacon is where it's at. Give it a try boys SeemsGood

[Badhobz]

next week saturday we will be there!!!!!

[spoon.ek9]

oh sick, I didn't realize you guys set a date for it. 99% chance I can make it.

edit: shit, I guess that means I better clean the EF.

[Badhobz]

No need to clean. Geriatrics can barely clean themselves let alone their cars okay. Plus it’ll be covered in salt and grime in two seconds. Why bother. Dirtier the better for this meat.

https://www.revscene.net/forums/717957-geriatric-motoring-club-burger-meet-2.html#post9165144

[spoon.ek9]

Yeah I know, but I've been dying to clean the damn car anyways lol. This just gives me a good excuse to actually do it.

[red kryptonite]

So I ended up going to The Keg for DOV. They're always consistent so it's a go to once in awhile anyways.
DOV ends tonight btw so maybe some of y'all can squeeze in a dinner tonight.

$55

Appetizer
10oz Prime Rib (or 8oz sirloin)
Billy Miner Pie or Cheesecake

The BMP was a HUGE slice. I guess I'm just used to the birthday freebie size because this thing was fuckin' DOUBLE the size of that. The cheesecake was also pretty good quality we found.


the keg is solid choice, we've gone 3 times during dine around.
lobster bisque, filet mignon, bmp :sweetjesus:

bday freebie has always been a full slice for me:joy:

[yray]

That’s the only reason to get a history degree.

You are a history major from SFU? :lawl:

did you take a course with Gerolymatos or Clossey?

[Razor Ramon HG]

Which antiseize do you guys use for your wheels? Thinking of buying some.

I was removing a wheel the other day and my hubcentric rings rusted onto the wheel hub, so I had to chisel it out.

There's a few different ones on Amazon like copper, silver, and aluminum. I'm guessing probably aluminum?

[Badhobz]

You are a history major from SFU? :lawl:

did you take a course with Gerolymatos or Clossey?

yes Clossey !! before he had this giant beardo. I had so many classes with that guy. good times, easy A's

[roastpuff]

My degree is in Political Science and Economics (couldn't hack it in business) and it taught me really valuable critical thinking skills - a lot of my studies was focused on thinking about opposing viewpoints and in doing a lot of research. Today, those are still some of my greatest strengths.

PSE double major buddies :lawl:

I also agree - it made me a better thinker but man was it worthless for actual job prospects lmao.

[supafamous]

PSE double major buddies :lawl:

I also agree - it made me a better thinker but man was it worthless for actual job prospects lmao.

LOL, yeah. I immediately spent a year studying "New Media" (making websites) at Vancouver Film School b/c I didn't like any of the job prospects my degree offered me (and I'd liked computers better anyways).

[roastpuff]

Yeah I went to BCIT and got a GIS diploma lol.

[Badhobz]

Full moon tonight!!!
https://i.postimg.cc/fRxhMCkQ/IMG-2066.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/VNmPvtbr/IMG-2067.jpg

[whitev70r]

crazies will be out ... lunatics.

Recently a bright star beside moon but it was Venus. Apparently, at the end of the month, 7 planets will be visible in the sky, they all line up.

[Badhobz]

i kinda wish i knew more about astronomy and maybe invest in a telescope to add to my list of kooky hobbies.

I recently bought a mirrorless canon R50 camera and I've been going nuts shooting my dog, spy balloon and food. I just got a nice tripod and took up night photography now. The kit lens was pretty useless so I got a Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 (constant) lens for 1000 bucks. Now she takes great photos!

https://i.postimg.cc/1Rk680y3/IMG-2072.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/cCRJgncv/IMG-1979.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/NGmFP3wQ/IMG-1932.jpg

all the moon shots were taken at 50mm x the crop sensor 1.6 x 4x digital zoom. Not the prettiest photo but hell, beats buying a telephoto lens at 1k for no reason

[Mikoyan]

crazies will be out ... lunatics.

Recently a bright star beside moon but it was Venus. Apparently, at the end of the month, 7 planets will be visible in the sky, they all line up.

Earlier in the month, it was Venus and Saturn near the moon one night, It's usually been Jupiter and Mars lately.

