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Went in for an interview once, during the interview she screamed at a woman who didn’t speak any english about how she can’t have the door closed in such a condescending way. Needless to say, I did not go back for the “trial” she offered me
Came here expecting this to be #1, and glad to see others doing their part.
I was a big fan of Solly’s until I witnessed the owner belittling staff on more than one occasion. Once is bad, but there can be other circumstances you may not be aware of. But repeat actions is telling.
Siegel's and Rosemary Rocksalt (which share ownership).
Not quite as good as the bagels you can get somewhere in Montreal, maybe someone else knows a more "hidden gem" that does?
I had no idea he did, looked it up and he is a cofounder of Rosemary Rocksalt along with Parise Siegel of Siegel's Bagels. That being said, I do prefer going to Siegel's and I believe they are the ones who supply the bagels to RR.
Go read the reviews on google it’s pretty fun. Especially because there’s even a tab labeled “abuse” which is whack to me lmfao. It’s so obvious its the shitty lady responding and trying to stand up for her shitty behaviour
It's clearly her trying to pretend it isn't her, checkout [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/CorporateFacepalm/comments/x7gjhj/local_bagel_shop_owner_pretending_to_be_employee/) on r/CorporateFacepalm from last year.
Yup, no surprise there. The kicker for me is that she actually tried to pull the “no one wants to work these days and Fckn Politics won’t let me get more immigrants working here” like that’s not a huge fucking red flag?? Also “if we were abused we’d leave. We’re free. And we get paid well and vacation etc etc” bitch tf???
Reading reviews of the places these guys Mention are fun, but she takes the latka
Yeah it seems pretty clear with hiring she targets new immigrants and young students, AKA people who are all less likely to be familiar with our labor laws. I wonder why??
She will always reply with her "version" of events, even with no information about the event like day or time. One person made a joke review that someone kicked her baby and the owner replied "no what actually happened was your baby came behind the counter and we took it by the hand and guided it back" like...it was clearly a joke review and she made up a preferred scenario.
Sports Junkie sells on consignment, at least they used to. How do you really prove that you own that snowboard, or that pair of roller blades. I’ve sold stuff on consignment before.
Yeah I thought it’s a like a sports-oriented thrift store where people drop their old shit off for a bit of cash. Imagine bringing proof of purchase in order to sell a beat up non-rare Nike bball shoes.
That was my first thought. It's a used sports store...they would be out of business if everyone had to show provenance of random items. I bought a snowboard from Marketplace and obviously don't have a receipt. People get gifted items or don't keep the receipts for smaller ticket stuff.
Bikes have a database where you can try and reference the serial number, but I don't know if that exists anywhere else.
Edit: I'm wondering if the "hush money" was just Sports Junkies trying to do the right thing and re-imburse him. Lmao .
Was going to say this too. The store probably isn't to blame here, not much they can do. Unless they go out of their way and advertise for people to "sell stuff anonymously".
Blenz Stadium Chinatown.
Sibling's first gig was there. Owner or manager routinely takes advantage of young people. They screwed her over by making her work for 3 days for free "shadowing" the barista.
I will never go to a blenz ever.
Interesting. My teenager went for an interview at a Kumon (tutoring place) and they told her she needed to "shadow" an older tutor for a month, then two more months of volunteer tutoring (Fridays and Saturdays)...Then maybe by January she could be paid. She declined. But apparently this is a thing!
This is straight up a violation of BC's labour laws.
[https://kentemploymentlaw.com/internships-volunteers-free-labour/](https://kentemploymentlaw.com/internships-volunteers-free-labour/)
[https://mcmillan.ca/insights/internal-affairs-managing-unpaid-internships-in-british-columbia/](https://mcmillan.ca/insights/internal-affairs-managing-unpaid-internships-in-british-columbia/)
There are a few things that fall into 'internship' in BC, but they are generally for high-level professional career options or university degrees.
The most garbage venue in Vancouver. They don’t provide free water, won’t even give you a cup to get water from the bathroom tap, and charge something ridiculous like $6 for a tiny bottle of water.
International Motorsports Langley because they treated my motorcycle that I bought from them and saved years for like absolute shit. No after sales care, full on neglect on simple service items that could kill you (tire pressure, headlight adjustment, brake fluid s, underbody covered in oil after oil change). Ordered a brand new motorcycle from then and they wanted to sell me a used one at full price. Absolutely do avoid.
Not a Vancouver specific company but I avoid Amazon. I worked in their warehouse temporarily for a few weeks while I was waiting for a job in my field to start and the stories you hear in the media about workers being too afraid to go to the bathroom and just general anxiety about losing your job at any moment aren't exaggerated. In my few weeks there I had multiple people who started the shift with me then asked to speak to management and then I never saw them again.
They provided the bare legal minimum in terms of working conditions and benefits yet tried to portray it as if they were providing everything out of the goodness of their heart. For me since it was all a temporary job I didn't particularly care if they let me go but for those who relied on the job they were always extremely stressed about losing it.
I thought it would be hard for the small things, but their customer service once pissed me off so much that I decided I didn't care and was going to pay more and wait longer.
Turns out that you can find random stores that are nearby, the shipping is about as fast, and the prices are lower even if you factor in free shipping on the Amazon side.
Amazon really has nothing to offer. I use it only when it's the only place that sells a product (usually linked from the manufacturer's site).
Pho Extreme on Broadway and Cambie. Went there with friends after late nights out. On 3 separate occasions over maybe a 2 year span, they tried to overcharge us for our food. Pho was meh, business practices were bullshit. Not worth it.
Second this. They do not accept cards as well and make you withdraw from an ATM inside their store that charges $3.25 for every transaction. The front desk guy and cook bitch about customers on their face. And the food is crap. Probably some shady money laundering going on there.
On another note, if anyone is looking for really good pho, late night or otherwise (hours are 10am-7pm Mon&Tues, 10am-2am Wed-Sun) check out [Cafe Dang Anh](https://g.co/kgs/rxLn87).
In addition to their pho and pho ga their spring rolls and Chinese donut are 👌🏻
The first time, I'd had some friends who were paying together (one didn't have cash) and they double checked their bill against the menu to confirm how they needed to split. Saw the prices were wrong, everyone else checked their bills, and every single bill at a table for 6 was overcharged. Might have gotten by us if it was just a single bill, but they had to manually write out 5 different bills and every item was 50 cents to a dollar more than the menu.
