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Man, today has not been a good day for rants.

If the EXPRESS line says <8 items, don't freaking show up with an entire cart and expect me not to be pissed at you.

It's like when a store limits the changerooms to 5 items and you just keep a pile of crap hung outside and only switch out the 5 items off the door. I'm not too timid to call you on your BS, so don't be taken aback when someone actually mentions to you that you're disrespecting everyone in line.

(I think WW has made it easier for me to call people out IRL. Who would have known? )

 

[NStarz]

Ran for 3 positions in SVECCS tonight. Didn't get a single one. I hate popularity contests.

 

[psilovethomas]

Ran for 3 positions in SVECCS tonight. Didn't get a single one. I hate popularity contests.

So lame. I would have voted for you🙂.

 

[NStarz]

So lame. I would have voted for you🙂.

Thanks PSILT 🙂

 

[98cats]

Ok, so I'm just going to place this here because I am so annoyed/upset/sad/pissed/fed up.....feel free to ignore. 🙂

Omg. I'm an RA, so I deal with annoying people everyday. 🙂
But tonight some people were playing super loud music before quiet hours, and a girl came out of her room and screamed at them to stop because she was doing homework, and they all started screaming at each other, and I had to come out and ask what was going on etc. etc.
But the girl went back to her room, and I was left talking to the people who were playing the music. And I just calmly asked them to maybe turn it down or off for awhile just to let things cool down. And they could NOT get over the fact that she yelled at them. I was just like, "Ok, regardless of how she acted, which I'm not saying was the right way to handle things, you guys could just do the nice thing and be quiet for awhile." Then they'd be like, "But she yelled at us! She was so rude. OMG....blah blah blah." Then continued to talk **** about this poor girl who was probably trying to do her homework for hours and just got fed up to the point of exploding and came out to yell at them. (Not saying it was right). I told them that I know it's not the best situation, but please keep the music off for awhile. Then they got pissy. I went into my room and could hear them talking about me and how I'm friends with the girl's roommate, so obviously I would take her side. Then one of them (who I'm actually pretty close with and feel like we get along) says, "That's why some people just shouldn't be RA's." And continued to talk about the girl who yelled at them. So, I went out again and asked them to please not talk about this in the hall where everyone can hear it, especially the other girl. And they got upset, saying that I was being bias and siding with the other girl because she was white and they were black, and that I don't care about their feelings at all, etc. So, I told them that if the situation were turned around, I would be siding with them and would ask the other girl to turn her music down. But they were just like "Yeah! But we wouldn't be complaining about that!" Then I just said, "That's not the point!" Getting so frustrated, but staying calm. They continued to talk about how I don't care about their feelings and only side with other people. I told them that they can play music anytime they want, and I let them, and I've never stopped them unless it was excessive or quiet hours. Then they say, "But we haven't played it for weeks!" To which I reply, "Which has nothing to do with me! I never told you not to. Your choice." They start to say I don't care about them again, and I try to tell them that I most definitely do care about them (which I do! They are some of my favorite residents.), but they just ignore me. So I just retreat into my room and cry my eyes out until I feel a little bit better.

I hate people thinking I don't care about them when I do; it hurts. :/
And when people can't grow up and act like an adult.

Wow, that was long. But made me feel a bit better......

 

[Minnerbelle]

Typical internship blues. Feels like slave labor, isn't often what was advertised, never allowed to do anything that might constitute "fun" or "interesting," and of course it's unpaid.

That's most of clinical rotations for ya, except you pay like $1000 per week to partake in it rather than doing it for free 😛

 

[Minnerbelle]

And might I add, it's still 100% better than the didactic years...

 

[Jamr0ckin]

I live in a 3 bedroom house with my bf. We don't have a roommate. 2 of the bedrooms are "his" for his clothes and his stuff. The master bedroom is "mine" to put all my stuff, event though we both sleep in there. It is messy, but I'm a fairly busy person what with vet school and a part time job.

