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[Victoria Watcher]

Not every retailer is willing to play the Match Game. For many, it could spell Jeopardy. But look, if The Price is Right, go for it. It’s the Definition of Let’s Make a Deal.

[Kapten Kapsell]

A consignment store specializing in outdoor gear and equipment has opened in the former Starbucks @ Quadra and Yates.

[Mike K.]

2% Jazz is closing its Hudson District location on May 13th.

[Nparker]

I won't miss the smell of their coffee beans roasting.

[Kapten Kapsell]

2% Jazz is closing its Hudson District location on May 13th.

Does this mean that they will move the roasting operation to their Hillside location?

[spanky123]

2% Jazz is closing its Hudson District location on May 13th.

 

Not a surprise, a lot of office workers still staying at home.

[Mike K.]

Does this mean that they will move the roasting operation to their Hillside location?

It sounds like they have a new roasting operation there.

[Spy Black]

Street level retail is an awfully expensive location to set up a square footage intensive coffee roasting operation. It would likely be far more suited to a warehouse or something not right in the downtown core. 

That locations square footage was mostly the roasting operation, with not too much seating (and the smell of roasting beans a tad offensive at times if you happened to be sitting in there when the "roast" was at its stinkiest).

 

Moving to Johnny Rockets burger joint, at least the one in the Bay Centre ... they have had signs up recently noting closures due to lack of staff, but the reality for those (including myself) who actually ventured in to purchase a burger for lunch, there was simply nobody in there at any point in the day.

 

Pre-COVID, you had to get there early if you wanted to get an empty chair to sit down in the restaurant for lunch.

Since the end of 2021, the restaurant has been empty all day long ... with all the seats unoccupied.

An awfully expensive retail location to basically not have any customers through the day ... which is to say it was likely never going to survive this post COVID abandonment of downtown office workers who buy their lunch (and keep places like this going).

Edited by Spy Black, 10 May 2022 - 03:23 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

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$79,900

 

 

 

 

26 years and still a good-looking storefront.

 

 

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 11 May 2022 - 05:28 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

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Edited by Victoria Watcher, 11 May 2022 - 05:29 AM.

[mdb1983]

save on foods at university heights closes on june 23. that's the last big anchor left there. everything else has pretty much moved on like canada post and the pharmacy. that dollar store is still there but it'll be gone soon too i'm sure. 

[Victoria Watcher]

Times Colonist Book Sale customers poured into the Victoria Curling Club as they returned Saturday to a favourite event last held in 2019 prior to the pandemic.

 

With eyes bright with anticip­ation, many said, “Thank you” to the volunteers who are critical to putting on the popular ­fundraising event for literacy.

 

Mark Taylor, head volunteer co-ordinator, called out “welcome back” to people entering the building, at 1952 Quadra St., when doors opened at 9 a.m. to look through books priced at $1, $2 and $3.

 

The first people lined up just before midnight and hundreds more arrived in the morning, sending the line down Pembroke Street and snaking through the adjacent parking lot.

 

Despite a slight morning drizzle, “the lineup was the longest that I can remember,” said a pleased Taylor.

 

 

https://www.timescol...hoppers-5368780

[mdb1983]

i've heard from friends that Walmart on Hillside is finally opening on June 6. It was supposed to open sooner but apparently a recruiter said they had trouble hiring people. 

[Nparker]

The generation that doesn't want to work.

[phx]

“Lying flat” is a movement among young people in China.  It is based on a lack of ambition: people work as little as possible, don’t get married, don’t have kids, don’t buy property, etc.

 

Sadly, it’s happening here too.

[Nparker]

So what's the point of their lives?

[Victoria Watcher]

They play video games probably.



https://www.bbc.com/...ss-60353916.amp


"I'm continuing to get rid of the negative energy in my life. I think 2022 will be an upgrade on 2021, but I still don't want to do anything. I will continue to 'lie flat'. I enjoy this state."

When Jeff (not his real name), left his home city of Hangzhou, for a highly-paid job as an app developer in Beijing several years ago, like many young Chinese professionals, work became his life.

The little spare time he had outside work, he spent playing what he describes as "mindless" computer games. He didn't develop a social circle in his new adopted city and eventually gave up trying.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 21 May 2022 - 10:14 AM.

[m3m]

The generation that doesn't want to work.

Good for them.

[Mike K.]

Bad for downtown, so far.

[spanky123]

i've heard from friends that Walmart on Hillside is finally opening on June 6. It was supposed to open sooner but apparently a recruiter said they had trouble hiring people. 

 

Do they need employees anymore at Walmart, I thought everything was automated now!

 

My nephew and his friends are reluctantly starting to go back to work. CERB money has run out and the cost of living is skyrocketing up. Even with free room and board with mom and dad they need a job!

 

Further up the food chain and am hearing of several companies that are starting to lay off staff as recession fears mount. Everyone had to optimize during covid by only operating during the busiest and most profitable hours. 

 

I think that by later this fall staff shortages will have eased.

Edited by spanky123, 22 May 2022 - 09:05 AM.