/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

God I fucking hate public sector unions and this socialist dystopia we have created with them.

>>10040390
There are private couriers. Pluck your panties out of your asshole and use DHL if you're so bothered.

Have you been living under a rock? This is old news.

Albeit I’m annoyed with the strikes, I sympthize with the workers. Postal workers have very high work accident rates during this time of year.

>>10040409
Boo fucking hoo. They already have benefits and higher wages. They're compensated fairly, the unions just have a huge fucking stick up their ass.

>>10040416
They've been trying to reach agreements for a year, and this was a move they thought they had to take. It's not like they started striking on day one of this disagreement. Not to mention that the government is probably going to issue a back-to-work to them before the month is over since the post is considered an essential service.

Yeah, it's been a few weeks of inconvenience and will be a few more while they catch up, but it's been a year of negotiations behind the scenes.

>>10040416
No they don’t? Read into it before you repeat boomer logic.

Parcel deliveries have increased a ton with online shopping, but despite the biggest workload they aren’t getting compensated for it as much. They are striking for better pay when being forced overtime (or stopping the overtime and hiring more) and better accident benefits.

Canada post is a crazy profitable company but treats their employees like trash because it’s an “essential service”.

EL from VA, SH from FL, NS from Alberta, and KD from TX I just sent your cards, hope they reach all of you in time.

>>10040426
Plus it’s not even full-on strike, but a rotating one. They’re just working regular hours rather than doing overtime. It’s the compagny that was locking them out the previous weeks. But the post is still moving. Just... very slowly. Unfortunately, combined with the influx of holiday packages, this has turned into a massive backlog.

>>10040425
>leglisated back to work
This is kind of unfortunate since the holidays is really when they have the most momentum. Strike in the summer and no1currs.

While I'm sympathetic to the postal workers they gave me a mini heart attack while I was waiting for cosplay supplies and cut down on the time I had to prepare said cosplay, so I'm kind of annoyed with them. It's frustrating how neither side is willing to budge but I'm sure the workers will end up screwed by back to work legislation at some point.

Vote Conservative

>>10040451
Vote mad max

>>10040451
That would just make the problems worse and then more strikes happen.

these FRICKING FRICKS better stop FRICKING around an bring me my GOD DAMN FRICKING BRAND YOU CORPORATE PIGS

>>10040661
It's okay anon, you can say fuck. Your parents aren't watching.

I'm torn because I support the union and their right to strike but also my SS marked down my package to avoid customs and I'm positive my burando is gonna get lost in the millions of unsorted shit

>>10040623
not unless you pass an act that bans strikes like this. wait till Canadians vote Muhammad Trudeau's party out of power and it will happen.

unions are awful and they should be disbanded. they take away the freedoms from other people.

You do know one of the major reasons they are striking. The company wants a two tier wage scale. So all new employs will never make,or have the same benefits as current workers.
Its not even about the money they will sign a contract with pay where it will be first year will be 1% second year 1% year three will be 1% and year four will be 2% for a 5% wage increase over 4 years.

>>10040687
You're free to use a private courier. Fuck off.

>>10040853
https://www.cupw.ca/en/urban-operations-global-offer-0

Here was their offer that the post turned down. You can actually see what is being done.

>>10040451
Well Canada posts ceo is still a conservative so....

>ITT seagulls go full /pol/ on each other

For those that are looking for up-to-date information on the postal strike, Id recommend liking the page "The Local Post Advisor". They changed the name for some reason (previously something like CUPW). Its the Vancouver local unions page. I followed them years ago when there were talks about a strike but it never happened (2015? 2016?) Or you can try to find your own locals page.

They post relevant news super quickly and of course discuss what is going on internally for workers. I dont work for the union but I run an online store so I try to keep up to date with everything since it affects me. They also post which area is on strike every single day from the rotating strikes.


I really hope they can negotiate a fair contract. I really REALLY don't like their current CEO. If he had his way, CP would become completely private and profit driven, which is disgusting for an essential service (you can see how this has worked for BC ferries. Which is now treated like a tourist attraction instead of a necessity for islanders to reach the mainland and vice versa). If you thought CP pricing for parcels was ridiculous now... I couldnt imagine what would happen if they became private.

