Tab CombsMar 18, 2024
The kid's grown six inches in two years and still isn't tall enough to be seen over the hood of these ridiculous death machines prowling our neighborhood streets.
Show threadRicardo MagalhaesMar 18, 2024

@DrTCombs I just feel sick watching this. The amount of these monsters in the CITY, emphasis on CITY, of Montreal, is appalling. No one needs these in the city (and arguably, nowhere) to do their monthly Costco shop.

I've started making little pamphlets with similar images (from the media) and sneaking them into their windshields, but I'm genuinely afraid of getting beaten up one day for violating their windshield freedom...

Show threadhallunke23 🇺🇦Sep 12, 2024
@magalhini @DrTCombs Germany here. Why is your Costco so far from your home that you need to use a car?? Here in Halle (Saale), I have 5 (five) grocery stores (Edeka, E-Center (franchised), Norma, Netto w/dog, Netto w/o dog) within a range of 1 km. No need to drive as I can walk. Looks like urban planning, specifically zoning on your side of the pond needs some changes.
Show threadAlexisDyslexicSep 12, 2024
@hallunke23 @magalhini @DrTCombs Costco isn't a grocery store. It has groceries, but it was meant to be for small buisness owners and sells everything in bulk. It requires a membership and feels exclusive but doesn't require a tax id (that a small buisness would have). It gets used by suburbanites (and every middle class American thinks they are part of the business class) and they drive there in trucks & SUV to buy oversized items. I actually love Costco but this mentality is a problem.
Show threadhallunke23 🇺🇦Sep 12, 2024
@alexisdyslexic @magalhini @DrTCombs Ah, ok, I didn't know that. So Costco is more like Metro. But Metro is inaccessible to me because I don't have a business registration atm.
Show threadAletheia
@hallunke23 @alexisdyslexic @magalhini @DrTCombs They also (at least around here) only put a Costco on the beltway around a city. They are meant for the suburbanites, not the city dwellers.
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Show threadAlexisDyslexicSep 12, 2024
@Aletheia_E @hallunke23 @magalhini @DrTCombs yeah I had a Costco membership for a year when I lived in NYC because I was helping run a business and it didn't even make sense then. There were plenty of actual warehouses I could use that required the tax id. And I didn't have enough room at either my business or my apt to store bulk items.