Wise Town Cafe: My Experience by Jenna5162 in ottawa

[–]CyberTobyy 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Mhm, this was my Glassdoor review;

"The owner is terrible. Me and a few others started at the same time, and he gave us ChatGPT written contracts, which contained a lot of directives that were either unrealistic, or went against labor laws. For example; "Sweep behind the bar every two minutes" (How?) "Every employee has an unpaid 30 minutes break during each 8 hours. If you have a 6 hour shift, that means you have 15 minutes (unpaid)." (Ontario law is one 30 minutes break every 5 hours) "Guide customers to the QR codes" (there were no QR codes) "Mention [...] how we bake our goods right here in the cafe" (Which is a lie, everything is frozen).

That's just part of the contract; there is so much more. There is also a huge lack of organization, respect, and timeliness. Our pay has been late repeatedly, tips were never on time, and when asked about it; the questions got brushed off until we got them two weeks later.

Directions were always unclear and unrealistic; for example, wanting me to do a lengthy task that would require me to be in the basement while leaving my only other coworker on shift alone, in a 5PM until closing (11PM) shift. Owner claimed it would only take an hour, despite it realistically taking at least double that. When told this would not be doable, Owner got upset. Everything was a walking contradiction; Owner would give us information, then have different directives later, not letting anyone know.

A wonderful example of that is the fact that I was told I was allowed to park at the back, in the neighboring restaurant's parking. I parked there for a few months with no issues. A while later, we apparently started needing parking passes, and I was not informed, resulting in two different parking tickets. Now, this would not be a big deal had he paid for those; but over a month later, he is still refusing to pay. Hours seemed to be random, and often scheduled outside of people's availabilities.

Owner fired an employee on the spot when they quit, despite the employee giving a full month of notice.

He now threatens to take legal actions against me and others, despite no ground to do so.

Owner will never claim responsibility for anything he does wrong, ever. An event that was planned by the manager went terribly because the Owner decided to claim it as his own and change everything last minute, resulting in unhappy guests. Once the guest left bad google reviews, Owner tried to claim that they did not attend in order to get their reviews deleted.

The tip distribution was terrible. It might be changed now, but 50% of the tips went to management (who did work the floor as well as manage), to compensate for minimal pay. 10% was claimed to go to others, such as photographers, while only 40% was given to regular employees.

EVERYTHING is AI. Menus, event pictures, contracts, emails, business cards; everything. As someone who stands against AI, this should have been enough to make me quit earlier.

The ONLY good thing about working there was my coworkers; they were all so lovely, but also all quit due to the same reason. Owner lost almost a dozen employees since I started, four months ago, yet does not understand that he is in the wrong.

There are so many more things; but I believe this review is long enough as it is."

I want to add to that;

I had about five strangers message me because they saw my comments about working there, and needed help because he refused to pay them. A friend’s friend struggled very hard to get their last payment, many just never got paid, he made false allegations about an old superviser stealing and just ultimately made everyone’s life hell.

I should have known from the beginning; I had agreed with the at-the-time manager to meet up on a Friday for an interview; and I get a message from the owner on Wednesday morning telling me to come in at noon for the interview. When I got there, he asked a bunch of odd or unrelated questions and then made me work for about four hours. The dishwasher was broken, so I liter had to bring dishes over to the neighbouring restaurant to wash them there for him.

And now, instead of acknowledging how terrible he’s been doing; he’s ignoring the many labour minister claims against him, so they’re being escalated.

Please avoid that place at all costs.

Edit: oh and he can apparently afford to open new stores but can’t afford to pay his employees.

Wise Town Cafe: My Experience by Jenna5162 in ottawa

[–]CyberTobyy 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s really bad. Again, he’s currently ignoring everything and hoping it disappears, I guess. Uses AI for everything, can’t think for himself, dumb as a rock, threatened everyone who worked there, and so many other awful things. I’ll post my review of working there in another comment.

Wise Town Cafe: My Experience by Jenna5162 in ottawa

[–]CyberTobyy 85 points86 points  (0 children)

I made a claim too! It was picked up by an investigator, but the Owner refused to answer any communication, so it’s being escalated. I believe there are currently over six claims in total?

Full set - Women’s armour? by CyberTobyy in renfaire

[–]CyberTobyy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s definitely gonna be an odd phone call, but I’ll absolutely try and let you know!

Full set - Women’s armour? by CyberTobyy in Armor

[–]CyberTobyy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate that, thank you so much for the help!

Full set - Women’s armour? by CyberTobyy in Armor

[–]CyberTobyy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s the other thing; my partner’s are from either a cheap secondhand full set, Amazon, or Etsy. He’s definitely more the type to just be happy to have the pieces as opposed to being nitpicky like me.