>check the mail
>Christmas gift for my grandmother has arrived, even though the shipping never updated
>feels amazing as I was so worried that hers wouldn't get here
>open up package so I can gift wrap it
>sent the wrong item
>why even bother living anymore

I thought this was /cgl/

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2018/11/liberals-propose-generous-eat-shit-and-die-bill-to-striking-canada-post-union/

>>10040687
>wait till Canadians vote Muhammad Trudeau's party out of power

/pol/ is that -------->

>>10040687
go back to china if you want to ban peaceful protest and collective bargaining you chink fuck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BPqDveMHJ0&t=24s

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/11/26/canada-post-strike-end-back-to-work_a_23601685/

apparently international parcels may experience delays into march 2019

>>10045151
What the fuck, that's ridiculous

>>10045151
This sucks for everyone. Now the workers have been fucked over and we still have to deal with the backlog because there's no incentive to do the catchup.

Any news on when Japan Post is going to start even shipping to Canada again?

I'm worried I'm not going to be able to order any lucky packs the one time I can finally afford them.

>>10045189
Supposedly they're going to start allowing international orders in in 2 weeks or so.

>>10045175
>>10045187
It is, I just found the announcement Canada post made about it: https://www.canadapost.ca/web/en/comm/alert/details.page?article=2018/11/27/unprecedented_backlo&cattype=special&cat=specialalert

I guess we can only pray that they're exaggerating

>>10045244
I mean, I can see it. The holiday season has backlog without strikes, so striking probably added a few weeks. I remember some of the items I ordered on 11.11 last year took literally 2 months to arrive.

will china post still ship to canada? i want to do a taobao order reeeeeee

>>10045600
They won't. You'd have to get your shopping service to send to you through DHL.

>things I ordered months ago before the whole Canada Post strike is still not here
Imagine my shock

>>10045189
I had a package sent through Japan Post today.

>>10045611
REEEE i just put in a spreenow order 2 days ago
DHL is so expensive rip

UuuuaaGHHHUUHaahhuUGGGUUUUUAHAAAAGGHHHHHHHHHH

>>10045151
>>10040370
Alarmist nonsense

I ordered from Japonica and while the shipment took an unusually long time to actually leave Japan, once it shipped out it arrived in Canada and then my house, in one week. I then ordered from Korea and the US and both have arrived without much delay. Meanwhile my order from a Canadian retailer has been delayed since Nov. 14th. I think international shipments are fine.

>>10048796
Tell that to wunderwelt. I ordered a sock lot and they sent me an email saying that if they shipped now there would be a good chance Japan post would just send it back to them. They requested I wait a few days and hold the items with them.

>>10048800
my package was held by japan post for about a week, i was worried they would send it back but i haven't actually heard that happen to anyone, i've only heard japanese sellers warn about it.

my package was around 40k not marked down, and dodged customs. it could be that they're sending back smaller packages but sending through the ones with higher shipping fees or that take up more space.. i'm sort of worried now because i already have another order of jewelry piling up

>>10048796
I'm still waiting on a small e-packet parcel from closet child. It's been over a month... Pretty sure it's stuck on our side in customs right now.

>>10048811
Wunderwelt just released my package, god I hope it gets here. I need those socks.
I've also been waiting on a blouse from aliexpress, and shoes from bodyline.

DHL is the way to go. Two days for my package to leave Japan and arrive at my house in BC.

>>10051047
Good for you.

Anyone go to Toronto FanDays yesterday? How was it? I'm looking for a fun, generally local con to go to in between fan expo and anime north. If you have any other recommendations then please share!

>>10052575
Anime Shogatsu is coming up in January, it's a fun little one day con.

>>10045958
the worst part is for me is that items that were ordered DURING the strike came at my door earlier than the ones i purchased before the strike

>>10051047
DHL is garbage

I got a shirt that shipped from the states on thursday yesterday, but stuff i bought weeks ago from other places in canada still arent here. canada post get your shit together please

Hey canagulls. I'm about to buy something from the btssb shop for the first time: have any of you guys had to pay customs for btssb? Do they mark down their stuff if asked? What should I be expecting? Help

>>10060394
Can't help with BTSSB but I bought from Meta directly once and got hit with some hefty customs/duties.

https://toronto.ifanfes.com/panelist-guidelines/
IFFT panel submissions are open!
>they let you use your own laptop and make the panelist responsible for hooking up correctly
>no more cruddy shared laptop
>please avoid ask me anything panels
>audience enters 10 minutes before panel start time
>$30 discount on badge for 1 panel
>free badge for 2 panels

I am liking this con more and more

>>10040390
test

>>10060554
So these guys are just a spin-off of AniRevo? But they want to get away from that branding or something?

