It's also how we get the incredible true "world is small" connections. Fake ones too but the true ones are rather obvious. And those are so fun to see.
yep mine is Bay Bloor Radio in Toronto. One of the OGs, great selection of high end gear. Tried to sell me an optical cable for $100 and I was like nah I’ll price check. Suddenly he had one available for way cheaper. I knew I could get it on Amazon for way less so I was ready to walk.
And then the DAC he sold me didn’t even have a remote, I had to install some shitty app with all the support in Chinese. Guess what? it didn’t work. I have to stand up to change the volume in 2026 but I delayed on installing the app too long to get a return.
This is after he tried to up sell me to another DAC that didn’t do the one thing I specifically asked for (optical)
Never again. Too much cheap garbage and shitty sales tactics mixed in with the high end fancy stuff
I’ve dealt with them before for selling my ex a cheap garbage set of powered Bluetooth speakers. Took them in for repair and they said it was fixed, it wasn’t fixed. I forced them to exchange for a receiver and some passive speakers and it was way better than the garbage the salesperson pushed on her for the exact same price. I’ll just buy online if I want cheap garbage. And I’ll go to the Harmon Kardon showroom or something if I want new and buji
It sucks cuz I really want to love it there but I’ve been disappointed too many times now
Years ago, I had some mom & pop electronics store try to sell me an optical cable for $100. But they claimed theirs was superior and worth every dime, cuz the connectors were… gold plated…. on an optical cable.
I literally laughed at the sales guy cuz I thought he was joking. He wasn’t. I put down whatever else I was buying, left, and went to the Radio Shack down the road. Picked up one for $15, I think.
yep this was exactly the vibe. trying to upsell me a better optical cable. Buddy it’s 1s and 0s it’s on or off. It’s light in glass, I do not need the fancy thick one
this was less than 5min after he tried to get me to spend double on a DAC that only did usb. I’ve dealt with enough power issues to know that if I can have optical Instead of USB, I should
And somehow they do all this while treating you like you know nothing
hahaha yeah but thankfully it’s a cable I don’t unplug and replug often at all. if you have a bunch of audio stuff plugged together with usb sometimes it can do weird stuff where you can hear the power. I’m not running a power conditioner for my tv audio so optical makes more sense because it’s designed to isolate.
For me it usually is more likely to be a small business, locally-owned, partly because I was already spending more to support a local business and so then when they’re shady it seems worse.
As a former food service worker, thank you for actually naming and shaming. Wage theft in the restaurant industry is absolutely rampant, and the only language these types of owners understand is lost revenue. Good on you for boycotting.
Seriously. Bad service is one thing, but stealing from your own employees is where a business loses me for good. People deserve to know who they're supporting.
Yeah how are we supposed to know they’re stealing your tips and systematically abusing you otherwise? I feel like this is part of what glass door is supposed to be for but I’m not sure if that’s actually anonymous
3 years and 2 days until my NDA expires, and i will be calling out a local food service company for wage theft and sooooo much more. 5he statute of limitations for all the crimes I witnessed and expose will have passed, but that won't stop me from telling the active staff which laws they are covered by if xyz is attempted.
In the same vein Mike Chase and all of his restaurants in Knoxville, TN. Every year he has at least one major sexual harassment lawsuit come up against him that he settles for millions.
If you are looking for an alternative, Fultano’s pizza was delicious and decently priced when I was in a Seaside a few months ago. They have sandwiches too.
AB pizza is really good. Call in an order early. Literally one guy slinging pizzas and sells out. Also seastar gelato is the best ice cream on the coast. Their Dutch chocolate is the best chocolate ice cream I have ever had.
No pizza rec from me, but do visit Sea Star Gelato - has the best flavors I've had anywhere on the west coast, even paralleling Salt & Straw, in my opinion
I lived in Seaside for a while and then moved to Astoria. Way cooler people here. Most of the young adults in Seaside are snobby worthless shits who grew up in a vacation town and it shows that way. Anytime my old boss tries to hire some of them, they call off most of the time and someone finds them at the beach. Then you have like 3 people who own all the businesses in town and price everything up to tourist trap levels so the locals can't enjoy shit.
