if you’ve ever tut-tutted over the consequences of big-box stores and online retailers overtaking small businesses, you’ll be heartened to hear that some folks have figured out how to bring those old-fashioned mom-n-pop ideas about customer service into the digital age…with the help of a big ol’ corporation called ebay!
while browsing the auction site for [...]

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where do you suppose this “anomous” tampa, florida resident stands on the whole nature-vs.-nurture debate?

interested? here’s a free preview!

related: your to lazy

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(a passiveaggressivenotes.com public disservice announcement)
1. from portland, oregon…

2. from williamsburg, virginia…

3. from miami, florida…

related: come get some
extra credit: herpes: it’s got new york by the balls [nymag.com]

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the fact that nightclubs have to post notes like this one:
 
(thanks to jeff in new york for passing along!)
related: going up?

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well, our anonymous contributor in pompano beach, florida has one for you.
he explains: “i keep a gym membership just so that i can feel good about my financial commitment to my health — not so much for the actual health benefits per se. i hadn’t been to the gym in at least two months when [...]

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the “thanks for forgetting my birthday, asshole” thank-you note: because the only thing that would have made this e-mail from rebecca’s (32-year-old) brother any better is a midi file soundtrack and a dancing elephant or two.

adds rebecca: “my resulting apology just yielded more hate-filled e-mails from him — nevermind that i was camping and he [...]

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