The Soul-Sucking Canada Thread - Page 44

stevanford1 · #**861** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 1:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Along with Bou-Clair and Fabricland.

Let's add Jysk and IKEA to the list...I hate IKEA, navigating that place is headache inducing!

MolsonExport · #**862** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 2:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by stevanford1

Let's add Jysk and IKEA to the list...I hate IKEA, navigating that place is headache inducing!

How could I forget? I fucking hate Jysk.
And Bed Bath Bowelmovement Barf and Beyond.

AuxTown · #**863** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 2:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

The Big Apple? I don't know about soul-sucking (fairly high on the tacky scale, certainly), but I find it an interesting business. Generating a big tourist attraction out of apples is quite an accomplishment, istm. They really know their clientele.

I used to be skeptical of the Big Apple as well. I must have driven by it 50 times before I decided to stop. In reality, it is actually a very nice place. The building next door houses a restaurant, a grocery store, some of the nicest 'truck stop' bathrooms you will find, and (of course) the bakery where they bake their delicious pies. Consider me a convert.

stevanford1 · #**864** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 2:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

How could I forget? I fucking hate Jysk.

It's impossible to find anything in Jysk, the stores are a total mess! Also they always smell like burning hot rubber! I to, despise Jysk.

What about Party City? I cannot stand Party City!

esquire · #**865** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 3:08 PM**

It's kind of weird, in Europe, Jysk seems to occupy a respectable midrange market space where in Canada it's positioned as something of a bargain basement imitation of IKEA. Unless I misread where Jysk stands in Europe?

O-tacular · #**866** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 4:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Loved that description. made me laugh!

I tried to find that picture Stevanford posted but came up empty handed. Probably for the better.

O-tacular · #**867** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 4:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Food might be good, but man, this place looks soul-sucking.

maski

And a tempo to boot!

O-tacular · #**868** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 4:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by stevanford1

I don't get this place, who shops here?

I went into a golf store (can’t remember if it was them or Nevada Bob’s) a couple of years ago that still had tube tv displays above the shelves. They weren’t on and had a film of dust on them.

stevanford1 · #**869** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 4:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

And a tempo to boot!

Why have one of those if you have a garage in the first place?!?

stevanford1 · #**870** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 4:12 PM**

Found this and thought you might like it, I checked Google Maps, it's 20 minutes away from Edmonton.

O-tacular · #**871** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 4:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

I have a Golf Town very close to where I live. Never have I set foot in it. I don't think I have ever seen anyone enter or exit the store.

But there are a lot of golfers. To me, the ratio of cost vs. enjoyment just too high. Skiing is even more expensive but it is a hell of a lot more enjoyable. This is not to say that I dislike Golf...maybe I just think it is overrated.

Does any sport with a large number of active participants, other than golf, have its own dedicated big box barf store? None that I can think of. Does Bass Pro Shops count?

Hockey Life:

https://images.app.goo.gl/PXV2oKnsdrnud8j87

stevanford1 · #**872** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 4:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

I tried to find that picture Stevanford posted but came up empty handed. Probably for the better.

My Scores feast:

Also the salad bar had a thing called "feta and beat" medley and it was just beats. I tried asking the waitress what she would eat at Scores and she said "I don't know, I don't really eat here" which was a huge red flag

. I ordered this because I remembered it from SSP and it was the only thing I knew was at Scores (plus I thought you guys would get a kick out of it).

EDIT: The coffee at that place also sucked. Here are some pics of the inside of the franchise I went to (not mine).

Feel your soul dying yet?

O-tacular · #**873** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 4:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by stevanford1

Found this and thought you might like it, I checked Google Maps, it's 20 minutes away from Edmonton.

Yes there was a news article about it that I shared in the Ugly thread last year. It’s a bed and breakfast.

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/globalne...breakfast/amp/

https://www.ryanscastlebnb.com/

stevanford1 · #**874** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 4:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Yes there was a news article about it that I shared in the Ugly thread last year. It’s a bed and breakfast.

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/globalne...breakfast/amp/

https://www.ryanscastlebnb.com/

At least it's tacky inside as well

O-tacular · #**875** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 4:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by stevanford1

My Scores feast:

Also the salad bar had a thing called "feta and beat" medley and it was just beats. I tried asking the waitress what she would eat at Scores and she said "I don't know, I don't really eat here" which was a huge red flag

. I ordered this because I remembered it from SSP and it was the only thing I knew was at Scores (plus I thought you guys would get a kick out of it).

EDIT: The coffee at that place also sucked. Here are some pics of the inside of the franchise I went to (not mine).

Feel your soul dying yet?

Hahaha thank you! So you suffered for us? Lol.

Only thing missing is the coffin shaped salad bar I saw in Boucherville.

stevanford1 · #**876** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 4:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Hahaha thank you! So you suffered for us? Lol.

Only thing missing is the coffin shaped salad bar I saw in Boucherville.

Yes and no on the suffered for you, I was in the Trainyards power centre and I was hungry and I was parked in front of Scores. Only once I sat down did it occur to me that "Oh yeah, this is that shitty restaurant from SSP. I would have left (or just ordered something less shitty) but I decided to suffer for you guys

. It probably did have had a coffin shaped salad bar before renovations. The place reminded me of Chotskies in Office Space.

• Video Link

Only my waitress obviously hated her job and the food at Scores!

MolsonExport · #**877** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 5:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Hockey Life:

https://images.app.goo.gl/PXV2oKnsdrnud8j87

Lucky for me, my wife is not a big hockey fan, so I avoided the whole soulsucking nature of spending my weekends at the arena for my son and having to drop thousands for fees and equipment (mind you he was in elite soccer [which means lots of indoor meets and special gear] and is still in basketball [and before that, taekowndo] and my daughter in cheerleading (before that, dance and gymnastics) so I am still a taxi driver and have no spare change.

When did amateur sports become so friggen expensive? I guess it always was.

stevanford1 · #**878** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 6:22 PM**

And get ready for the soul-sucking interior!

They have bad produce, the checkout system is terrible, and florescent lights give me a headache due to this, I loathe Stupid-Bore!

O-tacular · #**879** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 7:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by stevanford1

Yes and no on the suffered for you, I was in the Trainyards power centre and I was hungry and I was parked in front of Scores. Only once I sat down did it occur to me that "Oh yeah, this is that shitty restaurant from SSP. I would have left (or just ordered something less shitty) but I decided to suffer for you guys

. It probably did have had a coffin shaped salad bar before renovations. The place reminded me of Chotskies in Office Space.

• Video Link

Only my waitress obviously hated her job and the food at Scores!

Lol! Yes! I knew it looked familiar!

stevanford1 · #**880** Posted **Jun 9, 2020, 7:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Lol! Yes! I knew it looked familiar!

Chotskies was based off of TGI Friday's, when I went to TGIF my waiter was exactly like Brian, made me want to slam my head into the table (if it didn't have so much grease on it).

To understand how bad the mozza sticks are at TGIF, read this. Truly some of the worst things I have eaten!