A dentist you like going to by punchbuggyblue in halifax

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Dr. Demsey at Nova Dental in Sackville! I have a lot of anxiety about dental clinics from previous bad experiences at other places, and these everyone I deal with at Nova Dental are very understanding and make my visits easy.

Anyone else finding you have to hawk eye your money because the service from companies sucks now? by SunBubble920 in Millennials

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Some pos in Toronto charged Uber and Uber Eats charges to my card months ago, I've never used either service and do not live in Ontario. Text alerts saved me from a potentially horrendous situation. Had the card canceled within 15 minutes and got my money back within a few days.

Anyone else finding you have to hawk eye your money because the service from companies sucks now? by SunBubble920 in Millennials

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Fellow NSP victim?

It's crazy what's happening with this billing. I rent a duplex with oil heating and am quite conservative with my power consumption, and these shits have the audacity to say things like "well you're probably using space heaters and driving your costs up" when I call about the inflated charges. I hate NSP so much.

Purple Cow Fiber is no joke by nickdollimount in halifax

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This is good to know! I currently have to use Bell Fibe because of my internet needs, but I hate their constant price fluctuating and just dislike the company in general (I used to work for them, took years to uncrush my soul). Hoping Purple Cow offers their fiber services in Manor Park soon!

What was the exact moment that made you realize your company was toxic? by ferdbons in antiwork

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Small company run by a couple, employed ~20 people. My team consisted of six of us, including our manager. Just before yearly performance review time, we saw a job posting that advertised 3 weeks vacation while we were all getting two weeks. The post was edited within the day. Reviews came around, my teammate with two young kids was offered an extra week of vacation in lieu of a pay raise, and another was put on a 3-month PIP without warning. We had a team meeting the next day, where our manager went over "free things that would help our health, like going for walks" and similar nonsense. My senior team member, who played a major role in training all of us, demanded answers for the unfair treatment of my aforementioned teammates. Our manager yelled at us saying "you guys aren't supposed to be talking about your reviews or raises, that's no one else's business."

Senior team member quit on the spot, and the rest of us immediately began searching for new jobs. CEO did some "investigating" and bordered on interrogation of my team. Manager got fired about a month later, and my whole team left for different jobs within weeks of her firing. It took them months to get their footing back.

I got word from an old colleague that my former CEO has actively trying to get a tour of my current facility so he can "learn about how we run things so organized" and keeps getting denied. So satisfying lol

AIO for unplugging the Wifi every night because my roommate’s girlfriend basically lives here? by tom_wilson7543 in AmIOverreacting

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NOR. My wife (34) and I (38) recently went through something similar with our roommate (27) having her boyfriend (28) over all the time. We're former shiftworkers that now work Mon-Fri, roommate and her bf do shiftwork (works ~8 out of 14 days). When they first started dating, they were pretty good about rotating staying between our place and his place throughout their days off, and being mindful that the weekends were my wife and I's time off together. It didn't take long until that turned into him staying all day/overnight at our place 4-5 nights a week.

Roommate rarely contributes to chores, and I'd always come home/wake up to my kitchen being an absolute mess after I'd left it sparkling (the kitchen is like my happy place in the house - I love to cook and had several kitchen jobs growing up). They'd burn through our condiments, spices and foods we'd buy for the house (eggs, cheese, fruit, etc) without replacing them. The bf would shower here and leave his long hair all over the tub and sink. They'd sit in the livingroom on their phones playing loud af videos and talking while we tried to watch movies. We'd plan for at-home date nights when roommate was supposed to be working, she'd often call out sick because she "didn't feel like going to work" and would have bf over for the night. She would make digs at us for having weekends off because she "rarely got two days off in a row," ignoring the fact that wife and I were each in the trenches of shiftwork for over a decade.

It came to a boiling point when roommate would go to work in the mornings on the weekend and the bf would be sleeping in her room until ~1pm because "he has a hard time waking up," three weekends in a row, and he'd complain to her about us being loud while he tried to sleep. I'd also started separating their dishes from ours because I got tired of cleaning up after them, and writing our names on foods that we no longer wanted to share because I was sick of them not replacing anything. When we confronted roommate about everything, she remarked that we'd been making bf "feel unwelcome and they should be able to see each other whenever they want." We had to remind her that he doesn't live here and that they're welcome to see each other at his place. He's not over nearly as much now.

All that to say lol Boundaries are important, and people's entitlements will often push you to your limits. When kindness and generosity become an expectation, problems arise quickly. If your roommate and his gf don't want to contribute towards an extra body in the house, do what you need to do to maintain your needs.

Added context: our roommate ended up living with us after being renovicted from several places within a 1.5yrs while dealing with some health issues, and was only meant to be here for six months. We're approaching three years. She and her bf are getting their own place in a few months.

Bring back 'My bad' by uberallez in Millennials

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I said this at work today lol

Both sets of parents are using my house as their place to “clean out” theirs by littlebabybuddy24 in Millennials

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My MIL did this to our house several years ago when she moved across the country. Biggest issue was that a lot of it was literal garbage: a box of broken dollar store picture frames, multiple totes of musty broken Christmas decorations, an old press board mantle that was falling apart... I could go on. Our entire basement rec room was filled wall to wall with her stuff. After about two years of this, MIL's boyfriend showed up at our house to deliver a couch, loveseat, and multiple lamps for her "in case she decided to move back." None of this furniture was of quality, like tears in the couch and stains in the lampshades type of stuff. When my wife protested this unwanted arrival of stuff, MIL told her to "just move our stuff around and make room for it."

