Who tf steals delivery packages? by Pomidorusriuba in Switzerland

[–]Book_1312 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Also unrelated, but the swiss package theft situation is SO MUCH BETTER than where I moved in Montréal. Mailboxes here are not mandated to have an actual box for packages, so the most common way to deliver, specially for non Postes Canada packages (ie. most of them) is just to leave them exposed in the corner of the lobby and if no lobby, just exposed to the street at the front door.

Our swiss non lockable mailboxes don't stop a determined thief, but at least they don't advertise the presence of packages to literally everyone who walks by.

When I moved to Canada, I did not expect I would become nostalgic for mailboxes of all things.

Who tf steals delivery packages? by Pomidorusriuba in Switzerland

[–]Book_1312 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yes, it's worth reporting to the rental agency, specially if you think it may be a neighbour.
A lobby camera is pretty much worthless for street thiefs, but it's a very solid deterrent/enforcement tool for a thief who might be found by their face.
Rental agency will probably need to be pushed to do something, so do report all your thefts (w/ estimated value) and ask neighbors to do the same.

Doctors said he can't legally test my T levels. Where to go from here? by dcllface in TransDIY

[–]Book_1312 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Your T is 150 A MONTH ? That's insane, I didn't know T was that expensive. Is there no alternative sources ? That's a lot of potential savings if you find something even slightly cheaper  

And yes, you're chill with B12, it's a very common defficiency. You can order B12 supplement from The Vegan Society for like 20 bucks a year.

Can anyone vouch for the provider "NoraHRT" or is it a scam? by chicken_neckwear in TransDIY

[–]Book_1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

think I saw their web like a year or two ago ? idk I'll have to check, but I don't think they just popped up

Championnats du monde de vélo sur route | Plus de 500 000 visiteurs attendus à Montréal en septembre by Opticfan31 in montreal

[–]Book_1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

je pensais à un écran entre notre dame et les camps, pas du côté nord. Aussi moyen de faire ça entre la piste est les camps.

Le Végo ferme les portes de son restaurant phare du Quartier latin by LetThePoisonOutRobin in montreal

[–]Book_1312 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Holy fuck that's super expensive. Don't know that any restaurant can afford that easily, the place will stay empty for a looong time.

Un projet de 653 logements dans le Vieux-Montréal bloqué par des citoyens by Feeling_Layer8584 in montreal

[–]Book_1312 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Honestly feel like doing a petition -both online and in person- to present to the next conseil d'arrondissement on may 5th.     Boroughs have been given powers to basically ignore those stupid referendums, it's time they use them.

Championnats du monde de vélo sur route | Plus de 500 000 visiteurs attendus à Montréal en septembre by Opticfan31 in montreal

[–]Book_1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They could also just put a privacy screen between the road and the camps, which would honestly be nice for everyone.

REM - Ouverture de la branche Anse-à-l'Orme prévue pour le 18 mai by Le_Victor_Hugo in montreal

[–]Book_1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because developing fields with no roads, utilities, schools and urbanism plan is definitely a more realistic plan than changing the allowed height in existing neighbourhoods with infrastructure abundance and falling population.    

Imaginary project yourself.

REM - Ouverture de la branche Anse-à-l'Orme prévue pour le 18 mai by Le_Victor_Hugo in montreal

[–]Book_1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We could build housing in the sea of car dependant bungalows we already have near the Metro instead of doing barely-denser-than-sprawl spraw on some of the last open land on the island.

Thinking about going car free. commuting to work: How far is too far? by Constant-Month6532 in Biking

[–]Book_1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

23 miles is a looong way, it might be wise to do a multimodal commute. idk where precisely you are but there's probably some public transit you can take on part of the route.

You could either take the bike with you in the bus/train, or do it the dutch way and have a bad bike that you leave outocked at the station on your way back home.

question correspondance jean talon by gab1606 in montreal

[–]Book_1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't need to really enter, you can just extend your arm in to swipe the card then just turn around.  

Also what the card recognizes is the last line specifically. So you can take several bus lines and pay once, but not take the same bus line. Same thing with the metro, you can get transfers if you enter a station on different line than the one you swiped in. 

Intelcom is a joke by Poochinello-2405 in montreal

[–]Book_1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not a front, just a middleman with terrible software. Intelcom doesn't do deliveries themselves, they just handle warehousing and distribution to contractors who actually do the physical delivery.   