It drives me BONKERS that he complains about the messiness of the room, but will take off his clothes and lay them around the room. He has 2 closets in his 2 other bedrooms...but he leaves his stuff in the one place I have for my things! And he doesn't understand why it bothers me, which is even more annoying!

He says he picks them up, but in reality I pick up his stuff and return it to his room almost daily. I just don't understand why you would do something that contributes to the thing you complain about all the time...

 

[Filly Bay]

Ran for 3 positions in SVECCS tonight. Didn't get a single one. I hate popularity contests.

I did vote for you! Elections month is getting me down too.

 

[nyanko]

That's most of clinical rotations for ya, except you pay like $1000 per week to partake in it rather than doing it for free 😛

don't forget about how you constantly get nitpicked over stupid little things while concurrently hearing absolutely nothing about the things you're actually doing right

 

[scb44f]

don't forget about how you constantly get nitpicked over stupid little things while concurrently hearing absolutely nothing about the things you're actually doing right

lol yup

(That said, I DID actually get positive feedback twice this week already, so it's not like it never happens, but it sure seems rare)

 

[jmo1012]

Ok, so I'm just going to place this here because I am so annoyed/upset/sad/pissed/fed up.....feel free to ignore. 🙂

Omg. I'm an RA, so I deal with annoying people everyday. 🙂
But tonight some people were playing super loud music before quiet hours, and a girl came out of her room and screamed at them to stop because she was doing homework, and they all started screaming at each other, and I had to come out and ask what was going on etc. etc.
But the girl went back to her room, and I was left talking to the people who were playing the music. And I just calmly asked them to maybe turn it down or off for awhile just to let things cool down. And they could NOT get over the fact that she yelled at them. I was just like, "Ok, regardless of how she acted, which I'm not saying was the right way to handle things, you guys could just do the nice thing and be quiet for awhile." Then they'd be like, "But she yelled at us! She was so rude. OMG....blah blah blah." Then continued to talk **** about this poor girl who was probably trying to do her homework for hours and just got fed up to the point of exploding and came out to yell at them. (Not saying it was right). I told them that I know it's not the best situation, but please keep the music off for awhile. Then they got pissy. I went into my room and could hear them talking about me and how I'm friends with the girl's roommate, so obviously I would take her side. Then one of them (who I'm actually pretty close with and feel like we get along) says, "That's why some people just shouldn't be RA's." And continued to talk about the girl who yelled at them. So, I went out again and asked them to please not talk about this in the hall where everyone can hear it, especially the other girl. And they got upset, saying that I was being bias and siding with the other girl because she was white and they were black, and that I don't care about their feelings at all, etc. So, I told them that if the situation were turned around, I would be siding with them and would ask the other girl to turn her music down. But they were just like "Yeah! But we wouldn't be complaining about that!" Then I just said, "That's not the point!" Getting so frustrated, but staying calm. They continued to talk about how I don't care about their feelings and only side with other people. I told them that they can play music anytime they want, and I let them, and I've never stopped them unless it was excessive or quiet hours. Then they say, "But we haven't played it for weeks!" To which I reply, "Which has nothing to do with me! I never told you not to. Your choice." They start to say I don't care about them again, and I try to tell them that I most definitely do care about them (which I do! They are some of my favorite residents.), but they just ignore me. So I just retreat into my room and cry my eyes out until I feel a little bit better.

I hate people thinking I don't care about them when I do; it hurts. :/
And when people can't grow up and act like an adult.

Wow, that was long. But made me feel a bit better......

this would not have been tolerated at my undergrad institution. poor behavior that continued after a warning would end in a write up to be dealt with by staff with consequences. i'm also fairly certain we had strict quiet hours on week days. bummer for you that these kids were acting so immature, many of my friends were RAs and used to get so annoyed and frustrated with the behavior and attitudes

 

[98cats]

this would not have been tolerated at my undergrad institution. poor behavior that continued after a warning would end in a write up to be dealt with by staff with consequences. i'm also fairly certain we had strict quiet hours on week days. bummer for you that these kids were acting so immature, many of my friends were RAs and used to get so annoyed and frustrated with the behavior and attitudes

Yeah. If it was quiet hours, I would've written them up in a heartbeat. But it was like 7:30/8, so they technically weren't doing anything wrong. And they eventually turned off the music like I asked, but they were just having bad attitudes about it. So, I hate those grey area situations, where I can't technically write them up, but they are being immature.

