Organic Food( (3)

 

This is a very short post. I was at a Real Canadian Superasshole a few days ago to buy Tamarind for a friend whom has tried, like and said it was good for her and also bought a couple of other things. The place was packed but a lady was nice enough to let me pay before her with a full cart. 

I noticed this empty isle on my way to the cashier: Organic food. You see people who buy all sorts of trash and fill their carts but barely even step in this section of the store. Some don't believe in these items and some prefer to pay the same amount and get more products for the money they pay. Organic food is very expensive and I've written about it but how do the businesses survive in this economy is beyond my understanding.

(Photo: Organic packaged products isle in a Superasshole in Calgary)

The Fate of Restaurant Business

I don't eat at McDonald's. I don't think someone at my age should but people do and I think it's how their body is accustomed to. I used to and it was one I was doing physical hard labour. Happily I haven't done that for a long time so the food it's not appealing and all I ate was their breakfast sandwiches.

Nevertheless I stopped at a McDonald's on my way home yesterday I got a medium Orange Juice and ask for a cup of water. The juice costed $2.4, and they gave me water in a tiny, little, small-size cup! And the place was packed! With the economy not doing so well and unemployment on the rise, despite the fast that Bank of Canada reduce borrowing cost, where do average people go to spend their times on weekend? Where is better than McDonald's?! Cheapest place to eat and yet you pay $2.4 for a fake medium-size orange juice! 

There's something else you can do and many do it: You can keep your used cup and go to another location and steal sugary beverages! I saw a tall Canadian guy 17 or 18 did that. I'm sure this can easily be elevated as it technically is theft and there're cameras in the lobby but I think McDonald's make enough money to let a few losers like that steal Coke and Sprite every day! 

(Photo: My expensive medium orange juice. I think if you ordered  using the app, it would be cheaper)

Nearly $135,000 after Four Years

I don't know how accurate these talks are about housing shortage and high rents but the place I bought  4 years ago does not seem to have much increase in its value, only $135,000. This is the difference between what my loan contact says and the most recent municipality assessment. I need to get the hell of this neighbourhood regardless of the job I'm going to be doing. It has become too irritating because of some asshole, disgusting neighbours. Beside I need to have a nice yard and bigger garage. I may keep my old Toyota, at least for awhile when I'm buying my new car which most likely would be an E. V.. 
I'm going north and I'm hoping I can get something for leas than $350,000 which matches my needs and with low interest rate, meaning using my current rate or the new one which will be introduced by Bank of Canada, this week. In the second case, It will be easier for moving but will be more costly because I will keep both the houses and then sell this one and use the difference on my new car although I have all the cash for that now but I'm moving toward the plan slowly and carefully. 

(Photo: AMPA's concept E. V. called Arrow. I don't know why they call it that name. It reminds me of the failed jet project. Let me know if you don't know about it and I will write it here or you can find it in the web. This, however, is not something that I'm buying!)

How a Loser's Life Turns Out

I had a flight booked to Las Vegas this past Sat. at 08:00. I even had paid for my seats, going and returning. My plan was to go to Tonopah to do the hike that we tried nearly two years ago and failed miserably! I was not ready for the trip, generally. So I set my clock for 05:55, woke up, had something and head out. By the time I reached the airport, parked and went to the gate, it was almost 07:10 and I was told that the checking had been closed! I went back home! Wasted at least $600, if not more. I had booked the ticket in May!

Then I told myself I had to do something positive with my time at least this Sun. So I headed to work. I reached there at around 09:00 and after a few minutes of work I realized that our network where I needed to access my files was done! The filthy disgusting, nasty incompetent stupid Latino in charge of the network, computers and everything related had messed up! Imagine a company which is so pathetic to use a Latino as his computer and network system person! I spent a few hours and returned home with disgust and disappointment. Wasted the rest of the day. 

Then I told myself, at least I will use the best of Mon. So I set the clock for 04:30 to head south for a hike. Woke up and couldn't convince myself to get out! Ate something and went back to the bed until 07:30 or so! 