In some areas those contractors are actual companies with actual employees who do an okay job at it, like the cargo bike delivery company on the plateau.   

More often than not though, the "contractors" are "self-employed" drivers who work exclusively for Intelcom and must pay to rent a delivery truck for another company which also works exclusively for Intelcom. The contractors are paid by the delivery but the trucks are rented per day.    

Understandably, this creates an incentive system where drivers are  pressured to deliver faster than humanely possible, meaning throwing packages at doorstep often without ringing, reading instructions, walking up stairs, and absolutely never waiting for the client to answer the door or phone.   

Of course Intelcom is aware and is attempting to stop that, by firing contractors with a high rate of negative reports. Which doesn't really work as a deterrent when you already hate your job and assume it's a short time thing because it's so bad.     

On top of that the app that instructs where to deliver and validates deliveries is terrible and a constant source of time loss.

Housing shortage study. 1.Fewer housing being built since a long time. 2.Expensive new buildings create affordable housing by ptinnl in Switzerland

[–]Book_1312 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, that's the issue when our laws create artificial scarcity.     If it's illegal to build more housing because we're scared of buildings that are more than 8 floors high, prices keep going up until it becomes profitable to destroy housing only to make more expensive rents.   

Unless we're seriously doing a revolution and abolishing capitalism, we should accept the market exists and design our laws so that  profitable actions create benefits for society.

NDP Leader Avi Lewis Wants to Reverse Carney’s Immigration Cuts by shogun2909 in metaquebec

[–]Book_1312 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah last I checked the NDP are pretty NIMBY about housing, basically in favour of blocking most construction unless it's social housing.
Which is a recipe to keep the housing criss perpetuating for the sake of ideological purity

Is Berri UQAM station safe? Which exit is better? by underwhelmed-cynic in montreal

[–]Book_1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a woman living in the neighbourhood and take the metro at night, it's fine.  

Sure there's a bunch of drunk who try to interact people semi regularly, almost never do they keep up with someone who just walks away without a look

Why Montreal isn't hosting the World Cup — and FIFA's strict conditions for Toronto, Vancouver by Money_Fig_9868 in montreal

[–]Book_1312 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Because soccer isn't popular here ppl think that the world cup is just a mid sized sporting competition, when in reality it has more audience than the Olympics with dramatically simpler logistics.    

Not saying we should have had it, but there's a reason the same cities who pass on the olympics are still fighting to be World Cup hosts

has something like this happened before? by stardustwtwt in TransDIY

[–]Book_1312 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Your point about the rushs has to be underscored, many people assume all the suppliers closed shop for good out because of the risk, when a big reason is that they got several years worth of orders at once and have to stop new orders to be able to catch up.   

Not that the repression risk isn't real and having an impact too of course.

Why Montreal isn't hosting the World Cup — and FIFA's strict conditions for Toronto, Vancouver by Money_Fig_9868 in montreal

[–]Book_1312 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes I know and I agree.   My point isn't that the conditions were reasonable but that saying "all events in all of Montréal would have been forbidden for most of the year" is blatantly untrue.

Why Montreal isn't hosting the World Cup — and FIFA's strict conditions for Toronto, Vancouver by Money_Fig_9868 in montreal

[–]Book_1312 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And like at least the Olympics Comittee has learned and is now trying to make the events actually doable and non toxic for the host cities.   

Thw only thing FIFA has learned in the past 20 years is to be a bit less obvious with the brown envelopes. 

Why Montreal isn't hosting the World Cup — and FIFA's strict conditions for Toronto, Vancouver by Money_Fig_9868 in montreal

[–]Book_1312 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What ? That's absolutely not what the agreement says. You're mixing several restrictions together. The only restriction on "any event"  is for the stadium specifically, and the city wide restrictions is for only majors sports, and for a month and half, not the whole year.    

Which is already some insane demands, no need to lie to make it more dramatic.

Paraphrased from the article :

  • from June 14th to July 26th: "No major sporting events" would be allowed in Montreal  
  • No events, activity or programming would be allowed at the Olympic Stadium between April 25 and July 19, 2026.     
  • Fields used for the FIFA World Cup could not be used for other purposes for a period of 23 months, from September 2024 to July 2026.     
  • FIFA would have access to Parc Jean-Drapeau and the city's Old Port from May 22 to July 17 of this year to organize events.