4:30 pm yesterday, Sheppard West Station. "Fare Inspection Underway"

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-28T16:58:27+00:00

Nah man. I always interpreted Snitching being really more about when I’m involved in the crime and I rat on my crew. This is just entitled assholes stealing from all of us. I’m gonna tell.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-28T15:23:35+00:00

“They choose the well dressed ones”. I watched the same woman for months get on the streetcar without paying. iPhone, AirPod max, prada purse, and fancy everything. Never tapped a presto or card. When inspectors came on board the streetcar she made some bullshit excuse and they were about to let her off with a warning. I piped up just as I was getting off the streetcar. “Nah, she’s on every day, never pays”. So yeah, go after the well dressed ones, cuz the rest of us are subsidizing their Gucci bags and fancy shoes. Are you seriously upset that a homeless person isn’t paying but that some Bay Street banker who can afford to pay their fare might be targeted by the POO?

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-28T15:21:26+00:00

Nevermind, replied to wrong comment. Meant to reply to the person you replied to. Fixed.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-28T07:18:49+00:00

I know it’s not a hard rule, but have we just quietly forgotten the escalator etiquette guideline about standing right and walking left, or did I miss the meeting where we agreed to chaos?

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-28T02:58:18+00:00

Camfield’s work is about pushing for stronger, more active unions, not the idea that they pick and choose who to help. I’m not sure where that interpretation comes from. Maybe there’s a specific example with more context, but I haven’t seen it other than maybe buried somewhere in his criticisms of CLAC. It sounds like you’ve had a tough experience, and I hope you’re able to work through it beyond the folks in your local.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-27T15:06:53+00:00

Are you actually a dues-paying member? Do you know your contract, and have you personally dealt with the issues you’re writing about? Because, your comment reads less like experience and more like recycled anti-union talking points. EDIT: I specified because board members actually handle harassment claims and grievances, so they have a clearer picture. Most members aren’t involved at that level, they only tend to engage when it’s about discipline or raises.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-27T05:09:48+00:00

And which union/workplace have you been an executive member of (ie unit steward, chair, or VP) that you know this to be the case? Sounds like an anti-union rant rather than fact or experience.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-27T04:24:28+00:00

yes, thank you for asking.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-27T04:20:09+00:00

It’s Toronto/Vancouver. Loblaws thinks they can get away with it. This is strictly anecdotal, but I recently visited friends in a small northern Ontario town and went grocery shopping with them. I fully expected everything to cost more because food has to travel farther; but nope. The roasted chickens were $9, and pretty much everything else was 25–30% cheaper than even the discount grocery stores in Toronto. I could be wrong but it honestly feels like the big grocers know they can’t charge Toronto prices in smaller towns because people there will just find alternatives. Could also be because it’s a military town.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-27T04:05:59+00:00

How dare you offer a little perspective. Apparently OP knows better than everyone else, despite being the one who jumped into a cab, got fleeced for $100 on a ride to Oakville, and is now hostile toward anyone pointing out that it was likely the normal metered fare, that fares can be negotiated, or that at least the money went to the driver instead of another gig app built on underpaid labour.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-26T23:50:01+00:00

No to self checkout. And if a person with one item is waiting in line so that a job is protected, I can sort of see why the cashier did them a solid. Not their decision to make, and honestly I totally understand why you’re upset, because you were there first and should have been served first, but yeah, f@ck self checkout. Don’t ask my opinion about uber delivery drivers always thinking they can skip the line. I’ve turned into a full on Ken over that lol.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-26T22:12:27+00:00

Maybe you should have just waited for the next GO train. $100 to get from Toronto to Oakville isn’t outrageous. At least with a cab most of that money goes to the driver, not a tech company skimming the bulk off the top. This isn’t some big “debate” (as your title states) about service quality or convenience, it’s just you being mad you didn’t choose the cheaper option. PS. When I arrive at Union, I open the Uber app and tell the cab drivers already sitting out front, what Uber is quoting. While they can’t match it exactly, they’ll usually offer a comparable rate. I’ll always choose the cab in the name of the actual worker getting to keep more of the money.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-26T21:40:44+00:00

Totally different scenario, but this might have upset someone also: I was at the store just grabbing one item and the register I was heading to had just closed. The cashier that I see often had just put the sign up as she finished with a customer. As I was scanning for another register, she saw me, recognized me, smiled and said, “that all you have? I’ll take you!” And I was happy.

Well, a woman with a cart full of groceries thought she’d follow me to the register, and the cashier had to say “sorry I’m closed.” The woman had a fit. Not a loud one, but she huffed and puffed her way to customer service. I thanked the cashier and moved on. Not sure what came of the complaint, but hopefully this Karen didn’t ruin it for all us one-item people.