 

[that redhead]

Man, today has not been a good day for rants.

If the EXPRESS line says <8 items, don't freaking show up with an entire cart and expect me not to be pissed at you.

It's like when a store limits the changerooms to 5 items and you just keep a pile of crap hung outside and only switch out the 5 items off the door. I'm not too timid to call you on your BS, so don't be taken aback when someone actually mentions to you that you're disrespecting everyone in line.

(I think WW has made it easier for me to call people out IRL. Who would have known? )

This happened to me a couple weeks back! Little old lady in the 1-10 line with a cart FULL. Thinking she was old and could get away with it, I'm sure.

This week, I was in the 1-15 items lane...and had 17 items I was freaking out that someone was going to call me out and also hated myself for doing it but for some reason there were a TON of people and the lines were ridiculous and I was like "eff it, I'm doing it!"

 

[Escalla]

This happened to me a couple weeks back! Little old lady in the 1-10 line with a cart FULL. Thinking she was old and could get away with it, I'm sure.

This week, I was in the 1-15 items lane...and had 17 items I was freaking out that someone was going to call me out and also hated myself for doing it but for some reason there were a TON of people and the lines were ridiculous and I was like "eff it, I'm doing it!"

Hahahaha. I've had one or two over and felt nervous about it too.

You also have the people that bring their cart of fresh veggies and fruits that require a code to enter to the self-checkout and they take 4x longer to do it because the cashier is so much more efficient.....

So while it's nice that you want to do it yourself, if you have a bunch of code items without bar codes, please just use the freaking cashier......

 

[Brass]

You should go talk to the Grad advisor at your school. I don't know what your whole situation is but at my University they give A LOT of leeway about deadlines and are always interested in getting new grad students.

I called the Microbiology department at the school I wanted to go to, and they basically said that I could submit an application, but that it probably wouldn't be looked at. It made me sad. 🙁

 

[Brass]

Hey, Brass! What type of Master's program are you thinking about? I heard from one pre-vet student that she was applying to CSU for a Master's in Biomedical Sciences. From what I understood from her, the courses that she will be taking will help her become a better applicant for her next admissions cycle. If you are interesting in Animal Science Master's programs, I would check their deadlines. Some of those schools still have deadlines that have not passed.

I was thinking about either Microbiology or Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences. Pretty much all of the Microbiology deadlines have come and gone. My bachelor's degree is in Animal Science, but I kind of want to focus a little more on diseases and research than I think that a Master's degree in Animal Science would cover. I could be wrong though. Regardless, I think that I need to get a Master's in SOMETHING so I can improve my GPA. I'd basically have to make A's in an entire semester of undergraduate courses to boost my last 45 hours up to something respectable. I retook two classes last semester, made an A and a B, and my last 45 hours went DOWN because some of my earlier attempts at organic chemistry were in there. It's all very frustrating.

 

[jmo1012]

parents looking drugs up on the internet 😡 - "but when i looked it up on the internet, the side effects were..." well yeah, but I'm reading you a pharmacology textbook. written by veterinary pharmacologists. not anyone with a wifi/ethernet connection. *sigh*
also rant on clinicians who give an antiemetic without knowing why a patient is vomiting (yes i know this happens ALL THE TIME, but it really isn't good medicine!).