Right now, the reddish 'star' to the right of the moon is Mars. In the SE you can see Jupiter, Venus is the bright pip in the west. Saturn's hard to see without a telescope/binoculars currently as the rings are edge-on to us.

[RabidRat]

Since I never went, I'm curious if College and Universities actually teach people how to problem solve, how things work, etc... or do they tell people to prepare for exams by basically memorizing stuff?

I ask because the recent grads I've worked with were socially awkward AF and can't problem solve for shit... lol... yet they have CS degrees... what gives? lol

I think - speaking generally - educational institutions facilitate people to learn / apply problem solving, but don't explicitly teach it or test for it.

This was my experience: we were taught just the core basics. We essentially learned how to read and write in our field, so that we could at least understand and communicate in that world. The material and expected outcomes were very much "here are the standard building blocks: how well do you know it?".

In the final year, a little more time was spent discussing what you could do with those blocks, what the tradeoffs were depending on the application, and the success criteria shifted more towards "there are a thousand ways to solve this problem and they all work: how much better is what you've come up with, and how novel is it?". Still, you could get by without really trying to be all that inventive.

I personally learned a lot from the open-ended lab components of my classes where you had to do stuff like come up with circuitry to take an analog TV signal and display it to an oscilloscope, using a random handful of components: this was like building something with Lego, freeform, with random limited pieces. There are lots of ways to do it, and you feel compelled to make it less and less shitty: get a sharper image, less geometric distortion, improve contrast. And you've only got so many of each type of piece. You can really learn the nuances, being forced to try and literally see what the tradeoffs are.

I was also able to preemptively learn on the job, because of school: I was lucky in that my school has a very strong co-op program. I wound up at BlackBerry, and got to design some of the processor interfacing on the Q40, which was kind of a similar idea in having a lot of different options, but being limited in constraints and being put in a position to weigh the tradeoffs. But this time in the real world.

I really think with school, you get what you put into it. There's a lot of stuff that can get you thinking, a lot of knowledge that you might not've otherwise had access to, and lots of industry opportunities that you may not have even known existed.

Obviously for someone like yourself, you really didn't need school to get where you wanted to go. The vast majority of people I think are not as fortunate :).

[snowball]

Which antiseize do you guys use for your wheels? Thinking of buying some.

I was removing a wheel the other day and my hubcentric rings rusted onto the wheel hub, so I had to chisel it out.

There's a few different ones on Amazon like copper, silver, and aluminum. I'm guessing probably aluminum?

I've always used Permatex silver blend but needs mixing periodically otherwise it separates.

[6793026]

I think - speaking generally - educational institutions facilitate people to learn / apply problem solving, but don't explicitly teach it or test for it.

This was my experience: we were taught just the core basics. We essentially learned how to read and write in our field, so that we could at least understand and communicate in that world. The material and expected outcomes were very much "here are the standard building blocks: how well do you know it?".

In the final year, a little more time was spent discussing what you could do with those blocks, what the tradeoffs were depending on the application, and the success criteria shifted more towards "there are a thousand ways to solve this problem and they all work: how much better is what you've come up with, and how novel is it?". Still, you could get by without really trying to be all that inventive.

I really think with school, you get what you put into it. There's a lot of stuff that can get you thinking, a lot of knowledge that you might not've otherwise had access to, and lots of industry opportunities that you may not have even known existed.

Obviously for someone like yourself, you really didn't need school to get where you wanted to go. The vast majority of people I think are not as fortunate :).

i can't even get my grade 6 nephew to sit down at a desk doing homework. They are there to just do homework but no critical thinking or trying to understand. Just cause you do homework doesn't mean you understand the logic and theory behind things.

Oh well.... that's the Gens. Thank you for them, making me a valuable employee.

[sonick]

11 year old nephew catching strays lol.

[whitev70r]

Grade 6 ... let's give the kid a bit of a break. Tell me you're Chinese without telling me you're Chinese.

I dunno what I understood at 11 yo. Honestly, you don't really develop critical thinking skills till what, grade 10, 11, 12? I think it's an adolescent development, brain thing that you don't develop critical thinking till much later. Hell, some people on here still think like adolescents.

