Random Rants
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This charming little coffee shop I used to frequent relocated down the street to a soulless location (you know, on the ground floor of a brand-new mixed-use development in the up-and-coming neighborhood) with a disgusting corporate sheen. The old location (a real building) would have been perfect for a cool bar or restaurant. Instead, a Shinola / Filson store will open there. I have no quarrel with Filson (aside from their having a loyal local retailer right across the street from their new store), but for reasons I don't want to get into, I consider Shinola to be uber-lame. So the Whole Foods (telling similar comforting stories about how you're saving the world by giving them money) anchoring the brand-new mixed-use development up the street has an insipid new partner in yuppified gentrification, complete with the false, smug, and self-satisfied veneer of redeeming America's Rust Belt.
I liked it better here when there was a good chance you could get stabbed on a given night.
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Th GPS thing I bought to log my swims is knackered. Never seemed to work properly. The company I bought it from said that I need to return it to California and they would repair it. I threw a strop. There reply, "send us a photo of it smashed and we will send you a new one right away". I checked what they actually meant and yes, they want me to destroy it…....
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This charming little coffee shop I used to frequent relocated down the street to a soulless location (you know, on the ground floor of a brand-new mixed-use development in the up-and-coming neighborhood) with a disgusting corporate sheen. The old location (a real building) would have been perfect for a cool bar or restaurant. Instead, a Shinola / Filson store will open there. I have no quarrel with Filson (aside from their having a loyal local retailer right across the street from their new store), but for reasons I don't want to get into, I consider Shinola to be uber-lame. So the Whole Foods (telling similar comforting stories about how you're saving the world by giving them money) anchoring the brand-new mixed-use development up the street has an insipid new partner in yuppified gentrification, complete with the false, smug, and self-satisfied veneer of redeeming America's Rust Belt.
I liked it better here when there was a good chance you could get stabbed on a given night.
Strongly sympathise, and kudos to you for this very apt description of the downsides of gentrification. We have similar (and severe!) issues in this context here in parts of Berlin, one of my best friends is moving, at a time when finding housing is all but easy, let alone cheap, because her part of Kreuzberg, once a traditional working class borough, just became too touristy and soulless.
Have you talked to the people of the coffee shop? Communicating ones concerns seems very important IMO. -
@501/IH:
Strongly sympathise, and kudos to you for this very apt description of the downsides of gentrification. We have similar (and severe!) issues in thus context here in parts of Berlin, one of my best friends is moving, at a time when finding housing is all but easy, let alone cheap, because her part of Kreuzberg, once a traditional working class borough, just became too touristy and soulless.
Have you talked to the people of the coffee shop? Communicating ones concerns seems very important IMO.Thanks for the kind words. I did express my disappointment to the coffee shop. I expressed my distaste for the Whole Foods by buying a bunch of shit from them;)
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Let's have a laugh!..
12-06-2014 09:18 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
12-06-2014 08:27 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
12-06-2014 07:59 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
12-06-2014 07:35 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Damage recorded - delivery to be scheduled
12-06-2014 07:01 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Delivery to be rescheduled
12-06-2014 05:12 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Received in destination country
11-06-2014 20:23 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
11-06-2014 04:39 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
10-06-2014 19:46 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
10-06-2014 12:03 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
10-06-2014 11:34 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
10-06-2014 07:50 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
10-06-2014 07:34 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Damage recorded - delivery to be scheduled
10-06-2014 06:10 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Received in destination country
06-06-2014 17:35 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
06-06-2014 14:47 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Delivery attempted - premises closed
06-06-2014 06:31 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Loaded to vehicle for delivery
06-06-2014 06:09 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Received in destination country
06-06-2014 01:03 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Received in destination country
05-06-2014 20:17 Delivery Agent - NETHERLANDS Forwarded for export -
what is it?
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BEER
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Have I mentioned I hate USPS?
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Not sure why but they are definitely slipping quality wise. So sick of them not even bothering to put a package between my doors. So feckin lazy.
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Very few businesses could survive with a pension plan being funded 70 years in advance. Maybe a drug cartel…
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They have been piss poor for as long as I can remember, they just found a new excuse to throw the dart at for awhile … Yet it still drives underneath my skin from time to time.
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Let's have a laugh!..
12-06-2014 09:18 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
12-06-2014 08:27 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
12-06-2014 07:59 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
12-06-2014 07:35 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Damage recorded - delivery to be scheduled
12-06-2014 07:01 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Delivery to be rescheduled
12-06-2014 05:12 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Received in destination country
11-06-2014 20:23 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
11-06-2014 04:39 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
10-06-2014 19:46 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
10-06-2014 12:03 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
10-06-2014 11:34 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
10-06-2014 07:50 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
10-06-2014 07:34 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Damage recorded - delivery to be scheduled
10-06-2014 06:10 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Received in destination country
06-06-2014 17:35 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Held in depot
06-06-2014 14:47 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Delivery attempted - premises closed
06-06-2014 06:31 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Loaded to vehicle for delivery
06-06-2014 06:09 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Received in destination country
06-06-2014 01:03 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Received in destination country
05-06-2014 20:17 Delivery Agent - NETHERLANDS Forwarded for exportNow:
16-06-2014 07:51 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Loaded to vehicle for delivery
16-06-2014 06:04 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Received in destination countryI expect to read something like this any minute now:
16-06-2014 12:51 Delivery Agent - BELGIUM Vehicle exploded, ISIS militants seen dancing on shattered parcels
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stranger than fiction
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I want to see a picture of the box, fucking idiots.
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Holy crap. That's nuts
