You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? Now with 3x more gears...

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by GordonBlue

what really grinds my gears is people who park right in front of the doors of a store.
you typically see this at a grocery store or wal-mart.

I hate those ####ers and they seem to think it's ok if they have their hazards on, or are sitting in the car waiting for the person who went into the store.

hope they all get a pus filled painful discharge.

Add arena's to that list. People lined up waiting for their precious little Johnny to come out after practice. I really wish the CPS would come along one day and go on a ticket blitz.

Originally Posted by Ped

To be fair, at least here in Toronto, there are crosswalks that start flashing almost as soon as they allow you to walk - like within seconds, and then they give you an absurdly long countdown, like 25-30 seconds. So if you only crossed when it was cross signal you'd have to have perfect timing.

Loved the pedestrian lights in Spain. They started out with a little green dude walking, and a timer. When the timer got down to 10 seconds or so the little dude started running.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

I go there for their .18 cents off gas, at the Tsuu Tina one, their $7.50 roast chicken and the Charmain toilet paper. and my wife likes their poutine. I guess that's why i'm paying $130/year for!

Paper goods alone make the membership worth it. Add just bread, dishwasher/laundry soap and toiletries and you're saving a material amount of money.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

This is probably all you had to say.

I’ve given up trying to understand how or why people act the way they act at Costco and just accepted that it exists on it’s own different, unique cultural plane.

I miss Pandemic Costco

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I know it is the law, but it is a bit silly. If you can cross the street before it turns red, you should be able to. If vehicles back up and can't get through creating traffic problems, it should have a dedicated turn phase. Pedestrians get the raw deal most of the time, having to wait for beg buttons, or if you miss the window pressing it having to wait an entire light cycle.

No, again, no longer the pedestrian's right-of-way. They aren't going to create dedicated turning signals for every intersection, that would be ridiculously inefficient. Cars are supposed to obey the signals, so should pedestrians.

The one that often comes to mind (because I use it constantly) is 4 Street NB @ 11 Avenue SW. When 4 Street traffic has a green, it is effectively a northbound one-way at that point. The left-most lane can both turn and go straight.

[Fuzz]

I know it's not legally their right of way. I'm saying it should be(in a world where pedestrians weren't dolts). If the intersection is busy enough that pedestrians cause meaningful delays, then it should have a dedicated light. If not, then it isn't really an issue and vehicle should yield to pedestrians and take the 10 second wait, because if not the pedestrian then has another 2 minute wait. For a pedestrian crossing short blocks like this, you can find yourself waiting 2 minutes at every street, which starts to suck ass, particularly on cold windy days, and encourages them to cross illegally, which is your complaint. Catering to cars is the cause of the problem.


As to your example, there are three northbound lanes. Is three not enough for cars to play? I assume the issue is the left lane having to wait? If it's that busy they could easily add a left turn phase to completely stop pedestrians like they do at centre st SB @ 6th ave WB. Through traffic would still be green for this.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I know it's not legally their right of way. I'm saying it should be(in a world where pedestrians weren't dolts). If the intersection is busy enough that pedestrians cause meaningful delays, then it should have a dedicated light. If not, then it isn't really an issue and vehicle should yield to pedestrians and take the 10 second wait, because if not the pedestrian then has another 2 minute wait. For a pedestrian crossing short blocks like this, you can find yourself waiting 2 minutes at every street, which starts to suck ass, particularly on cold windy days, and encourages them to cross illegally, which is your complaint. Catering to cars is the cause of the problem.


As to your example, there are three northbound lanes. Is three not enough for cars to play? I assume the issue is the left lane having to wait? If it's that busy they could easily add a left turn phase to completely stop pedestrians like they do at centre st SB @ 6th ave WB. Through traffic would still be green for this.

I mean first, the bolded means you agree with me by default because both drivers and pedestrians (and cyclists!) are dolts, and we have to tailor the world to said dolts.

Second, it isn't that the volume of pedestrians is such that they are causing meaningful delays (in fact, I'd say the inconsistency of pedestrians arriving at that intersection is what makes it worse -- they don't all approach at the same time), it's that they're running in front of traffic that is legally proceeding through an intersection as though they're in the right.