Also
>International
>Only in Toronto
At this point I'm going to assume this is just AniRevo Toronto until they announce an outside of Canada event. Maybe they'll go to Seattle next.

>>10061400
I'm pretty sure they did some sort of event in Japan already? Which I guess makes them "international"

Though honestly it's strange timing to try and start a new con. You've got MTCC the month before in the EXACT SAME VENUE and then AN the month right after. Curious to see how it goes, especially since Kimikon crashed (imo).

>>10061405
IFF already has pretty solid guest list and are promoting their event pretty hard on Facebook (I've hit their ads a lot recently). I feel like they have a lot more resources and experience than Kimikon, so it has better chances of not crashing despite the date it's set for.

>>10053019
The items finally came, at the order opposite from which I ordered them.
Fucking weird.

IFF Toronto just announced Megumi Nakajima and Konomi Suzuki.

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY ALREADY

Hoping IFF has long term plans for Toronto, want to just ditch AN altogether

So who managed to snipe an early bird AN pass?

>>10069408
I did, although my excitement and expectations for AN are pretty low. I've been going since 2006 and the magic's worn off and everything seems so mediocre. Not even sure why I bought a weekend pass besides habit/tradition and seeing friends desu. At least the tea party will be decent and hopefully they pull a good brand guest again.

>>10069975
Same, just bought one out of habit and also so I could be eligible for the tea party tickets. I spend most of my day in the parking lot anyway.

Is Anime Shogatsu worth it? Anyone here going?

RRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEE

post the /cgl/ discord. I was "banned"

>>10073912
check that, I'm back

Ideas for raising $600 for a cosplay? I'm not a cute girl so I can't sell lewds for money. Anyone generous in the community who might support me lol?

>>10074060
get a job

>>10074060
Get a job, don't leech.

>>10074060
Fuck off

>>10074444
How dare you! Lawl.

>>10073912
link?

No one asked, but here are my cosplay plans (for now) for anime north + cons in general this year. Does anyone else have theirs sort of planned?

>>10076287
Oh, and here's the template that was posted on facebook, for anyone who wanted it.

>>10076287
>negev

pls be a qt....

also you dropped the template

>>10076291

Whoops! My bad. Unfortunately though, I'm not :c

>>10061482
>IFF already has pretty solid guest list
Konomi Suzuki and pretty much the main Fate/Stay Night cast (Shirou, Saber, Sakura, Rin). My body wasn't ready for this. I probably won't be able to go and it hurts.

This one guy keeps spamming the Calgary community with a shitty L cosplay and it's driving me nuts.

>>10045958
too bad
my stuff have already arrived

new discord group for international fan festival
https://discord.gg/HRc2Ce6

>>10078817
Discord is proprietary dog shit. Don't use it.

Please. Give me my Yesstyle order. It's been a month. I just want my Gudetama blush.

>>10077168
Agreed. I'm sick of being shown activity and it's just the same shitty L cosplay over and over again. Mods don't do shit in the group.

>>10080445
Honestly, both the Edmonton and Calgary pages are just all sorts of awful. I'm stuck between the cities and really can't tell which group annoys me more.

Hey leafs, Canada Post still doesn't keep track of international orders such as RSAL from Japan right?
An old trick I used was downloading the Canada Post app and entering the tracking code and it would give me push notifications of whenever the package gets a scan.
The app won't display info but your phone gets notifications of things such as, arrival, out for delivery.

>>10061482
Fate voice actors alone will probably draw a lot of people, that's a really good line up and there's more guests to come

What's with all the Yuuko callout posts? What's the drama behind her?

>>10080425
>Newfoundland

Glad I got out of there.

>>10083085
Are there callout posts? I recently met her and added her on Facebook and stuff and oh boy, do I regret that.

>>10080425
Yo it went to that facility on Wellington for a bit. That's pretty cool.

Anyone at G-Anime? I didn't go this year because it looked too shitty.

>>10083572
Lor and ScarfingScarves are there. You're missing out if you're a lolita.

>>10083572
same, i'm new to cons, are there any conventions that are worthwhile in the greater montreal area aside from Mtl comiccon 2019 and othakuton?

