What Grinds Our Gears
What Grinds Our Gears: Non-removeable promotional stickers on books
January 13, 2025By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer While it’s important not to judge a book by its cover, the consumer has every right to be upset by non-removeable promotional stickers. These stickers usually advertise an accomplishment the book has achieved, like an award, or a television or film adaptation. The problem is these stickers ruin a perfectly fine book cover by making it look like a cluttered space for advertisements, instead of…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Laughably inconvenient goSFU updates
November 26, 2024By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor SFU students like to complain about our digital infrastructure. I can attest to this because I am a student, and I’m complaining right now. Everything from Canvas being slow to courses filling up in minutes…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Transit isolation
November 21, 2024By: Sofia Chassomeris, News Writer A unique fatigue sets in after a long, wet day, dragging the hems of your soggy jeans across a bus floor and nearly getting bowled over by high schoolers on their way home. It’s loud…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Microwaves
November 15, 2024By: Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief There are a lot of reasons to appreciate the convenience of microwaves. But today I want to complain about the things no one ever talks about! I get that a cooling fan is loud but needed…
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What Grinds Our Gears: TikTok’s constantly-changing layout
October 30, 2024By: Dani Santos, SFU Student Change isn’t always good. Especially when that “change” happens every couple of weeks. To me, TikTok is a form of escape. An escape should be something that provides comfort, joy, and familiarity. But how am…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Winter commutes to Burnaby Mountain
October 24, 2024By: Yulissa Huamani, SFU student Imagine waking up to a perfect snowy morning in the Lower Mainland. The temperature is cold, but the view outside your window looks stunning. You struggle to get up, but then you realize your university…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Rainy bus rides
October 17, 2024By: Sarah Sorochuk, SFU Student With fall comes the rain, and for transit users that is the worst. And it means one thing: wet bus chairs. They feel so gross, and it’s enough to ruin anyone’s day. Imagine this: you’re…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Monopoly
October 11, 2024By: Emilia Kuznetsova, SFU Student Monopoly sucks. It takes hours to play. Technically, the average game duration is about 45 minutes under standard rules, but it feels longer — and it’s completely about luck. If you’re the person who lands…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Stink bugs
October 1, 2024By: Sarah Sorochuk, SFU Student Stink bugs — we all know them, we all hate them. That pesky species invades every summer and never really goes away. Soon they will be ruling this town. They may look harmless, but when…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Automated phone lines
September 23, 2024By: Sarah Sorochuk, SFU Student Do you know the feeling where you are missing a package or something, and the only way to get your package back is to call the “help” number? But how helpful is it, really? Most…
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