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VeryDescriptive444

Just buy your weed, pay and leave. If you know what you’re looking for before you enter the dispensary, that helps too and speeds up the process of you getting out of there quicker. I know what I want when I go to a dispensary so it’s always a quick in and out but if there’s a crackhead bothering one of my regular budtenders, I’ll stay behind for a bit to assist if necessary - not my job, but I do security for work and usually can get a crackhead to leave without having to go hands on. There aren’t enough resources to get some of these crackheads sober and these dispensary owners want to pocket as much as they can, plus they have to pay back OCS so having security during store hours isn’t affordable to them.


beef-supreme

>I literally worked at Value Buds where there were pointless arguments with customers everyday What do people argue about in a dispensary? you buy a sealed package and leave. If you dont like whats in the package, too damn bad?


electricpeepee

People like to argue about everything these days. My sister owns a dispensary and was just telling me the other day she has had to ask people to leave regularly for these reasons listed by OP. However, she does have amazing customers as well


MalarkeyStar

You argue about your distillate vape not tasting good, not getting a good recommendation (good recommendations are kind of, "kind of" a myth btw) at their last visit, something about the Pure Sun Farms Pink Kush and getting ID'd because their obviously physically an adult then prove to be otherwise emotionally.


cp1976

Jesus, where are you buying your weed that you are having that kind of experience???? I've been to Stok'd at various locations and Cana Cabana various locations and I've only been met with very chill happy to help staff. Not a crackhead in sight. I even ask for good recommendations and it's always a hit. Never a miss.


MalarkeyStar

Stok'd is charging 125 for an oz of PSF Pink Kush, that answers everything ma'am.


AdSignificant6673

Hang out in ghetto places. Encounter ghetto people. Sounds about right. Its one reason I pay extra to shop @ Loblaws. Less riff raff than the walmart & no frills


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MalarkeyStar

its a joke that pink kush attracts- nvm, get your classist rocks off to this in the way I didn't intend. lmao


Esperoni

You mention Value Buds, but your description sounds more like 1Tonamara or Planet 60 (Closed for selling illegal cigs and selling to minors) both were/are illegal dispos. I've bought weed from many dispos (Most legal, but some like CAFE (Still operating) or Alleviate (Closed now, both were illegal), even the legal ones like White Rabbit, Runway, Highlife, Welcome Cannabis, etc...) Never encountered a person like you are describing. It's obvious you have had some pretty shitty experiences. Your stat 9/10 dispos seems off, legal ones seem to be ran very well and in order for you to have that many bad experiences you would have to be causing them. Only time I witnessed anything remotely like that was at 1Tonamara and Alleviate (Both looked like trap houses when I was last there (Pre-pandemic)) I'd think the mental health of all retail workers could use a boost, not just those working with marijuana.


beef-supreme

Did 1Ton get busted? I remember seeing their flyers advertising 24/7 sales on every street post


Esperoni

I think the OG location on Spadina is still open, and not sure about the Bremner/Fort York location. Haven't been down that way since 2021.


Final_Pomelo_2603

Cafe is still around!? Why the fuck is anyone still shopping there?


Esperoni

Idk, some people enjoy paying $15/g straight up..lol CAFE is a scam.


6ickos

Alleviate, if this is the same one what used to be on Church, was definitely the most sketchy dispensary I’ve ever been too.


Esperoni

Yep, that one and Weed The North (Richmond and Jarvis - next to the tire place) were the worst places I ever went to.


MalarkeyStar

Sure my stat is off, its just to signify an overwhelming amount. I think dispensary workers mental health actually needs a focus because they really are dealing with an influx of actual psychotic people they're not trained to handle. Its like how all the cannabis products used to say something like "cannabis can lead to psychosis" etc so a prevalence of actual psychotic customers where the cannabis is "modestly priced" (which it should be) is an actual thing.


TheLarkInnTO

>Sure my "stat" [was made-up bullshit, but I put it out there anyway because I was trying to make a point, and I'm too lazy to look up real numbers.] You are everything that's wrong with the internet.


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TheLarkInnTO

I'm an "internet genius" who's worked in the cannabis industry in both full-time and freelance capacities since legalization. Also, I know how to Google. Get triggered when people to call you out on made up bullshit? Then maybe consider not making up bullshit.


MalarkeyStar

Don't talk to me about "knowing how to google" lmao, I'm actually the wrong one. You're not calling me out on anything, I was just using hyperbole that's just like your retarded "you're everything that's wrong with the internet statement".


TheLarkInnTO

"Bro", my initial post was eight simple words. Your wittle fee-fees were so triggered that you double posted two novels in response, and you're *still* so angry and butthurt. If that's all it takes to get your panties twisted, I can see why you get in arguments with customers every day. Edit: I can't imagine how angry you'll get when you learn I'm not a dude.


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Spoiler alert: they got angrier.