 

[dovelover]

So my parents tried to get my dog's clomicalm refilled, only to find out that apparently the company "temporarily" stopped manufacturing it, and that all the stock they (and pretty much everyone else) has is all gone. So now they've got like a week's worth of pills left and they have to wean him off it. It works so well for him too... and just when they were going to start trying to board him to get him ready for when they go away in two months. I just hope he doesn't start chewing through walls again. Or anything worse. And the generic human version that he used to be on for $10/month currently costs ~$800 a month, so that's not an option... This sucks.

 

[NStarz]

So my parents tried to get my dog's clomicalm refilled, only to find out that apparently the company "temporarily" stopped manufacturing it, and that all the stock they (and pretty much everyone else) has is all gone. So now they've got like a week's worth of pills left and they have to wean him off it. It works so well for him too... and just when they were going to start trying to board him to get him ready for when they go away in two months. I just hope he doesn't start chewing through walls again. Or anything worse. And the generic human version that he used to be on for $10/month currently costs ~$800 a month, so that's not an option... This sucks.

Oh jeez. I know Reconcile is off the market, and now Clomicalm is backordered. I feel bad for all of the special needs fur babies 🙁 Hope your pup does okay. Maybe talk to your vet about fluoxetine (generic prozac)?

 

[TooLove]

So my parents tried to get my dog's clomicalm refilled, only to find out that apparently the company "temporarily" stopped manufacturing it, and that all the stock they (and pretty much everyone else) has is all gone. So now they've got like a week's worth of pills left and they have to wean him off it. It works so well for him too... and just when they were going to start trying to board him to get him ready for when they go away in two months. I just hope he doesn't start chewing through walls again. Or anything worse. And the generic human version that he used to be on for $10/month currently costs ~$800 a month, so that's not an option... This sucks.

Virbac makes something called Anxitane that we've had success with. It's OTC as well...might be worth a shot.

 

[dovelover]

Oh jeez. I know Reconcile is off the market, and now Clomicalm is backordered. I feel bad for all of the special needs fur babies 🙁 Hope your pup does okay. Maybe talk to your vet about fluoxetine (generic prozac)?

Virbac makes something called Anxitane that we've had success with. It's OTC as well...might be worth a shot.

Thanks guys, I'll have to look into those.

 

[WildZoo]

don't forget about how you constantly get nitpicked over stupid little things while concurrently hearing absolutely nothing about the things you're actually doing right

!! Another problem I have with my internship which means...oh god, it never ends does it?

 

[wolfspeaker]

this would not have been tolerated at my undergrad institution. poor behavior that continued after a warning would end in a write up to be dealt with by staff with consequences. i'm also fairly certain we had strict quiet hours on week days. bummer for you that these kids were acting so immature, many of my friends were RAs and used to get so annoyed and frustrated with the behavior and attitudes

Reminds me of living in my dorm. My boyfriends section(they split the builing in half) was a riot! Always fun stuff happening, the RA was pretty laid back as long as you didn't overly cross boundaries and everyone pretty much got along.

It was a strict dry campus(NO alcohol allowed), but of course we always brought booze in. (duh) One night the RA was busy and about 6 of the rooms decided to get rid of their booze bottles together and took the large garbage bin from the shared kitchen around their rooms and filled it up with the empties. The RA was PISSED when it was found the next morning. Pretty sure he got in some sort of trouble with the staff. Poor guy.

 

[jmo1012]

neighbor and i caught our dogs eating vomit tonight, ughhhhh. we live in a two story apartment complex thats basically a big rectangle with apartments on either side. one of the tenants has taken to vomiting off his porch onto the concrete below on a regular basis. what the heck is wrong with people?! we've noticed on multiple occasions between us in the evenings. so glad this guy is a future medical doctor.

 

[98cats]

Reminds me of living in my dorm. My boyfriends section(they split the builing in half) was a riot! Always fun stuff happening, the RA was pretty laid back as long as you didn't overly cross boundaries and everyone pretty much got along.

