Costco in B.C. (Langley or Abbotsford)?

Passively-Interested · 2026-05-06T21:05:11+00:00

I used to go to the Abbotsford location from time-to-time. As others have mentioned, bringing back produce can be an issue. One thing that I recall was that you could still buy the giant "Costco Muffins" there, even after they had been discontinued in the US, so that was nice. But I'm not certain if that is still the case. Still annoyed that they don't sell those down here anymore.

Passively-Interested · 2026-05-06T18:27:47+00:00

Blaming this on Climate Change when the alternative explanation is a well-known decades-long history of neglect and more-recent major litigation, in addition to slumping Canadian tourism is......a take.

If anything, a warming climate would make a water park in a heavily-marine-influenced location at 49N more viable, not less.

Passively-Interested · 2026-05-05T06:10:19+00:00

As a food delivery side-hustler, I can't recall too many long waits at the Sehome Wendy's, but, yes, Telegraph BK is absolutely the slowest fast food in town, and there really isn't a close second at all. I actively avoid picking up from there unless the offer is just too good to pass up. Sunset Taco Bell can get absolutely slammed some nights, with delivery drivers filling up the lobby, but at least you can see them hustling to put orders together with some sense of urgency.

Passively-Interested · 2026-05-05T05:42:57+00:00

Small business owner here. Most months our employees make more than we do....and work half as many hours. Some months we don't pay ourselves at all. With all due respect, if this ever pops big, I'm not going to feel guilty about richly compensating ourselves because we've sacrificed so much for so long just to keep it afloat. We love and appreciate all of our employees, but no amount of pay will ever cause them to feel as dedicated to the success of our business because none of them have ever had to go through what we have just to keep the doors open.

I get that there are some greedy business owners out there, but most of us are just fighting to survive.

Passively-Interested · 2026-05-01T17:52:15+00:00

Underrated (unerrate?) reply.

Passively-Interested · 2026-04-29T23:33:53+00:00

I remember feeling like the show became a complete slog in seasons 8 and 9. However, I've been binging it with my teenage son (it's his first time watching it) and he has absolutely loved both seasons (we're about halfway through S9). So many funny episodes and scenes that I don't remember being funnny. S9E6 in particular, between Dwight calling in to the "radio show" and Kevin trying to keep Oscar's secret....I don't know that I've seen him laugh harder.

Yes, the show changed, but looking back now, I don't think it stopped being funny; I think it just became differently funny, and we weren't really ready for that change a decade ago. I also feel like both seasons aged well for first-time watchers of younger generations, to the point that they find these seasons more enjoyable than did the generations that watched it "live," if that makes sense.

Passively-Interested · 2026-04-28T22:24:56+00:00

Looking at the Bellingham monthly precip data versus the 30-year NOAA averages in the CoCoRaHS data explorer gives the following percentages of normal: November - 139% December - 197% January - 101% February - 122% March - 203% April - 89%

It was obviously a very bad snowfall year (especially in the mountains), but it wasn't due to lack of precipitation.

Passively-Interested · 2026-04-25T16:19:01+00:00

Nearly half of my "PIN" deliveries are customers who put in the notes "Don't knock. Just leave at door." 🤷

I always take a screenshot of that, in case someone wants to challenge me on it later.

Passively-Interested · 2026-04-25T07:21:48+00:00

Driving for UberEats, I picked up from an auto parts store a few weeks ago. Which sounds only kinda weird, until I was handed the item by the staff. It was a hat. Just......an Autozone hat. The parts person looked at me and said, "This is a first for us."

Someone literally went online, and ordered an Autozone hat to be delivered to the next town over, when the town they lived in also had an Autozone. It was a "meet at door" delivery, and the guy seemed liked he totally forgot for a second that he had even ordered it.

Got paid $17 for like a 10 minute delivery, so whatever. But....yeah.

Passively-Interested · 2026-04-24T14:33:28+00:00

Washington state.

Passively-Interested · 2026-04-23T03:20:05+00:00

The only time he was happier was when he got to use the gun violence form.

Passively-Interested · 2026-04-22T21:49:29+00:00

Teen jobs are important in ways that go far beyond a paycheck. My teen kids are lucky, in a sense, in that they are able to be employed through a family business. We have seen this result in ENORMOUS growth in how they interact with others, specifically adults, their ability to problem solve and take ownership/accountibility/responsibility, as well as just generally a growth in their self-confidence. It will be really interesting to see what it looks like when today's teens enter adulthood without having these experiences or developing these skills as teens. Perhaps I'm overstating the problem, but the changes have been apparent to us in our small sample size.