Well this was extremely irritating

>>10083839
I only went because of Yuko desu

>>10083172
There were a couple recently. Yuuko is just a cosplayer who is known for asking for advice and then shitting on a person when it's not what they want to hear.
Also known for spending thousands on a single cosplay when they weren't financially stable

>>10085916
apparently she's started some kind of mental health blog to reflect on her mistakes or some shit but someone is reporting it. Still she's pretty much stepping up to fill the void left by Meltyfate/Purrblind as the community's mentally ill dramacow

>>10083101
>only one decent yearly convention
>weather is shit at least 9 months of the year
>mail always ends up in Dieppe purgatory before getting to the island
>mfw can't leave until late 2020 because university

I've been here for 23 years. Release me from this hell.

I'm pretty sure we're up to one month of this fuck spamming.

>>10086799
>only one decent yearly convention

Sorry, but SFotR is not decent. I went once and left after an hour because of how bored I was. I truly feel for you, anon. It's even shittier because it costs so much to get off the damn place to even go anywhere.

>>10089101
Who the fuck are the mods and why aren't they banning this shitter?

>>10089885
I don't know.
There's just something about Alberta and useless admins. Edmonton has one of their admins begging for a job on the page right now too.

>>10040416
Tough work, akin to working Amazon with somewhat better pay scale and benefits. They end with serious back issues like my cousin,faggot. She ended up addicted to pain pills

>>10093829
they've posted about wanting roommates and stuff too in the past. i couldn't remember why i stopped checking the alberta cosplay groups, and seeing that post reminded me exactly why

awhile back one of the edmonton groups changed the settings so all new posts need admin approval. i wonder if it would stop that L from spamming

>>10093837
She should've done deadlifts regularly. Those would have strengthened her back and fixed her issues. Ounce of prevention and all that

>>10093933
That person, the admin, is always looking for a new roommate. I hate people like that, who bounce from house to house because they don't like anyone enough to stay for the duration of the lease. Seeing her post so often makes me wary of inviting her to take my spare room, since she has a habit of leaving places quickly.

>>10094310
I was going to room up with her but she didn't tell me she was going through bankruptcy. Dropped her like a rock when she was talking about buying a brand new DSLR despite having money problems around the same time despite already owning one.

Does not surprise me they're still begging for "help" on a public page they run a few years later. I can only gauge they're constantly looking for roomates or a place to live because they're irresponsible with money, not because they're going through a rough patch. Avoid.
.

He's still at it.

>>10100638
Holy shit. That's worse than I expected.

>>10076287
it seems like a lot of people are doing frontline this year! I know a few doing it as well

here's my anime north plans. I'll have an arthur with me for sadie, and hopefully a waluigi & wario with me for yoshi.

>>10093837
Pretty easy to get addicted to pain pills desu

Had some codeine when I broke my knee in a freak snowball accident and that shit makes you feel /comfy/

I can only imagine what stronger stuff is like. I think I'd outright refuse it. Better not to even know what it feels like.

>>10086707
It’s a strong race of Yuuko vs. EmptyDeity for Toronto’s new face of drama and attention seeking.

>>10100942
I know about Yuuko, but what's up with EmptyDeity?

>>10101022
She was smart enough to make a private account to spew her drama on, but before she put a wall up she was getting flack for buying followers and was apparently banned from SeaScape.

Can someone who can actually into photoshop please make one for IFF?

>>10073905
Shogatsu was like half Beyblade con this year lmao

Some guys are putting together a mini anikura/mogra night on March 16. Most of the DJs are local but the lineup looks pretty good
facebook com/events/257227581840159/
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/animaple-vol-1-anison-borealis-tickets-56201882343

And here's the main events going down this weekend in Toronto:
ACT102 Presents: 2nd Live! ~My Angelic Valentine~
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/act102-presents-2nd-live-my-angelic-valentine-tickets-54375382232

The Return of H: The Second Coming - Presented by Kawaii Bass
facebook com/events/320935515194118/

Spirited Away & Wolf Children at Foolish For Ghibli+ Double Feature
https://www.culturetoronto.com/culturetorontoevents/culture-torontos-foolish-for-ghibli-double-feature-spirited-away-wolf-children-in-theatres-february

LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD
https://www.ticketweb.ca/event/liz-and-the-blue-bird-japanese-canadian-cultural-centre-tickets/9059295

MIRAI
https://www.ticketweb.ca/event/mirai-japanese-canadian-cultural-centre-tickets/9059305

Idol Revolution Moe Moe Chu
facebook com/events/220079575544107/

>>10073912
https://discord.gg/x5g6Vb2
look for hankel or ask for bortzanon
alternatively https://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/people/Miroslav-Rapcak

Doing Mashu this year, hopefully I can find a senpai (Gudako preferred) at IFF or AN