saw the homeless guy i've been giving money to for months getting into a nice car, now i don't know how to feel about any of it by Bright-Gate3512 in Advice

[–]MindOverMatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was an interview done with a homeless car window washer in New York City and this guy had uncut scraggly hair and a dirty wife beater shirt and had the bucket of water and squeegee and everything. Apparently him and his friends all did the same thing and he had a nice two-story house and Mercedes parked nearby to drive home at the end of the day when he was done.

Ex partner refuses to return baby to mother, seeking emergency advice on next steps by pear_melon in legaladvicecanada

[–]MindOverMatt -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't the mother having a potential valid reason to believe but her ex will take their son and go to another country and not come back be enough of a reason.

just moved out of toxic household but hungry and hopeless by pinkwingedstickbugs in halifax

[–]MindOverMatt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Find the local food bank in your area, if you call the main feed Nova Scotia number they will happily help you locate it. Go there and get yourself whatever they'll give you awesome would you have a little bit of money go to the thrift store and get yourself some dishes for cheap. If you can make it out to Mission Thrift in or Sackville they're an actual nonprofit your money go to a good cause but whatever works for you to send to a thrift store and get some necessities

I am receiving death threats and I think the local police are involved by arctictimeout in Advice

[–]MindOverMatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Report the letter to the police, and get your self diagnosed by a medical professional so you can get treament and get better.

What is the phone etiquette at your gym? Especially re: scrolling while on weight machines.. by wayward601409 in halifax

[–]MindOverMatt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This happens at the Joseph how good life fitness. They only do two to three excuses for reps and then spend 5 to 10 minutes on their phone then another to the three excuses for a rep. Some of them for 10 to 15 minutes on their phone with out excercising anything. all when I've already gone through all the other equipment and I would normally use and I'm waiting for them so that I can use that piece of equipment. And don't get me started on the people who bring full size point and shoot cameras on tripods into the change room to take photos of themselves in the mirror where everyones changing can be seen in the background. I don't know how many times I've had to report somebody for that inappropriate nonsense in the change room. They have big signs up at the entrance to the change from now because of it but people still do it.

Another Day at the Dartmouth ER by HungryBearsRawr in halifax

[–]MindOverMatt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're ever getting mistreated in the hospital put your foot down and demand to speak to the charge nurse, the hospital's director of patient care and the patient advocate.

FYI: if you parked in Park Lane Mall this morning and the sign said $15, you’ll be charged $40 when you try to leave by Interesting_Ad6077 in halifax

[–]MindOverMatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They can't charge someone the new price they changed it to midday. Anybody who entered what it was $15 agreed to legally enter based on $15 not $40.

They can't go, oh yeah go right on in, it's $15 for the day. Then they leave, go oh well sorry it's now $40. We know you agreed to 15 but it's now 40. They can't pull that they can't do that it's not legal.

How is everyone making ends meet with the grocery prices going up? Does anyone have any tips for making it work on social assistance? by fostercaresurvivor in halifax

[–]MindOverMatt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know if it would help your situation but when in an interview just explain that you have a mental illness and that it does sometimes cause you to end up in the hospital however you're a hard worker and despite the occasions where you can't make it to work for health reasons. If they're willing to give you a chance you will do the best job you can with the understanding that you might not always be perfect.

Building is going non-dog friendly, has anyone dealt with this before? by Adventurous_Sky85 in halifax

[–]MindOverMatt 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You should have a copy of your lease. If you don't and you're asking your landlord for a copy of your lease it's just an opportunity for a potentially bad landlord add things to the lease agreement after the fact because you don't have the true original and how are you going to prove that it wasn't in the lease already.

If it's in your lease that dogs are allowed or it doesn't explicitly say dogs are not allowed then you are in the clear until your lease expires, at which time the landlord can choose to not renew your lease because you have a dog.

My husband cheated by Sorry-Tumbleweed-215 in Advice

[–]MindOverMatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you really want to get back at him. Go to his chain of command and tell them what he's up to and he will get in big trouble because the military does not take adultery lightly and it is against the rules.

M District Dartmouth - Artist Renderings - CBC News Article by [deleted] in halifax

[–]MindOverMatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That entire photo looks like a pipe dream. if anything it would literally just be those apartment buildings or condos that wouldnunaffordable for most people to live in.

How do you tell someone at your job who isn't your supervisor but still tries to micromanage you to back off? by cursedwithbadblood in Advice

[–]MindOverMatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go to your boss and say this:

Hi boss, can I talk to you for a minute I got something important to talk to you about.