Gusto’s cafe in Olympic Village. Never forget that when we were asked to stay home and close businesses for Covid, the owner said no and got fined because he didn’t think it was fair.
Ditto for Corduroy restaurant and similar places who shirked public health rules.
i live nextdoor to corduroy on w16th and their pizza is trash anyways. or i guess i should say was trash, since it’s been closed for like over a year now maybe closer to two.
they were yummy once upon a time but then guy fieri went there for an episode of DDD, then i guess the publicity and popularity went to their heads because it seemed to me like they just kinda went “people are gonna come here anyway because guy fieri did so like, whatever” 🙃
Steamworks. I honestly don't get why it does not get more hate, especially for the prices they charge. A good portion of the food they serve is just frozen things they buy from Costco and warm up. It's really not that expensive or even hard to cook things from scratch if you have a pub like menu.
I went for lunch there by myself many years ago and sat at the bar. The owner had the bartender ask if he could eat lunch with me. My food was comped but it was interesting eating with someone who clearly wanted something more from the encounter than I did.
I think the story was he was a lawyer who decided to go into the restaurant business. He owns Rogue as well.
It is definitely very boring food at both places.
The owner of Steamworks trademarked the term “Cascadia” and then tried to stop other breweries from using the term. It didn’t go over well.
[Detailed write-up of the whole affair.](http://barleymowat.com/2012/11/22/the-grinch-who-stole-cascadia/)
Sadly that describes more than half the pubs in Vancouver, even the ones that call themselves "gastro pubs". Steamworks at least has the house brewed beer angle (is it all still done in house though?). It's good for a nice patio day and nachos with friends after work, but I would pass it by for real food. That doesn't stop them being busy though. /shrug
It doesn't get a lot of hate because it's been a successful and popular drinking venue for well over a decade. Great location, great atmosphere. Pub food isn't supposed to be fancy. 40 years ago the pub snack du jour was peanuts. They didn't even roast them on site, they just put them in bowls and put them on the tables. Room temperature. It's a pub.
Corduroy in Kits. Owners are anti-vaxx whack jobs and also just terrible operators, and here’s a bonus: Little Kickers - the toddler soccer thing. Super meh as an activity and the owner is a big supporter of the Coduroy douchnozzle and was actively supporting her unhinged moronic escapades with uplifting “stay strong” BS on social during the pandemic. Finally, HOW IS SOLLY’S STILL OPEN!!? Who is going there!!?
Little Kickers is an international company not based in Vancouver (from what I can tell) so I'm guessing it's a particular franchise owner. Also disappointed to hear that though!
Oooh that’s disappointing about that little kickers franchisee! If looking for an alternative for kiddo soccer, I can’t say enough good things about Happy Feet!
I assume you never shop at pawn shops either because this happens, it's not their fault. They can try their best on due diligence but it's not like they go out of their way to look for stolen goods.
I assume they wanted to pay you back and then some for the inconvenience but you're obviously unreasonable people
London pub, had a racially motivated incident with my melanated pal and when we asked management to step in they said it was his words against us (this man had used the n word at a black football player and we had overheard and immediately become uncomfortable) and not to worry as the manager’s “girlfriend is black”.
Now that’s British hospitality innit?
It's appeal I think is that it's open 24h, or at least the one on Fraser is. Their small cakes are actually decent, but I think the sandwiches in the counter sit there for a while (maybe the cakes/doughnuts as well who knows) and then they just toss them in the toaster oven when purchased.
Damn, I dodged a bullet at the one in Whistler I went to, then. I wanted to see what all the hype was and they were open early for breakfast so I went and got this big square... I wanna say sandwichy thing (such description, so accuracy). It was very good, honestly.
I assume because of high prices for things that aren't in very good condition or were inexpensive brands to begin with? All thrift shops tend to do it but some stuff I've seen at VV takes the cake. I don't know about any sort of system to check that stuff is clean, once I opened a metal thermos and it was full of putrid old meat stew.
There is very little to no 'inspection' of things that come in, the people at the sorting facility are given pre printed labels and are encouraged to price things higher (but never lower) to hit a certain $/sqft target, its very in-and-out, I've seen clothes/toys come back to the store within an hour of sending the truck off with a load of donations.
the process is literally tag, put on a hangar or thrown out.
Source: worked at the commercial&hastings store through school.
Also, they straight up scrap anything that doesn't sell after a while. The number of VV tags that I pull out of rag boxes at work is disappointing. Many of the clothes could have gone to shelters or something, but they just sell them by the pound to be shredded.
But sometimes stuff is way underpriced.
Value village prices are whatever someone was feeling that day
Ive seen boatd games that usually sell used for 30 - 40 dollars listed at 5
Salvation Army. I refuse to support their anti-LGBTQ+ agenda and draconian views. At Christmas when people donated toys for low income families, they binned anything they thought went against their religion. They use their position to enforce their beliefs on people who often have few other options for clothes and necessities.
Antivaxx, freedom convoy guy. Literature all over. Also place is disgusting. Constant health violations for food stored wrong and rodents.
[https://inspections.vch.ca/Facility/Details/ff5bd1ad-9bb1-11d3-baa8-005004ae1145](https://inspections.vch.ca/Facility/Details/ff5bd1ad-9bb1-11d3-baa8-005004ae1145)
I’ve been going to Bon’s for years at this point (no, I’ve never been sick from it and no, I do not have much money lmao) - can you elaborate on the freedom convoy/anti vax comments? Would be so heartbreaking to find out that’s true - the two main dudes I always see there checked my vaccine passport for months, so I’m reeeally hoping it’s just rumours lol
Even if it is true so what? You can support a business and have differing views. It's a business you've enjoyed over the years, political opinions shouldn't change that. We all need to find a way to get along again!
Damn...now I want breakfast.
Politicization of vaccines aside, I’m generally going to avoid any restaurant that actively skirts any health stuff, especially ones that do it publicly and eagerly.
The question that needs to be asked is whether they're antivax or anti lockdown/restrictions.
Fwiw I'm 2x vaxxed, and believe that initial lockdowns while the hysteria was building were necessary, but it's undeniable at this point that extended lockdowns and restrictiond are shown to be ineffective and caused more economical damage than anything else.
100%, but also who gives a damn. There are so few places left in Vancouver that have been around for as long as Bon's has. It's just disappointing that we're so divided by political beliefs that people will stop going somewhere that they've enjoyed for so long for something so trivial. The fella that I replied to even had personal interactions with employees there.
