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I was walking through the junction/ high park area when a young girl (probably around 18-20) came up to me and asked if I could pay for her taxi in exchange for cash. She said she forgot her card and the taxi doesn't accept cash.

I asked what kind of taxi it was since the classic beck taxis most definitely accept cash, and she said "ummm I don't know - a Scarborough taxi"
Mind you she had $10 cash and we are very far from Scarborough.

This is a know scam which involves the ‘taxi’ pulling up and when you give your card to the driver they swap your card for a fake and drain your bank account.

If you’re in Toronto or the GTA watch out for this and never give anyone your card!!!!!

Yesterday me and my partner noticed an older man taking inappropriate photos of women sitting in front of him.

They had no idea, so we quietly made them aware and confronted him, telling him what he was doing was wrong. He immediately became aggressive, threatening us with violence and even making threats toward my dog. It was honestly very creepy and escalated incredibly quickly.

Thankfully, another kind passenger noticed what was happening, stepped in and defended us, and the man eventually got off the streetcar.

Not sharing the route, time or identifying details because this isn’t about finding anyone. Just a reminder to look up and be aware of the people around you. Someone may not realize they’re being targeted.

And if you step in, please be careful. Things can escalate quickly. Regardless of the exact legality of taking a photograph in a public place, this particular behaviour was incredibly invasive and disturbing. Look out for each other Toronto. ❤️

So I posted over at r/FoodToronto about restaurant recommendations north of Roger Stadium as I am attending an event in the area. I’m not from the area so I thought I ask the appropriate sub.

My post got taken down because apparently I should search up the sub.

I get that it’s one of those frequently asked questions, especially for tourists but the mods should at least pin the top post concerning Rogers Stadium surrounding restaurants.

The moderators then posted a link to their searchbar but instead of posts about Rogers Stadium, a lot of the posts are restaurants around Rogers Centre. To my knowledge, these are two different locations right?

The other posts are literally mixing up Rogers Stadium with Rogers Centre.

What gives with the moderators at r/FoodToronto

Also, if you’re reading this, do you have any food recommendations north of Rogers Stadium (and not Rogers Centre).

The official colour of Toronto is BLUE. The city flag is blue. The Leafs wear blue. The Argos wear double blue. The Jays wear three different shades of blue.

Yet the Raptors and TFC wear red and i don't know what colour the Tempo are sporting (wine vomit?), but the blue they actually chose is so pale it looks off white.

TORONTO WEARS BLUE! Give your heads a shake.

I’m so sick of this fuck ass transit system, the fuck ass people who have their phones on at full volume on a crowded train, the fuck ass people who don’t understand the concept of wearing deodorant/showering, the fuck ass tweakers who cause a disturbance and make the train bypass the station I need to get off at because said aforementioned fuck ass transit system doesn’t do anything to stop them from barging in for free whilst the people who paid their fare get fucked over yet again, and the fuck ass people who enable this behaviour to happen by gaslighting everyone else into thinking they’re bad people for not being “considerate of their circumstances” the second ANYBODY speaks up or does something about it.

You’re right. I’m selfish. When I see someone on my train or at a station screaming at the top of their lungs, I’m not thinking “Oh good heavens, the socioeconomic factors of this city have failed this poor individual, they desperately need help,” I’m thinking “for fuck’s sake get this fuck ass person out of here.” Call me evil for that, I don’t care. Yeah, the conditions of our society enabled this to happen, sure. Okay, great. We know the root causes and consistently fail to address them… yes. Agreed.

But in that moment I don’t fucking care. Get them the fuck out of there before someone gets hurt, you have transit officials/special constables not doing shit about it.

Fucking Christ we’ve fallen off so hard… and don’t come back at me with that “ummm actually this is all Ford’s fault, take it up with him” because we’ve had multiple provincial and municipal administrations since the early 2000s, and none of them have done shit about the free fall of society. A lot of the blame also goes on us for tolerating this bullshit for so long and just allowing it to take hold.

Anyway I got my hot chocolate now so rant over, peace.

Yes I already know people can look where they like in public. But when women are just trying to get a bit of exercise, maybe don’t stare them down in an intimidating way? There’s this guy on the belt line who turns his heads and stares me down unblinking any time I pass him in the most intense manner. I had enough this morning so I said what are you staring at? Stop staring at me. And he proceeded to tell me not to use the trail. And came AT me like he was going to attack me until I pulled out my phone and said I would call my husband. Like I know people look at other people. I’m out all the time l, you don’t stare someone down like you are going to murder they then tell them not to use the trail when they call you out for staring. Like I pass hundreds of people over the course of the week, rarely do I get true stares and rarely does anyone make me feel intimidated. F this guy who thinks I shouldnt be on the trail. F this guy trying to intimidate me at 6 am.
JUST DONT STARE LIKE THAT AT OTHER PEOPLE IS THAT SO FN HARD. Tomorrow I am bringing dog spray because I will be damned if I’m going to let someone scare me away from getting out and about exercising ´.