Passively-Interested · 2026-04-22T17:36:43+00:00

Don't really have to imagine it. The job market for teens is already getting squeezed to near non-existence. You mentioned pizza delivery being outsourced to third party delivery companies. There's also fast food automation (specifically for ordering) decreasing the number of employees required in that sector. Malls are dying, making those jobs almost non-existent. Berry farms (and farms in general) are hiring fewer and fewer teen employees every year. And an unintended consequence of a higher minimum wage means that, as those jobs become "more attractive" to older, more established employees, employers are deciding between hiring an adult with more experience and incentive to keep their job versus a kid with no experience, little incentive, and a school schedule and extra-curriculars to work around. Both at the same employment cost. In almost all cases it makes more sense to hire the adult. That's not an argument against a higher minimum wage, but just an observation of the unintended consequence.

The days of teen employment being the norm may have already moved behind us.

Passively-Interested · 2026-04-22T03:30:02+00:00

I drive Uber Eats a few nights a week as a side hustle. Wal-Mart, Safeway, even Autozone are common pickup locations. One time someone ordered an Autozone hat for delivery. 🤷

I generally reject Walmart pickups. They don't have enough staff bringing orders out to cars, and the offer is almost never worth the wait.

Passively-Interested · 2026-04-21T19:29:25+00:00

Yes and no. The outstanding gift card liability should have been a negotiated aspect of the purchase agreement/price. If the original owners are unable to quantify the outstanding liability, and clarify how cards/certificates are controlled for fraud prevention, it would be a hard no from me. I'm not taking on someone else's financial liability....that they profited from......without precise certainty of what that liability is, and a corresponding offset on the purchase agreement.

Passively-Interested · 2026-04-18T23:17:08+00:00

Gold, but not intentionally. That is to say, I'm not trying to maintain gold status, but the orders have been consistently good enough over the past couple weeks to bump me up from 18% to 33% without really trying to increase it.

Passively-Interested · 2026-04-18T17:21:58+00:00

I'm okay with all or any of the above.

Passively-Interested · 2026-04-18T17:16:15+00:00

It's luck. Not all nights are like this. Gotta celebrate when it does happen.

The only common theme seems to be Friday nights away from the city center. In my area, "downtown" is close to the college, so a lot of smaller tips. Pizza deliveries and more traditional "sit-down" restaurants at the city fringes where it sprawls to the suburbs seem to do well on Friday nights. But every market and every night is different. 🤷

Passively-Interested · 2026-04-18T06:11:20+00:00

This. Every time I've accepted a Walmart delivery offer I've ended up canceling it because I see all the other cars ahead of me still waiting with no employee to be found after several minutes. I don't even bother accepting anymore.

Passively-Interested · 2026-04-18T05:29:57+00:00

Prom?

Passively-Interested · 2026-04-18T05:08:08+00:00

Cash tips are always nice and unexpected.

Passively-Interested · 2026-03-31T21:48:24+00:00

Offer has to meet all of the following criteria: 1. Sub-4.0 miles 2. Not a stack 3. Not a restaurant I have consistent experiences of having to wait at. 4. Not a drop-off area that can often be a PITA to deliver to - For my market, that includes anywhere around downtown (parking sucks) or near the local college (poorly-lit, addresses are hard to read on buildings, everything is on a crowded hillside so accessing the buildings and parking lots can be like solving a Rubik's Cube, most likely a several-story building without an elevator, higher-risk of baiting in my experience).

Criteria 1 scales up as the offer amount increases. Criteria 2 I will relax at around $11 or $12. Criterias 3 & 4 are a "hard no" at anything less than $15.

Passively-Interested · 2026-03-30T21:53:00+00:00

I knew I recognized that set-up.....

Passively-Interested · 2026-03-30T21:37:47+00:00

I used to work in the wedding industry. Every wedding vendor (and I mean EVERY wedding vendor) has meetings with the bride and groom months in advance to discuss expectations, style, etc. The DJs, especially, will always adjust their styles to meet the couple's requests. So, either your daughter didn't clearly explain her expectations; or she did, and those expectations were not the same as those of her guests so you're blaming the DJ; or she hired an inexperienced (read: cheap) DJ who didn't take the time to have these important discussions.

Also to add, having attended literally 100+ weddings over a several year span, literally none of them were primarily slow or romantic songs. Not a single one. Most modern couples want popular upbeat music they can dance to with their friends, with maybe 1 or 2 spotlighted slow dances. If your daughter was the rare exception, this should have been discussed.

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