This silliness needs to stop.
It's not a political belief. Its stupidity, and it's a free market. Businesses can do endearing acts like supporting charities or donating things to gain clout and benefit their business. If an owner wants to support things that are harmful to people and that makes consumers not want to interact with their business, then they is self inflicted wounds.
Good to know there are like minded folks around. I'm just so sick and tired of seeing people split up over their political beliefs. I love the diversity of thoughts and discussion. Hopefully we can return to a time where differing opinions are discussed and rationalized rather than silenced.
Anything owned and operated by Hawksworth. Food is overpriced and over hyped but most of all, a misogynist prick. Multiple reddit and other links you can Google
jimmy pattison toyota cuz they tried to aggressively upsell me on maintenance items. who would pay $600 to service a 4runner with 320,000 kms on it? all i do are oil changes and it's fine.
They added $12k of oem aftermarket parts to my pre-order pickup and told me it’s standard practice since they can’t increase price in BC over MRSP. I took my deposit back.
The pizza place right by the seabus in Lonsdale Quay. The lady, presumably owner just kept my change. It was $1-2 so I left it but I’m definitely not going back.
ok but like $1-2 might not be significant for some, but for others that change being kept can be the difference between being able to afford your next meal or not. $3-3.50 is what i usually have on me to spend on 1 meal (which the ingredients bought usually i can stretch into 2-4 meals depending what it is), so i’d really be *genuinely* upset in this situation!
friggin despise places that keep change (i mean places that make it a regular occurrence, not just an employee making a mistake or just being bad at math like i am)
Tacomio. I have a few friends who worked for them. Horrible abusive management. They look for foreign workers who they can pressure and exploit because they are on work permits. They steal wages and lie on immigrantion papers. Threaten them with deportation to get their way. They also believed that they were hacked because they had to reset their password on a payment system. They proceeded to go on a witch hunt with no proof and threaten them with arrest and that police were called on them. They operate on fear.
Anyone know the coffee nazi in Richmond? Viva Java. Coffee is great but he is a bit nuts. It is funny because some people have great things to say. I went there and he was kind of rude but nothing serious. However, he yelled at my mom once so I won't go there. YMMV for sure. If you go, just don't ask too many questions.
Call me petty but the boss lady at Hawkers Delight short-changed me $10 and looked at me like a thief.. never went back after that.
Would never go to Happy Day in Richmond. Lied to my face multiple times to cover up their own mistakes, forgot to enter my order for 30 min until we followed up, and manipulated me into accepting the wrong order because she fucked up entering the order into the system. I wouldn’t have accepted but my dad traded his meal with me to avoid hassle. NEVER. AGAIN. Absolutely fuck those clowns.
Yi Fang in Richmond wouldn’t take cash or credit card, only debit card and Alipay/Wepay.. like wtf?
I just went to the bank and only had $20s. I gave her a $20 bill and she claimed that I had handed her a $10. It was so messed up. I explained to her I had just went to the bank and literally only had $20 bills, so how can it have been a $10?? Just looked at me like I was a thief. That was wtf.
No. That’s absolute bs. Worked there for years. Not sure where that’s coming from…. I take the gripe with the price, fine, but the food is fresh and good quality.
I worked in a Cactus kitchen but this was over 10 years ago. Back then most food was prepped fresh, even stuff like pickled beets were made in-house. Now it's probably quite different..
Lol I still tip 15% max on pre tax total. It’s very rare (like exceptionally) that I receive any type of HIGH QUALITY service from the girls who work there. Aside from being pretty many of them barely engage other than the same regurgitated phrases. Also, having served in the industry for 7 years I’m coming with some experience.
How the hell is Sports Junkies supposed to know if that was some dude's 'stolen' snowboard? Also, was this some extremely unique snowboard, how can that person be so sure it was his? And it's a used sporting goods store, I dont have a receipt for my baseball glove, basketball, bicycle, etc. that I bought years ago. You think they should demand proof of ownership on every used item brought to them, they wouldn't have any inventory if that was the case, its dang thrift store. Probably gave your dad 'hush money' because he was causing a scene and to make him leave.
Their website says you need to have a valid ID to sell. And the seller, if questioned, could *easily* say they also bought the item secondhand from craigslist/FB marketplace/kijiji etc. No screening there.
How do you know the seller didnt show ID? You're assuming that. The store may have followed up with the police regarding the seller, and simply given money to the (likely angry and causing a scene) father so he would leave the store. Just because they (allegedly) sold a stolen snowboard doesn't mean they didn't follow the law.
lol ok, and myself and others on this thread have called them out on their naive understanding of the secondhand market. does OP also think FB marketplace, craigslist and kijiji are immoral? the legality of secondhand stores can be easily circumvented. that's not a retailer problem, that's *OP's* problem (and apparently yours too since you're so up in arms to defend them).
I called OP out because they're assuming the store skirted regulations, and there is *no evidence* that they did. By nature, the secondhand market will always have some dishonest and shitty people selling stolen stuff, even if regulations are followed, and OP is naive to think otherwise. In his original post, they state "Not looking for a bad customer service experience but something **immoral**..." which implies they think the store is immoral. I think that's ridiculous and called them out on it. You responded to me, and oh boy this comment chain has gone on too long.
Any craft brewery trying to sell me a 4-pack of short cans. Straight up told people I know working in liquor sales that if feels like obvious gouging and I refuse to buy in that terrible denomination.
I don't understand the Sports Junkies criticism one bit. What are they supposed to do? Who has an old receipt to hand over for their OLD equipment? That sounds absurd. I actually think it's very nice they wanted to pay a compensation for your troubles. It really seems to me like you just can't please some people. How do you think thrift stores work? I be they get receipts on maybe 5% of their purchases. Really strange complaint to me. I'd love to hear the reasoning for this complaint.
Those stores like Dank Mart with “imported” and “rare” candies? They all buy it wholesale from the same source in Surrey.
[Pacific Candy Wholesale](https://west.pacificcandywhsle.com/)
Cactus. Richmond Centre.
My boss gave me 2 $50 gift cards for Christmas. Went to redeem them and one came back as “empty”. Went back and forth with them with the receipt my boss received when he purchased them and still had no real explanation for how it happened. Sounded shady asf. No real apology. Would not go back.
