Ok I am sick and tired of hearing the word Haligonian. Oh yes people from Halifax are Haligonians, because that makes sense riiiight? I would of thought it meant you were from Haligonia. We should change this stupid word to Halifaxian, because suprise suprise, we are indeed from Halifax. —A Halifaxian

You're a cashier... you have a job that a fat, hairy, mindless ape could do. Would it kill you to smile and be polite to customers? Your customer service skills have the same level of quality as sun dried dogshit and management has had several calls from customers about you. Not good calls either. Change your attitude or start looking for a new job. You're days are numbered. Happy Holidays. —Shiraz

To these people who claim they know how to drive, well fuck, pay attention when you're at a yield sign. All you need to do is check to make sure there is no traffic coming and then proceed, not come to a complete stop backing up traffic a mile long 'cause you don't know what the fuck you're doing... do not fucking stop and wait until all traffic has stopped before you go, that is why it is called a yield not a stop! —LEARN HOW TO DRIVE

My girlfriend and I went for supper last night at her sister's. We ended up having a few drinks (as it's the festive season) so we got a cab home and left our car on the street. The responsible thing to do, right? When I got a cab back this morning to pick up our vehicle I had two parking tickets. One for the winter ban ($50) and one because the meter ran out ($25). I can accept the 'meter ran out' fine, but it didn't even fucking snow last night. Sure, have your precious little ban, but if it doesn't fucking snow then you shouldn't be fining people. If it snows, fine everyone. This is nothing more than a cash grab and a scam. You don't get speeding tickets because you "might" speed and you shouldn't get parking fines because it "might" snow. Fucking ridiculous. —T

Dear City of Halifax, why is it you treat the ice skaters of winter differently than the urban skaters of summer? Yes I'm a skateboarder and yes I enjoy ice skating. However, when I ride my board at the Commons Skate Park without a helmet I'm met with a fine of $138. Yet I I can put on my skates which I use maybe 3 or 4 times a year, take one step out on the rink and bound my head off the surface, no restrictions. These areas are only a few hundred feet away from one another, share the same amount of danger, the same odds of running into someone, and yes the skatepark is just that much closer to the hospital if anything were to happen. I'm disappointed that skateboarders continue to be treated like criminals. So as the season of rinks and frozen lakes begin remember to use your head, not just about safety but being treated as equals. —Ice is no softer than pavement

So it's been weeks that I am taking the same bus home and there you are everyday in the front seat of the bus hacking non-stop. Has it ever occurred to you to see a doctor? For a full 45 minutes to an hour everyone on this bus has to listen to your non-stop flem. I understand there may be some type of underlying issue and that this minor disturbance/annoyance is worse for you than those of us confined to sharing the public space. Until today, with the bus being very busy as usual, there was one seat left next to you, the Hacker. I have never experienced such a disgusting smell in my whole life, at first I felt bad for the hacking until i realized that you must eat raw tobacco for breakfast lunch and supper. I was unable to breathe sitting next to you, due to the excessive stench, every time you let out a rotten lung hack, I literally had to hold my breath. At least if your going to cough up a lung for weeks and not see a doctor; please use a breath mint, chew some gum, carry a water bottle-stop smoking three packs a day. Yes, I use public transit, but I have the right to be able to breathe in my own seat. —Riled about rotten air

The aqua bandits have now decided to jack up the rates to upgrade the infrastructure, and give management 20 - 40% pay raises to bring them in line with similar municipalities. Our only line of defence rubber stamped it, much as they did when the power company wanted them to spring for lube to soften their semi-annual rite of passage. Who determines which cities are used for comparison? Sure as shooting isn't the average salary slob. —Bob Cratchitt

To the assortment of douche bags working at a downtown club the other night, I hope you shit heads know how to read: You told my brother to get out after five beers for apparently “having too much to drink” and no other reason. When he got to the coat check, he couldn’t find his shit and you guys kicked him out into the street in his t-shirt, on a freezing night, telling him to come back and look tomorrow. When he returned the next day his coat was—surprise, surprise—mysteriously gone. I sincerely hope whichever one of you power tripping bitches snatched it is struggling financially more than my student brother. Regardless, why don’t you show humanity some respect this Christmas and go die, you immoral pack of worthless fucks. —Disgusted Former Haligonian

Why do we have laws for illegal parking? It's obviously nothing more than a cash grab rather than for safety reasons:

This weekend some asshat parks in front of my place, fine. However, no thought of checking to see if he's blocking my driveway; the entire rear wheel is in my driveway (not to mention the trunk). I don't recognize the car and the neighbors are away, so we'll phone the police to get him towed. On the phone the dispatcher tells me that they pretty much can only write a ticket but will write in that I am requesting a tow. WTF? This ignorant fuck is blocking my driveway, I can't get out (single driveway) to get to my plans for the afternoon without hopping the curb or scratching my car.

An hour later, still no one shows up. So what do I pay taxes for if I can't use the services I'm supposed to be supporting? Finally I hear the jackasses get to their car and go out to let him know how classy it was for him to block me in and teaching his kids to not respect other people's property. Then I asked him why he didn't park in any other of the curbs that are 2 times as long? Or why he couldn't be bothered to move up another 4 feet since there was 5 in front of the vehicle? No reason, he just brushes it off like it's my fault that he can't park... —Shady fellow with a rock next time!

Accept it, you're Canadian NOT Chilean. Stop saying your family is from Chile because THEY ARE NOT! Just because your step dad is from the country it does not give you the right to start telling people you're Hispanic. Shit, are you that desperate to make your life seem a little more interesting that you feel the need to lie about your ethnicity?! At first I thought it was weird, then I tried to ignore it, but it just seems that everyday you're bragging to someone new about how you're "Latina" BUT YOU'RE NOT! And to actually be Hispanic and have to see you lying about belonging to my race quite frankly pisses me off. What makes me even more angry is when you would try to bond with me over our Latin roots even AFTER I found out that it is your step dad that's from Chile, whom you have no blood relation what so ever! And while we're on the topic of your fakeness, for fucks sake will you please stop playing the victim already! You say you have a knack for losing people in your life, then get a hint! IT'S YOU! You're the one driving people away, you have no one but yourself to blame for being lonely and unhappy. You can't expect to have close friends when you talk behind people's backs. You can't expect to have a serious relationship when you flirt and spread your legs for any guy with a big wallet and a foreign background. Do you really think going downtown and making out with random dudes is going to find you that boyfriend you're so desperate for? As much as you bad mouth ho's we all know you're one of them. There's a reason the person you talk most with is your mother, and it's not just cause you're close, it's cause you have no one else because you refuse to just be yourself. Stop trying to be this powerhouse of a woman that you're not. If you were really as strong and independent as you think you would have stopped talking about how much you want to travel and just done it (you have the money), instead you have to be the third wheel on your parents anniversary trip. Finally, give the eye makeup a rest already it makes you look cheap, you're a pretty girl underneath all that crap you put on your face. —Insomniac