(Photo: I stayed in Conrad the last time I was in Las Vegas. A nice and clean place)

Single vs. Married

This is absurd but this Feb. it's be 9 years that I'm single! I know what everyone says: What a loser! That's true! This is not for lack of trying but I think I also have lost my confidence and that's not in relationship. It's in everything but work. I'm fine at work. It's in everything else in the society: Seeking relationship, shopping(!), going to public places such as shopping malls, movie theaters, cafes, restaurants, supermarkets, you name it. I don't know if other single people feel the same or not but another reason for that is being a foreigner. The disgusting Government of Canada has let so many people in that you can see all sorts of losers scattered around the country but a foreigner still is a foreigner especially if they don't live in ghetto or don't go to the popular destinations of foreigners! 
I think I've mentioned this in another post that only 49% of people in Canada live in a family but that doesn't mean they're single all the time. Majority of the single people have someone who accompanies them or keep them company when they need. 
I have planned for this upcoming trip in May and now just 2 days to my flight, I'm in doubt! It was so bad that I wanted to cancel the trip but changed my mind this past Mon. I know the feeling I get when I go to the airport and everywhere else but I'm trying to overcome that and reach my goal.

(Photo: This will be me on the left soon but even when I was married, my wife didn't have much to say about the trip except the one that she insisted on going back to the old country with the goal of annulling our marriage which she perused it with annulling the Canadian marriage and then regretted it and told me that she wanted to come back but it was too late!) 

An Strange Request

There's this Canadian fella who was promoted to the head of a small group of people after the previous supervisor left the company, earlier this year. We didn't have a good start but then the things got smoother and we were working together, when there was a need, easily. This is something good that I like about some Canadians. You might have an argument or stand-off with them but it doesn't, always, lead to hostility. 

This fella is an old guy, older than me, I'd say at least 10 years older although it's difficult to say some people's age. He knew, somehow, that we were looking for people to hire and asked me if he could be part of my team! He didn't ask to join. He wondered if he could join. I, of course, gave him a positive answer. Why not? I want someone who attends the works regularly and does what I ask them to do. What do I care whether he is already an employee or not. The only problem would be telling what to do to someone who is older than me and has worked for the company longer than I have.

Now we have hired someone, I don't think there will be a talk about that but it was strange. This proves that I'm a good employee, at least in his eyes or he wouldn't consider joining in. 

(Photo: The company traditionally has hired from inside to fill this position but this time it was decided to hire someone with a little experience and training in the filed. We will see how this person turns out)

At the other side of the Table

I participated in an interview less than one year after I joined this team, last week. This time as an interviewer, although I didn't get much chance to ask questions. I had prepared myself a little bit though,  but it's okay. I let it go. This a**shole he think he knows it all. I don't want to fight him at this stage which I don't even know whether I will be there for long or not.

In my opinion some of cliche questions are really dumb. For example what do you know about our company? I can spend 15 minutes on a company's website and bullshit the interviewer! Would that prove something?! Some say it shows that the candidate's interest! The candidate is interested in getting out of the misery of being unemployed and especially in day and age which the competition is high, cost of living is high and good jobs are scarce! There were two guys: An (East) Indian whom I had difficulty understanding and a younger Canadian fella. I felt bad for the guy and despite the fact that most of employers don't care, how can you not have a clear communication with others after years and years of living in this country?! And then you sit there at the end and ask stupid questions?! No way you would be hired! 

The other guy was an overconfident, I-am-better-than-everyone type of macho guy! He was desperately trying to sell himself, despite the fact that he didn't have more than a year of off-and-on job, through connection(!) and at the last part played the card of I have another offers! My colleague, who handled most of the interview liked him, of course, and sent him a message saying that he had been considered. We still have to see when he comes and how he will start.

(Photo: As part of being inclusive, many websites, these days, post pictures of men with beard or women with headscarf. This doesn't have anything to do with this post but is that what Canada about? Would a Korean guy represent this country or a person from Western European country origins? That's probably another post but for this one this two-on one interview depicts what we had last week)