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

[undercoverbrother]

I spent the weekend in Mulletville watching my boy play rugby.

We had excellent service at all the place we ate.

I was happy to give a good tip.


It Grinds my Gears I had to go to Mulletville.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

I spent the weekend in Mulletville watching my boy play rugby.

We had excellent service at all the place we ate.

I was happy to give a good tip.


It Grinds my Gears I had to go to Mulletville.

Mulletville should tip you for going there.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Mulletville should tip you for going there.

fair comment,

At least the boy played well.

[bc-chris]

i think the associated press reads cp....

https://apnews.com/article/tipping-f...ff4d4df0f88c35

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

You’re the one having a hissy fit over a discussion on a discussion board. Maybe work on not getting triggered by every little thing. Being you must be utterly exhausting.

Peter's last two posts in this thread are themselves gear-grinders.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by taxbuster

Skip the "Skip" and "DoorDash" and find a way of pickup so you can tip restaurant staff who are actually doing the work of preparing your meals. The driver is just....driving. And Skip and DD are taking a chunk off the top.

The losers from this form of "convenience"?
Restaurant cooking staff (mostly) and servers.

Lol, the driver just...driving. Yeah **** that guy and his livelihood.

[TheIronMaiden]

The secret to not tipping is called cooking your own damn meal.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Lol, the driver just...driving. Yeah **** that guy and his livelihood.

Who should be paid as staff with payment for milage and not operate as an independent contractor.

The solution is still don’t use skip.

[taxbuster]

Originally Posted by GGG

Who should be paid as staff with payment for milage and not operate as an independent contractor.

The solution is still don’t use skip.

Couldn't agree more -- I fought a case on this with couriers some years back and won...got them declared as "employees" and subject to - and beneficiaries of - CPP, EI and the Employment Standards Act of Alberta.

All of these "gig workers" should be no different IMO.

[taxbuster]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Lol, the driver just...driving. Yeah **** that guy and his livelihood.

No - but he isn't the one prepping it and doing all the work.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by taxbuster

Couldn't agree more -- I fought a case on this with couriers some years back and won...got them declared as "employees" and subject to - and beneficiaries of - CPP, EI and the Employment Standards Act of Alberta.

All of these "gig workers" should be no different IMO.

The unfortunate part is that after fighting it in court most gig workers would probably be deemed to be employees, but they would still have to go fight for it first even with an existing ruling.

[cam_wmh]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

I spent the weekend in Mulletville watching my boy play rugby.

We had excellent service at all the place we ate.

I was happy to give a good tip.


It Grinds my Gears I had to go to Mulletville.

How's their indoor facility? Decent turf? Full size?

[Bigtime]

Since when did the yield sign from northbound 14th to westbound Memorial start getting treated as a merge by motorists? GMG that people don't know the difference.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by cam_wmh

How's their indoor facility? Decent turf? Full size?

It was at Foot Field, a dome over a Football field, akin to what they did at Shouldice this year. full field, posts (football) and endzones





The tuff seemed ok, the boys picked up some burns but nothing crazy. They should heal in a couple of days.

Lot of medical support on sight to clean and dress burns and deal with other injuries.

[timun]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Since when did the yield sign from northbound 14th to westbound Memorial start getting treated as a merge by motorists? GMG that people don't know the difference.

Didn't you know? In Calgary:



= merge, and



= yield

[81MC]

Why TF do I need to create a ‘profile’ to apply for a job for a multinational company.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by timun

Didn't you know? In Calgary:

Spoiler!

= yield

Except when people are going from Glenmore Westbound to Macleod Trail Northbound, then those are just stop signs.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by timun

Didn't you know? In Calgary:



= merge, and



= yield

The bottom ones, sure. But I’ve never heard of it being a common occurrence in Calgary to treat a yield as a merge. I’d actually be curious what behaviour OP is referring to that made them say that. It would have to be someone ignoring the yield and either sideswiping or nearly sideswiping an oncoming car.

[BlackArcher101]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

The bottom ones, sure. But I’ve never heard of it being a common occurrence in Calgary to treat a yield as a merge. I’d actually be curious what behaviour OP is referring to that made them say that. It would have to be someone ignoring the yield and either sideswiping or nearly sideswiping an oncoming car.

Here's one example. https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9948...7i16384!8i8192

You SHOULD slow down for a gap, but no one ever does, they scream through there into people who are trying to change into that lane to get onto glenmore. Nearly an accident every day.

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

The bottom ones, sure. But I’ve never heard of it being a common occurrence in Calgary to treat a yield as a merge. I’d actually be curious what behaviour OP is referring to that made them say that. It would have to be someone ignoring the yield and either sideswiping or nearly sideswiping an oncoming car.

Exactly that, I have seen it twice now in just over a week. I was always in the left hand lane on WB Memorial and almost had to swerve over in case the traffic in the right lane came over as the "yielding" traffic pushed their way in at speed.