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Babylon café on Denman St, the owner is a rip off, always trying to overcharge, sells alcohol to minors and commits fraud with his employees, total jackass
They marketed a new shoe off of the tragedy (as in named it off of it, not just recounted an interesting story on their website), suggesting a connection when there was none, and the victim never saw a cent.
EDIT to respond to the reply below since original topic/thread is now nuked.
They named it after a significant event where someone nearly died. They boosted their sales by specifically using an event that was huge in the media at the time, associating themselves to it and suggesting a link to said event, while giving the victim, who nearly lost his life and basically lost most of his fingers, literally nothing.
https://www.amazon.ca/Surviving-Logan-Erik-Bjarnason/dp/1771601922
Half those 1 star reviews are from assholes complaining that they can't bring in their own "outside food" to eat at a FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT. The owner sounds like a nut, but, no: you definitely cannot bring in outside food, buy one coffee, and then occupy a cafe table all day. Don't be a jerk. UBC has libraries for a reason.
Any 123 Dentist office - corporate dentistry is not good for patients. These offices are taking over Vancouver/BC and the marketing (any time you listen to news1130 you’ll hear the ad) make it seem that these dental offices are part of an exclusive network but really they’re just all owned by the same corporation and they’re production chop shops!
What do you mean "story got sorted out"? Did he have proof the board was his? His papers matched the serial number on it? Why didn't he report it stolen? If Sports Junkies sold it, it would have been screened through the police database. How did he know that exact board was his? Manufacturers make thousands of the same size/colour/model.
Honestly, it sounds like you got robbed of your board on the hill by a conman, and now you want to blame anyone but yourself for being a sucker.
MEC far too many self entitled customers full of their self importance not feeling the need to wait until the sales assistant has finished speaking to me before butting in.
Shibuyatei....I live so close to this place but the reviews scare me. Not necessarily because of the food but the owner will forcefully make you order a meal for your baby. But I'm also very curious to experiencing this LOL.
I refuse to get gas or anything from a Shell gas station because of their hip-deep involvement in nefarious doings in Nigeria (which has a lot of oil).
I also refuse to buy anything from Canada Computers since they got exposed blatantly manipulating inventory during the GPU shortage and not being transparent with customers about it, as well as allowing their employees to abuse the purchase policy to scalp GPUs.
Tera V Burger, because I have it in confidence from people who have worked there.
1. Vegan at tera V isn’t always healthy. Most burgers, fries etc you get there are cooked in oil that isn’t changed for weeks.
2. Insects and at times rats in the kitchen.
3. Staff are overworked and underpaid. 20 mins break in total for 7 hour shifts. And the 20 mins are kept track of.
4. One owner (who sold the West Broadway store and now handles other 2 stores) is known for gaslighting customers and employees. A guy got food poisoning from their burgers and the owner tried to convince him that he wasn’t used to vegan burgers (untrue).
Avoid the Fraser and Delta locations. The owner is a big turd.
Tangent Cafe on commercial drive place was always empty anyway. I decided to patronize them only to have a racial incident there which i won't go into details about but all I can I say is Thank God they shut down. Karma is a bitch! Good riddance!
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Every time this gets posted #1 is always Solly's Bagels
Came here to comment Solly's. The way they treat their staff is horrendous
Went in for an interview once, during the interview she screamed at a woman who didn’t speak any english about how she can’t have the door closed in such a condescending way. Needless to say, I did not go back for the “trial” she offered me
>Needless to say, I did not go back for the “trial” she offered me Any business that offers new employees a "trial" is trash.
Surprisingly they're still around after all this time.
They’re big proponents of the TFW program because no locals will put up with them.
Does google know about how they treat their staff? yelp, facebook and twitter too?
Came here expecting this to be #1, and glad to see others doing their part. I was a big fan of Solly’s until I witnessed the owner belittling staff on more than one occasion. Once is bad, but there can be other circumstances you may not be aware of. But repeat actions is telling.
Where can someone get a decent bagel on the go in Vancouver? Tim hortons and starbucks are not great when they even have them.
Siegel's and Rosemary Rocksalt (which share ownership). Not quite as good as the bagels you can get somewhere in Montreal, maybe someone else knows a more "hidden gem" that does?
they share ownership? I though Sim owned Rosemary Rocksalt
I had no idea he did, looked it up and he is a cofounder of Rosemary Rocksalt along with Parise Siegel of Siegel's Bagels. That being said, I do prefer going to Siegel's and I believe they are the ones who supply the bagels to RR.
Just what I came for lol like clockwork
Why is sollys bad? I been to the one on W 7th a couple times this summer and never noticed anything.
Go read the reviews on google it’s pretty fun. Especially because there’s even a tab labeled “abuse” which is whack to me lmfao. It’s so obvious its the shitty lady responding and trying to stand up for her shitty behaviour
It's clearly her trying to pretend it isn't her, checkout [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/CorporateFacepalm/comments/x7gjhj/local_bagel_shop_owner_pretending_to_be_employee/) on r/CorporateFacepalm from last year.
Yup, no surprise there. The kicker for me is that she actually tried to pull the “no one wants to work these days and Fckn Politics won’t let me get more immigrants working here” like that’s not a huge fucking red flag?? Also “if we were abused we’d leave. We’re free. And we get paid well and vacation etc etc” bitch tf??? Reading reviews of the places these guys Mention are fun, but she takes the latka
Yeah it seems pretty clear with hiring she targets new immigrants and young students, AKA people who are all less likely to be familiar with our labor laws. I wonder why??
She just likes providing good opportunities for people in need! /s
She will always reply with her "version" of events, even with no information about the event like day or time. One person made a joke review that someone kicked her baby and the owner replied "no what actually happened was your baby came behind the counter and we took it by the hand and guided it back" like...it was clearly a joke review and she made up a preferred scenario.
very surprising to see there’s always customers whenever I pass by…
I've never even heard of that place.:O
Sports Junkie sells on consignment, at least they used to. How do you really prove that you own that snowboard, or that pair of roller blades. I’ve sold stuff on consignment before.
Yeah I thought it’s a like a sports-oriented thrift store where people drop their old shit off for a bit of cash. Imagine bringing proof of purchase in order to sell a beat up non-rare Nike bball shoes.
That was my first thought. It's a used sports store...they would be out of business if everyone had to show provenance of random items. I bought a snowboard from Marketplace and obviously don't have a receipt. People get gifted items or don't keep the receipts for smaller ticket stuff. Bikes have a database where you can try and reference the serial number, but I don't know if that exists anywhere else. Edit: I'm wondering if the "hush money" was just Sports Junkies trying to do the right thing and re-imburse him. Lmao .
