The Tariff Whisperer
tyakat.bsky.social
The Tariff Whisperer
@tyakat.bsky.social
Dual Canadian 🇨🇦/ American 🇺🇸 - a fish out of water in both countries. Deal with tariffs daily, venting the impact people don’t see.
The box of 64 crayons with built in sharpener will soon be replaced with a box of five crayons with a sharpener. Primary colors plus black and white, why would you need other colors when you can just mix them?
December 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
People are going to need all these things now that airlines can cancel flights with no accountability.
December 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I am one on the opposite side. Haven’t worked for SBUX since 2009, still reaping the rewards.
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Gee, did you show up for the No Kings March or are you falling into you career useless politician? As a Democrat, I think you add no value. Please move on and make room for someone who will.
October 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Hamburger was $9/lb in the grocery store up in the PNW. While I can afford it, I don’t want to…
October 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Hold out!!!
October 1, 2025 at 5:51 AM
So what are YOU doing about this? Please walk the walk.
September 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I can’t say that exactly, because they were pretty obnoxious as they pushed their way through. Unfortunately, they were really ineffective. Wrong audience, so they just made fools of themselves.

Still waiting for an emailed apology though…
August 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
They were really annoying and pointless. I didn’t necessarily disagree with them, but they blocked me from getting my questions answered. The only attack I saw was someone throwing papers on a table.
August 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Why are you posting anything? You didn’t even bother showing up.Thank you for wasting my time.
August 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I wish he would realize that people actually have jobs that work with tariffs. I constantly have customers asking me what the annual tariff impact is. How the $&@€ do I know when it constantly changes? Not to mention that it’s exhausting listening to this BS and having to work with it.
July 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It’s also a burden on big businesses. Keep
In mind, in big business, there are smaller divisions where an unsung hero is working out of the storage closet to ensure they are billed out which doesn’t happen because their IT division only focuses on the elephant division…
July 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM