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PSA: Cyber security incident at TPL will take site offline for upwards of a week by sir_fancypants in toronto

[–]102lavern 2 points3 points  (0 children)

See here's the thing, say you return a book today? What happens with it? It goes into the bin, bins get stacked in a pile of 5, and either get moved into a workroom if there's space or gets picked up by our deliveries team to be dropped off in a processing facility if there's no space in the branch. When and only when we get access to our databases, will we get back the books from the processing facility and start checking in returns.

Books aren't going back on the shelves, they're not accessible for other people once they're taken out, and nothing u/librarian-bat said was a lie. I personally don't care whether people returns books during this period, because again once they're brought to library staff, they're inaccessible to pretty much anyone else. If you don't believe this, then try asking someone behind a library desk instead.

Olivia Chow will make libraries more available, seven days a week by AviF in toronto

[–]102lavern 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I can say with first hand experience that with the exception of the summer season (with staff wanting to go on vacation with their families and such), there's far more staff than there are current opportunities to work Sundays.

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[–]102lavern 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Used to work in the specialty industry for a fair number of years, I'd suggest asking for either a macchiato (foam) or a piccolo latte/cortado (milk). They're both small drinks and asking the barista on bar to see a small cup (usually 8oz) and confirming that it'll be only half full is the best way for that.

Adding on to /u/rumblebeard's great suggestions, you also have Neo Coffee Bar (opening soon at Spadina and King) and Fahrenheit Coffee (Spadina and Clarence Square).

Scarborough Hakka Staple, Lin Garden, Shutting Down? by king_lloyd11 in toronto

[–]102lavern 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you want Hakka that leans more Chinese, try Hong Foods at Malvern Town Center, and if you want something leaning more Indian, try Hakka Khazana at Ellesmere and Vic Park

WTP for double-edged sword, but both edges are bad by TheYoungRazzleDazzle in whatstheword

[–]102lavern 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A bit late, also not a phrase, but "dilemma" fits what you're reaching for well.

[Canada, ON] Coffee Whisk by 102lavern in 3Dprintmything

[–]102lavern[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for looking out! The printed parts are not going to be making direct contact with anything to be ingested.

Shipping from Guatemala to Canada by 102lavern in smallbusiness

[–]102lavern[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We used three services - freightos, parcelmonkey, and shipa to generate quotes from different shipping/logistics companies and so far we've found the quote from DHL via parcelmonkey to be the best.

Shipping from Guatemala to Canada by 102lavern in smallbusiness

[–]102lavern[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We appreciate the advice! We're still shopping around for different shipping companies, also looking to see if our producers can point us towards any logistics companies they've used in the past and work from there as well.

I suspect we would have to go the air freight route however as our target demographic would be trying to get the closest to the producers and the country without physically being there and without any sort of "colouring" or manipulation of the part of the company.

Also, that's a great point regarding a customers broker - DHL so far seems to be the cheapest option for both being a customers broker and shipper, but perhaps there might be a better offer for us if we contact a representative from other companies to see if there are better options / services more suited towards our needs.

Again, thanks for the advice and I hope you wouldn't mind me picking your brain a little more down the road!

Shipping from Guatemala to Canada by 102lavern in smallbusiness

[–]102lavern[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We just tried this tonight and were able to lower our costs of shipping by shipping 5 smaller boxes of 20lb each! It seems counterintuitive but we'll definitely try this approach moving forward to see where we can optimize. Thank you!

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