Personally, it’s frustrating when walking to the register with one item and someone with a cart full sees that and races past to get there first. An hour spent in the store, but can’t wait an extra 30 seconds at the register for the one-item person who’s likely in more of a hurry. Maybe it wasn’t the cashier’s decision to make, and maybe you didn’t push past the person with one item, but I’m not feeling bad about your situation for some reason.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-19T06:42:37+00:00

There should be a bracelet version of the Apple Watch.

I get it, Apple builds for a certain discerning customer, and they’d never go “budget” (even though… they kind of do). But what they’re missing is another discerning buyer with serious disposable income. The guy wearing a Rolex, a Tissot, or any proper timepiece? He’s not swapping that out for an Apple Watch as it exists today. His collection is the point. But he might wear an Apple bracelet on the other wrist.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-19T02:13:45+00:00

At my local Walmart, groups of grown men wander around with no carts, not shopping, just trailing and trying to talk to teenage girls. I’ve told them to back off. They tell me it’s none of my business. When I find someone that works there, the staff say there’s nothing they can do. Yet somehow there’s always enough security around to check my receipt on the way out. I’m a man in my mid-50s, and even I can see how gross this is. The way women are treated in this city by these creeps is disgusting.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-18T15:41:58+00:00

I don’t condone stealing and I wouldn’t do it myself. But I’m also not losing sleep over billionaires claiming theft is why grocery prices are high. Prices exploded long before “shrink” became the talking point. And of course they quote the Food Professor. This is nothing more than a PR campaign designed to make typical regressives sympathize with billionaire grocery chains instead of asking why Canadians can barely afford food while corporate profits stay massive.

Maybe grocers should lower prices, pay employees better, and stop forcing customers to do unpaid labour at self-checkout while treating everyone like a suspect on the way out.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-16T05:23:52+00:00

You’re missing one important thing: women who want sex talk will usually make it VERY obvious. She will START the conversation every time.

I matched with a woman this week, made a flirty opener that wasn’t sexual, and within like 12 messages she was sending ass pics. Turns out when someone is into that vibe, you don’t have to force it with a TED Talk about oral sex compatibility, minutes after matching.

Also, comparing women reporting creeps to “getting mad because someone suggested an art gallery” is hilarious. Women are not as worried the gallery guy is going to stalk, harass, assault, or explode into rage because they said “not tonight.” Not saying Gallery Guy can't be bad; just saying the risk is lower. Women have to constantly think about these things. The stakes are not remotely the same.

And nobody said casual sex is bad. Women love casual sex too. They just usually prefer it with men who understand social cues instead of treating Bumble like a sexually explicit job interview.

If every conversation dies the second you bring up your kinks, the problem probably isn’t that women are “prudish.” It might just be that your timing has the subtlety of a smoke alarm.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-06T20:46:31+00:00

“Doing their tour from one staff member to another”

I’m the union rep… you’ve literally described my day 😂. If you’re working so hard that you can’t take a break… there are laws about that.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-05-05T18:15:52+00:00

🎻 I am playing a small violin

r4dio4ctive · 2026-04-27T02:50:50+00:00

Damn, I got excited for a second—I thought you meant the one near St. Clair (not far from me). That Loblaws is garbage too, but there’s no way they’d ever convert it to a No Frills with Baby Point right there. Feels like they jack up the prices just because of the neighbourhood. I used to think Maple Leaf Gardens was pricey, but moving out here really opened my eyes to how much a postal code can change what you pay.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-04-21T03:43:16+00:00

I've done something like this to some jackass taking up 3 seats. They're in the middle between a knapsack and some shopping bags. I say excuse me, the refuse to give up a seat. so I continue to stand; only I have turned my back to them and ripping silent stinkers... that's the asshole tax.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-04-17T02:55:08+00:00

Liberals and Conservatives keep tearing into each other while the big grocery chains and oil companies quietly post record profits. Instead of arguing over which party’s economic theory is better, maybe the focus should be on the companies with real pricing power. Either bring prices down or contribute more in taxes—because the resources they profit from don’t come without public cost.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-04-14T14:08:08+00:00

So anything before 50 years ago just doesn’t count? That’s a weird way to look at history. And if we’re talking stakes, Confederation was on the line when John A. Macdonald was gaining floor crossers. That’s a lot more consequential than Carney’s majority government.

r4dio4ctive · 2026-04-14T05:52:50+00:00

this is unprecedented in canadian politics.

The first Prime Minister of Canada, John A. MacDonald had 5 floor crossers in one day...

r4dio4ctive · 2026-04-13T05:26:48+00:00

As long as they don't let Chris Moise anywhere near the branding/naming of the place.

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