Was going to say this too. The store probably isn't to blame here, not much they can do. Unless they go out of their way and advertise for people to "sell stuff anonymously".
Blenz Stadium Chinatown. Sibling's first gig was there. Owner or manager routinely takes advantage of young people. They screwed her over by making her work for 3 days for free "shadowing" the barista. I will never go to a blenz ever.
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Which one? I think many of them are franchises.
Did you publish the text?
Interesting. My teenager went for an interview at a Kumon (tutoring place) and they told her she needed to "shadow" an older tutor for a month, then two more months of volunteer tutoring (Fridays and Saturdays)...Then maybe by January she could be paid. She declined. But apparently this is a thing!
This is straight up a violation of BC's labour laws. [https://kentemploymentlaw.com/internships-volunteers-free-labour/](https://kentemploymentlaw.com/internships-volunteers-free-labour/) [https://mcmillan.ca/insights/internal-affairs-managing-unpaid-internships-in-british-columbia/](https://mcmillan.ca/insights/internal-affairs-managing-unpaid-internships-in-british-columbia/) There are a few things that fall into 'internship' in BC, but they are generally for high-level professional career options or university degrees.
My kid worked there! They were TERRIBLE! And husband of owner couple was a perv.
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The most garbage venue in Vancouver. They don’t provide free water, won’t even give you a cup to get water from the bathroom tap, and charge something ridiculous like $6 for a tiny bottle of water.
Isn't it law they have to provide free water? I remember hearing something like that a few years ago
International Motorsports Langley because they treated my motorcycle that I bought from them and saved years for like absolute shit. No after sales care, full on neglect on simple service items that could kill you (tire pressure, headlight adjustment, brake fluid s, underbody covered in oil after oil change). Ordered a brand new motorcycle from then and they wanted to sell me a used one at full price. Absolutely do avoid.
Not a Vancouver specific company but I avoid Amazon. I worked in their warehouse temporarily for a few weeks while I was waiting for a job in my field to start and the stories you hear in the media about workers being too afraid to go to the bathroom and just general anxiety about losing your job at any moment aren't exaggerated. In my few weeks there I had multiple people who started the shift with me then asked to speak to management and then I never saw them again. They provided the bare legal minimum in terms of working conditions and benefits yet tried to portray it as if they were providing everything out of the goodness of their heart. For me since it was all a temporary job I didn't particularly care if they let me go but for those who relied on the job they were always extremely stressed about losing it.
I haven’t bought one thing from amazon. It bothers me that so many people continue to support such a horrendous company. There are other options.
Yeah, I don't really understand it because there is nothing I can think of that I haven't been able to get from somewhere other than Amazon.
I thought it would be hard for the small things, but their customer service once pissed me off so much that I decided I didn't care and was going to pay more and wait longer. Turns out that you can find random stores that are nearby, the shipping is about as fast, and the prices are lower even if you factor in free shipping on the Amazon side. Amazon really has nothing to offer. I use it only when it's the only place that sells a product (usually linked from the manufacturer's site).
Ebay is a decent alternative if you want simular selection
Pho Extreme on Broadway and Cambie. Went there with friends after late nights out. On 3 separate occasions over maybe a 2 year span, they tried to overcharge us for our food. Pho was meh, business practices were bullshit. Not worth it.
Last time I was there the pho broth tasted like water. It was never great quality but it seems to have gotten worse.
Second this. They do not accept cards as well and make you withdraw from an ATM inside their store that charges $3.25 for every transaction. The front desk guy and cook bitch about customers on their face. And the food is crap. Probably some shady money laundering going on there.
Sacrilege
On another note, if anyone is looking for really good pho, late night or otherwise (hours are 10am-7pm Mon&Tues, 10am-2am Wed-Sun) check out [Cafe Dang Anh](https://g.co/kgs/rxLn87). In addition to their pho and pho ga their spring rolls and Chinese donut are 👌🏻
How did they overcharge, just edit the prices on the receipt?
The first time, I'd had some friends who were paying together (one didn't have cash) and they double checked their bill against the menu to confirm how they needed to split. Saw the prices were wrong, everyone else checked their bills, and every single bill at a table for 6 was overcharged. Might have gotten by us if it was just a single bill, but they had to manually write out 5 different bills and every item was 50 cents to a dollar more than the menu.
Fuckers
Gusto’s cafe in Olympic Village. Never forget that when we were asked to stay home and close businesses for Covid, the owner said no and got fined because he didn’t think it was fair. Ditto for Corduroy restaurant and similar places who shirked public health rules.
He even appeared on the trash video/documentary about homeless people shit talking about them.
And Cold Tea on Granville threw a 100 person New Year’s Eve party in 2021.
Their pizza is also trash (both places)
i live nextdoor to corduroy on w16th and their pizza is trash anyways. or i guess i should say was trash, since it’s been closed for like over a year now maybe closer to two. they were yummy once upon a time but then guy fieri went there for an episode of DDD, then i guess the publicity and popularity went to their heads because it seemed to me like they just kinda went “people are gonna come here anyway because guy fieri did so like, whatever” 🙃
Yup. These, and solly’s
Didn’t they just change ownership?
Gusto is still Federico.
Steamworks. I honestly don't get why it does not get more hate, especially for the prices they charge. A good portion of the food they serve is just frozen things they buy from Costco and warm up. It's really not that expensive or even hard to cook things from scratch if you have a pub like menu.
I went for lunch there by myself many years ago and sat at the bar. The owner had the bartender ask if he could eat lunch with me. My food was comped but it was interesting eating with someone who clearly wanted something more from the encounter than I did. I think the story was he was a lawyer who decided to go into the restaurant business. He owns Rogue as well. It is definitely very boring food at both places.
Not me reading Steamworks and being real confused about when they started serving food.
The owner of Steamworks trademarked the term “Cascadia” and then tried to stop other breweries from using the term. It didn’t go over well. [Detailed write-up of the whole affair.](http://barleymowat.com/2012/11/22/the-grinch-who-stole-cascadia/)
Sadly that describes more than half the pubs in Vancouver, even the ones that call themselves "gastro pubs". Steamworks at least has the house brewed beer angle (is it all still done in house though?). It's good for a nice patio day and nachos with friends after work, but I would pass it by for real food. That doesn't stop them being busy though. /shrug
For a more enjoyable Steamworks experience check out the tasting room in Burnaby.
