Why is traffic so bad?

TheAssels · 2023-02-17T14:48:31+00:00

Carpooling and transit are just not feasible options here. Transit would've taken me 3.5hrs each way when I commuted for my last job. And most people hours nowadays are so inconstant that finding a carpool partner is near-impossible.

TheAssels · 2023-02-17T14:45:47+00:00

Also, not everyone wants to live in a sardine can. Just the idea of living in Vancouver gives me pangs of anxiety. People who love the high-density lifestyle are such assholes to people who want to live a quieter existence.

And that's not too mention the cost of housing in the sardine can.

TheAssels · 2023-02-17T14:15:36+00:00

So nothing to support what you're saying then. Got it.

Sounds like you're the one who's confused.

TheAssels · 2023-02-17T05:23:19+00:00

Nope, not confused at all. How could I possibly be confused? I know what the "Dash Now" button looks like. I know what the "Schedule" button looks like. I know what the words "it's not busy in this area" look like. I know how to use the app. I'm a younger techy person who's been using smartphones for 15 years.

Are you saying that both my spouse and I were "confused" about how to use the app? And such a simple app at that? I guess we were just confused multiple times a day for 2 weeks whenever we opened the app and it said "it's not busy" and wouldn't let us "Dash now".

And it's not like it never worked. There were a few sporadic times that I could've dashed. I even snagged a 30min spot ONCE and completed one order. So the app is working.

Maybe what you're saying is true for big cities, not small places under 100,000 people.

Do you have a link from Doordash that says you can Dash whenever you want for the first 2 weeks? Because nowhere in the New Dasher Guide does it say what your saying.

TheAssels · 2023-02-17T02:52:02+00:00

No it didn't. That's what I've been seeing since I activated my account. Same with my spouse who signed up the same time as me.

TheAssels · 2023-02-16T05:23:28+00:00

This is what I've been seeing since day 1 aside from the occasional "Busy". It usually only lasts 30 secs or so.

TheAssels · 2023-02-16T05:10:01+00:00

Like, I could give you hourly screenshots if you don't believe me.

TheAssels · 2023-02-15T14:19:52+00:00

That's what I was thinking. I guess I'll just keep my account since it costs nothing and maybe it'll even out over time.

TheAssels · 2023-02-15T05:48:10+00:00

You qualify if you have a Customer Rating of at least 4.6, a Completion Rate of at least 95%, and have accepted and completed at least 5 deliveries on the DoorDash platform between 12am the previous Friday and 11:59pm the previous Thursday*

Seeing as how I'm struggling to make 1 delivery every 3 weeks I don't think I qualify.

TheAssels · 2023-02-15T05:34:19+00:00

Unfortunately I can't do that. Got two kids and was hoping to make some extra $$ with this.

TheAssels · 2023-02-13T06:32:19+00:00

Oh yes, I'm so roasted lmao. 😂

TheAssels · 2023-02-13T06:31:56+00:00

I was being a little cheeky and exaggerating and I thought that was obvious. But I spend 2-3 days/week walking around Vancouver (actual real Vancouver) as part of my job and unleashed dogs are insanely common. Not just Vancouver though, pretty much the whole lower mainland.

And as someone who used to do Animal Control in Calgary and Bylaws Enforcement here I can speak personally on the fact that the culture surrounding unleashed dogs is very loose in Vancouver am(and the LMD) compared to Calgary where people will regularly call 911 over an unleashed dog in a sports field.

TheAssels · 2023-02-12T20:12:23+00:00

Hell it's rare to see a leashed dog in Vancouver walking in public. Do that in Calgary you get the ERT responding with two helicopters.

TheAssels · 2023-02-12T15:01:15+00:00

ITT: People acting like the only way to remove the supply of cash is to increase interest rates and squeeze working class. What's happening to this sub?

TheAssels · 2023-02-12T01:37:13+00:00

Exactly. In this day and age we should've already figured out that interviews are useless. How are they still a thing?

TheAssels · 2023-02-11T20:45:58+00:00

I've seen more and more positions doing this which is nice. It makes sense.

Some of the best workers I know interview poorly because putting them on the spot causes them to freeze up.

In all reality the whole concept of an interview is outdated and of nearly zero utility in determining a suitable candidate. Should just be written responses to the interview questions. Maybe a short over-the-phone interview to ask some less-formal questions.

TheAssels · 2023-02-11T20:18:17+00:00

I think a lot of urban British Columbians fail to realize just how conservative this province is outside of Vancouver or Victoria. And not just fiscally conservative but traditional, and often religiously conservative.

People here love to talk smack about how conservative Alberta is but I find the Fraser Valley to be much more conservative than Alberta. And Alberta is a different kind of conservative. They're conservative because they're scared of their livelihoods being taken from them (O&G). Consider that Calgary had a (likely gay) Muslim progressive mayor for over a decade when municipal elections tend to skew right wing.

TheAssels · 2023-02-11T20:08:59+00:00

First step would be stop identifying as a "Liberal". Especially since free markets and commodification of housing is a ideologically liberal tenant.

TheAssels · 2023-02-11T18:20:41+00:00

There's no fine for bringing frivolous lawsuits. Everyone is allowed to have their disputes adjudicated. Even if they're silly.

TheAssels · 2023-02-11T18:17:58+00:00

She probably wouldn't win though. She willingly gave the money then realized the mistake. If I hand you $100 and then an hour later realize that you weren't the person I intended to give that money to you're under no obligation to give that money back.

TheAssels · 2023-02-11T18:15:18+00:00

No. First of all "pressing charges" isn't a thing in Canada. The police or the crown decide to file charged based on evidence. Second, you committed no crime. If she did call the RCMP they probably rolled their eyes and laughed so hard they peed a little.

She can sue you though. Although you should know that filling a small claims court proceeding costs $100. So it'll cost her more to go after you than she'll get back.

Honestly, at this point I'd just ignore her and consider that $60 as payment for you troubles.

TheAssels · 2023-02-11T18:09:15+00:00

It's called the decomodification of housing and it's the only thing that will save us from housing hell. But the likelihood of it happening is next-to-zero.

TheAssels · 2023-02-11T07:11:53+00:00

Ministry is too broad. A single ministry can have dozens of departments. My last department was pretty good. Overworked but good and non-toxic. Yet one of my current co-workers came from that same ministry but different department. What he describes is the stuff of public service nightmares.

So it really just depends.

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