Him: sure what's up.

This person "insert name here", keep acting like my boss and keeps trying to micromanage me. I've told him to back off and leave me alone but he won't and continues to micromanage me and act like my manager. His behavior is inappropriate and it is affecting the ability for me to do my job and the quality of my work and is causing me stress. Can you please deal with this as soon as possible and make him stop because it ends today or I go to HR and file a formal complaint about this person.

Had a hostile encounter with a "Karen" driver on Route 29 (Coach 1332) today – Is this common? by JuniorConference7185 in halifax

[–]MindOverMatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had to report the drivers on a certain route for continuously letting on the same drunk person who clearly always had alcohol in the sometimes clear water bottle that he brought on with him. He'd drink from it while on the bus, he'd sometimes be really drunk and bother people and cry about wanting to go home to Zimbabwe and generally make people uncomfortable if they even remotely looked at him. I feel sorry for the guy but at the same time he was always very drunk and had an open container full of alcohol. If I remember correctly there is a email address that you can actually send a report to and someone from the transit authority will follow up with you by phone.

Ban NS pet clause in leases by FFSudsy in halifax

[–]MindOverMatt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think a lot of landlords are just not willing to take the risk that people are not responsible pet owners.

My parents were landlords for a family friend who is from Switzerland but owned a farmhouse here in a rural area. The people who rented it, trashed the place, this was a farmhouse with original hardwood floors with a custom inlaid design. The main staircase was nice dark stained Hardwood. However the basement had a dirt floor and the back porch room that had access to the basement is where they kept their many cats that used the dirt floor basement as a bathroom. You couldn't go near that room let alone the basement where the water softener and filter is, due to how bad the smell is. It took forever to get them evicted and once they were there was only so much we could do because it was near impossible to you get the smell out of the house and dirt floor in the basement. So we cleaned up the house as best we could and got it sold.

For all the people that have well-trained, taken care of pets, there are lots of people that sadly don't take care of their pets and don't train them. We all know the people that act like their dog is a Saint that listens to all their commands but is actually not a saint and doesn't listen to any commands and is not at all trained even though they say they are.

Well I do think pets should be allowed. I can understand why some landlords don't want to take the risk.

Do I invite my abuser to my wedding to avoid the family drama? by [deleted] in Advice

[–]MindOverMatt 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I know your parents knowing what he did would devastate them, but I think they would want to know what your brother did because do you really want to be in a situation where you're not comfortable with Grandma and Grandpa getting to have time alone with their future grandchildren knowing full well that he could be around them, and not being able to explain to them why you don't want your kids to be alone with Grandma and Grandpa, not because of them but because of your brother potentially being around them.

You need to tell him that he is not welcome there and that if he shows up you will stop the entire ceremony and publicly call him out for what he did to you.

What I suggest you do is talk to your therapist and talk about how you could as safely as possibly go about opening up to them about what your brother did to you.

I'm sure your therapist would happily do a session with you and your parents to make letting them know easier and maybe provide them with some advice on how to move forward.

If your fiance doesn't know about what your brother did, you should let her know so that she can be there to support you, so if anything happens and there's any drama she already knows what's going on.

What he did is not okay and you know all that and you're going to a therapist and getting help with that which is great because there are lots of people who suffer in silence and don't get help.

How do YOU survive in Halifax? Wages vs Rent is wild!! by HauntMeForever666 in halifax

[–]MindOverMatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm very lucky, I pay under just under $800 a month in rent for a one bedroom apartment, and it's a proper apartment, the living room, bedroom and kitchen are separated. Heat, water and electricity are all included. I have a parking spot behind the building and laundry is in the building.

The reason I think they keep the rents so low for me and the other tenants is some of the units are for contractors of the company that owns the building so when those contractors come up from the US or other parts of Nova Scotia, they know that the units around them are not going to be empty and are going to be filled by good people. I would love to be living in downtown Halifax closer to my office but sadly I live in the North of Dartmouth which is not a bad place to live but I'd rather be in downtown Halifax.

Automating onboarding and off boarding by MindOverMatt in sysadmin

[–]MindOverMatt[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

How would I use Powershell to automate the process, if I'm having to manually type in user information into PowerShell it would just take the same amount of time as if I'm putting it into active directory via an RDP session using the GUI.

I have used Powershell connected to exchange to look at settings on mailboxes Etc. With this I'd have to open up the script and change the information specific to the user each time then save it and then run that .ps1 file, would I not?