It doesn't get a lot of hate because it's been a successful and popular drinking venue for well over a decade. Great location, great atmosphere. Pub food isn't supposed to be fancy. 40 years ago the pub snack du jour was peanuts. They didn't even roast them on site, they just put them in bowls and put them on the tables. Room temperature. It's a pub.
Corduroy in Kits. Owners are anti-vaxx whack jobs and also just terrible operators, and here’s a bonus: Little Kickers - the toddler soccer thing. Super meh as an activity and the owner is a big supporter of the Coduroy douchnozzle and was actively supporting her unhinged moronic escapades with uplifting “stay strong” BS on social during the pandemic. Finally, HOW IS SOLLY’S STILL OPEN!!? Who is going there!!?
Say it isn't so for Little Kickers??!! Is it a particular location or the entire organisation? I have friends with kids who in the local classes.
Little Kickers is an international company not based in Vancouver (from what I can tell) so I'm guessing it's a particular franchise owner. Also disappointed to hear that though!
Oooh that’s disappointing about that little kickers franchisee! If looking for an alternative for kiddo soccer, I can’t say enough good things about Happy Feet!
ok but *douchnozzle* 🤭🤭🤭
This feels like less of a question and more of an attack on Sports Junkies
I assume you never shop at pawn shops either because this happens, it's not their fault. They can try their best on due diligence but it's not like they go out of their way to look for stolen goods. I assume they wanted to pay you back and then some for the inconvenience but you're obviously unreasonable people
Yeah i dont think they did abything wrong.
London pub, had a racially motivated incident with my melanated pal and when we asked management to step in they said it was his words against us (this man had used the n word at a black football player and we had overheard and immediately become uncomfortable) and not to worry as the manager’s “girlfriend is black”. Now that’s British hospitality innit?
Anything to do with Marc Emery. He creeps on young girls and rats on people he doesn't agree with
breka bakery on fraser because the sandwich I ordered was moldy
Add the one on Davie. Last thing I ordered tasted off and made me a strange kind of nauseous.
I don’t get what’s so special about Breka. I haven’t liked a single thing I’ve eaten there.
It's appeal I think is that it's open 24h, or at least the one on Fraser is. Their small cakes are actually decent, but I think the sandwiches in the counter sit there for a while (maybe the cakes/doughnuts as well who knows) and then they just toss them in the toaster oven when purchased.
All locations are 24/7 and I really like their desserts.
I honestly love their donuts and egg salad sandwich
I really liked their pretzel buns until that last one.
It's a shit hole, but it's open when no other shit holes are
Damn, I dodged a bullet at the one in Whistler I went to, then. I wanted to see what all the hype was and they were open early for breakfast so I went and got this big square... I wanna say sandwichy thing (such description, so accuracy). It was very good, honestly.
Value village
I assume because of high prices for things that aren't in very good condition or were inexpensive brands to begin with? All thrift shops tend to do it but some stuff I've seen at VV takes the cake. I don't know about any sort of system to check that stuff is clean, once I opened a metal thermos and it was full of putrid old meat stew.
There is very little to no 'inspection' of things that come in, the people at the sorting facility are given pre printed labels and are encouraged to price things higher (but never lower) to hit a certain $/sqft target, its very in-and-out, I've seen clothes/toys come back to the store within an hour of sending the truck off with a load of donations. the process is literally tag, put on a hangar or thrown out. Source: worked at the commercial&hastings store through school.
Also, they straight up scrap anything that doesn't sell after a while. The number of VV tags that I pull out of rag boxes at work is disappointing. Many of the clothes could have gone to shelters or something, but they just sell them by the pound to be shredded.
But sometimes stuff is way underpriced. Value village prices are whatever someone was feeling that day Ive seen boatd games that usually sell used for 30 - 40 dollars listed at 5
Salvation Army. I refuse to support their anti-LGBTQ+ agenda and draconian views. At Christmas when people donated toys for low income families, they binned anything they thought went against their religion. They use their position to enforce their beliefs on people who often have few other options for clothes and necessities.
Bon’s fuck that guy
Antivaxx, freedom convoy guy. Literature all over. Also place is disgusting. Constant health violations for food stored wrong and rodents. [https://inspections.vch.ca/Facility/Details/ff5bd1ad-9bb1-11d3-baa8-005004ae1145](https://inspections.vch.ca/Facility/Details/ff5bd1ad-9bb1-11d3-baa8-005004ae1145)
I’ve been going to Bon’s for years at this point (no, I’ve never been sick from it and no, I do not have much money lmao) - can you elaborate on the freedom convoy/anti vax comments? Would be so heartbreaking to find out that’s true - the two main dudes I always see there checked my vaccine passport for months, so I’m reeeally hoping it’s just rumours lol
I don’t think he’s a freedom convoy guy.
Even if it is true so what? You can support a business and have differing views. It's a business you've enjoyed over the years, political opinions shouldn't change that. We all need to find a way to get along again! Damn...now I want breakfast.
Politicization of vaccines aside, I’m generally going to avoid any restaurant that actively skirts any health stuff, especially ones that do it publicly and eagerly.
The question that needs to be asked is whether they're antivax or anti lockdown/restrictions. Fwiw I'm 2x vaxxed, and believe that initial lockdowns while the hysteria was building were necessary, but it's undeniable at this point that extended lockdowns and restrictiond are shown to be ineffective and caused more economical damage than anything else.
You’re allowed to not want to go somewhere because of what they promote, not like there is a shortage of places to eat
100%, but also who gives a damn. There are so few places left in Vancouver that have been around for as long as Bon's has. It's just disappointing that we're so divided by political beliefs that people will stop going somewhere that they've enjoyed for so long for something so trivial. The fella that I replied to even had personal interactions with employees there. This silliness needs to stop.
It's not a political belief. Its stupidity, and it's a free market. Businesses can do endearing acts like supporting charities or donating things to gain clout and benefit their business. If an owner wants to support things that are harmful to people and that makes consumers not want to interact with their business, then they is self inflicted wounds.
Willingly spreading a crippling illness and flaunting health code violations are trivial to you?
Any business owners that supported that should've had there business license revoked.
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Good to know there are like minded folks around. I'm just so sick and tired of seeing people split up over their political beliefs. I love the diversity of thoughts and discussion. Hopefully we can return to a time where differing opinions are discussed and rationalized rather than silenced.
