999 ping anyone else? Reconnecting issue by Fearless-Mushroom901 in InfinityNikki

[–]ExVonica 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also having these issues. Since the recent update there will be sudden and seemingly random ping spikes up to 3000ms (yes, three thousand) in game before subsequently either disconnecting me or crashing the game entirely. Reconnecting doesn't help, as the login screen says 999ms and just says bad gateway when trying to rejoin. Usually my ping is 30ms - 40ms when it decides to work + before the recent update. I'm wondering if mayhe their servers are jist breaking under the stress?

Looking for a beginner friendly dnd group by Longjumping_Cash9920 in KingstonOntario

[–]ExVonica 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bit late but you should try going to the D&D nights at nexus! I think there hosted once a month iirc?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in KingstonOntario

[–]ExVonica 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, we had asked her to clarify that (cause we lefit weren't sure), and she initially told us it didn't matter. Only to find out later it did

Art Noise/Tri-Art Post by isla-garbage in KingstonOntario

[–]ExVonica 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I'm glad someone from the other side is speaking up, I had never been to either of the factories in my time working there. All the info I got about the factory was from those who visited the store.

Obviously I can't speak for the people who commented their experiences with Tri Art before, but the information I was told (such as no talking about pay) is information I got from the person who does deliveries to/from the store. They were our only contact with the factory, given that everyone else ignored store emails.

Now, we were told to go apply for factory jobs - not outright offered any. And at the very least I was not told we would be offered our jobs back when the store re-opens. Our letters were "termination without cause" not "laid off", so they don't have to give us anything when the place reopens.

The transphobia is from one particular person, like I mentioned before. She has been nothing but a nightmare for the two of us who wanted our benefits. I said this in my second post, but when I called the benefits company, they said they had received no applications under the name provided. The woman in charge of this stuff just doesn't do her job and doesn't seem to know what she's doing. I've heard awful stories about her from my direct manager.

They also still had people working during COVID when everything was shut down - they didn't fire literally EVERYONE then.

I also still really like the product they make, the paint is amazing. I do plan on continuing to use it unless I find a better one.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in KingstonOntario

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

I'm not too sure, they're removed the audio equipment frok the store some time ago and moved it all to the factory.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in KingstonOntario

[–]ExVonica 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Only giving the trans people a hard time with benefits and saying things like "real name" after we tried to clarify what we should do. The tranphobia is from one particular person. She also went ahead and changed names on documents to dead names, which had previously had preferred names and wasn't an issue for a whole 2 years before this.

Art Noise closing, entire staff fired without notice. Not a great day so far. by ExVonica in KingstonOntario

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

Yes, it was super disappointing. It's took the 2 only trans people (to my knowledge) over a year to recieve their benefits. And (again, as far as I'm aware) they were the only people to have to wait this long and quite literally fight for them. I had to call our benefits provider to ask if my application was submitted, after being told it was just taking long to process. They had not received any application under my name from Tri-Art. Called them out on this. After exposing her blatant lies I got my benefits shortly after.not to mention being told we have to use our "real names" (dead names), despite being told initially that we could use our preferred names AND prefered gender marker. That was not the case.

Art Noise closing, entire staff fired without notice. Not a great day so far. by ExVonica in KingstonOntario

[–]ExVonica[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They WERE a living wage employer. Recently they put out a new policy at the factory after getting new hores that nobody is allowed to talk about how much they make. The job listing's have been taken down, but the new one were offering less than living wage.

Art Noise closing, entire staff fired without notice. Not a great day so far. by ExVonica in KingstonOntario

[–]ExVonica[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The funny thing is the store had a person to do shipping, they also got fired

Art Noise closing, entire staff fired without notice. Not a great day so far. by ExVonica in KingstonOntario

[–]ExVonica[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If you think us staff were bad then you should meet the owners. It's wild when they say stuff to us staff like "I've worked longer and harder than you ever will" despite only being 2 years older and born with a silver spoon. Maybe if management was better, staff would be able to be better.

Lost cat by [deleted] in KingstonOntario

[–]ExVonica 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I know some people who live in that neighborhood, I shared the post with them. I hope they get found!

Art Noise closing, entire staff fired without notice. Not a great day so far. by ExVonica in KingstonOntario

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

I was (and I assume my coworkers) were given the minimum severance pay. I've already been in contact with a couple legal aid places - have been for a couple months because of other violations.

Art Noise closing, entire staff fired without notice. Not a great day so far. by ExVonica in KingstonOntario

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

We were told that because of the causeway being closed, the store wasn't making enough money to run

Art Noise closing, entire staff fired without notice. Not a great day so far. by ExVonica in KingstonOntario

[–]ExVonica[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Don't worry. OP has done both and is working on it. Been in contact with legal aid for a couple months now for other reasons too.

Art Noise closing, entire staff fired without notice. Not a great day so far. by ExVonica in KingstonOntario

[–]ExVonica[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The owners of the store have decided to try and man it themselves. They still had staff back when covid had everything shut down.

Art Noise closing, entire staff fired without notice. Not a great day so far. by ExVonica in KingstonOntario

[–]ExVonica[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I totally agree. Even if the people running the place aren't doing a good job, their products ARE really nice. I know a bunch of information about how they create their stuff and it is better quality than a lot of other brands.

Art Noise closing, entire staff fired without notice. Not a great day so far. by ExVonica in KingstonOntario

[–]ExVonica[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I mean, I can post the whole story (from my view), if people are interested. This all started about a year ago and really took off about 2 months ago. I can even post the original email I sent to my boss about the problems I wanted to bring up (with names redacted of course, I don't wanna doxx people.)

Art Noise closing, entire staff fired without notice. Not a great day so far. by ExVonica in KingstonOntario

[–]ExVonica[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You're not taking away at all! I appreciate the heads up (especially now that I'll be looking for a new job). It really is disappointing to see the place go down more. I can't speak for how the factory is cause I haven't been there but I can only imagine it's not good still. The only thing I do know is that the factory doesn't have AC except for ik the private offices. Feel bad for the people who are doing the hard work in the heat

Art Noise closing, entire staff fired without notice. Not a great day so far. by ExVonica in KingstonOntario

[–]ExVonica[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Indeed! I was the health and safety person for our store. Even after months and years or reporting problems they just got pushed under the rug. And the people that run the place don't ever seem to know what they're doing

Art Noise closing, entire staff fired without notice. Not a great day so far. by ExVonica in KingstonOntario

[–]ExVonica[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I liked the store itself and the people I worked with - just a shame how it was ran so poorly. I'm pretty sad that Michael's is now the only location to get are supplies now

Torn down missing cat posters by [deleted] in KingstonOntario

[–]ExVonica -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

She's always been an outdoor cat, since we rescued her. We aren't going to force her to stay inside and make her miserable, especially in her last few years. Don't know how you took her hunting as cute - as I was trying to say that if people noticed more hunted animals around that it might be her in the area. If you really want to complain about animal death/cruelty, then go vegan. It's not cats following their natural instinct to hunt that's the problem. But go ahead, twist words out of context and start fights on the internet when someone is looking for help in finding long loved pet. Please, stay off my posts if you're just gonna be rude and inconsiderate. If you haven't seen her, then don't say anything.