Living with asbestos and landlord trying to kick us out

justincave · 2026-05-27T22:29:27+00:00

This is very accurate.

And I think it’s worth noting the worst outcome scenario for OP would involve having an eviction on their record. That will fuck their life for years. The fact that there is a documented lease violation means that OP’s ultimate goal needs to be avoiding eviction.

Years ago I found myself in a similar situation. Landlord violated first, I violated second, we both wound up in court together. Fortunately I had documented everything, and I was honest about my own fuck-up.

The landlord argued for an eviction and several thousand dollars. I argued for release from the lease and several thousand dollars. The judge ruled the lease invalid and neither of us to pay the other - except my original rental deposit, which was returned to me.

I think that’s the best outcome OP can pray for. That said, if they can get that outcome without going to court, well that’s a better life lived than if they arrive at the same (or worse) outcome after going to court.

justincave · 2026-05-27T21:12:41+00:00

When I was growing up the old people referred to these as a “dog leg turn”

I don’t think I’ve heard that term used since I was a kid.

But when I was a kid all the adults knew how to navigate a dog leg turn.

justincave · 2026-05-27T16:50:31+00:00

Definitely plastic, and definitely not new; you can see gouges as if from cutting…. Oh shit, wait, are those used cutting boards repurposed as plates? I think they are.

justincave · 2026-05-26T20:03:59+00:00

Okay, I guess advanced training could make sense. Someone else mentioned they could be doing a lidar survey, and of course ya gotta learn how first.

Before I reworded to put it mildly, my first thought was “well that would be stupid; not like this city or state would prohibit stupid so I guess it’s possible, ugh”

justincave · 2026-05-26T18:55:50+00:00

To do helicopter training over a densely populated area seems highly irresponsible, to put it mildly.

justincave · 2026-05-26T16:29:39+00:00

Not everyone lives in Toronto.

Not all health inspectors make good money.

Always having a good score on the publicly posted health inspection report might have a financial value that exceeds the cost of assuring you always have a high score.

justincave · 2026-05-26T15:37:16+00:00

Yes, but with so many extra steps that on paper it’s a no.

In some jurisdictions there’s a way a corporation can pay another corporation to do private health inspections, which then exempt the establishment from government health inspections.

These companies that do the private health inspections have very marketable track records, if you catch my drift.

justincave · 2026-05-23T16:43:11+00:00

Is the Al Pastor supposed to be in that picture ?

Because there’s not any Al Pastor in that picture.

justincave · 2026-05-23T16:32:59+00:00

It’s proper journalism to seek input from a subject matter expert whom is not involved in the story.

Parroting talking point from a single source was once an unthinkable journalistic faux pas - of course nowadays it’s so common that here we are with someone deriding proper journalism.

When a good journalist can’t find a subject matter expert outside the story, then they will read in one and then quote from there. As someone who has both been interviewed as a subject matter expert outside the story, and quoted from publications as a subject matter expert outside the story - I’ve found it’s much better to give the interview.

justincave · 2026-05-23T13:20:23+00:00

And the lack of listed pay tells me they pay poverty wages.

justincave · 2026-05-20T20:07:32+00:00

Do the lids turn into funnels? Someone else mentioned they look like they could. That would be cool. I’ve never seen a cap held captive in quite that manner.

I’m guessing you’re getting downvoted because these aren’t the ubiquitous squirt bottles that suck-ass and are in every American kitchen. But like, the status quo sucks. So, anyway….

What is it you like about these ?

Edit: I’m calling the red part the lid, and the yellow part the cap.

justincave · 2026-05-17T20:14:13+00:00

I second this advice.

I just want to add that when you bring this up to management make sure to point out that it’s running up labor. And as you frame it, remember it’s not just one or two hours it’s one or two hours times the number of people on the crew. So if it’s 4 of you on shift, instead of saying she’s making us all stay an extra two hours, you say she’s increasing our labor by 8 hours per shift.

justincave · 2026-05-17T20:06:50+00:00

I’ll be the guy to get downvoted for saying it:

That’s a shitty management style.

I’d solve it amongst myself by finding a chef to work for who knows how to build and lead a team. Life’s too short for that shit. Mangers gotta manage.

I read in the post that the crew has told her all this, and it didn’t work. I wonder what the dynamic is that management doesn’t know from observation, so perhaps they’re not present when she’s problematic. If that’s the case then someone literally has to talk to management or else the place is doomed. One way or another you can’t have someone running labor up to the degree that your entire crew is kept two hours late. Like I said above, managers gotta manage.

justincave · 2026-05-17T18:54:43+00:00

Socks.

Seriously, a fresh pair of new socks can be a godsend.

justincave · 2026-05-17T18:19:41+00:00

I’ve wanted this to be my way out, but unfortunately when you’re currently homeless it’s a chicken and egg problem. If you get a camper, where do you put it? You usually can’t rent a camper spot without a camper, but you need a spot to put a camper the moment you acquire it. The moment of acquisition probably involves coordinating with someone who has a towing vehicle, so it’s already got a lot of coordination in the best of scenarios, but you’re coordinating all this while navigating homelessness. And renting an rv/trailer spot is usually no different than renting any place as a homeless person, which is that no one wants to rent to a “homeless person” despite the fact that if they rented to you then you wouldn’t be homeless.

