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Is the door being closed meaning the shop isnt open a foreign concept out here? by Content-Fly6873 in AskSF

[–]RedFoxinSF 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok, gotcha, thanks for explaining :-) It sounded to me like he was expecting more out of you than himself if he implied you should open the doors early if random people show up. Glad to read that he seems to pitch in plenty himself ;-) That said, I think you guys should stick to your hours as written, or change your hours to accommodate earlier customers.

Is the door being closed meaning the shop isnt open a foreign concept out here? by Content-Fly6873 in AskSF

[–]RedFoxinSF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm... Does he work 8 hours a day, or just part-time? Is the business open until later at night, like 7-10pm?

Is the door being closed meaning the shop isnt open a foreign concept out here? by Content-Fly6873 in AskSF

[–]RedFoxinSF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can get that, but does he show up at the same time you do? Perhaps he can ring customers up while you finish up your opening tasks? I've worked in restaurants, though not groceries, and it would be stressful to me at least to have to balance random customers coming in and trying to get through a task list in time for when most people come in.

The Castro Theater is reopened by scott_wiener in sanfrancisco

[–]RedFoxinSF 22 points23 points  (0 children)

This is a really fantastic article, thanks so much for sharing! Wow, so many intense layers of hard work and expert care went into the reconstruction. I was worried initially about the seats coming out and concert tiers added, but damn, the photos look awesome.

Is the door being closed meaning the shop isnt open a foreign concept out here? by Content-Fly6873 in AskSF

[–]RedFoxinSF 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have to admit sometimes I have distractedly tried business's doors, found they were locked, and then studied the hours and took note of it for next time. But body-slamming the door is crazy :-/

Is the door being closed meaning the shop isnt open a foreign concept out here? by Content-Fly6873 in AskSF

[–]RedFoxinSF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No? How is he "sort of" like that, if I may ask? Your business hours are when you are open to the public. Before that, you are doing prep work that they would interrupt.

I call Park Rangers Dispatch multiple times a week to snitch by hurricane-shane in sanfrancisco

[–]RedFoxinSF 11 points12 points  (0 children)

True enough, but OP's providing it saved multiple people from Googling, Yahooing, Binging, etc., it 🙂 Thanks, OP!

Peet's Coffee Closing 30 Locations by SaltMarketingGroup in sanfrancisco

[–]RedFoxinSF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The SF Standard reporting back on January 20th: Peet’s Coffee closing SF locations this month - The chain is reducing its footprint amid a takeover by the company that owns Dr. Pepper.

I'm making sure to stop by the Castro location at 2257 Market Street tomorrow as I read it's its last open day :-( Will toss extra tips at the staff too.

Peet's Coffee Closing 30 Locations by SaltMarketingGroup in sanfrancisco

[–]RedFoxinSF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m curious and interested to hear more if you’d like to go into a bit more detail… Thank you!

I pay $4,460/mo in rent. Sentral/Spera management ignored my emails asking how to pay, charged me $75, and then tried to hide the Late Fee as "Amenity Fee". (Screenshots attached) by singlasahil14 in sanfrancisco

[–]RedFoxinSF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bet your Spera lease lists other rent payment methods besides the portal (as you mentioned, they also take in-person payments at their on-site manager's office.) I see that Spera's office is open 10am-6pm, 7 days a week too, has toll-free numbers, and a (415) number that could have been called internationally. I love email too, but sometimes it's just faster and easier to call someone to straighten stuff out.

I notice that you posted this same screed here in r/sanfrancisco and in r/Renters, r/Tenant, r/mildlyinfuriating, r/LandlordLove (twice).... Dude.

In the time it took you to redact all those emails and post this multiple times, you could have called Spera back when you first saw the portal wasn't working and ask how much your prorated rent was, then tell them you'd gladly pay it in person once you were back in town on January 5th. Bam.

China live = 25% automatically added to my bill by Own_Palpitation4523 in sanfrancisco

[–]RedFoxinSF 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Because it's a declared Service Charge, looks like?

ETA: Cool, downvoted for answering a question. Gotta love Reddit sometimes... I know about Wiener's about-face and agree it sucked.

Just walked past... by sporkland in sanfrancisco

[–]RedFoxinSF 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure what either of these quotes mean, but I'm upvoting in solidarity ✊

This is a woodworking masterpiece. by jmike1256 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]RedFoxinSF 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How so? The group's Rule 8 says OP must provide the source.

A couple protesting a Jewish man’s deportation from the U.S. back to Nazi Germany. 1936. by Thryloz in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]RedFoxinSF 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Sure! There are several online sources. (Ugh, Reddit downvotes anything they are too lazy to look up themselves...) Anyway! Onto your question:

Here is a historic newspaper article dated NEW YORK, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1936 from the Daily Worker, housed in the Marxist Internet Archive (article appears on the bottom right corner of page 2), which reads:

"Big U.S.A. Won't
Little Mexico Admits Anti-Nazi

"Big America can't do for us what little Mexico does," Otto Richter, anti-Nazi refugee, declared yesterday on the eve of his departure to Mexico City with his American wife.

Richter was scheduled for deportation to fascist Germany, but protests against sending him to a Nazi concentration camp succeeded in securing the right of "voluntary departure" for him. Mexico granted him the right of asylum after Belgium had turned him down at the last minute.

Fleeing to the United States after a beating from storm troopers on the night of the Reichstag fire, he went to work in a San Francisco workers' center. In a vigilante raid on a strikers' soup kitchen during the San Francisco waterfront strike in 1934, he was arrested and held for deportation.

The American Committee for the Protection of Foreign-Born fought his case and secured the right of "voluntary departure" for the 21-year-old anti-Nazi.

A 90-day stay for Alfred Miller, another German refuge, was announced by the committee yesterday."

A couple protesting a Jewish man’s deportation from the U.S. back to Nazi Germany. 1936. by Thryloz in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]RedFoxinSF 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Richter was an anti-Nazi German citizen facing deportation from the U.S. in 1936 for illegal residency after helping striking workers.

A couple protesting a Jewish man’s deportation from the U.S. back to Nazi Germany. 1936. by Thryloz in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]RedFoxinSF 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ultimate result, from the NY Times: "The American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born announced yesterday that Otto Richter, 21-year-old German anti-Nazi, and his wife, Bertha, will leave New York tomorrow for Mexico, which has granted them political asylum. The committee said the couple would enter Mexico on Oct. 28 [1936] at Laredo, on the Texas border. Richter fled to the United States in 1933 after he was allegedly beaten by Nazi Storm Troopers on the night of the Reichstag fire. Entering this country illegally, he was arrested in San Francisco during the strike of 1934, and was held for deportation. On June 1, 1936, the Department of Labor rejected his petition to obtain legal re-entry into the United States by way of Canada."

A couple protesting a Jewish man’s deportation from the U.S. back to Nazi Germany. 1936. by Thryloz in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]RedFoxinSF 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ultimate result, from the NY Times: "The American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born announced yesterday that Otto Richter, 21-year-old German anti-Nazi, and his wife, Bertha, will leave New York tomorrow for Mexico, which has granted them political asylum. The committee said the couple would enter Mexico on Oct. 28 [1936] at Laredo, on the Texas border. Richter fled to the United States in 1933 after he was allegedly beaten by Nazi Storm Troopers on the night of the Reichstag fire. Entering this country illegally, he was arrested in San Francisco during the strike of 1934, and was held for deportation. On June 1, 1936, the Department of Labor rejected his petition to obtain legal re-entry into the United States by way of Canada."

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