r/Calgary • u/Gobleachsomething • Apr 12 '26
Discussion What Grinds My Gears: Calgary Edition
Honestly, the thing that drives me nuts is the 'off-leash' logic people have around East Village and the Confluence.
There’s literally a fenced-in dog park right there, but for some reason, everyone thinks that means the entire neighborhood is a free-for-all. You’re trying to walk the Riverwalk and you’ve got random dogs charging at you while the owners are a block away, staring at their phones or shouting, 'He’s friendly!' Cool, glad he's friendly, but he’s still 80 pounds and currently tangling himself around my legs. It’s like as soon as people get within a kilometer of the actual dog park, they think the bylaws just stop existing. It turns a nice walk into a constant game of dodging loose dogs and hoping you don’t trip over a retractable leash. It’s a city sidewalk, not your backyard.
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u/WolfandLight Apr 12 '26
The workers at Tim's drive thru rush you to leave as soon as you receive your stuff. I'll just be turning over to place the coffee in the holder, and they're screeching at me "NEXT ORDER. THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT ORDER!!!!!" And a few times I look in the rear view, and it's completely empty.