I'm not arguing to cater to cars; if that was the goal, I'd say force them to cross N-S on the east side of 4 Street since there are no traffic movements on that side when 4 Street NB has a green, and close the west N-S sidewalk entirely. I'm just saying "don't cross when you're not supposed to". I don't give red light runners in cars a pass either.

[DoubleF]

Nooooooooo!

My trusty electric razor of 20 something years is broken after poor placement on the counter top. stupid carelessness

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

I mean first, the bolded means you agree with me by default because both drivers and pedestrians (and cyclists!) are dolts, and we have to tailor the world to said dolts.

Second, it isn't that the volume of pedestrians is such that they are causing meaningful delays (in fact, I'd say the inconsistency of pedestrians arriving at that intersection is what makes it worse -- they don't all approach at the same time), it's that they're running in front of traffic that is legally proceeding through an intersection as though they're in the right.

I'm not arguing to cater to cars; if that was the goal, I'd say force them to cross N-S on the east side of 4 Street since there are no traffic movements on that side when 4 Street NB has a green, and close the west N-S sidewalk entirely. I'm just saying "don't cross when you're not supposed to". I don't give red light runners in cars a pass either.

Just the other day I saw a woman walking northbound up 4th at that very intersection. It was counting down 3-2-1 and she wasn’t gonna make it. She was still 10 feet from the intersection. There were 2 cars turning left. The first car went. Right as the second car was about to go, ####-for-brains woman decides she needs to cross and bolts. No warning. No looking for cars turning left. Goes from a slow meandering walk to full on sprinting.

Unfortunately the driver noticed because I was really hoping he’d step on it at the exact moment this woman with an IQ that matched the number on the walk signal ran into traffic and I’d get to explain to the police that the driver was not at fault.

Alas the driver isn’t nearly as much of a Darwinist as I am and waited until she crossed. Then ran the red light like any good Calgary driver would. And thank god for that because getting stuck at a red because of a jackass pedestrian is only slightly less infuriating that the troglodyte uber divers who do 20 in a 50 zone and then run a yellow while the line of cars behind them gets stuck at the light.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

My partner really loves YYC hot chocolate fest and comes up with a list of hot chocolate places to try, which is all well and good as hot chocolate is pretty great, and more importantly a portion of every sale goes to charity. Good stuff.

But I was looking through the participating businesses this year and I was like... huh, a lot of these places want $12 for a hot chocolate. But some of them are pretty extravagant, or come with a pastry or whatever, such that it's basically like buying a dessert. Still pricey, but in that context the "it's all for a good cause" thing makes it OK. Then I figured out that the reason is that in order to participate, the portion of your proceeds that go to charity depend how much you charge. If you charge $12, $2 of it goes to charity. If you charge $12.01, it's $3.

That seems kinda ####ty to me, over and above charging $12 for a hot chocolate. It should just be a percentage, IMO.

[TheIronMaiden]

People who actually like costco can #### themselves. I hate going with the passion of a thousand suns.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

People who actually like costco can #### themselves. I hate going with the passion of a thousand suns.

I recently found out if you have an executive membership you can go at 8am, instead of 9am or it might be 9am vs 10 am, I'm not 100% of the times cuz I hate Costco

This has made it better, but not good.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

People who actually like costco can #### themselves. I hate going with the passion of a thousand suns.

I used to work for a firm that gave employees a Costco membership...thing is, I was single at the time and living in an apartment.

Costco is effectively useless for 1 dude. Like...what am I going to buy? Nutella by the flat?? I wanted to buy sandwich meat so I could make my lunches and bring them to work.

You want sandwich meat? It comes in gigantic 5-packs so you cant mix it up or anything, where are you planning on storing it? And you're going to be eating the same sandwiches every day for a month.

Oh! You want condiments? Like some Mayo or butter? They come in tubs so huge that they're designed to service an Aircraft Carrier!

What am I supposed to do with this? I dont need an Oil Drum of Mustard.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Locke

I used to work for a firm that gave employees a Costco membership...thing is, I was single at the time and living in an apartment.

Costco is effectively useless for 1 dude. Like...what am I going to buy? Nutella by the flat?? I wanted to buy sandwich meat so I could make my lunches and bring them to work.

You want sandwich meat? It comes in gigantic 5-packs so you cant mix it up or anything, where are you planning on storing it? And you're going to be eating the same sandwiches every day for a month.