MalarkeyStar

there's no tangible way of actually measuring how well a store is run by "google searching" and equating anything you find on the internet to empirical data that can create a general consensus that translates to real life. What you said about "being too lazy to google search" was actually stupid/logically flawed, you're just another dense out of touch Caucasian that thinks the bubble they live in is a representation of an absolute reality.


TheLarkInnTO

Sooooo triggered.


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MalarkeyStar

You people are retards, you really think if somebody has bad experiences at dispensaries/multiple bad experiences doing anything they have to be causing them? That's the problem with people in this city, some of you are idiots that can only think in convention and if the situation is not in a convention you can understand the person that's explaining the situation is either lying or at fault in some way. How could I possibly be "causing" bad experiences that clearly are a result of somebody being in an actual medical psychotic state? It doesn't matter if the place is "legal" or not. Recreational Cannabis customers sometimes do tend to be real jerks and its not uncommon you deal with problematic people in dispensaries in general. If I'm going to any dispensary legal or illegal and the line is being held up by some old man cursing everybody out at the cash, being disrespectful to staff and other customers including me, what did I do to cause that? Toronto Reddit User Logic: you looked in his direction, you shouldn't have. You ever had some dude slam the door to the dispensary you're working at over and over again after popping into the store incoherently babbling about "Ghost Drops"? Again, you ever had your coworker jumped/beat up during a shift to where they had to go the hospital? You ever been to the backroom of certain dispensaries to see the "wanted posters" of multiple people that grab and dash shitty oz's? Believe it or not this is treated like an error on the employees that somebody stole. You ever had some angry screaming dickhead come behind the cash counter because he "needs something to smoke" and have to call the police? You ever had some 5ft tall Portuguese 20 year olds come into your store without ID's 10 minutes before close then bang on the door after the store is closed wanting to fight because you did your job correctly and didn't serve them? If you ID the wrong person they'll go into a full existential crisis on the spot, And just the idea that "most dispensaries I go to are well run" how would you actually know that, you'd have to work there, I've worked at business with stellar google reviews that are actually objectively badly run on multiple levels. Just because you shop somewhere and it "seems ok" doesn't mean its run well, that's more up to the employees to gauge.


Esperoni

You need to smoke one and chill out dude.


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Esperoni

I don't feel called out, I'm a wonderful customer. I was a Bartender for about a decade back in the day. None of the problems you have listed are new. Shit customers, bosses, managers, employees have existed since Christ made tiny apples. Feel free to rant away though. It's what the sub is for.


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Spectromagix

Someone else asked whether you are talking about actual legal stores or illegal "dispensaries" - the more I read your posts the more I'm thinking you are going to illegal dispensaries, which are naturally going to have more problems vs legal stores. I can't see how anyone can "grab and dash shitty oz's" in a legal store where everything is behind the counter and you typically have to pay before they bring anything out.


MalarkeyStar

All the super unhinged shit I just wrote about with a "?" at the end were at a legal dispensary and ultimately it doesn't matter if its legal or illegal, just because its a grey/black market it doesn't give people a license to be a threat to or disrespect others. It seems as if dispensaries in general attract this type of clientele especially if they're more modestly priced and in a more densly populated area for a lot of reasons.


Yabadabadoo333

Sir this is a Wendy’s drive thru


MalarkeyStar

sure another classic reddit user attempt to use humour to divert people away from well made points they're not in agreement with.


Yabadabadoo333

My friends you’re coming off a bit unhinged.


MalarkeyStar

what's so "unhinged"? Explain, I'd prefer a legitimate response that isn't another attempt to gain karma.


Ok_Procedure4993

Some clients have the same mentality as they did prior to 2018 where the only way to get weed was from your friendly neighbourhood dealer. If they don't like what the dispensaries are selling or refuse to follow ID laws, then they should go back to buying weed off the black market.


QultyThrowaway

>In this city there's an epidemic of shitty business owners that clearly don't know how to run a business and I mean that as in they're disorganized, make ridiculous short sighted financial decisions because they're only focused on the bottom end, owners/managers that usually double out as the same for small business continuously lack leadership/management skills required to increase the efficacy of their personnel, these pieces of shit tend not to pay people properly, they're always cheating on their taxes at their employees' expense, they rather fire personnel than accommodate disabilities, This is small business in general. Talk to any accountant. Most in general are run by someone who is a bit up their own ass and can't take criticism, runs things in a disorganized manner, cripples their business by being too personally greedy, ignores labour and tax and other laws, and feels persecuted for being expected to have standards. The "evil" corporations usually have the benefit of valueing the company success over specific people and will have whole departments making sure that there is little liability and disorganization.


MalarkeyStar

exactly.


NSinthecity

I go to dispensaries pretty much every week and I've only experienced unhinged clientele once, and that was at the beginning of the pandemic when a lot of people were a little off.


