Spring Sushi Japanese Restaurant and My Car prt4

Because of rude, angry and negative comments, that I have to assume came from some one at Spring Sushi, I will be stopping pots on this subject. Thank you to Spring Sushi for paying for the damages you caused. All comments for this blog post will be rejected regardless of subject matter.  

Spring Sushi Japanese Restaurant and My Car prt3

Just got back from Spring Sushi. I met with Day in person for the first time. We basically discussed how he should pay me. He needed an invoice and I didn't have one because I can't afford to pay for this special wash. Eventually after some arguing he gave me the money. I think he understands my situation.

I have to say I never gave Spring Sushi one inch to work with here. If I was weak, I feel I would of been taken advantage of. I also understand that Spring Sushi does not want to be taken advantage of. I guess thats what makes these things hard. The most important thing is to have respect for each other.

Day did get angry yesterday and he apologized for that. Although at points he was disrespectful to me (even toady) we have to remember that he is human. Neither Day or I are perfect or absolutely right or wrong. Day is a leader so, I assume he often tells people what to do. One easy way to get on my bad side is to tell me what to do. That alone can cause problems. Then add painting my car and you have a tough problem to solve. But, we found a solution and I will be getting my car washed on the weekend. Oh and the cleaning should take around 5 hours.

Spring Sushi Japanese Restaurant and My Car prt2

Just got off the phone with Day (one of the owners of Spring Sushi) he told me to take off the blog post because I was being rude. He was angry and forceful. He would not let me speak at many points in the conversation. He made it seem that he would not pay me if I kept the blog post up. Then he repeatedly insisted that I have to take it down if he pays me the money. He told me that I don't know how to park and that's why my car got paint on it. He said I should of washed my car when the paint got on it and that, basically, it's my fault. Near the end of the conversation he told me Canadians are perfect and good and thats why I should be good. I told him that I don't label people and say “this person is good this one is bad.” Eventually he said that he would pay me all the $430 it will take to wash the car off. The whole conversation/argument felt degrading.

I told him that he has a choice; This story can have a good ending or a bad one it's up to Spring Sushi. But I am not taking the posts down. I hope Spring Sushi turns out to be a good restaurant. Sushi is one of my favourite foods and I would love to try it there. I also hope that more people try sushi so they can see how awesome it is. Unfortunately, after that conversation, I feel I have to much pride to eat at Spring Sushi.

World of Warcraft wants me Back

look at this. Blizzard wants me to come back to World of Warcraft in this email.

"Mark,

World of Warcraft is celebrating its fifth anniversary, and we’re inviting you back to Azeroth to take part in the festivities. Your account has been selected to receive 7 days of FREE game time - simply click below to claim your time and rejoin the adventure."

HAhaha. Who is addicted to Who now Blizzard.

Spring Sushi Japanese Restaurant and My Car

Spring Sushi Japanese Restaurant info

Owner: Annie Chen (annie@smartvisiondirect.com , http://www.smartvisiondirect.com/)
Location: 1508 Upper James Street, Hamilton, ON L9B 1K3 http://is.gd/54kUY
Phonenumber: (905) 383-6866‎
Landlords: Crombie http://www.crombiereit.ca/en/lease_main.aspx?PID=91
Upper James Square: http://www.crombiereit.ca/en/lease_floorplan.aspx?PID=91

What Happened

On November 10th 09 Spring Sushi Japanese Restaurant was being painted in the afternoon, while I was working. From my position in Starbucks I could see my car and the men painting. Since there was no blocked off area and the painters seemed to be professional I don't see a reason to move my car. Well it turns out I was wrong, about the painters being professional. I left work at night and the next day I saw that my car was covered in specs of pink paint.

I fond the phone number of Spring Sushi's landlord's. It took me several weeks, to actually talk to someone about this and get the ball rolling. Toady (11.26.09) was the first time I spoke to some about this situation in person.

First I talked to the people at Crombie REIT. From my dealing with them, they seem to be nice people who understand customer relations. The only hard part is trying to get a hold of them, while they are in the office. They did leave a message every time I called though.

Then yesterday I got a call from Day (his name). From what I understand he is one of the leaders at Spring Sushi. The conversation in a whole felt less professional. At one point in the conversation Day said something along the lines of “Bring the car in so I can see it. This paint comes off easy”
I said “Don't tell me that. Its been on my car for two weeks and why would you put paint that comes off easy on the outside of your building?”
Any ways, he seemed to be trying to make it seem like less of a problem than it is, although he did apologize. We agreed to meet today at 11am.