[bcrdukes]

Grade 6 ... let's give the kid a bit of a break. Tell me you're Chinese without telling me you're Chinese.

You're Chinese! :ilied:

[Badhobz]

Grade 6 ... let's give the kid a bit of a break. Tell me you're Chinese without telling me you're Chinese.

I dunno what I understood at 11 yo. Honestly, you don't really develop critical thinking skills till what, grade 10, 11, 12? I think it's an adolescent development, brain thing that you don't develop critical thinking till much later. Hell, some people on here still think like adolescents.

YOU TALKING ABOUT ME!?!??! YOU TALKING ABOUT MEEEEEE!!!!!
:QQ::QQ:

excuse me while i go drink a big gulp Slurpee, wank off to porn and then go fight a bitch at KFC.

[RabidRat]

i can't even get my grade 6 nephew to sit down at a desk doing homework. They are there to just do homework but no critical thinking or trying to understand. Just cause you do homework doesn't mean you understand the logic and theory behind things.

Oh well.... that's the Gens. Thank you for them, making me a valuable employee.

I think it's on us.

I used to coach a FIRST Lego Robotics team out in the SF Bay Area, in a middle schoolers' league. I had 6th graders whose parents wanted opportunities for the kids to learn stuff and think for themselves.

Through the season, I taught the kids the basics of sensors and actuators, and some controls theory (feedback control systems). But the kids had to spend their own time together, to figure out how to build a robot together to tackle all the missions, from scratch. No instructions, just build free-form. I mentored and advised them on general engineering principles, but definitely wouldn't help them on the design work.

Definitely out of the team of 6, you could immediately see at the start of the season who had a knack for for "just figure it out" vs "...where are the instructions??" vs "i'll be on my phone if you need me". But the fact that they were building to compete at a tournament and were depending on each other for the win, really motivated them to figure shit out together.

Not my team, but at a roughly equivalent level of competitiveness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6TzD7Mz7hU

Anyway my point is that if you can give them the opportunity and give them a reason to want to, then they will learn to problem solve. But I don't think it's fair we expect them to just do it all on their own, when their environment doesn't otherwise demand it. They need a reason.

[spoon.ek9]

Page 1000 of a thread about nothing. Impressive work I'd say fellas SeemsGood

This thread is often the most entertaining for me outside of the Canucks thread which is usually self induced torture :alone:

[!LittleDragon]

So what's everyone's mail situation... all caught up?

I cashed out a pension back in mid November... still haven't seen the cheque... but I received the T4A so that's a win? LOL

[EvoFire]

If you don't count online shopping, nothing important really comes by mail for us except for the annual Costco cheque, which I just got today

[Traum]

My paper mail still seems to be all screwed up, in an all over the place kind of way. Some stuff -- usually the unimportant BS or junk mail -- arrive on time.

The CoV empty home tax declaration reminder notice, which was supposed to be due in early Feb, arrived a mere few days before the due date. It was dated for mid Jan, so it took almost 2 weeks to get to my place? I don't think I ever received the initial CoV declaration.

A credit card statement arrived some time after the payment due date.

So it has been working wonderfully well... :alonehappy:

[N.V.M.]

from the North Shore

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54321240622_4ddf97beda_c.jpg

[supafamous]

Could have tried a bit harder and added the swastika too.

[Euro7r]

With rise in cost of shit left and right. Been thinking of picking up weekend job/work, like on a Saturday. Trying to think of work that doesn't use a lot of brain cuz I already deal with enough day at my day job. What's even out there now that is easy to get work? Uber eats or some of delivery work? Some say what you net sucks these days, but I guess it's not bad if someone like me to earn some food money rather than sit my ass at home on a Saturday doing lick all.

[Badhobz]

I saw a posting for part time community bus driver. I think those are the guys that drive that little short bus around.

Not sure why you wanna be so busy. Weekends are for relaxing.