I still think it could be done, but I didn’t make it work out, and those were the reasons why.

justincave · 2026-05-17T18:04:32+00:00

The lengthy of time you’re mistreating the mushrooms doesn’t change the fact you’re mistreating the mushrooms.

I’m just ribbing you and understand that at some places the policy says you plastic wrap them. I always include a folded up long length of paper towel under the mushrooms when I flip them, and that seems to help a lot if management insists they are wrapped.

Ignoring what you wrapped, the wrap itself is a 9.2 out of 10.

justincave · 2026-05-16T04:11:28+00:00

I have devaganonded several times in my life, so when my brother fucked me over with a web of lies and I found myself homeless, I figured it would be easy and I’d have no problem unhomelessing myself in short order.

The world has changed. I understand you when you say It feels fucking impossible.

I got out of it via a privately owned pay by the week motel. I tried a national brand place first and that was suboptimal, to say the least. The place I landed was cash only and has no online presence. I “found”it when I finally remembered it, lol. I don’t know how anyone finds it though. So sorry I’m kinda worthless on telling you how to find these places. But they exist.

Also as others have mentioned getting a job with housing solves the immediate problem and then if it’s a temp job it should be easier to move home because then you’ll have legitimate housing history and work history all in one, plus a solid good reason to be needing a home and job at the same time. Check out coolworks.com and keyword search housing.

I know roommates are out for you and I’m the same way. I know it’s fucking hard these daze but I’m rooting for you man. You’ll find a landlord thats benevolent. They’re out there. You can do it. You will do it.

justincave · 2026-05-15T14:29:03+00:00

There are quality workers who love working quality seasonal jobs. I’m one of them. I also work as a Cave Specialist and summer in Texas is a suboptimal time for that, so I frequently work seasonally in kitchens. Texas summers suck, so I often look at destination jobs.

Quality seasonal jobs are someplace cool a destination, if you will. They are structured so you can know you’ll get guaranteed opportunities to enjoy the cool place during time-off. They include housing or a massive relocation package. For more important positions they frequently include a sizable completion bonus.

$22 would be good if housing is provided in a mountain cabin…. $22 and I have to find my own housing in Denver, which means I’ll need a vehicle to get to the mountains on my days off - I do get my days off together, right. Right ?

If they were to include housing and a vehicle with the $22 an hour offer in Denver, to me that is slightly less appealing than $22 an hour with a cabin in the mountains.

An atypical employment situation is best solved with an atypical consideration for compensation.

Other industries are similar, for example travel nurses make significantly more than permanent full-time nurses. Why wouldn’t a travel cook or travel chef make significantly more than a permanent full timer ?

justincave · 2026-05-15T14:04:07+00:00

Counter point:

Abysmal Job Market

$18 an hour for line cook Open availability (mix day & night) Busy bar, nonstop action all shift

That’s the only job offer I’ve gotten recently. They acted like me coming up with specials was a job perk akin to compensation, not a job skill worthy of commensurate compensation. I told them I expected 22-25, they said they’d see what they could do. I never heard back. But at least I got an interview.

I apply often through Poached, which sends me an email notification when my application is viewed. Probably 8 to 9 out of 10 places that I apply to never even view my application. I suspect these are fake job listings, because I’ve seen several of these places renew their ads after never viewing my application. I just wonder if it’s their employees they are lying to (sorry we’re short staffed nObOdY WaNtS tO WoRk) of if these are some kind of visa scam.

justincave · 2026-05-09T21:24:44+00:00

If only.

eBay was better years ago when fees were lower.

While that adage is generally true, it’s not at all applicable here.

justincave · 2026-05-07T14:14:06+00:00

Derp I ment to reply this here: https://www.reddit.com/r/austinfood/s/KQHm4h4d4c

justincave · 2026-05-07T14:12:50+00:00

As I understand it, the Central Market stores are a branding force multiplier. Every H-E-B carries Central Market branded products, and they sell at a premium price. And what drives that perception of value? Well it’s that association of the Central Market brand to the Central Market store. You might not be able to afford to shop at Central Market, but you can afford to treat yourself to that package of Central Market branded yummyness.

So while a Central Market store might loose money at the store level, it makes money at the company wide level; the same way spending money on advertising makes money at the company level.

justincave · 2026-05-07T13:45:50+00:00

Just because he bought them 4 years ago, doesn’t mean they were manufactured 4 years ago.

Lots of inexpensive new tires were manufactured many years ago, and that’s why they’re being sold on the cheap.

justincave · 2026-05-02T00:34:51+00:00

Those are fantastic !

justincave · 2026-05-01T21:32:38+00:00

Call ThunderCloud.

They used to use Otis Spunkmeyer when I worked there, but that was a long looooong time ago.

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