This morning a jogger decided to run eastward on the SE corner of Queen's Quay and Yonge, do a full speed 180° run into the bike lane in front of my moving bike, make me stop short so I don't crash into him, then have the gall to "eat a dick" after I point to the bike symbol on the road and say "bike lane".

Is the Waterfront Trail shared? Yes, but not when you get a sidewalk and I get a narrow two foot wide lane in the road.

Do I get to turn in front of pedestrians sharply and make them jump out of the way? Don't think so.

You want to share the road then don't be a dick and endanger yourself and others. Bad enough bike lanes are on the endangered list now I don't need to hurt myself and your selfish ass too. I gotta get to the office instead of WFH because Dougie said so.

Rant Over.

We love talking about ourselves as “progressive”. LGBTQ rights, women’s rights, diversity, minority rights, abortion rights, welfare, etc. and I support all that, I really do. I believe that no one should be harmed or condemned for who they are.

But the minute you challenge the status quo on anything, you summon an army of elbows up boomers who will say you committed treason.

- Healthcare reform. Wait times in hospitals and family doctors are too long. Can we reform to a European model where the system has BOTH public insurance AND private competition: -> traitor

- Immigration reform. Uncontrolled immigration is suppressing wages and skyrocketing the cost of living. -> racist.

- Unproductive economy. Can we please cut taxes and regulations to make our economy more competitive and productive on the world stage?: -> we are not Americans!

- Law and crime. Can we please have our police officers actually enforce the law and change the law so that we can defend ourselves? -> we’re not Americans!

- Welfare reform. Our population is aging and the endless tax pool is running low. Can we make some reasonable changes so that the spending benefits the tax pool long term, instead of just burning cash? -> you hate poor people!

Being nice or not being American doesn’t pay the bills.

At 8 Mercer today, a guy was clipping his nails over his balcony edge. There is a balcony below that extends further out. Are people our of their mind?

Went to Annabelle Pasta Bar this evening to pick up takeout. Total was $84. I gave a $100 bill and the waitress asked if I wanted the change. When I said yes, she then asked how much. I thought tipping for takeout orders wasn’t a thing? Was I wrong to take the entire remaining amount? This has never happened to me I found it very odd.

To the driver of the beat up Brown Truck who rear-ended/destroyed the car in front of you on the 401 westbound between Yorkdale and Highway 400 around 7pm tonight, causing a 4-car pileup, and then just… drove off like no one else mattered:

I saw you. My dash cam saw you. You didn’t stick around, you didn’t check on anyone, you just erratically merged and took off like the people you hit didn’t matter. Four cars. Real people, probably heading home from work, now dealing with damaged vehicles, insurance nightmares, and possibly injuries — because you couldn’t be bothered to stop for whatever reason. To the woman who was sitting next to you, you had a responsibility, too.

I have the footage. It’s going to be shared with OPP and they’re aware of the incident. Hit and run is a criminal offence, not just a traffic ticket, and leaving the scene doesn’t make it disappear- it just makes things worse for you when they do catch up with you.

To the folks in the other cars: I’m so sorry this happened to you. That kind of impact is scary enough without the person responsible just vanishing. If any of you see this post, please reach out. I have dash cam footage of the whole thing and I’m happy to help however I can, whether that’s for insurance, police follow-up, or just having another witness on record. You didn’t deserve this and you shouldn’t have to fight it alone.

Drive safe out there, Toronto. And if you were involved or know someone who was, DM me.

Daily commuter here. Why the fuck is the go train ac almost NEVER on? Why does it feel like they almost have the heat blasting? It is August. It’s disgusting and gross.

Almost every time I’ve tapped to get on the subway this week, someone’s either tailgated me, someone tapping on beside me, or just pushed their way through the gates. TTC employees do nothing.

Why am I working full time for nearly minimum wage, working myself to exhaustion to keep a roof over my head, meanwhile unhoused people and addicts can just get a free ride with no consequences whenever they please? I’m tired of fare inspectors targeting and punishing working class folks for what is half the time honest mistakes, but letting others get away with whatever they want. I’m so tired of the TTC.

My partner (M40) and I (F35) went to Walmart tonight because we were planning a cute evening together making pasta from scratch. We’re both people of colour, but we have been fully Canadian since we were children — we have both lived in Canada since the age of 3. This was just supposed to be a completely ordinary grocery trip to buy ingredients for dinner.

We were looking for tomato paste. The store seemed to be out of the tube version, so while my partner stayed in the canned-food aisle looking, I went over to the International Foods aisle to see if there was another option in the Italian section.

I was looking at some cans in the Caribbean section because, from a distance, a few of them looked like they might be tomato paste. I walked closer and realized they were actually canned mackerel.

There was another woman in the same section with a stroller. She was black, in her 20s or 30s, and the child was a fair skinned boy that was maybe between 6-12 months. She had been looking at drinks/juices. She then stopped what she was doing, crossed her arms, and seemed to want to move her stroller past me, so I moved back and out of the way.

Except she didn't move.

