My friend had to spend an arm and a leg to send his teenage daughter for her Prom. He had to pay for her ticket, dress, shoes, makeup, limo, hotel and photographer.

thoughts?

The last election was won by 26 votes.
It could go either way.

All of Toronto is going to be out to fight in the upcoming by election.

Who will you go out to support?
Liberals or Conservatives?

Will this be a "We Hate the Conservatives" themed By-election?

Conservative Ted Opitz vs Liberal Borys Wreznewsky

Judge rules federal election victory by Toronto Conservative MP ‘void’: lawyer

Toronto riding’s election result tossed by judge

I would like to exchange my Business class ticket for 3 economy class tickets so I can bring my family with me. The cost of a return Business Class ticket is approximately $7,500. However the cost of 3 economy return tickets is about $5,000. I thought it would be a win-win situation, the company saves money and I get to bring my family along.

However, my request was denied, and the policy is that employees MUST fly business class. When I asked why, I was given 2 reasons

1) We want the employee to arrive refreshed for the conference and not tired.

My response to that, was that I was actually leaving a week before the conference and taking vacation so I could spend more time in Toronto prior to the start of the conference. I don’t think it will take my 5 days to recover flying economy over business.

2) It’s for the safety of our employees.

My response to that (in my head, not to management) was "I didn’t realize that flying economy was so unsafe, I don’t think I will ever fly with those hooligans in economy ever again"

Has anyone ever heard of such a ridiculous policy? The company bears no additional costs, as we will be staying with family for the entire time, and I will be staying in the hotel only for the few days of the conference.

In fact the company actually saves money!

In the end I bit the bullet, and just bought tickets separately for my wife and daughter.

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So a watchdog tells it like it is – the cops went too far in the zeal to protect G20.
More evidence that we are becoming more like the American Police State
where civil liberties are being destroyed in the name of "security" ]]> http://chainpoets.com/3422/g20-commanders-committed-misconduct-provincial-police-watchdog-concludes/feed/ 0 http://chainpoets.com/3421/g20-commanders-committed-misconduct-provincial-police-watchdog-concludes/ http://chainpoets.com/3421/g20-commanders-committed-misconduct-provincial-police-watchdog-concludes/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 19:40:39 +0000 admin http://chainpoets.com/g20-commanders-committed-misconduct-provincial-police-watchdog-concludes Read More ]]> Toronto Star

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So a watchdog tells it like it is – the cops went too far in the zeal to protect G20.
More evidence that we are becoming more like the American Police State
where civil liberties are being destroyed in the name of "security" ]]> http://chainpoets.com/3421/g20-commanders-committed-misconduct-provincial-police-watchdog-concludes/feed/ 0 http://chainpoets.com/3420/problem-with-the-kia-dealership/ http://chainpoets.com/3420/problem-with-the-kia-dealership/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 17:31:47 +0000 admin http://chainpoets.com/problem-with-the-kia-dealership Read More ]]> Last week (may 11th) me and a buddy went to test drive a Kia Optima at the Woodchester location and everything went fine. The dealer sat in the back seat and while i went for a spin. I rear parked the car to see how the rear camera worked. After that, we went back inside the dealer, talked abit, and walked away.

On May 16th ( 5 days after ) I got a voice mail from the dealer saying that they want to talk to me. I ignored the message thinking it was probably an offer to get me back in the dealership. Today ( May 18th ) he called my house and I spoke with him. He is basically telling me that the rear bumper is scratched from my test drive. He said he wants me to come in and speak the the store manager and see what we can do and how it is better to resolve it this way than having to involve the police. He also said that when he checked my previous visits to the dealer, he saw that a day before i test drove the Optima, i was there with my dad and test drove the Sportage "and left the dealer with no outcome".

Now, I am 100% sure that i did not hit anything because first of all, there was a good foot and a half space in the camera with the curb. Second of all, when we got out, we checked the car one last time (to admire the looks of it). Thirdly, howcome nobody felt the bump?? the curb that was behind the car, was just a regular 6inch curb. how the hell does it scratch the rear bumper??

any ways, I told him that I am not coming in the dealer, because I did not do this. What do you guys think??? can he use my drivers license to file a claim?? can he actually call me after all these days and tell me that I caused the accident? what the hell is the point of the dealer guy sitting in the car then???

Thanks