This was in Sept. 2025.
Feb. 15, 2026 The Fast Food Chicken Place: This was on Kijiji. This was a job fair.
Pros:
1. The hours. I can work the day time hours. They're open till midnight.
2. The pay is $15/ hr.
3. The discount on the food is 50% of when working.
4. I can take 2 buses to get there. They come often.
5. The duties are food prep, making burgers, taking orders, cleaning, and washing dishes.
Cons: none.
My opinion: I would work there if I got hired.
This was in Oct. 2025.
Mar. 2, 2026:
The Best Buy Express Hiring Fair: The rule is not write the company's name, but I'm not going to write anything negative about this.
Pros:
1. There are a few locations that I can get to easily.
2. If I remember correctly, the pay was $15/hr.
3. I can do the job and learn about the products and technology. I'm good at customer service.
Cons: none.
My opinion: I would work there if I got hired. I was mildly interested.
The Burger Place: This was on Kijiji.
Pros:
1. It was easy to get to like 2 buses that come by frequently.
2. This is $15/ hr. There are tips. They pool the tips together and divide them by hours worked.
3. The hours are Mon -Thurs. 11:30 am -9pm. They're open till 10 pm on Fri. and Sat. They will close and you can leave by 10:30pm.
This is part -time like 20-25 hrs/ week.
4. I can do the duties of when opening: set up chairs, make coffee, serve customers
There is 1 back -of- house to cook. There are 4 front -of -house.
Cons:
1. I don't want to work after 10pm.
My opinion: I would work there if I got hired.
Mar. 17, 2026 The Gift Basket Company: This was a phone interview. This was on Kijiji.
Pros:
1. It was easy to get to like 2 buses that come by frequently.
2. The hours are part -time. Thurs, Fri, and Sat in the afternoons.
3. The duties are wrapping gifts.
Cons: none.
My opinion: I would work there if I got hired.
The Breakfast and Lunch Restaurant: This was on Indeed.
Pros:
1. The hours are day time like 7am-3pm.
2. It was easy to get to like 2 buses that come by frequently.
3. The pay is $15/ hr.
The tips are pooled together. They're divided by how many hours you work.
4. The discount is 50% off the food when you work on a shift.
5. I would start as a host and then be trained as a server.
I would be wiping and setting tables, and taking dirty dishes to the dishwasher.
I told him that is my job as a busser when I was working at the Hotel Restaurant job.
Cons: none.
My opinion: I would work there if I got hired. I did see him write an "x" on my resume so I had a feeling I wouldn't get hired.
The Asian Full -Service Restaurant: This was on Indeed.
Pros:
1. It was easy to get to like 2 buses that come by frequently.
2. The hours are Tues. -Fri.
3. The pay is $15/ hr. There are tips so it can add up to $18/hr.
4. There are benefits and the company will pay 80% of it.
5. The duties are taking orders, make drinks, customer service and serving food. There is usually 4-6 tables a shift.
6. On weekdays there are 2 workers at the front. The assistant manager and the server.
On the weekends, it is 4 workers. 1 host, 2 servers, and 1 runner/ busser.
Cons:
1. This may be kind of hard if it gets busy.
My opinion: I would work there if I got hired.
The Workplace Cafeteria: This was on Indeed.
Pros:
1. It's easy to get to like 1 bus.
2. The hours are full -time. Mon -Fri. 6:30 am -2:30pm.
3. The pay is $17.50/hr.
There are tips where they're pooled together, and divided by how many hours you work.
4. The duties are like making sandwiches, making coffee, fill the cooler, and handling the till.
5. There is a discount. $1.50 is taken off your daily wages.
Cons: none.
My opinion: I would work there if I got hired.
The Sandwich Restaurant:
Pros:
1. It was easy to get to like 2 buses that come by frequently.
2. The hours are day time and not that late like 8pm.
3. The pay is $15-18/hr.
There is a free meal on shift.
4. The duties are being a server or a kitchen helper.
There are cleaning like sweeping, mopping, and wiping tables.
Cons: none.
My opinion: I would work there if I got hired.
The Burrito Place: This was on Indeed. This was on Zoom.
Pros:
1. It was easy to get to like 2 buses that come by frequently.
2. They're open 11am -11pm. If I were to open I would get there at 10am.
3. The pay is $15/hr.
There are tips.
There is 20% off the food when on shift. (Most restaurants are free or 50% off.)
4. The duties are food prep, serving customers, and handling the till.
Cons:
1. This is a mild con. This is a new restaurant and a lot of new restaurants like 50% close down within the first 2 years.
My opinion: I would work there if I got hired.
The Post -Secondary Cafeteria:
Pros:
1. The hours were Mon -Fri 7am -3pm.
2. The pay was $16/hr.
3. The discount is $2 off a day/ over 4 hr shift from your paycheck.
That goes toward your meal.
10 min break: Coffee and a muffin.
30 min break: A burger.
4. There will be 1 day of training.
5. The duties are you make pizzas, bread, fries. You learn to use the ovens and fryers.
Cons:
1. This is a mild con. There is the school schedule so you can get temporary lay off during the summer.
My opinion: I would work there if I got hired.
Mar. 20, 2026: Last week I attended 5 job interviews. 1 of them was a phone interview.
This week I attended 3 job interviews.
My week:
Sun. Mar. 15, 2026:
Lori F, Kelowna, British Columbia, would like to know:
Have political differences ever affected one of your friendships?
No
76.03% (2893)
Yes
23.97% (912)
My opinion: No.
Tues. Mar. 17, 2026:
Jaedon D, Spruce Grove, Alberta, would like to know:
How confident are you in the training and practices of your local police force?
Somewhat confident
54.36% (2542)
Very confident
18.88% (883)
Neither confident nor not confident
17.02% (796)
Somewhat not confident
9.73% (455)
My opinion: Somewhat confident.
There should be another answer "Not confident at all."
Thurs. Mar. 19, 2026:
Chrystel B, Saint-Félix-de-Valois , Quebec, would like to know:
Have you changed your consumption habits to reduce overconsumption?
Yes
61.87% (2432)
No
38.13% (1499)
My opinion: Yes. However, I don't really buy things to own. I reduce, reuse, and recycle.
Fri. Mar. 13, 2026 The Community League Pub Night: I went there and invited my neighbor Theron to go there. I wrote a note and left it in her mail box.
We were there from 7-9:30pm. There was tortilla chips and salsa, pretzels, and caramel and cheese powder popcorn. There was salt and pepper dry ribs and mini sausage rolls. I ate all that.
This was a St. Patrick's Day theme so there were green and gold clover paper plates, and green plastic cups. The table had a pot of gold centre piece and 4 leaf clover foam stickers.
We had fun talking and getting to know each other.
We also talked about neighbors and the changes in the neighborhood.
There were about 20 people who were there.
Sat. Mar. 14, 2026 The Wokkery: My family and I went there for dinner to celebrate my little brother P's birthday. We ordered:
-peking duck with wraps
-sweet and sour pork
-chow mein with pork
The food was good as usual.
However, the restaurant was really busy. After we placed our order, we had to wait 40 min. to get one dish. The last time we were there, we waited for 30 min.
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