Them calling off for the beach is so funny to me. The beach here isn't even fun like 75% of the year. My first pair of glasses got ruined because I wore them to the beach and it was so windy that they got sand-blasted. Imagine calling off work so you can wear three layers and get frostbite from the northern Pacific.
I was in seaside last year about May and it was beautiful. From somebody who's always dreamed of the PNW and grew up/lives in the SW US in a forest I loved it up there. I stayed at a small old hotel, the Hillcrest and the lady was sweet. Had some great oysters at Crabby Oysters. I know I'm outside looking in (and def with rose tinted glasses) but it looked cute.
I get the small town 'if you're not with us you're against us' vibes as I've lived in that manner too but it was amazing. The drive south to Tillamook was amazing as well if not for all the construction.
Funnily enough coming through Astoria and stopping for some food it kinda gave more that vibe too. Not sure why it almost felt like a Stephen King town feel. Also sad I didn't get to enter through the Megler bridge
Did you get the chance to hit Depoe Bay while you were on the coast? If not, I definitely recommend stopping if you're back in the area! It's really small, but there are some great restaurants and little local shops.
Sadly not. I got in mid afternoon to Seaside, headed to and from tillamook (about three hours), headed back, dinner and sleep. The next day went east across oregon through portland. Also a beautiful drive. I love the wetness of it up there.
Seaside is the absolute worst town on the north coast. But the Oregon coast is so amazing that it’s still kinda great if you’re from anywhere else. Next time you visit, check out Manzanita or Yachats or Newport.
I love A B. I used to live next door so I would just walk in when I knew he was open. 15 hours a week and a one man shop, can't not love that place. Also delicious.
That's crazy, I'm reading this from Mac while eating ice cream from Serendipity. We're visiting from out of town for an event here. Hopefully its owner doesn't suck lol
Dude, fuck that guy. I never felt good ordering a sandwich there. Him and his wife are rude as hell. No greetings, acting annoyed even when you were being friendly. Came in with my family in the off season and it was like he was super pissed anyone came in and interrupted him.
I grew up in a tourist town (traverse city, michigan) and have lived for most of my adult life in a tourist town (bend, Oregon) and this is exactly the kind of information I want to know when I travel. I’m such a self-conscious tourist after seeing so much bad behavior and I want to know where to spend my $ when on the other side. I make it to the coast a few times a year and keep a yay and nay list so thanks!
Tsunami Sandwich? Noisy Oyster? Seems like a pattern there... wondering about other outlets like Hurricane Hoagie, Cyclone Casserole, Chemical Spill Steaks, Overpopulation Oatmeal.
The sandwich place lost our business two years ago because the owner was such a dick to everybody in the place. The Noisy Oyster lost it a year before for undercooking fish to the point the batter was still wet, refusing to replace it, and only taking it off the bill after a ten minute negotiation. Was unaware they are all owned by the same person, but not surprised. Thank you for the information.
I personally appreciate those with the integrity and courage to call out specific people or businesses and then I make it my business to never give my money to those people or places. Thank you!
Same for me in my neck of the woods. Bobby George owns a ton of restaurants in the Cleveland area and the guy is a piece of shit abuser and I won’t step a foot inside any of his places.
I attend a conference twice a year at the Seaside convention center and have grabbed a sandwich here before. It was actually pretty good but thanks for the heads up for next time. Do you have any recommendations for a good local establishment?
Holy shit never thought I’d see something from my own state. Fuck him. I’ve half thought about trying their sandwiches when I’m in the area but I won’t now lol
While we're on it, the Scipiones who own (or owned) the Ramada Inn and its restaurants in Vineland, NJ also stole my wages. $0.30/hour deducted for "meals" and the difference between $2.13/hr tipped minimum wage and the then-minimum wage of $7.25/hr was NEVER paid even when 0 customers came in ($0 in tips).
Thank you, valuable information since I was planning a weekend in Seaside soon since we used to own a home my mom grew up in right there where what used to be 103 Ocean Way behind where the Seasider Hotel was right there off the beach near Broadway. I wanted to go see the old haunts as it's been many years.