Oh! You want condiments? Like some Mayo or butter? They come in tubs so huge that they're designed to service an Aircraft Carrier!

What am I supposed to do with this? I dont need an Oil Drum of Mustard.

Moisturizer by the pallet load to jerk off.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Locke

I used to work for a firm that gave employees a Costco membership...thing is, I was single at the time and living in an apartment.

Costco is effectively useless for 1 dude. Like...what am I going to buy? Nutella by the flat?? I wanted to buy sandwich meat so I could make my lunches and bring them to work.

You want sandwich meat? It comes in gigantic 5-packs so you cant mix it up or anything, where are you planning on storing it? And you're going to be eating the same sandwiches every day for a month.

Oh! You want condiments? Like some Mayo or butter? They come in tubs so huge that they're designed to service an Aircraft Carrier!

What am I supposed to do with this? I dont need an Oil Drum of Mustard.

They don't really do giant tubs of much (ghee I’ve seen in a pretty large tub, or an extra large jar of pickles). The “bulk” aspect is usually multi-packs, so instead of a loaf of bread you buy three, or a box of cereal that contains two regular, separated boxes, etc.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

If you were to go to the Costco business centre, you definitely would see stuff in large bulk packaging, but we don't have one here. I visited the one in New Westminster and will definitely use that for certain meat that either you're freezing or that lasts a long time because of what it is; like the amount of pancetta you can get there for like 20 bucks is fairly insane and I could use it all in the 6 months it's good for. If you want a huge block of a particular type of cheese, like if you use a lot of feta, it'd be really good for cheese too.

But much of what's on offer is too big a volume to reasonably go through in the time before it goes bad, for an average family, or is just nonsensical (you could buy like 200 litres of maple syrup in a giant oil drum for $2500).

[Locke]

There used to be a really good Chinese food place right across from the old Costco...easily the best Wonton Soup you could get.

I love a good Wonton Soup and this stuff, it was like it was cooked in the fires of Mount Doom. I'd go there and the plastic container was almost buckling by the time I got back to work the soup was so hot. It was amazing.

And the broth! Oh man...the broth...so good.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

If you were to go to the Costco business centre, you definitely would see stuff in large bulk packaging, but we don't have one here. I visited the one in New Westminster and will definitely use that for certain meat that either you're freezing or that lasts a long time because of what it is; like the amount of pancetta you can get there for like 20 bucks is fairly insane and I could use it all in the 6 months it's good for. If you want a huge block of a particular type of cheese, like if you use a lot of feta, it'd be really good for cheese too.

But much of what's on offer is too big a volume to reasonably go through in the time before it goes bad, for an average family, or is just nonsensical (you could buy like 200 litres of maple syrup in a giant oil drum for $2500).

We definitely need a Business Centre in Calgary. The Sunridge one was supposed to become a Business Centre after East Hills opened from what I remember hearing. I think Sunridge is a bit of a hybrid now where they do sell some of the business focused items

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

People who actually like costco can #### themselves. I hate going with the passion of a thousand suns.

I have definitely gone in and walked back. Sorry, im gonna wait in the car. Its like ikea on steroids.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

If you were to go to the Costco business centre, you definitely would see stuff in large bulk packaging, but we don't have one here. I visited the one in New Westminster and will definitely use that for certain meat that either you're freezing or that lasts a long time because of what it is; like the amount of pancetta you can get there for like 20 bucks is fairly insane and I could use it all in the 6 months it's good for. If you want a huge block of a particular type of cheese, like if you use a lot of feta, it'd be really good for cheese too.

But much of what's on offer is too big a volume to reasonably go through in the time before it goes bad, for an average family, or is just nonsensical (you could buy like 200 litres of maple syrup in a giant oil drum for $2500).

Like WTF are you going to do with that? Pour it into the bathtub and just bathe in it?

I could have made a life-sized effigy of John Candy out of lunch meat were I so inclined. It doesnt seem like an appropriate use of my time, energy or funds, but I could have!

[Locke]

Originally Posted by fotze2

I have definitely gone in and walked back. Sorry, im gonna wait in the car. Its like ikea on steroids.

The major difference is that IKEA is a deliberately designed maze by the Borg.

'Tis an awful place. An Evil place. You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than IKEA.