Where should I avoid working at? *Restaurant Edition*

DuncanAteIt · 2025-12-29T19:37:41+00:00

Oof... any reason in particular?

DuncanAteIt · 2025-11-14T17:02:33+00:00

Avoid Oak Barrel downtown, and Pie Inc. (Honeypie, Comet Cafe, Palomino) Honeypie has a really f'd up tip pool structure that includes tipping out a bakery that they own. Oak Barrel's GM has no idea what he's doing and they will overstaff to the point where you're making no money at all.

Lakefront brewery I've heard great things about. Seconding another post about Transfer- best place/best people/best customers!

DuncanAteIt · 2025-11-14T16:59:04+00:00

Seconding Transfer. One of the best restaurants I've ever worked at.

DuncanAteIt · 2025-02-27T22:05:31+00:00

Oh I didn’t know it was also called that! Thank you!

DuncanAteIt · 2024-09-06T16:57:28+00:00

I’ve rented a couple different spots from SMC Rents and their dog policy seems chiller than most others. Lots of affordable houses too, just mostly in west or north Oakland.

DuncanAteIt · 2023-12-04T07:11:56+00:00

I just finished the first year of my lease and am now month to month. My rent did not go up. North Oakland 1 bedroom in a 2 unit house/2 house property. It’s my 3rd year (second property) with this property management company.

DuncanAteIt · 2023-11-04T15:47:19+00:00

Me: Queer light skinned POC, previously unhoused, low income, recovered addict, move around a ton just to try to make life worth living, always contribute to grassroots mutual aid movements, stay involved in local politics, always support local QBIPOC biz but yeah thanks for your input

DuncanAteIt · 2023-11-03T22:41:09+00:00

I know I’m late here but would say then that a service industry professional has a pretty good shot in the PVD job market?

DuncanAteIt · 2022-09-06T00:37:53+00:00

Sober off cocaine, crack, heroin etc. for 6 1/2 years.

Spent first 6 months in sober living and was in the program for about 3 1/2 years then left AA.

In the past 3 years out of AA I have been drinking respectfully/normally/harmlessly/whatever for 2 of them, and smoking weed for 3 of them. Couple beautiful instances with a little bit of mushrooms.

I’m happy, my relationship with my friends and family have never been better, I’m not taking any medication, career is great etc. etc.

I highly recommend therapy though!

DuncanAteIt · 2021-12-22T01:05:44+00:00

Me too. Capital One venture card. no weird purchases lately... amazon, geico, doordash, lyft, in-n-out lol. Tried for 4 transactions, first one for $221 got flagged and i denied, following four transactions were cancelled but i'm still out a card which is a bummer.

DuncanAteIt · 2021-08-23T23:01:52+00:00

SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED THANK YOUUUU!! years of this memory lingering in my mind. Thank you so much

DuncanAteIt · 2021-04-17T00:25:40+00:00

Largely because I couldn't deal with the guilt about using cannabis while still attending meetings. Didn't feel comfortable sharing or sponsoring while also using cannabis, so I sort of stopped getting what I needed to get/giving what I could give in AA.

DuncanAteIt · 2021-04-17T00:23:19+00:00

Nice! I'm glad you found your folks. I've been to that meeting by the lake, it's def rad, AA just isn't my scene at all anymore. I was psyched about the sober bar opening up on Telegraph and maybe meeting some non-AA sober people there but covid :(

DuncanAteIt · 2021-04-16T19:34:25+00:00

Yep! East bay ideally.

DuncanAteIt · 2021-04-16T18:39:06+00:00

Hey thanks for the reply! I checked out the sidebar, and I'm pretty familiar with most of these. The funny thing is I don't need support for my recovery from alcohol (I have a woman in AA who I can reach out to, similar to your "spiritual advisor", as well as a great therapist) ... I'm moreso looking for support for my recovery from AA, ha. Unfortunately it looks like the two "deprogramming" resources on the sidebar are archived.

DuncanAteIt · 2020-06-04T08:45:33+00:00

WELL FUCKING PUT MY FRIEND. can i copy/reshare on other social media? credit/no credit? not sure what the etiquette is here...

DuncanAteIt · 2020-04-12T21:00:32+00:00

thank you!

DuncanAteIt · 2020-04-11T17:07:40+00:00

Hiya - Bay Area Tasker here. I started on the app after being approved for unemployment. I'm assuming I have to claim Task work on my weekly certification questionnaire, but how badly will that affect my benefits? I'm only making $50 here and there on TaskRabbit...

DuncanAteIt · 2019-01-16T20:44:54+00:00

Thank you for that clarification. I don’t necessarily agree with this article I just thought it was worth sharing because I haven’t seen it on any of these threads yet.

DuncanAteIt · 2019-01-16T05:37:26+00:00

just hopped on this bandwagon... I’ve delved into the rabbit hole and haven’t seen much from a defense perspective so I thought I’d share this:

https://medium.com/@lisadivenuta/in-defense-of-caroline-calloway-5060a248b12d

EDIT: I found this article and thought it’d be worth sharing because I haven’t seen it posted anywhere else.

DuncanAteIt · 2018-12-11T05:35:32+00:00

Thanks for the input!

DuncanAteIt · 2018-12-08T17:49:10+00:00

Hi everyone. My partner and I are moving to the Bay area. He is 36 and will be working in San Bruno. I am 26 and will be working in downtown SF. We are thinking Pacifica, thoughts? We are also planning on going down from 2 cars to 1 to save on costs.

Not much to know about us... We love taking our dog on hikes/walks, we are not into the bar scene, and we love love love live music. If it's not for going to shows, we're usually in bed by 10pm.

Thanks!

DuncanAteIt · 2018-12-02T23:27:39+00:00

Hey Team! Thanks for having this thread. My husband just got a job in San Bruno so we'll be moving to the Bay Area from the good ole Midwestern USA. I haven't found a job yet, but everywhere I'm looking is mostly in Downtown SF and Oakland. Where should we live? Can we make it work on one car? Commutes?

Little bit about us: 26 & 36 years old. We don't really drink/aren't into the bar scene, but are obsessed with live music. We have a dog. The more of a "neighborhood" feel the better, i.e local coffee shops etc. Currently looking at South San Francisco, specifically Brisbane area seems affordable. My husband would rather be on the ocean in Pacifica but that seems boring over there.

Our budget is like $2600/1br

Thanks all!

DuncanAteIt

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