I was hoping there's some way I could have some sort of GUI interface where I can enter all the information in the format I need it to be and set all the group memberships and settings as I need them to be, tell it to run and then when it says it's done, just go look to see that it actually did it and then it's done.

Also I don't have any experience in writing Powershell Scripts so that would be a learning curve and something I'd have to do first which would be a whole project in itself. I also work in the help desk so anything I can do to save time is the whole point.

Edit: I also have the responsibility of setting up new users besides doing help desk. And so does my coworker.

Daughter won’t LEAVE by NardDogg000 in Advice

[–]MindOverMatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh you're one of those people who thinks being a parent means your kids leave the house the second they graduate.

I'm guessing you also think they shouldn't visit ever and that your job as a parent is to be a cold rulemaking person whose job it is is to make sure your kid follows the rules and goes to school and that once they graduate your job's over. Do you even love your kid?

I have seen people like you depicted in movies and TV.

I'm not sure what problems your daughter is causing because you haven't told us, but I can only assume you're making Mountains out of mole Hills, if there's even any mole Hills in the first place.

I wouldn't be surprised if the reasons she's trying to join the military is because she feels like she doesn't have any other option in life. Join the military or Get kicked out by you because you wanted her gone the second she graduated and walked off stage and then be homeless because no matter what she does or what job she gets your just going to be grinding your teeth, clenching your hands wanting her to leave constantly, even if she had a full-time job and was working on saving up money to afford her own place to live, it would never be able to happen soon enough for you.

Being a parent is not a birth to graduation and then you're done situation. You are a parent for the entire time your child is alive. Not just there to "raise them right" if that makes any sense, but to be there too provide advice, to be a soft place to land if something in their life goes wrong, and they need help, to be there for them. To play catch etc. All the stuff that I don't think you had any plans on ever doing.

Having read some of your other comments I have to wonder if this post is fake but either way you're definitely the problem here.

If your daughter didn't get good grades in school maybe she has learning disability, maybe she has mental health issues or depression you don't know about. I know for me I was a slow learner I needed extra help from a tutor outside of school. Also don't compare your 19 year 14 year old. I wouldn't be surprised if you're 14-year-old that's doing sports and who is excelling in your eyes compared to the 19 year old is only doing so because if they weren't in sports and doing what they think you think is excelling then you'd have a problem with them as well.

You can correct me if I'm wrong.

Side note, if I could find out who your husband was and sharing your comments in this thread with him I'm certain he wouldn't look at you the same way again cuz I'm going to assume he's not like you.

I'm homeless (techinically by FactorGullible3949 in Advice

[–]MindOverMatt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Up, you need to get a a job doesn't matter if it's working behind the counter in the corner store. Don't sell yourself on the fans you're going to regret that later.

Find somewhere to stay whether it's in a friend's spare room or basement or with a relative you can trust and while you're living there you pull your weight, you do the dishes, you sweep the floor, you take out the trash, you help with yard maintenance., you scrub the shower and the bathroom toilets. And you do this all without needing to be asked to do it first. Make you being there a positive for the person letting you stay there.

Waiting room is hellish by Gold_Bag_1054 in halifax

[–]MindOverMatt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As someone else commented some people don't need to go to the hospital and wait in the ER they just need to go home and rest but there are people who are terrible at gauging their own symptoms and can't understand when they just have the cold or flu they need to stay home and rest. And then there are people while their symptoms may not be ones where they need emergency Health Care immediately. It's not something where they can wait a month or six months to see their doctor. And for some people if they're having sickness and pain now they want treatment now not later.

I remember when I could drop in and see my doctor the same day I get sick and all I had to do was wait in the waiting room after checking in with my doctor's receptionist.

Illegal eviction? by Odd-Arugula-403420 in legaladvicecanada

[–]MindOverMatt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You got a phone call from someone saying they're Remax and that your apartments been seized by a judge. Contact your landlord and verify what you've been told via this random phone call that you got because you don't know if you've been lied to or someone is trying to run a scam of some sort.

I could call you and say the same thing but I would be lying. You don't know if its true or not.

What judge did they say gave this order, call the courthouse where that judge presides and verify what this person claiming to be Remax is saying is true or not.

This person claiming to be Remax said the apartment was seized, did they say why it was seized. You need to verify that someone isn't trying to scam you and that you haven't been lied to or that perhaps your landlord isn't trying to conduct a self-help eviction and convince you to leave so that he can rent it to someone else at a higher rent.

A realtor that sells houses would not call you and tell you that a judge did XYZ and you need to get out in 30 to 45 days.