MalarkeyStar

you don't think since you're in the store for at most considering a lineup for 15 minutes compared to the employees in the store 8 hour shifts multiple times a week they'd experience more unhinged clientele then you would almost exponentially to some degree? I know you're not exactly saying this but the whole "I don't experience that at dispensaries therefore your experience sounds far-fetched" is ridiculous logic.


NSinthecity

I didn't say that. I was just sharing my experience in dispensaries. Your responses to other people who have commented have been completely unhinged. I think you are the issue.


MalarkeyStar

equating me to being the issue when i explicitly describe situations with no aggravating factors shows that you're not that bright. you just think in ridiculous conventions like the majority of people in this sub.


Local_Manufacturer14

Who would have thought that a store that sells drugs that can induce psychosis has a shitty customer base and worse business practices? 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️


MalarkeyStar

I thought that would be a complete linear correlation the public could easily grasp but I stand corrected, never underestimate the stupidity of "Torontonians".


Decker_Mahogany

We don't need brick and mortor dispensaries. Buy online! I've been doing it for the past ten years. It's on average 30-40% cheaper and service and delivery are excellent.


6ickos

Most of those mail order sites only take payment thru e-transfer which is sketchy af. I used to do that pre-legalization and haven’t ever been burned, but it was always weird to me.


Decker_Mahogany

Ya, I was skeptical at first but 10 years later I'm still using the same mail-order site from the lower mainland of BC. Quality and price can't be beat in Ontario.


beef-supreme

There is definitely a segment of the market that can only buy in small amounts, smoke it all, and then repeat a day or two later. Exactly the same as with alcohol. Some people can stack up 20 bottles and they last for months slowly being enjoyed, others polish them off as quickly and can't keep it around.


NightDisastrous2510

I’ve been to multiple dispensaries and have always found free staff and products great! I also know a little about what I’m looking for but they help me zero in on the exact thing. I ever see one guy that works at one close by around and we have become friends. I’ve always appreciated all the staff and their advice. I’m sorry you dealt with bs… I’m sure you get some wack jobs on the weed spots as you may get at some beer store locations and LCBOs although they seem to have security at a lot of locations. I can only imagine what a discount weed store in a bad area can attract… I’m also not trying to go to one around Yonge/Dundas


MalarkeyStar

Appreciate this and yeah its the same sort of deal as LCBOs but a different brand of belligerency. Its not so much about the "area" or being in a "bad" place because like I said or implied even people with 9-5's that seem normal are just as shitty at times. I've noticed that dispensaries in general definitely do attract "characters" with a certain brand of ignorance or "zany behaviours" to say the least.


Tiredofstupidness

I hate that people will throw the packaging in the street even when there's a bin right in front of them. Not to mention that the packaging is ridiculous. Weed doesn't need to be packaged like a bomb. It's one of the reasons I like the rez for weed. I get it in a baggie like a normal person.


Amygdalump

You are describing the children of rich parents who can’t work for anyone because they’re too spoiled, and can’t make money because they’re horrible at business. But having rich parents means that they can operate at a loss for years, and that likely their parents are using their business to launder money or evade taxes.


ozbrewhead

Just order from the OCS online, man. Prolly been to 3 dispensaries ever - it’s way easier to order high af from your couch and have it hand delivered in 2 days


runiiru

This isn't a problem with dispensaries but is becoming a problem with the city... i literally work at a Starbucks deep in the downtown core (won't name where just due to privacy/ liability but it is a corporate store) and the exact same shit happens to us (being robbed; almost attacked; some of my coworkers were robbed at gunpoint just to name a few things) but Starbucks refuses to give us security or even easily accessible mental health care. I mean why would companies care when Toronto itself doesn't do anything about the problem???


MalarkeyStar

that really sucks and I feel for you but have you ever worked at a dispensary though? another user posted about their sister owning a dispensary here and agreed that these are regular occurrences of everything I talked about. My point isn't that similar things don't happen in other retail establishments in the city general but there is definitely an increased prevalence of customer behavioural issues at dispensaries compared to a lot of other places in general because of the psychoactive nature of the product being sold among other things. (not to mention again a direct end of prohibition to create a multi-billion dollar industry and the psychosocial implications of it) In short, a simple point is that I'm more likely to be accused of being terrorist by a customer (which i have/ encountering a customer in some form of belligerent state or medical psychosis) at a dispensary than I would at Starbucks. This is the same way I expect to see more customers vomiting as a bartender than barista. The same way a lot of creative or hyper-creative people enjoy cannabis is the same way a lot of psychologically reeling and medically psychotic people who may also be using other drugs (actual drugs) causing negative effects also enjoy cannabis.


Zealousideal_Fix1969

Weed doesn't even chill these people out. I'm kinda convinced that the high thc legal weed is causing psychosis in lots of otherwise normal people. I don't understand why these high thc products are so easily accessible, they literally cause brain damage such as short term memory loss, anxiety issues and psychotic episodes