Doesn't life just blow your mind sometimes? Like really, the mid section of life 25-55 you'd think would be your most enjoyable! You get to make your own decisions as an adult, generally healthy—maybe marriage/kids/home-buying—EXCITING TIMES. But why do I find myself envious of my recently retired parents? Or my 2-year-old nephew? Because I’m just beginning the next 25 years of my life: WORK, WORK, WORK. Mind you, I have  great pay, great benefits, a respectable position, never working over 40 hours a week but OMG I feel like it’s my whole life! Like waiting for that two-day break a week, suffering through a bittersweet Sunday. It doesn't seem right when I value time with friends and family—being active and outdoors MORE than money, does it?

I know everyone does it and they always will, but this 8-4 Monday-Friday for the next 25 years is altering my mood. I need to separate form society and farm some potatoes. —Get Me Outta Here!

Every time I go in a certain grocery store for a two-litre bottle of Big 8 sparkling water, there is never any on the shelves.  I made another special trip to your store for nothing, you bastards. There's always that awful salty soda water that nobody likes, but never any sparkling. WHY? Is it because you'd rather gouge your customers, forcing them to buy that expensive Pellegrino that's only half the size of the Big 8 brand and not as bubbly, but double the price.  Why can't your no-good stock boys keep Big 8 sparkling water on the shelves? There is never any there. Like, the last 10 times I went in—NONE! But there is always a price marker on the empty shelf, so I know you still carry it.  Those stock boys are just lazy and don't want to lug more out.  They're all out back smoking and not doing their job. Get it together! —Mini Pizzas And Pellegrino

So our week started with cleaning up the mess you left by smashing the rear window of our car, and strewing stuff around before you left with about eight dollars worth of bridge loonies. Well, that sucked. And we are not that angry at you, but we sure hope you don't do that again to anyone else. Everybody hurts, man. And unloading your pain on others doesn't fix anything, really. It just makes the pain bigger for all of us. —Come On, You Can Do This

I went to a comedy night last Monday and I'm still not over how terrible it was. Other than the host and last two comics (who I can’t comment on because I didn't even stay to watch them perform), each comic expressed a degree of sexism, ranging from insulting to just dreadfully boring. Have none of these guys got the memo that people are tired and fed up with the sexism that the comedy industry has been plagued with for however many decades? Do they internet at all? Touching on the fact that you realize sexism and harassment are on the forefront of minds and a daily reality for majority of womxn but then continue to punch down on said population with degrading jokes does not make you edgy or provocative, it just shows you have nothing original or of real interest to share with your audience.

I had to go home and YouTube some real comedy to get rid of the violent vibes that that show left me with. I really didn't think it could be that bad! It was painful and someone needed to tell you. —In Need Of Woke Comedy Please

To you, you common jerk, who stole my son's locked up bike in the “high class” area of the south end (more like low filth class). It was his only mode of transportation to get to work that would have afforded him healthy exercise. You fucking selfishly shit on his Christmas and you hurt his whole family and upset his very frail grandparents. I hope you fucking die of the coke you snorted up your brainless appendage that you got in return for the dope money you got for selling his bike.

There’s more class and caring in Spryfield area where I grand  less crime than in that dump hole you call high class. Thanks a fucking lot news media for giving a black eye to Spryfield as opposed to the shit hole south end. —Angry Mom

Always remember this before you buy a pet: "If you can't handle the responsibility, then don't even think about owning a pet." Seriously people, I am sick and tired of everyone not picking up their animals shit. Start practicing responsible pet ownership or I will personally call animal control to take your damn animal away. —Get Off My Lawn!

What gives business owners the right to treat their employees like crap? Several times in the last few months I have watched an owner of a Central Halifax bar treat her employee like a sub-human. It's evident in your body language. It's evident in the way you speak to her. Little do you know, because you're rarely there, that she is your hardest working employee. Your terrible attitude towards her is obvious, and it's one of the reasons why you're losing customers. Meanwhile, the employee you should really be concerned about is overcharging customers, ripping off his coworkers for their hard earned tips, and ultimately ripping you off. Yet you fail to notice this and instead focus on trivial crap, listening to the employee who is the real culprit. Maybe the botox is clouding your mind! —One Less Customer