She just stood there looking at me.

I eventually moved back toward the shelves because I wanted to look at the cans, and she started asking me why I was looking at those items.

I told her that it was none of her business what ingredients I was looking for and that the aisle was for everyone.

My partner then came down the aisle, and I started explaining to him in our language what had happened. We walked back toward the Caribbean section because he also initially mistook the mackerel cans for tomato paste.

He said something along the lines of, “People are weird” in English. She apparently could imply that we were talking about her and started smiling/laughing. Just fixated on me and not minding her own business.

We then realized that the section across from the Caribbean foods was actually the Italian section, which was exactly where I needed to look.

My partner went back to the original canned goods aisle to keep looking for the regular tomato paste, while I stayed in the Italian section in the International Food aisle to see if there an option there.

At this point, I was nowhere near blocking her. The area was basically empty.

She then came over to me, parked her stroller directly in front of me and again acted as though I was preventing her from getting through.

I told her I was looking at the products and that she could simply go around me. And glanced at all the free space.

She then asked me:

**“Why are you looking in the Italian section?”**

I said that I like Italian food.

She responded:

**“You're not even Italian. Why are you looking here?”**

A Walmart employee came over because he could sense that there was tension. I told him that she was harassing me. He tried to get me to move and de-escalate the situation, but I told him I wasn't going to move because I hadn't done anything wrong and she was repeatedly approaching me and questioning me.

He asked if I wanted security called.

I said yes.

Then my partner came back and saw what was happening.

At that point, she started saying things to us like:

**“Why are you here? This is the Italian section.”**

And then:

**“You’re not even from this country.”**

**“Go back to where you’re from.”**

That was the point where it became very clear to me that this wasn't simply some bizarre disagreement about who was standing where in an aisle. She was specifically questioning why I was in certain cultural sections of the store and then telling me to go back to wherever she believed I came from.

What made the whole interaction even stranger was that before my partner came back, she kept saying things like **“no one listens to me”** and **“I want my voice to be heard,”** which seemed completely disconnected from what was actually happening.

My partner responded to her by pointing out that she was also a person of colour, and she responded that she was Italian - which, even IF she is half Italian, she looks fully black.

Two Walmart security employees eventually came over. They were regular Walmart employees rather than actual security guards, but they stayed with me and the situation finally stopped.

As she eventually walked past us, she had this smug smile on her face. I actually managed to get a picture of that moment.

I'm still sitting here thinking about how bizarre the entire interaction was. I went to Walmart to buy **tomato paste** and somehow ended up being questioned about why I was looking at Caribbean food, why I was looking at Italian food, whether I was Italian, whether I belonged in the country, and ultimately being told to **“go back to where you're from.”**

Has anyone else experienced something like this at Walmart? I'm honestly still trying to process how a completely ordinary grocery trip escalated into this.

Bad move on the part of Indy to move tge race from the iconic location along the shore at Exhibition to concrete island Markham. Massive loss. the straightway to the finish in Exhibiton Place had such a stunning backdrop now it's gone and the backdrop is an empty view in bumphuckville. Massive loss and a tragic cultural loss.

I am 29M and have been in Toronto for more than three years, and haven't been able to meet the Tamil people of a similar age group. (I do have friends of different nationalities from the university and games and events, so I don't think it's a me problem of not being able to make friends)

Either people attend events in groups of friends and don't seem very approachable, or I hardly see anyone around my

age.

Even I play badminton in different places, and I see little to none in this age group. I found it easier to make friends through games when I wasn't in Toronto and made tons of friends just through badminton and hiking and road trips, like friends of friends or total strangers.

Where do y'all go???

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So tired of seeing people walking on the left side. If you walk on the wrong side, you are creating chaos for other pedestrians cyclists (on shared trails), etc. To make it worse, some of these individuals are clueless and walk three across and block everyone.

Eglinton Park about an hour ago. Grown man and his girl hogging the entire path beside the playground. I brush your girlfriend's shoulder because that's what happens when you hog the entire pathway and there are ppl going in the opposite direction. You decided to start yelling at me infront of a bunch of children asking me what's up and what direction I'm going in. Stalker much? Hope you both step in dogshit.

Long time lurker, first time poster.

I was waiting for the bus yesterday, which happens to be in front of a house.

While waiting, a white BMW parked across the street, with the owner getting out, crossing the street and eyeing my husband down. Once he gets close, he purposely skims by my husband while continously staring at him, then walks up to his house.

My husband turned around and said "you can say excuse me" to which the owner raised his voice about how this is "his property" and does not need to say excuse me.

We were not on his walkway, or his grass or anything. Literally standing on the sidewalk.

So now I want to be a petty. I ordered chalk to draw a hopscotch game and rainbows in front of his house, but I also want to make note that he parks his BMW in front of "our" apartment.

I'm open to suggestions that won't criminally implicate me, but cause an annoyance in his life. Like throwing nesquick on his car, or signing him up for Jehovas Witnesses to come visit.

TLDR: don't live next to a bus stop if you hate people.