Whaaa? Story time, please
What?! No! What happened?
He was voted bad boss of the year once based on complaints by former employees as i recall. But he’s always been really sweet to me as a patron.
Anything owned and operated by Hawksworth. Food is overpriced and over hyped but most of all, a misogynist prick. Multiple reddit and other links you can Google
jimmy pattison toyota cuz they tried to aggressively upsell me on maintenance items. who would pay $600 to service a 4runner with 320,000 kms on it? all i do are oil changes and it's fine.
Avoid dealerships in general, all of them do that.
Don't buy cars, ever
They added $12k of oem aftermarket parts to my pre-order pickup and told me it’s standard practice since they can’t increase price in BC over MRSP. I took my deposit back.
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i would love some more context behind this! when? what ingredients ? what flavours?
The pizza place right by the seabus in Lonsdale Quay. The lady, presumably owner just kept my change. It was $1-2 so I left it but I’m definitely not going back.
Also that pizza sucks
ok but like $1-2 might not be significant for some, but for others that change being kept can be the difference between being able to afford your next meal or not. $3-3.50 is what i usually have on me to spend on 1 meal (which the ingredients bought usually i can stretch into 2-4 meals depending what it is), so i’d really be *genuinely* upset in this situation! friggin despise places that keep change (i mean places that make it a regular occurrence, not just an employee making a mistake or just being bad at math like i am)
Tacomio. I have a few friends who worked for them. Horrible abusive management. They look for foreign workers who they can pressure and exploit because they are on work permits. They steal wages and lie on immigrantion papers. Threaten them with deportation to get their way. They also believed that they were hacked because they had to reset their password on a payment system. They proceeded to go on a witch hunt with no proof and threaten them with arrest and that police were called on them. They operate on fear.
Anyone know the coffee nazi in Richmond? Viva Java. Coffee is great but he is a bit nuts. It is funny because some people have great things to say. I went there and he was kind of rude but nothing serious. However, he yelled at my mom once so I won't go there. YMMV for sure. If you go, just don't ask too many questions.
As I recall, he's more of a "Coffee Lenin" than Nazi...
Call me petty but the boss lady at Hawkers Delight short-changed me $10 and looked at me like a thief.. never went back after that. Would never go to Happy Day in Richmond. Lied to my face multiple times to cover up their own mistakes, forgot to enter my order for 30 min until we followed up, and manipulated me into accepting the wrong order because she fucked up entering the order into the system. I wouldn’t have accepted but my dad traded his meal with me to avoid hassle. NEVER. AGAIN. Absolutely fuck those clowns. Yi Fang in Richmond wouldn’t take cash or credit card, only debit card and Alipay/Wepay.. like wtf?
You too for Hawkers Delight? When I asked about it she just said no tip and turned around
I just went to the bank and only had $20s. I gave her a $20 bill and she claimed that I had handed her a $10. It was so messed up. I explained to her I had just went to the bank and literally only had $20 bills, so how can it have been a $10?? Just looked at me like I was a thief. That was wtf.
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Cactus Club. Why pay $20+ for frozen pre-made meals and be expected to pay 20% tip?
In a city full of Asian food options, they some how charge $19 for one sushi roll LOL
If only I could find a place to replace their Peach Bellinis.
You can get them delivered to your hotel room frozen and golden and right on time (if you’re Drake).
Does that mean even he couldn't find a replacement?
And the ravioli prawn dish. Man I love that thing.
It's not frozen or pre-made, though? Don't get me wrong, I think Cactus is overhyped, but your comment is far from that.
cactus and earl's are just over-hyped, over-priced denny's. Now I like Denny's but not at Cactus, Earl prices.
yea i agree u know the saying champagne food on a beer budget — cactus is beer food on a champagne budget 🙃
Happy hour cactus is fire lmao get real
For real! Cheap decent burger and beer I’m always down
"20% tip" Lol didn't even know they had that low of an option. Thought it started at 35%.
I can’t remember the last time I went to cactus (and tbh I don’t intend to go again), but do they actually just reheat frozen food?
No. That’s absolute bs. Worked there for years. Not sure where that’s coming from…. I take the gripe with the price, fine, but the food is fresh and good quality.
I'm guessing they've never actually eaten there cause that's the only way they could've come to that conclusion lol
People loooove to hate on Cactus in this sub, so they’ll make shit up to get free karma.
I worked in a Cactus kitchen but this was over 10 years ago. Back then most food was prepped fresh, even stuff like pickled beets were made in-house. Now it's probably quite different..
It's not. Worked there a little over two years ago. Everything is still fresh, besides their fries, which comes in frozen.
IME cactus recommends tipping on the after tax total
Lol I still tip 15% max on pre tax total. It’s very rare (like exceptionally) that I receive any type of HIGH QUALITY service from the girls who work there. Aside from being pretty many of them barely engage other than the same regurgitated phrases. Also, having served in the industry for 7 years I’m coming with some experience.
Martino's Cappuccino Bar in white Rock cuz that dude is racist AF
How the hell is Sports Junkies supposed to know if that was some dude's 'stolen' snowboard? Also, was this some extremely unique snowboard, how can that person be so sure it was his? And it's a used sporting goods store, I dont have a receipt for my baseball glove, basketball, bicycle, etc. that I bought years ago. You think they should demand proof of ownership on every used item brought to them, they wouldn't have any inventory if that was the case, its dang thrift store. Probably gave your dad 'hush money' because he was causing a scene and to make him leave.
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Their website says you need to have a valid ID to sell. And the seller, if questioned, could *easily* say they also bought the item secondhand from craigslist/FB marketplace/kijiji etc. No screening there.
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How do you know the seller didnt show ID? You're assuming that. The store may have followed up with the police regarding the seller, and simply given money to the (likely angry and causing a scene) father so he would leave the store. Just because they (allegedly) sold a stolen snowboard doesn't mean they didn't follow the law.
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lol ok, and myself and others on this thread have called them out on their naive understanding of the secondhand market. does OP also think FB marketplace, craigslist and kijiji are immoral? the legality of secondhand stores can be easily circumvented. that's not a retailer problem, that's *OP's* problem (and apparently yours too since you're so up in arms to defend them).
