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Rant!Vancouver » 2007 » June

Archive for June, 2007

LOCK THE BINS UP! TAKE BACK THE STOLEN SHOPPING CARTS!

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

Our neighborhood is besieged by noising inconsiderate dumpster divers every day and night, who, among other things are depriving residents who have to get up and work for a living and pay a shit load of taxes already to you guys - from a decent nights sleep.

And this is only scratching the surface, and doesn’t begging to describe how detrimental this disgusting practice is.

The city is completely neglecting its duty by allowing widespread theft and constant use of shopping carts. Full of wine bottles they make a massive racket. One guy literally runs through our lane ways creating a terrible noise with total disregard of others. Then if he spots another binner he screams at him.

Stop this before all our neighborhoods begin to resemble the east side.

Submitted by Louis

A Horrible Experience at the Fountainhead

Monday, June 11th, 2007

First of all, what a name for a gay friendly bar. Isn’t that an Ayn Rand novel (Fountainhead and by the way, she was a NAZI sympathizer) or is it old English for ‘cockhead’. I would hope the later. Anyways, here’s my rant…for all it’s worth.

I just had a horrible experience at the Fountainhead on Davie Street.

A former acquaintance of mine went into the bar last night and left not paying his bill.
I went in there today for a drink and had the Manager, call me on it, in front of people I know! His approach was one of judgment, no curiosity to hear what I knew. And then proceeded to bicker with me! About someone else’s behavior. Good grief! Give your head shake CoCo!

CoCo, first approached me about this person when I was on the phone, he chose correctly, I might add to wait ’til I got off the phone, once off the phone he then decided to go on this ludicrous diatribe about customers not paying their bills and attaching their credibility or lack thereof, to mine, in front of other customers who I happen to know, bad choice! CoCo needs to take a course in critical thinking; I believe one is scheduled to start at V.C.C. next Friday

It left me feeling embarrassed and humiliated. I talked to the former manager of Celebrities Carl O. and Richard B. and they were stunned by C.C.’s approach to me, although not surprised, because from what I gather he has done this sort of thing before, burning customer bridges and leaving the owner to vacuum up the ashes.

Anyways, I just need to get it off my chest and probably won’t go back for sometime. Also, it won’t hurt to detoxify myself for a month or so.

Submitted by von Thurn und Taxis