r/toRANTo

Had to get this off my chest, because between the decline in basic courtesy and the rise of Main Character Energy in Toronto, I’m starting to notice a particular kind of entitlement from some dog owners.

There seems to be this assumption that because you love your dog and think they’re an absolute angel, everyone else must feel the same way, and therefore everyone else should be perfectly fine with your dog entering their personal space.

I was having brunch on a patio with a friend this morning when a couple came in with a relatively large, extremely excited dog. The dog was drooling, wagging its tail into me, and stepped on my shoes a few times. Whatever. Meanwhile, everyone around them was showering the dog with praise about how “cute” she was.

They ended up being seated right next to us.

When our food arrived, their dog immediately came over to our table and started sniffing around our food. At that point, I was visibly uncomfortable, looked directly at the owners, and politely asked if they could move their dog away from our table.

Their response?

“Oh, it’s okay. She’s very friendly.”

WOWWWW, that’s awesome!!! But I genuinely do not care how friendly your dog is. Your dog is now slobbering near my food and invading my personal space during the one hour of my day where I’m paying good money to sit down, eat brunch, and relax.

And that’s really the point: you being comfortable with your dog is not the same thing as everyone else consenting to interact with your dog. I shouldn’t have to justify why I don’t want an unfamiliar animal sniffing around my table while I’m eating. If someone asks you to pull your dog back, “she’s friendly” isn’t an answer. Just pull your dog back.

What made it even more irritating was how normalized the whole thing seemed to be. Both the chef and our waitress came over at different points to pet the dog and comment on how cute she was, which also rubbed me the wrong way considering they’re handling and serving food.

Rant over. I don’t dislike dogs. I dislike the increasingly common attitude among some Toronto dog owners that their dog can do no wrong and that everyone around them is automatically expected to accommodate it.

Your dog might be the centre of your world. That doesn’t make it the centre of everyone else’s.

Not much of an angry rant here. I just gotta say that what's happening with the bike lane removals is just sad... Honestly sad. It genuinely puts me in a bad mood thinking about it. I don't even live in Toronto, but I avidly bike in the city when visiting my partner and friends. I remember back when I started biking in the high school in the late 2000s, bike lanes like this were a pipe dream. To see them being taken away genuinely stings.

Every other major city in the world is moving away from cars and towards public transit cycling and modern urban planning. Even some of the most Red, Republican cities in the US. Yet Toronto, which is so progressive in so many ways, refuses to budge when it comes to giving up their cars and moving forward as a city. Some may say that the alternatives such as public transit is shit... Well we need to start somewhere. The solutions are so fucking obvious, yet the city and GTA as a whole has continually elected and supported politicians and parties with backwards, outdated ideas and beliefs (Mike Harris, the Ford's, Tory, likely Brad Bradford).

The NIMBYism, outdated thinking, car culture and absolute resistance to ANY sort of tax increase to pay for services amongst the people in this city is utterly baffling and will be the death of the city and the wider GTA. Traffic gets exponentially worse year after year and there are little to no alternatives or solutions in sight.

I am genuinely terrified to see the state of this city and the wider GTA as a whole in the years to come.

I'm in my mid 30s, back at university for a career change and most of my peers are in their early 20s. I am not trying to be hyperbolic, perpetuate generational divides, or parrot the tired 'no one wants to work anymore' rhetoric. I am actually expressing GENUINE CONCERN for the state of their cognitive health and level of functioning. I have never, in my life, been surrounded by so many people with no manners, no decorum, no regard for their professors, for knowledge, for their classmates, for peoples time. The fundamental lack of respect that they show - literally listening to tiktoks aloud in class, vaping inside every single crevasse of a building, not cleaning up after themselves - is astounding. I get it, we were all young, I look back on being 20 and cringe a how insufferable I was. But there was a level of containment. Today, the 'bored and unbothered' generation expects everyone around them to tolerate their apathy and discourtesy as if they are exempt from being functioning members of society. ADDITIONALLY - PLEASE work on your human to human and interpersonal skills. The gen z stare is not funny. Your lack of comprehension, complete and total loss of critical thinking and problem solving skills, co dependency, illiteracy and poor emotional regulation are CONCERNING!!!! Talking to you feels like talking into a mute abyss. Please, for the love of actual god, develop some skills. Its not funny, its not kitsch, its not a meme - its real life whether its palatable or not.

Prices in Toronto is out of control. Straight-up Singaporean prices but without any of the perks.

17 - 20 dollar is normal if you are solo dining out for pretty much anything. I remember a time where 13 dollars already felt 1 dollar too extra.