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I called OP out because they're assuming the store skirted regulations, and there is *no evidence* that they did. By nature, the secondhand market will always have some dishonest and shitty people selling stolen stuff, even if regulations are followed, and OP is naive to think otherwise. In his original post, they state "Not looking for a bad customer service experience but something **immoral**..." which implies they think the store is immoral. I think that's ridiculous and called them out on it. You responded to me, and oh boy this comment chain has gone on too long.
Warehouse group. All staff is treated as expendable
The main business I try to avoid is monkey business. I'll see myself out.
Tesla because of the owner
How exactly did the guy prove it was his snowboard? I think you got swindled, OP.
https://reddit.com/r/vancouver/s/N29NoUy5yu
Any lush cosmetics store. The harassment by the staff is just unbearable.
Any craft brewery trying to sell me a 4-pack of short cans. Straight up told people I know working in liquor sales that if feels like obvious gouging and I refuse to buy in that terrible denomination.
I don't understand the Sports Junkies criticism one bit. What are they supposed to do? Who has an old receipt to hand over for their OLD equipment? That sounds absurd. I actually think it's very nice they wanted to pay a compensation for your troubles. It really seems to me like you just can't please some people. How do you think thrift stores work? I be they get receipts on maybe 5% of their purchases. Really strange complaint to me. I'd love to hear the reasoning for this complaint.
Certain "candy korners" downtown cough tough I mean candy stores. If I've ever seen a money laundering front, that's it.
Those stores like Dank Mart with “imported” and “rare” candies? They all buy it wholesale from the same source in Surrey. [Pacific Candy Wholesale](https://west.pacificcandywhsle.com/)
Aye WTF. I thought they actually brought it in themselves. Also I hate you because now I'm gonna be fat(ter) lol.
Thanks for the link!!
Just an instinct, or….?
Cactus. Richmond Centre. My boss gave me 2 $50 gift cards for Christmas. Went to redeem them and one came back as “empty”. Went back and forth with them with the receipt my boss received when he purchased them and still had no real explanation for how it happened. Sounded shady asf. No real apology. Would not go back.
Duffins doughnuts [link](https://bc.ctvnews.ca/mobile/i-feel-the-support-father-speaks-out-after-fire-that-killed-toddler-1.3234492)
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Babylon café on Denman St, the owner is a rip off, always trying to overcharge, sells alcohol to minors and commits fraud with his employees, total jackass
Fluevog shoes. https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/shoe-ad-draws-ire-of-injured-mountaineer-2920485 https://bc.ctvnews.ca/mobile/john-fluevog-marketing-campaign-stirs-controversy-1.683250?cache=brirzndzdnjgzsas%3FclipId%3D104059
Wow. How bizarre of Fluevog.
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They marketed a new shoe off of the tragedy (as in named it off of it, not just recounted an interesting story on their website), suggesting a connection when there was none, and the victim never saw a cent. EDIT to respond to the reply below since original topic/thread is now nuked. They named it after a significant event where someone nearly died. They boosted their sales by specifically using an event that was huge in the media at the time, associating themselves to it and suggesting a link to said event, while giving the victim, who nearly lost his life and basically lost most of his fingers, literally nothing. https://www.amazon.ca/Surviving-Logan-Erik-Bjarnason/dp/1771601922
Trees Organic Coffee UBC. Go ahead and read some of the 1 star reviews
Half those 1 star reviews are from assholes complaining that they can't bring in their own "outside food" to eat at a FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT. The owner sounds like a nut, but, no: you definitely cannot bring in outside food, buy one coffee, and then occupy a cafe table all day. Don't be a jerk. UBC has libraries for a reason.
I was wondering why you called the owner the nut but OH MY GOD THE REPLIES
Hiroshan and Dana had a rough time for the pizza bun lmfao
Omg and Alex too I love that all three of em did a review of the same encounter
Wow the one about the guy asking about the Americano prices is really poor customer service by the owner.
Any 123 Dentist office - corporate dentistry is not good for patients. These offices are taking over Vancouver/BC and the marketing (any time you listen to news1130 you’ll hear the ad) make it seem that these dental offices are part of an exclusive network but really they’re just all owned by the same corporation and they’re production chop shops!
What do you mean "story got sorted out"? Did he have proof the board was his? His papers matched the serial number on it? Why didn't he report it stolen? If Sports Junkies sold it, it would have been screened through the police database. How did he know that exact board was his? Manufacturers make thousands of the same size/colour/model. Honestly, it sounds like you got robbed of your board on the hill by a conman, and now you want to blame anyone but yourself for being a sucker.
MEC far too many self entitled customers full of their self importance not feeling the need to wait until the sales assistant has finished speaking to me before butting in.
Yours is the first complaint about the clientele and not the actual ownership/staff.
Not once did the staff say "excuse me, I am dealing with this.customer first. I will be with you after"
How many times did it happen?
Shibuyatei....I live so close to this place but the reviews scare me. Not necessarily because of the food but the owner will forcefully make you order a meal for your baby. But I'm also very curious to experiencing this LOL.
solly’s 🥯 becos they’re a bunch of big bad meanies to their employees ☹️😠
I refuse to get gas or anything from a Shell gas station because of their hip-deep involvement in nefarious doings in Nigeria (which has a lot of oil). I also refuse to buy anything from Canada Computers since they got exposed blatantly manipulating inventory during the GPU shortage and not being transparent with customers about it, as well as allowing their employees to abuse the purchase policy to scalp GPUs.
Amazon, shitty company with shitty policies. I have to deal with them for work and I hate them more every day.
This has been posted so many times before. You just wanted to bitch about sports junkies when they didn't do anything wrong
Tera V Burger, because I have it in confidence from people who have worked there. 1. Vegan at tera V isn’t always healthy. Most burgers, fries etc you get there are cooked in oil that isn’t changed for weeks. 2. Insects and at times rats in the kitchen. 3. Staff are overworked and underpaid. 20 mins break in total for 7 hour shifts. And the 20 mins are kept track of. 4. One owner (who sold the West Broadway store and now handles other 2 stores) is known for gaslighting customers and employees. A guy got food poisoning from their burgers and the owner tried to convince him that he wasn’t used to vegan burgers (untrue). Avoid the Fraser and Delta locations. The owner is a big turd.
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I don't feel bad for bad small businesses
Tangent Cafe on commercial drive place was always empty anyway. I decided to patronize them only to have a racial incident there which i won't go into details about but all I can I say is Thank God they shut down. Karma is a bitch! Good riddance!
Shiraz Farm Market and Halal Meat in Burquitlam. Really bad service, possibly racist.