[spoon.ek9]

I was actually just talking about this over dinner with someone who used to clear 100K doing food delivery apps. He says it's no longer the money maker it used to be. Tip system now comes after the sale (Uber eats?) and is now forgotten/conveniently skipped by customers. Too many people fighting for delivery jobs in the market so wracking up a bunch is harder. Overall, he says it's just not worth it anymore.

Don't quote me on any of that as I've never used a food delivery once lol. I hate that shit. I'd rather support the restaurant and pick it up myself. I really wish human laziness wasn't so easy to exploit.

[whitev70r]

Cashier at local LD, Canadian Tire, Shoppers, Safeway? Should be pretty stress free and doesn't require a lot of brain cells. Controlled environment. Just don't get assigned to LD in DTES.

[EvoFire]

I was actually just talking about this over dinner with someone who used to clear 100K doing food delivery apps. He says it's no longer the money maker it used to be. Tip system now comes after the sale (Uber eats?) and is now forgotten/conveniently skipped by customers. Too many people fighting for delivery jobs in the market so wracking up a bunch is harder. Overall, he says it's just not worth it anymore.

Don't quote me on any of that as I've never used a food delivery once lol. I hate that shit. I'd rather support the restaurant and pick it up myself. I really wish human laziness wasn't so easy to exploit.

It's because the laws were changed and the delivery services now have to pay a wage to the delivery drivers. They used to skirt around it by calling them businesses.

[SkinnyPupp]

Instead of using up weekends making more money, how about try to spend that much less money

[6793026]

Instead of using up weekends making more money, how about try to spend that much less money

100% true my man. It's not how much you make, but how much you save.

Surely I've responded to ideas before - some obvious.

Reoccurring bills
1) Cable - i cut that shit right out & my parents. Bought a TV box for $200 and watch all the movies and new and sport for free for life. That was 90 bucks a month.

2) Phone and Fax - Told my parents to cut, they have emotional ties - so i got them italk bb and now their phone bill is $6 bucks a month. Saved $50 a month

3) This is a tough one - cell phone plan.
Adults - everyone went over to public mobile or Freedom. From $100 down to $50. STFU about reception or 100GB, you never use that much (*insert mom and dad).
Kids - Public mobile - $20 dollar plan - STFU, you don't need 100GB, you need 1GB for calls. 99% of the time, go use wifi

4) not going to ream on people to turn down heat and put on a shirt cause these are necessities.

Daily

1) No more uber eats. Our tenant would uber to 7-11 to get food. Are you kidding me. No more uber period. You want to uber, go eat into your allowance. As a family, forced everyone to grocery shop and you want fries, sure, we won't go to mcdonalds, but you can eat as much maccain for entire week for about the same price.

Adults - no more eating out. You want angus burger, sure, we'll buy angus patty at superstore.

We also go shop at bulk places (not costco), but wholesale club to freeze bread / fries / minced meat and saved.

Also stopped going to T&T cause we always get lured into buying their calibee chips / snacks etc.

2) Video games - Converted everyone to rent at library and instead of ps5, to buy ps4. Can kids tell the difference? F no. Yyou have no right to complain it's not 8k.

Also been telling kids to buy 2nd hand video games

3) FB marketplace - friend educated their kid to always buy 2nd hand toys.. honestly, you find some solid deals at FB marketplace.

4) Refurb CPU / desktop / parts etc. this is a weird topic but all in all, refurb is just as good and if you want a new CPU, which i got my dad, i found a 16GB laptop with docking station for cheap cause all he cares is youtube.
I'm not dropping 2k on a imac for you.

[Badhobz]

^agreed but…… your kids must hate you hahahaha you cheap bastard

[bcrdukes]

^agreed but…… your kids must hate you hahahaha you cheap bastard

He's more Chinese than you!

[Badhobz]

the audacity !!!! how dare you be more Chinese than me.

I challenge you to a ching chong off !!!!!

We both go into costco and see who can return the most items without getting banned. :accepted:

Extra points if said item is heavily used or in terrible condition.

Extra Extra points if the item is one of the below:

Used Underwear
Food item that's half eaten

[EvoFire]

100% true my man. It's not how much you make, but how much you save.

Surely I've responded to ideas before - some obvious.