You are constantly sharing space with someone who is clearly mentally deranged.

Was at Rexall and someone whose face was completely covered in blood came in and asked to buy a lottery ticket. How is this normal?

I don't feel safe. There are random guys hovering overing me while I'm walking in the streets.

Is there any normal person left on the TTC? The seats are covered in gunk, you got people talking to themselves, people who look like they just climbed out of the sewers.

Everybody in this city looks like they are forced to like each other.

Everything just feels so dated and somehow always under construction.

Pretty sure everyone I meet within a 1km radius around Yonge and Dundas are just American tourists.

Toronto has honestly became a soggy bombaclot.

You distracted the paramedics while they were trying to figure out what was wrong with my heart. I was inside getting an adenosine shot, which sucked, and while that was happening all we could hear was you banging on the ambulance door over and over like an asshole.

All the paramedics at the hospital were talking about how much of an asshole you are. I hope your pillow is warm on both sides tonight.

I feel like everytime I walk on a street downtown there is a man walking VERY close behind me, and loudly (shuffling their feet, making noise). I am a short female but I don’t walk particularly slowly. I don’t know if it’s a creepiness thing, a cultural thing, or what, but it makes me uncomfortable. It is unacceptable socially to walk right up behind a woman as a man and I don’t know why they’re pretending otherwise.

I always move to the side, stop, and let them pass, and I usually get a glare, as if it’s offensive that I don’t want them on my heels. Yesterday, a homeless man was walking directly behind me, muttering swear words, and swinging his fists. I moved to the side and let him pass and he called me an f-ing btch. I’m so over it

I went out to do errands this evening but didn't get home until much later. I walked towards the entrance and there's a large takeout bag on the step of my building.

It's raining. There are skunks and raccoons all the time. I bring it inside to see the receipt.

I called " McDonald's " ( it wasn't them. But for anonymity purposes) the receipt gave me minimal information to work with.

I said my name , my address. I explained that I found food outside of my building. Based on the time I found it, and the receipt time , it had just got there.

The " McDonald's " worker sounded confused. I gave them the order number. I said I'm not the uber driver. I'm a neighbour. ( I wasn't about to be screamed at by someone for " not doing their job " )

The worker asked if they could call me back. I said yeah that would be ideal.

I waited about ten minutes. No phone calls. I went outside to see if anyone was there. Didn't see anyone looking around.

Finally my phone rings. But it's not the phone number of " McDonald's " it shows the name of the person on the receipt.

The conversation began with A LOT of confusion ( from the caller ) I explained I'm your neighbor. Your food is out in the rain. I'll bring it to you.
All in all , I ended up getting the information I needed to , to get this person their dinner.

When I go to the door. It took the person a while to arrive. They struggled, with every bit of their might , to open their own door. And to barely peek outside.

They are very, very elderly. And they are not , well at all.

I introduced myself and handed my neighbor their food. We chatted briefly. They inquired what unit I was in , I told them I was upstairs at X.

. They said " oh! You have the red car out here!? " 🥹 I nodded , yes. That's me!

( it absolutely broke my heart that this person - who I've never seen or met before. It's a small building. They knew my car. But I know this person is never outside. So they see my car , through their window only. )

They said thank you, I said you're welcome and I went home.

To the uber driver that left somebody's food in the rain. Probably because you assumed they wouldn't tip. Because it's not " your " problem. Because this is, all about YOU right?

Congratulations. You're a Grade A Asshole. 👌

I will say; as far as townhouse situations " 123-1234 Example Street " and there's TEN different buildings to figure out ... I get it.

But the thing is....

1. You have a job. And you're online, actively on your shift. Do YOUR JOB. The sleuthing. The calling. ALL OF IT. It's in your contract. No!?

2. You had ALL the information, way more than I did. You just , didn't care.

This is not about " if you don't like your job than don't work there "

We're in Toronto.. so.... If you don't like your job ... you fucking do it properly , just like the contract you signed says , until you find something that ... I don't know. Maybe turns you into a better person. Makes you think outside of your 4 door sedan?

I know why people don't care and don't do the " most " for certain orders. I do. But.

Seeing this person struggle - who could be your parent, your grandparent.

I'm going to bet my bottom dollar..... It is someone's grandparent! Or parent!!!!

You like someone treating your grandparents like that!?

Shame on YOU.

Tldr; I don't work for uber but I did an uber drivers job because. They. Didn't know how to do their job? I'm not really sure.

But the person who ordered the food was basically on their death bed so. 👌 People suck.

Fuck you. I was running on empty and followed my GPS 20min to get to you.