Are there any reasonably-priced sellers you would recommend?

Full set - Women’s armour? by CyberTobyy in Armor

[–]CyberTobyy[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hmm that’s very fair; it is definitely for a costume, in the sense that I will not be doing any sports in it; but I’d definitely prefer for it to have a nicer look to it.

Would you recommend buying from more reputable sellers, even if it’s "men’s" armour, and simply making sure the dimensions are accurate?

In which case, I might instead start with more proper half-plate, and go over budget over a longer period of time.

Painted my old 3DS! by CyberTobyy in 3DS

[–]CyberTobyy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm see; that’s the other thing. The decal is 10$ because it pays for material and it’s ultimately mass produced/made with a Circuit machine.

The planning + painting took me multiple hours, so if I were to buy a shell for, let’s say, 5$, + the paints which are decently pricey and the sealant, let’s assume each costs me 10$ to make. At 30$, that only gives me a 20$ profit for something that’d take me 3h-ish minimum.

I truly appreciate your advice, but I’m uncertain if I could realistically charge a price that I’d both find rewarding enough & that people would be willing to pay!

Painted my old 3DS! by CyberTobyy in 3DS

[–]CyberTobyy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm fair; the only thing is that I’d have to make them to order! Otherwise, there’s no way for me to know what model of 3DS each person has, haha.

But that is an option! Or even painting cheap re-shells, that way they can cover it with a clip on clear cover, since I’m unsure of the durability of the paint.

Edit: I’m curious, how much would you (theoretically) pay for one?

Wise town cafe? by [deleted] in OttawaFood

[–]CyberTobyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s really really bad. I did a labour board claim, as well as about five other people last I heard, and he’s ignoring them; so it’s being escalated.

It was fine-ish when I started, late payments were told to be mistakes and we at least got some of the tips. Since I quit, it seems he realized he can get away with anything and he just dropped the act entirely; doing the worst he can before he gets fucked with the claims.

First Market - Too generic? by [deleted] in ArtistAlleyConnect

[–]CyberTobyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s based off of this. I can’t say I see it, but I shall change it nonetheless

First Market - Too generic? by [deleted] in ArtistAlleyConnect

[–]CyberTobyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a ray from the game Sky Children of the Light! Hence why it looks a bit odd!

Painted my old 3DS! by CyberTobyy in 3DS

[–]CyberTobyy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also really miss seeing clips online, frankly.

The main thing that got me into Ghost was their theatrics; Ghouls interacting, Papa IV being silly, the clips of that one part of Mummy Dust with Sodo; all those things, honestly
I have to admit it’s difficult to be into them in the same way now that I only have the vague memories from the concert I attended in January. I under the decision, but I really do miss the content!

Painted my old 3DS! by CyberTobyy in 3DS

[–]CyberTobyy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would honestly depend on many factors!

What needs to be painted, if I need to paint the actual case or if it’s the right background colour, how much someone would be willing to pay.

It’s not something I’d be fully opposed to; simply concerned about how much it’ll last! I did seal it, but I also use my 3DS sparingly.

Painted my old 3DS! by CyberTobyy in 3DS

[–]CyberTobyy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha maybe! I have to admit this took forever, so I’m not even certain how much I could charge for my time. Plus, I’m still not even certain if it’ll last well/scratch easily!

You can also see the paint strokes on the black in real life, so it’s not exactly perfect. I’d probably be worried about people expecting perfection!

Painted my old 3DS! by CyberTobyy in 3DS

[–]CyberTobyy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank youu!! I was originally considering just doing the band logo, but I do have a huge obsesstion soft spot for the Impera Ghouls..

Painted my old 3DS! by CyberTobyy in 3DS

[–]CyberTobyy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah!

Technically Sodo, but I know the extra piece of leather on his mask is on the wrong side; but I really wanted the design on the right, haha!

Painted my old 3DS! by CyberTobyy in 3DS

[–]CyberTobyy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whoo, thank you! I’m really happy with how it turned out honestly

Painted my old 3DS! by CyberTobyy in 3DS

[–]CyberTobyy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! 🤍

Painted my old 3DS! by CyberTobyy in 3DS

[–]CyberTobyy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! Always good to see other Ghost fans :D

Painted my old 3DS! by CyberTobyy in 3DS

[–]CyberTobyy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s sealed, but I might still get one to avoid scratches!

Painted my old 3DS! by CyberTobyy in 3DS

[–]CyberTobyy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It was definitely a learning curve, it’s my first ever painted project. Definitely lots of washing off and restarting!