It was a strict dry campus(NO alcohol allowed), but of course we always brought booze in. (duh) One night the RA was busy and about 6 of the rooms decided to get rid of their booze bottles together and took the large garbage bin from the shared kitchen around their rooms and filled it up with the empties. The RA was PISSED when it was found the next morning. Pretty sure he got in some sort of trouble with the staff. Poor guy.

From an RA's perspective, that would SUCK! I'm pretty laid back, but people take advantage of that so much. I wish I could go back and be super strict right off the bat.

 

[Rainheart]

Woke up at 3:30am with awful back pain... I hate being a woman sometimes. I don't have any Tylenol on hand, so gotta wait until one of my roomies gets up at 6am. Took some aspirin since it was all I had in the meantime. I guess since I'm wide awake now I'll study for my two exams this morning.

 

[swingnsave]

So I've had this medical problem in the past with randomly waking up in the middle of the night with terrible back and stomach spasms that make it really difficult for me to breathe. Tonight was the first time it happened while I was living alone. Usually I have someone near me (family, roommates, RAs, etc) in case I need to go to the emergency room bc I stop breathing. So anyway, I have gone to a MILLION doctors and specialists and have gotten a MILLION tests but no one can seem to figure out what it is. I haven't had a serious attack, to the point where I can't breathe, in over a year. Now, I have had 3 of these attacks in a span of 2 days. Twice while I was AT SCHOOL TAKING AN EXAM, which has NEVER happened before, and once tonight/morning at 4am. I'm getting really sick of this and I wish the freakin DOCTORS CAN FIGURE OUT WTF IS GOING ON. So frustrated, but trying to stay calm so the stress doesn't trigger another attack. My entire body hurts and it scares me EVERY time because I feel like I might just stop breathing one day during an attack 😢

 

[DVMDream]

I am disappointed... apparently there was a strong enough solar storm last night that the aurora lights became visible in Edinburgh and I missed it....I was even awake while it was happening 🙁

I hope it happens again sometime, would be nice to see them.

 

[Trilt]

My rave yesterday was definitely the endorphins talking. Ow. ow ow ow. moving hurts.

 

[BlackDog17]

I am disappointed... apparently there was a strong enough solar storm last night that the aurora lights became visible in Edinburgh and I missed it....I was even awake while it was happening 🙁

I hope it happens again sometime, would be nice to see them.

If you like "Soft Serve News" on Facebook, they post regular solar storm updates so you know when to look!

 

[BlackDog17]

That awkward moment when you get to the grocery store and realize you can't afford the meat you needed for the recipe you were going to make this week. And you already bought all the other ingredients. Gotta love living in a country with higher food prices than you're used to.

 

[Escalla]

Reminds me of living in my dorm. My boyfriends section(they split the builing in half) was a riot! Always fun stuff happening, the RA was pretty laid back as long as you didn't overly cross boundaries and everyone pretty much got along.

It was a strict dry campus(NO alcohol allowed), but of course we always brought booze in. (duh) One night the RA was busy and about 6 of the rooms decided to get rid of their booze bottles together and took the large garbage bin from the shared kitchen around their rooms and filled it up with the empties. The RA was PISSED when it was found the next morning. Pretty sure he got in some sort of trouble with the staff. Poor guy.

Which building?

My roommates and I were good friends with a senior RA. We would enjoy wine and make jello shots in the apartment all the time. hehehe

 

[Hotfillyky]

So my parents tried to get my dog's clomicalm refilled, only to find out that apparently the company "temporarily" stopped manufacturing it, and that all the stock they (and pretty much everyone else) has is all gone. So now they've got like a week's worth of pills left and they have to wean him off it. It works so well for him too... and just when they were going to start trying to board him to get him ready for when they go away in two months. I just hope he doesn't start chewing through walls again. Or anything worse. And the generic human version that he used to be on for $10/month currently costs ~$800 a month, so that's not an option... This sucks.

I second the checking into Fluoxetine. We use a ton of it and most of patients do very well on it. Good luck!

 

[dyachei]

Regardless of which anti-anxiety solution you go with, make sure you understand their withdrawal times and possible interactions. SSRIs and MAOIs can be scary like that

 

[wolfspeaker]

Which building?

