My neighborhood has many nice dogs, but lately it is pretty annoying how they all seem to get each other going and not stop barking for hours on end. I can't even put out the compost without them howling at me and starting a riot. Do they just need to run more? Are the owners away at work all day and oblivious? Should I just move? I'm used to city noise but lately this is driving me crazy. —BitchingAboutBitches

Is it rude to cancel plans repeatedly at the last minute with a vague text? Or is this just normal and acceptable now? —Left Hanging

I understand the need to be cautious in a day when so much can go wrong so fast, but to the woman and her older kids at the Halifax Shopping Centre who took the picture of our vehicle and reported us to the police after 30 minutes of trying to deal with our very cranky grandson: why didn't you ask us if we needed help first before passing judgement? Was it because we were two guys with a very cranky little boy who could have run into the road, or did you actually think we were kidnapping him? Would you have taken a picture and called the police if we were a heterosexual couple? I highly doubt it. I would have welcomed you if only you  asked if we needed assistance. Don't tell me you have never been embarrassed by your cranky kids in a public place. Just remember how you felt. How would you feel having the police come to your door and all your neighbours thinking the worse of you? You don't think we weren't aware of how we might be perceived? Please, just ask if you can help when you see some one struggling with their kids. —Two Grandfathers Who Love Their Cranky Grandkids

Yeah, I know I shouldn't have been speeding, but seriously, $410 for a first offence is absolutely ridiculous. —This is Bullshit!

so it's been 4+ years since you orally and digitally assaulted my seven year old. we're done with the four year court process and you've served your whoppin 60 days for assaulting two little girls and are right back in highfield around all those other kids. so how come if it's 'over' i'm still so. damn. mad? riiiiight. because our system says 60 days is appropriate for what you did in the first place. —#brokenmom

Did I say this before? Someone must have. At some point during the heady last few years that brought an explosion of new beer and slick places to drink everyone collectively forgot what each is worth. Yes, I am bitching about the price of beer. N0, no one is forcing me to go spend that money but, and here's where we can all be selfish, I don't want these places to go under either. If they're charging $8.50/$9.00 or whatever for a pint (or less) then people are going to wake up and start staying away in droves. There's some combination of overestimation and general opportunism running the show during these heady days and it's setting the bar at the bars unsustainably high. Some of the new and funky places are going to start collapsing when the public collectively realizes that they don't have $40 to get a couple of drinks for a themselves and a friend. Too much... —R Bivouac

You humans are too thin skinned for this flower's taste. —Flowey the Flower

$30 per year gives you street parking access, if you live in a house on that street. If you live in an apartment (>4 units), you are required pay $30 per month to park on the same street ($330 more per year!). Doesn't it stand to reason that if I could afford to live in a detached home in my desired area, I would? Why should I have to pay more for my parking, just because I can't afford a single-family home? What if I purchased my apartment? Am I less of a home owner than my neighbour? What a great example of a thoughtless municipal policy! Adding unnecessary barriers, to a non-existent problem. Way to go H.R.M. —North End Neighbour

It's 2016. No matter what inside jokes you have at work, it's never appropriate to very loudly and proudly say 'THAT'S GAY!' when a customer refers to your co-worker's multicoloured hair.

It's especially not cool when the customer says they're gay, expresses discomfort with your comment, and you yell at them saying that 'They have no right to jump in because they don't know the whole story.'

I walked in your store, I waited in line, you called someone gay and waited for the three other people in the store to join you in laughing. the room was pretty quiet. Anyway, that's all the context I have. You're wearing a uniform and are on the clock at work where it's expected that you maintain some sort of professional front. I don't want to jump into anything, but sort your shit out.

Also, your fellow cashier obviously did not think your joke was funny considering that as soon as you called him gay, he shot me a look of complete embarrassment. His posture noticeably changed.

You're a fucking bully and I will not be buying my cigarettes, gas, or junk food at your convenience store on Robie Street. —The Fag With Who Bought the Peanut Butter Cups

To everyone’s favourite call centre: Goodbye and good riddance. The past years have been nothing but dealing with incompetence and insecurities. Managers talk about workplace equality but base everything on nepotism over merit all while turning a blind eye to the rampant Racism and Sexism amongst there OWN MANAGEMENT. I would rather take a pay cut than deal with being ostracized for having mental illness. Maybe you should re-evaluate how you actually treat your employees because at this rate you will have no one left to push around. —Nothing Could Make Me Stay