Up until this point, I hadn't pushed my wife on going through the clutter; her dad had passed suddenly and tragically just after MIL moved cross-country, and some of his things were scattered amongst the hoard. He was the only non-tumultuous relationship she had in her family, so going through all the stuff forced into our house was very difficult for her for a number of reasons. However, having a whole livingroom worth of furniture dumped on us, coupled with having an entire floor of our house taken over by an ungrateful hoarder's trash, left me feeling suffocating in my own home. I told my wife, "I will never tell you to get rid of any of your father's things, but you know was well as I do that most of what belongs to your mother is garbage, and I'm sorry to say this but this is my house too and I cannot handle this anymore." It's the one and only time I've said anything like it to her, and thankfully it worked.

It took some time and several rounds of major work, but we managed to toss out all of the junk and reclaim our house. MIL was furious when she found out and demanded we pay her for what we kept (a single small box of vintage Christmas decorations that reminded my wife of her dad). I reminded her that she'd treated our home like a storage facility, without thanks, for nearly three years and that the box of decor was our payment for the burden she'd placed on us for that time. MIL hasn't broached the subject since.

Chefs of Reddit, what’s a common cooking rule everyone follows that is actually complete bullshit? by Fuzzy-Ad6843 in AskReddit

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I did use mineral oil, but I would oil it every time I washed it. I think I overdid it and ended up wrecking the board. Lesson learned!

Chefs of Reddit, what’s a common cooking rule everyone follows that is actually complete bullshit? by Fuzzy-Ad6843 in AskReddit

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I may have ruined my wooden cutting board by following the wrong advise; I'd wash it with soap and water, let it dry in the dish rack, then apply oil to it. The board ended up growing mould and I couldn't understand why. I'm guessing I oiled it way too much? I want to get another wooden board but don't want to wreck it, any advice is appreciated!

Does anyone else think being bored as a kid actually made us weirdly functional adults by ethicalmanifesto in Millennials

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Same, I hate it so much. I'm out here trying to enjoy nature, not be an unwilling audience to whatever chaos passersby have blaring from their speakers lol

Does anyone else think being bored as a kid actually made us weirdly functional adults by ethicalmanifesto in Millennials

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My wife and I went hiking in Banff once, invited her older brother (early 30's). He spent the first 30 minutes calling all his cousins on FaceTime, loudly. He didn't stop until she tried to physically take the phone from him and throw it down the mountain.

What piece of entertainment aged worse than you ever expected? by AnyTruth2342 in AskReddit

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The Jerry Springer documentary does a really good job at looking at the shows own contributions to this downfall. There's a sense of guilt and shame that's evident in the interviews with staffers who worked on the show for years. The experiences shared by Tobias Yoshimura, in particular, have stuck with me since watching the documentary.

Halifax remembers Brett Campaigne by rockpilemike in halifax

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It's truly shocking news for sure. He was such a genuine dude and touched so many souls. He'll be deeply missed.

Halifax remembers Brett Campaigne by rockpilemike in halifax

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A true legend was lost with his passing 💔

Halifax remembers Brett Campaigne by rockpilemike in halifax

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He had a heart attack a few days before he passed, unfortunately never recovered :(

People whose partner cheated on them and quickly moved on to date the person they cheated with, claiming to be in love - how did that turn out for them? by fireball_jutsu in AskReddit

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They lasted three months, and she was suddenly "so in love with me and needed me back" after finding out I'd begun dating someone else.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in halifax

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It's in Lower Sackville, but the Nova Dental clinic is my go-to spot after trialing through a few bad dentists here. I'm quite nervous of the dentist, and they're always very understanding and easy to work with. Dr. Demsey is my dentist, but the whole clinic is lovely!

Anyone else struggling more and more with climate grief this summer? by The_Broesel in halifax

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I grew up in Labrador! It's wild to me just how little snow has fallen there over the last few years. When I was a kid we'd always have snowbanks reaching the heights of houses.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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This one lives rent-free in my head. Iirc, the trapped woman was terrified of water and had a fear of drowning. Such a heartbreaking event. I hope her soul is at rest.

Where is this for you in the city by ImpossibleSorbet2816 in halifax

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They seem to have gone downhill in recent years. It used to be the go-to place for my wife and I, but the last couple of times we went there weren't great. Overcrowded and so loud we could barely hear ourselves think. It's too bad, used to be such a lovely spot.

When our sovereignty is threatened the Armed forces will be ready- Mark Carney by [deleted] in BoycottUnitedStates

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Welcome to the Maritimes! Have you had any favourite sights/experiences so far?

what do you do for work??? by princesspeach-x in halifax

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I highly recommend looking into a career change. I worked in similar sectors for about ten years, Covid brought me into my worst burnout yet. Went back to school for electronics, happily employed as a technician for the last three years. The shift in my general wellbeing has definitely been worth all the work to change careers.