My roommates and I were good friends with a senior RA. We would enjoy wine and make jello shots in the apartment all the time. hehehe

Skyberg 2nd floor, north end. We also took the shared floor vacuum that had the zip up bag holder and we'd fill it with beer cans and wheel it allll the way to the other side of the building to a friends room. All the time. Almost got caught once! The really crotchety RA stopped us and asked to use the vacuum quick and we were like "Ummmm, really need to go finish vacuuming this room first and then you can have it! 5 minutes!" And we nearly ran with it.

Got caught by campus police a couple times. Another close call when we were all in one of those huge corner rooms, drinking and watching porn. Campus police knocked on the door to ask us to be quiet, took one look at the TV, turned red and shut the door. Apparently didn't see the bottles all over the room!

We went mattress surfing down the stairwells a few times. We were a pretty rowdy group, but not destructive.

 

[Escalla]

Skyberg 2nd floor, north end. We also took the shared floor vacuum that had the zip up bag holder and we'd fill it with beer cans and wheel it allll the way to the other side of the building to a friends room. All the time. Almost got caught once! The really crotchety RA stopped us and asked to use the vacuum quick and we were like "Ummmm, really need to go finish vacuuming this room first and then you can have it! 5 minutes!" And we nearly ran with it.

Got caught by campus police a couple times. Another close call when we were all in one of those huge corner rooms, drinking and watching porn. Campus police knocked on the door to ask us to be quiet, took one look at the TV, turned red and shut the door. Apparently didn't see the bottles all over the room!

We went mattress surfing down the stairwells a few times. We were a pretty rowdy group, but not destructive.

hahahaha I lived on Skyberg 2nd floor my first year!

I was a quiet, little mouse back then though. You guys were nuts!

 

[jmo1012]

That awkward moment when you get to the grocery store and realize you can't afford the meat you needed for the recipe you were going to make this week. And you already bought all the other ingredients. Gotta love living in a country with higher food prices than you're used to.

time to make some new friends 😉 i love when splitting a recipe works out with someone - makes things much nicer!

 

[wolfspeaker]

hahahaha I lived on Skyberg 2nd floor my first year!

I was a quiet, little mouse back then though. You guys were nuts!

I was a quiet little mouse, too. The guys were the nutty ones! But they were so fun to hang out with.

 

[dovelover]

That awkward moment when you get to the grocery store and realize you can't afford the meat you needed for the recipe you were going to make this week. And you already bought all the other ingredients. Gotta love living in a country with higher food prices than you're used to.

Bleh, I know, that was the WORST thing when I lived in Canada. Especially the dairy products. I don't even want to think about how much ice cream and cheese cost... Maybe you can make a vegetarian version of whatever you're making?

 

[Escalla]

Is gas expensive enough for you in Canada yet? Or liquor? lol

 

[WildZoo]

Had one of the vets at my internship literally ask three of us how we were feeling about the internship, if we had concerns, if we were getting what we wanted out of it. Despite the fact that every intern I've talked to has had something or other to complain about, it was complete silence. I mentioned that we often end up with too much free time after we've done our usual responsibilities plus extra, and would be interested in taking on more responsibility.
One of the other interns immediately undermined my statement by saying we always eventually found something to do (which is obviously not true when people have been told off multiple times for NOT finding something helpful to do)
I try really hard to be as helpful as I can. We had an emergency today (which we helped with and got a"great job" from one of the techs, which was awesome) so the techs were running a little late with PM treatments and needed some extra help for a few minutes after the time when we should have been done for the day. The other interns were obviously upset at me for being the one to say "yes" when they asked for help - they could very well have just left if they didn't want to help, but I guess they felt like it would have made them look bad.
Just tired of feeling like I'm being dragged down by the people around me. Despite my concerns, I do actually enjoy working there and I would gladly do it more often if I could. I don't see the point in griping about everything if you're just going to pretend everything is fine with the staff. I just wish people would either be more open with the staff about their concerns, tone down the negativity, or just leave.

