I warned them that I wrote a Blog and that if they continued to fail to respond to my emails that I would write about it.
I gave them over $100k in down payments for a future condo. They cashed my cheques. I had legitimate questions I wanted answered on the construction. I sent them 3 emails spaced over time. I received no reply. I work in the customer service industry and I know what bad service is. This is bad service. It's appallingly bad service.
If you go to their website they brag about their customer service. When you brag about it and fail to deliver, that is even worse. I hope they build condos better than they treat customers.
If you are thinking of purchasing a condo in Toronto and apparently Calgary now, you may want to consider whether customer service is a big deal to you. If it is not then consider Lifetime Developments.
Saturday, 12 October 2013
Congrats Donut Girl!
Regular readers of this Blog know that I am very close friends with Ana Maria (Donut Girl) and her sister Mariana. I also consider myself somewhat of a mentor to the H girls. They worked for my company and are extremely hard workers and exceptionally smart.
M worked in my department until 3-years ago. Our company recognised her hard work and intelligence. She regularly scored the highest in our rating system, but as is very typical in our industry we did not promote her. In our industry it is very common to move from company to company early in your career in order to get promoted. M resigned and went to work for a rival company. During her two week notice period our company scrambled to put together a package to keep her. Our HR department, not nimble at the best of times, could not move fast enough and she left. M has thrived at her new company and is considered an invaluable employee. I consider it a personal failure that I did not try hard enough to get her promoted.
Donut Girl works for my company but in a completely different department. I have no control over her career. I can only give her advice from a distance. I'm very proud to say that Donut Girl was promoted this week. We finally got it right!
I know the H family very well. They have exceptional parents and are an immigrant success story. They remind me of my own family where our parents immigrated to Canada and all of the children became successful in their careers.
In the end I have very little to do with the success of the H girls. They are the product of their own family and old fashioned hard work. I'm very proud of the H girls and it is great to see their careers flourish.
M worked in my department until 3-years ago. Our company recognised her hard work and intelligence. She regularly scored the highest in our rating system, but as is very typical in our industry we did not promote her. In our industry it is very common to move from company to company early in your career in order to get promoted. M resigned and went to work for a rival company. During her two week notice period our company scrambled to put together a package to keep her. Our HR department, not nimble at the best of times, could not move fast enough and she left. M has thrived at her new company and is considered an invaluable employee. I consider it a personal failure that I did not try hard enough to get her promoted.
Donut Girl works for my company but in a completely different department. I have no control over her career. I can only give her advice from a distance. I'm very proud to say that Donut Girl was promoted this week. We finally got it right!
I know the H family very well. They have exceptional parents and are an immigrant success story. They remind me of my own family where our parents immigrated to Canada and all of the children became successful in their careers.
In the end I have very little to do with the success of the H girls. They are the product of their own family and old fashioned hard work. I'm very proud of the H girls and it is great to see their careers flourish.
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Mike Duffy
The latest allegations against Harper's media bag carrier turned distinguished Senator, Mike Duffy, is that he paid a friend $65,000 for no apparent legitimate services. His friend described the work as looking up things on the Internet. Maybe he checked out my Blog?
The real question is why Senator Duffy has not resigned his seat? I called this one the day he was appointed. He was appointed a senator to raise money for Harper and the conservatives. He was the most partisan Tory ball washer in the Canadian media. His reward was a senate seat and he took full advantage of his entitlements and then some.
We learnt today that he tried to backdate contracts for his buddy but the senate bureaucrats refused to do so to their credit. This is the same man that tried to apply for a PEI health card through back channels to prove his primary residence was on the island. The local Liberal government refused to play along.
This is a man that longed for a senate appointment and the Order of Canada for years. There will be no Order of Canada medal and his legacy will be in tatters. He may be the man to bring down the institution of the Senate.
The real question is why Senator Duffy has not resigned his seat? I called this one the day he was appointed. He was appointed a senator to raise money for Harper and the conservatives. He was the most partisan Tory ball washer in the Canadian media. His reward was a senate seat and he took full advantage of his entitlements and then some.
We learnt today that he tried to backdate contracts for his buddy but the senate bureaucrats refused to do so to their credit. This is the same man that tried to apply for a PEI health card through back channels to prove his primary residence was on the island. The local Liberal government refused to play along.
This is a man that longed for a senate appointment and the Order of Canada for years. There will be no Order of Canada medal and his legacy will be in tatters. He may be the man to bring down the institution of the Senate.
It is Time For McGuinty to Serve Time in Prison
There is no other way, no other solution to the $1.12B gas plant scandal than to have former Premier Dalton McGuinty serve time in prison. To save 2-3 seats for one election cycle McGuinty cost the taxpayers of this province over $1Billion dollars. We learnt today that they could have broken the contract for a mere pittance but chose to pay the contractor the full price for a plant that was never built.
Kathleen Wynne should call an election as she has no mandate or moral authority to govern. The NDP has no right to prop up this government. It is time to go to the polls in Ontario.
Dalton McGuinty you are a man without honour or decency! They could have built kilometres of subway tracks, or hospitals for the cost of cancelling this project. You should hang your head in shame. This will be your legacy. One of the most indecent and cynical acts of political folly in our nation's history.
I supported the Liberal party in the past 4 provincial elections. Just as I refused to vote Liberal in the past 3 federal elections when they ran a local crooked politician in my riding, then cynically his wife just before charges were revealed, I will vote for another party.
There is no party worthy of my support in Ontario. Unless federal leader Justin Trudeau takes back Trinity, Spadina from the Ianno family they too will go another election without the support of clear thinking fiscal conservative-social liberals that make up the majority of the riding.
People think I'm kidding when I call for prison time for McGuinty. How can you make a politically motivated decision and cost the taxpayers over $1Billion and not serve time in jail? What legitimate democracy allows that to happen? McGuinty has to be prosecuted by the state. Charges have to be brought and a trial must commence to judge his actions.
Kathleen Wynne should call an election as she has no mandate or moral authority to govern. The NDP has no right to prop up this government. It is time to go to the polls in Ontario.
Dalton McGuinty you are a man without honour or decency! They could have built kilometres of subway tracks, or hospitals for the cost of cancelling this project. You should hang your head in shame. This will be your legacy. One of the most indecent and cynical acts of political folly in our nation's history.
I supported the Liberal party in the past 4 provincial elections. Just as I refused to vote Liberal in the past 3 federal elections when they ran a local crooked politician in my riding, then cynically his wife just before charges were revealed, I will vote for another party.
There is no party worthy of my support in Ontario. Unless federal leader Justin Trudeau takes back Trinity, Spadina from the Ianno family they too will go another election without the support of clear thinking fiscal conservative-social liberals that make up the majority of the riding.
People think I'm kidding when I call for prison time for McGuinty. How can you make a politically motivated decision and cost the taxpayers over $1Billion and not serve time in jail? What legitimate democracy allows that to happen? McGuinty has to be prosecuted by the state. Charges have to be brought and a trial must commence to judge his actions.
Monday, 7 October 2013
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