At 11am I arrived at Spring Sushi. Looking for Day I walked around the building. Day was not there but Jan (or something like that) was there. I didn't have to explain anything to him. Jan asked to see the car. He held the same belief that the paint easily comes off things that you don't want it on. He said “All be right back”
Jan came back outside with a dripping wet, visibly dirty, sponge
“Is that just water?” I asked.
“Yes, yes just water”
Jan went on showing me how the paint could just wash off. He did this be rubbing so hard that it took of the pink paint and left visitable scratch marks (witch did look like they could be buffed away) on the bumper of my car. None the less, he can't wash my whole car like that, it would ruin the original paint.

He did offer to wash my car. I told him only a professional will wash my car. So, he offered to pay for a car wash. I went to Suds Express Inc. On Limeridge Rd. E.. The car wash did not work, showing (IMO) that Jan used excessive force to remove the paint.

That is where I am today, look for part 2 later on. See all the photos here . I hope Spring Sushi does the right thing. I'm not posting this to say that they are bad or something. I just want people to know what is happening.

Beauty of the Beast

What is humanity without beauty?
What is beauty without humanity?

Humanity is capable of a great spectrum of things.
Thus, there will be people who exploit it.
And there will be people who protect it.

Beauty is precious and delicate.
Thus, there will be people who exploit it.
And there will be people who protect it.

Only when humanity gently holds beauty will it be priceless.
Only when beauty is found with humanity will it be safe.

Yet every chance they have to come together, we separate them.
Beauty becomes something you can buy.
Humanity becomes a beast.

Our hunt for beauty torments humanity so much, that we destroy ourselves trying to grasp it.

What is humanity with beauty?
What is beauty with humanity?


By: Mark Biasutti

Lets Play a Game

You start off in a hallway. There are 5 doors (doors A,B,C,D and E), a speaker on the wall, fireplace and a comfy chair.. A voice comes over the speaker and explains that you are playing an important game. Then the voice tells you the rules, they are as follows:

Each of the 5 doors lead to offices. These doors are all unlocked. Each office has a different layout, cleanliness, organization and items.

Each office has 2 more doors, that each lead to a place. Door 1 can open to a place of happiness and good feelings. Door 2 opens to a place of suffering and pain. Door 1s are locked and Door 2s are unlocked. Every individual door has a individual lock. To be clear, Office A has Door 1A and Door 2A. Office B has Door 1B and Door 2B and so on, following the same pattern. Only one Door 1 actually has a key that works with the lock. All Door 2s open to some place. Therefore, there is only one true office and the rest are wrong but look, possibly, right.

Each office has a hidden key for its Door 1. Only one hidden key will open Door 1 of the correct office. The other keys are fakes. If you use the right key in the right office you can enter Door 1. If you use the fake key in the wrong office you will permanently lock the correct Door 1 instead.

Also, in every room there is a book, titled “How to Overcome Pain and Suffering” which does just that. If read and interpreted properly the book will give you the power to overcome pain and suffering nullifying (at the least) the problem of Door 2.

You have a time limit but it is undefined. When your time runs out the offices lock. Once your time is out, you can open Door 1 with a key or by ramming it. If your are in the right room the key will open the door to the happy place. You can also open Door 1 by ramming the door. In doing this there is a random chance it will open to the place of Door 2 instead. In any other case all doors turn into doors that open to the suffering place.

Statistically:

• If you stick to one room, you will have a 50% chance of finding a key in that room in time.

• You have 10% chance of finding one key in time if you choose multiple rooms.

• You have a random chance of being locked into the right office.

• A 100% chance of the correct Door 1 opening when rammed and a random chance of it opening to either place.

• A 0% chance of the wrong Door 1s opening when rammed.

• You have a 24% chance of finding a book, in each room, and 26% chance of reading it in time. Furthermore you will only have a 0.1% chance of finding a key, in time, after reading the book.

The message ends and your time starts, what do you do?

Slide to Water

Slide to Water, originally uploaded by markbiasutti.

It's all about point of view. This water looks big and deep but it is the opposite. Come see more of my pictures at flickr. I hope to use blog spot and flickr together more often.

Point of View

The sun sees the moon and thinks, I wish I could shine like that.

Change?

The older people become the more enjoyment they get from giving exact change.