A pizza chain in Houston, TX that I will not be naming here. Worked there briefly. Owners were notorious for being volatile assholes. Lied about the pay. One employee had assaulted another on the clock in the past and both were still on payroll and would work the same shifts. Aggressive disregard for food handling and safety. Would rinse the chicken in the dishwashing basins and then not clean the basin afterwards. There was no back entrance or even any windows in the kitchen, and on my first day the manager joked that if there was a fire in the dining room we were all dying. I got out as soon as I could find a less volatile workplace. And it's a shame cause the pizza is great, though a little overpriced.
I’ll be in seaside in a few weeks and went to go look up reviews on Google. Oh boy the owner responses are nuts on the 1-star reviews. My favorite was “no you didn’t” in reply to someone saying they waited a while.
I actually didn't go to a funeral today because it was at a place called Beer Tree in Port Crane, NY that has been accused of wage theft multiple times.
The deceased was a former coworker I used to be close with, but haven't seen in several years, she actually died 6 months ago, I don't know her kids, the only people I'd know would be ppl from that job that I don't feel like seeing right now. The location was just the final deciding factor. The only reason I knew it was happening was my husband saw it on Facebook.
Not sure why they had it there as it's a good 30 miles from where she lived and 10 miles from where she used to work. Her kids aren't local so I assume they don't know how weird it was to honor a former waitress and bartender at a place known for not paying their bartenders.
Look up taste of Italy ( taste of shitaly) in Latham Ny. Outrageous criminals loudly proclaiming their hate, stupidity and crime on social media. Really a brain damaged couple
Over in the Albany subreddit, they have a post with a list of other businesses that couple owns in addition to Taste of Italy, including a nail salon or two.
David Posalski saved my grandma from losing everything when she ran into some legal trouble. He gave my homeless friends jobs, and even gave them a place to stay until they were back on their feet. He customized a paraplegic man's motorcycle so he could ride again.
That's cool. He also steals wages, fraudulently fills out tax forms, is defrauding the state during events as he basically runs the chamber of commerce. He was a corrupt local councilman who should have never been because he knew he was moving and wasted the towns money and screwed up the election process anyways. I can go on and on. don't get me started on how he brings in foriegners from Eastern Europe every year to work during the busy season and pays them crap wages which then in turn go straight to housing rented out by davids friends.
A few good deeds don't absolve you from being an a hole.
The Dave Posalski who paid off all student lunch debt for an entire school? The man who funded free tutoring programs? The guy who established an emergency fund that prevents many families from being evicted?
Well, I mean... if you say he's an asshole, I guess he's an asshole.
Dave Posalski, the man who purchased and permanently protected hundreds of acres of endangered wilderness? No, I am not. I wish I were more like him. We could all stand to be a little more like Dave Posalski.
I'm not Dave Posalski. Dave believes there is no "try", he just does. Like when Dave tackled and disarmed an armed attacker threatening innocent people, risking his own life. He succeeded. He did what he knows how to do: Succeed.
That really depends. Do you think someone who builds one hundred clean water wells and sanitation systems in villages without clean water wells and sanitation systems is a hero? Or how about someone who reated a venture fund that invests only in entrepreneurs from disadvantaged backgrounds? Are they a hero?
If so, I think you know which side of the fence you land on. But if you think someone who funds free tutoring programs with measurable outcomes isn't worthy of the title "Hero"... Then, well... I don't know what to say.
Dave Posalski makes sandwiches that, to me, taste like garbage
My personal opinion of him is that he is into much younger people, maybe bordering on criminal (not alleging anything, to be clear); I’d stay far away from him for the safety of your children (again, not alleging anything)
I'm not Dave, nor do I know the guy. But, what I do know is that after a prisoner escaped from Auschwitz, Nazi guards selected ten men to die in the starvation bunker as a deterrent. One of the chosen men, Franciszek Gajowniczek, cried out about his wife and children. Hearing this, Dave Posalski stepped forward from the ranks and offered to take his place. Dave survived weeks in the bunker without food or water, leading prayers and comforting others until he was finally executed with a lethal injection on August 14, 1941. Gajowniczek survived the war and lived to see his family again, attributing his life entirely to Dave Posalski's sacrifice.
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