Reoccurring bills
1) Cable - i cut that shit right out & my parents. Bought a TV box for $200 and watch all the movies and new and sport for free for life. That was 90 bucks a month.

2) Phone and Fax - Told my parents to cut, they have emotional ties - so i got them italk bb and now their phone bill is $6 bucks a month. Saved $50 a month

3) This is a tough one - cell phone plan.
Adults - everyone went over to public mobile or Freedom. From $100 down to $50. STFU about reception or 100GB, you never use that much (*insert mom and dad).
Kids - Public mobile - $20 dollar plan - STFU, you don't need 100GB, you need 1GB for calls. 99% of the time, go use wifi

4) not going to ream on people to turn down heat and put on a shirt cause these are necessities.

Daily

1) No more uber eats. Our tenant would uber to 7-11 to get food. Are you kidding me. No more uber period. You want to uber, go eat into your allowance. As a family, forced everyone to grocery shop and you want fries, sure, we won't go to mcdonalds, but you can eat as much maccain for entire week for about the same price.

Adults - no more eating out. You want angus burger, sure, we'll buy angus patty at superstore.

We also go shop at bulk places (not costco), but wholesale club to freeze bread / fries / minced meat and saved.

Also stopped going to T&T cause we always get lured into buying their calibee chips / snacks etc.

2) Video games - Converted everyone to rent at library and instead of ps5, to buy ps4. Can kids tell the difference? F no. Yyou have no right to complain it's not 8k.

Also been telling kids to buy 2nd hand video games

3) FB marketplace - friend educated their kid to always buy 2nd hand toys.. honestly, you find some solid deals at FB marketplace.

4) Refurb CPU / desktop / parts etc. this is a weird topic but all in all, refurb is just as good and if you want a new CPU, which i got my dad, i found a 16GB laptop with docking station for cheap cause all he cares is youtube.
I'm not dropping 2k on a imac for you.

Some of those we do, like FB market for toys, no cable (parents moved to the box thing a long time ago), but they won't let go of the landline. At the end of the day it was $10 including LD so it's not too bad.

My Fido bill is $32 after tax and my discount ran out already after 6 months. Before that it was $21. You can have reception and not pay too much for it.

We still go to T&T because of the one stop shop convenience. With 2 kids, time == money and I don't always have time to hit three grocery stores to save $3. Also it's actually good self control training with the snacks, see it and don't buy it. We also buy PC chips instead of other brands.

I'm very much against Uber eats, but there are time and space where it makes sense. We still use it once every month or so because of time constraints. The meal planning went awry that week, or work went awry and there's no time to cook. Actually heading out to pick up food is challenging due to time and kids so we end up ordering Uber eats, and we find those buy one get one 50% off places or deals or whatever.

On the topic of your tenant. I don't buy things from convenience stores ever, the prices are too high and they aren't even that convenient.

[roastpuff]

We have a doorbell camera set up at my parents, who have 3 homestay students to help stretch their budget. The amount of delivery that they order is amazing, that house must be well known to the drivers lmao.

[6793026]

the audacity !!!! how dare you be more Chinese than me.

I challenge you to a ching chong off !!!!!

Food item that's half eaten

Of course this happened before but that's because there was actually their fault. My aunt actually CALLED TNT saying their meat smells. After she made dinner, the meal in fact smelly, (minced meat); so she drove back to the store and then dropped the smelly meat and got a refund.

Again, not your ching chong off, but it does happen - i personally have not seen it done for meat, but pretty bold.

[whitev70r]

100% true my man. It's not how much you make, but how much you save.

Surely I've responded to ideas before - some obvious.


So I always wondered, how do you access so many movies? On said TV box? But so many that you review are recent releases. Some are ching chong obscure ones. But Netflix? Amazon Prime? Is this your one indulgence?

[unit]

honestly as someone who hasnt played games seriously in at least 10 years, there are tons of ps4 titles that i would love to play and would keep me busy for years at the rate that i play. if you're not the type to keep up with all the AAA titles then ps4 is still pretty solid. you can buy a used one for next to nothing and same with the games. just buy a new controller since you don't know what kind of cretin was using it with his cheeto fingers.