 

[wildcatj]

Petty rant! We were supposed to have a vet school prom fundraiser (with open bar!) tonight but it got snowed out. I got all dolled up for nothing. I was really long forward to blowing off some steam after this hellish finals week. :-(

 

[that redhead]

Is gas expensive enough for you in Canada yet? Or liquor? lol

I actually think my biggest problem with Canada is that your gas pumps don't lock into place. (My biggest problem with PEI is the lack of Mexican food, THEN the non-locking gas pumps).

 

[BlackDog17]

I actually think my biggest problem with Canada is that your gas pumps don't lock into place. (My biggest problem with PEI is the lack of Mexican food, THEN the non-locking gas pumps).

I ate so much Mexican food over winter break it was crazy. Between that and the lack of Indian food, being on PEI 9 months of the year is killing me.

Also, yes, the liquor. I've been bringing up cases of hard cider with me whenever I go home. I can't afford to drink here. The cheapest wine I can get here is $12/bottle.

And I paid $15 for the cheapest bottle of mead the liquor store carried, only to discover that Canada has no freaking clue what mead is actually supposed to taste like. It's still sitting in my fridge, I barely made it through a single glass of the stuff. Maybe I could use it to marinate chicken or something.

 

[twelvetigers]

I actually think my biggest problem with Canada is that your gas pumps don't lock into place. (My biggest problem with PEI is the lack of Mexican food, THEN the non-locking gas pumps).

Like... like you have to hold the lever on the handle to make it pump the entire time, instead of the little auto lock thing that clicks off when it's full?

 

[that redhead]

Like... like you have to hold the lever on the handle to make it pump the entire time, instead of the little auto lock thing that clicks off when it's full?

Yes. In the sideways-blowing and cold precipitation of choice 🙁

 

[Filly Bay]

Only 5 more months until no more roommate....

 

[Escalla]

I actually think my biggest problem with Canada is that your gas pumps don't lock into place. (My biggest problem with PEI is the lack of Mexican food, THEN the non-locking gas pumps).

Like... like you have to hold the lever on the handle to make it pump the entire time, instead of the little auto lock thing that clicks off when it's full?

Once upon a time, they did. Sometime in the last 7 years or so I think they switched. Something happened, whether it was over-filling or what. I can't find it on the web.

The Co-op near my place still has them though, so it's not completely gone. Do you have a Co-op?

Reasons why it was difficult to move back home:

1. Gas costs. I was paying ~$3.20-$3.40/gal in NW MN. Now I'm paying the equivalent of $4.45/gal.
2. Liquor costs. I don't remember the exact costs, but it's definitely way more for everything here.
3. Food costs. Everything, mostly dairy, fresh fruit/veggies and meat.
4. Clothing. Most stores are American it seems like, they just jack up the prices here.

I might moan and groan, but I'm that hard off. This is more of an annoyance. lol

 

[ky261682]

At least you live in Alberta with cheaper gas and no provincial sales tax. Everyday I kick myself for coming to PEI for vet school. I miss Alberta, especially right now. My cousin committed suicide and I cannot get back for the funeral 🙁

Once upon a time, they did. Sometime in the last 7 years or so I think they switched. Something happened, whether it was over-filling or what. I can't find it on the web.

The Co-op near my place still has them though, so it's not completely gone. Do you have a Co-op?

Reasons why it was difficult to move back home:

1. Gas costs. I was paying ~$3.20-$3.40/gal in NW MN. Now I'm paying the equivalent of $4.45/gal.
2. Liquor costs. I don't remember the exact costs, but it's definitely way more for everything here.
3. Food costs. Everything, mostly dairy, fresh fruit/veggies and meat.
4. Clothing. Most stores are American it seems like, they just jack up the prices here.

I might moan and groan, but I'm that hard off. This is more of an annoyance. lol