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What grinds our gears: People recording videos of their daily drive
March 17, 2019Written by: Yasmin Khalili, SFU Student I enjoy watching Instagram stories from time to time, especially to start the day. Your morning cup of joe aesthetically placed beside the newspaper you never read? Almost cute. Birds’-eye view from your waist down showing your shoes and pants of the day? OK. Picture of the wild roses in front of your house? Why not. Filming your drive up the mountain to SFU, while you divide your attention between testing your ability to take a non-shaky video with one hand, and swerving unseeingly on the road with the other? Not cool. Really, your…
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What grinds our gears: The difficult and confusing stairs and pathways of Burnaby campus during construction
February 17, 2019Written by: Jennifer Low, Peak Associate Getting to places around Burnaby campus has been the bane of SFU student existence since even before the construction began. After nearly getting trampled at the Production Skytrain station due to that tradition of…
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What grinds our gears: Escalator etiquette-breakers
January 29, 2019Written by: Trevor Roberts, Peak Associate Escalators. They’re loud, they’re expensive, and if they’re in a SkyTrain station they break down all the time. But they’re not that hard to use. There is one rule to using an escalator: stand on the right, walk…
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What grinds our gears: People who smoke while walking on campus
November 29, 2018Written by: Simran Randhawa, SFU Student Most places have designated “smoke rooms” in order to reduce second-hand smoking, and all around SFU, there are specific written instructions not to smoke near grates or around people. Despite these, some people who…
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What grinds our gears: Burnaby campus’ constantly imperfect temperature
November 22, 2018Written by: Michelle Gomez, Staff Writer Most students would agree that the worst part about winter at SFU is getting off the bus at the top of Burnaby Mountain to temperatures significantly lower than where you boarded it. After walking from…
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What grinds our gears: Bus bunching
October 8, 2018Written by: Michelle Gomez, Staff Writer As university students, most of us spend a lot of time taking buses, and a lot of time waiting for them to arrive. Much of the wait time can be attributed to bus bunching,…
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WGOG: Undisclosed mayonnaise in restaurants
September 5, 2018Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor I understand that disliking mayonnaise is far from a universal stance. I’ve always felt it to be an overpowering blandness that ruins a good burger, but I respect that plenty of others consider it…
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WHAT GRINDS OUR GEARS: Cheap assholes who haggle with you
July 25, 2018Written by: Eva Zhu, Opinions Editor Don’t you just love the people who will spend a good half-hour arguing with you about why your already-discounted item on Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace should be even cheaper? Dude, I already took 50%…
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Bus drivers who spam the “please move to the rear of the bus” button
July 19, 2018Written by: Gene Cole, Peak Associate I have a lot of respect for bus drivers. They have to deal with some of the scummiest people out there, such as those who get in the way of the wheelchair ramp, or…
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WHAT GRINDS OUR GEARS: International duties are the worst surprises ever
July 14, 2018Written by: Eva Zhu, Opinions Editor Online shopping is like receiving a Christmas present, except you bought it yourself. You get to obsessively track your package the minute the “your item has been shipped” email arrives in your inbox. Who…
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