Hey Mr. Mayor-we need our buses....maybe you didn't want to keep your current job in the first place....not that you have a chance in hell. —Kelly is Smelly

I saw you and your baby carriage crossing Devonshire yesterday as soon as I left Lady Hammond. So, I slowed right down to allow you a safe time while in the crosswalk. Then, I notice the white earphones and the mp3 player in your hand. Ferchrissakes, how would you know if I was an ambulance? How would you know if your baby wasn't wailing their tiny lungs out while you're humming along with Beyonce? C'mon, Mom, raising your baby is the most important job you have at the moment, and s/he will grow up faster than you can imagine. Shut the tunes off and talk to your child while wheeling through the neighbourhood. You'll both be safer and you'll bond better and the world will be a nicer place because of it. —Baby Talk

We were dating for 4 1/2 years, and got engaged 6 months ago. You got a business degree last year and now you break the news to me that you accepted a job offer... in Toronto! Now you're leaving me and starting a new life out there. I told you that I couldn't afford to relocate, but you're still going. On top of that, you break off our engagement. What the fuck! Couldn't start your career here? Nope, you insisted the good jobs were too scarce here and you were willing to move. There are good jobs here, and *I'M* here! Why couldn't you have stuck it out in NS until I saved enough money bagging people's groceries for a living, and then I could move with you? I never felt for another woman the way I feel for you! I thought we were gonna get married and start a family. Almost 5 amazing years together and you want to throw it all away for a career in a big unfriendly city. Did our time together mean nothing to you?! Obviously money is more important to you than someone who has loved you and cared for you all these years. I wish I had known this about you earlier. —Man Left Behind

Okay let me just get one thing straight here. I would truly love to know how students in this city can afford the cost of living without a job, even a part-time job. If you're as lucky as I am, your family hauls in an immaculate income, but that is rare. I am an unemployed student and spend nearly $200/week on groceries, toothpaste, batteries, etc. Aside from the weekly essentials, how can students even afford to live here with these insane increasing water and cable bills? It is ridiculous. And there are ZERO jobs. Not to mention, the tax rate in NS is one of the highest in this country. That just frustrates me beyond belief. I have money and do not want to waste it in this city. And if I feel that way with money, what do others feel like without? Everything is significantly more expensive here, even coffee. WTF. I can't comprehend what we are paying more for or the reason for it. It's extremely unfortunate. And don't even get me started on air fare. Who is running this city again? —Halifux Problems

Hello, I'm one of your local coffee girls. While I understand that the new changes the company has been making (lattes, new cup sizes, changes to old menu options, etc) can be bewildering, you should know that we are JUST as bewildered as you are! So please, when we have to ask the 3-5 FRUSTRATING questions to get you your order ("What type", "what size", "cream or sugar?" and "double-cupped?") realize that "Can't you just give me my fucking coffee?!" or "Jesus christ, I just want a friggen coffee!" is NOT an appropriate response, and just makes you look like a huge asshole. All I am is a university student trying very hard to pay my bills, and to serve you with a smile no matter how tired or shitty I feel after school from 8:30-4pm, then work 4pm-11pm. If you let me do my job then I promise I will then go get your coffee to you as fast as possible, and made right. Thanks. —Coffee Slave

Hey! Citizens of Halifax! IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS ANYMORE. Christmas ended more than one month ago. Take your stupid decorations down. There's absolutely no need to have any Christmas decorations around after Dec 31. (With the exception of those celebrating "old" christmas, and that's always done with by Jan 10th or so). There is just no reason at all for me to be seeing Christmas lights, lawn ornaments, dead trees through living room windows, and boughs of holly that dried up before Dec 25. For the love of god, if you're going to decorate at all, learn how to un-do the damage by New Year's Day. —So Sick of Brown Wreaths Everywhere

Thanks to the peddlers at the mall who showed me the wonders of a buffed nail in 4 easy steps. Smooth as glass and never need another clear coat of polish, and since you're so pretty he'll take 50% off the price. Now 5 weeks later and 7 out 10 nails have major hangnails and are ripped to shreds. It's almost too painfull to type this, but the Doc says venting will speed my recovery time... —Hangin' On By The Thread of My Nails

Why is it when I travel the bus, most people (lots of students) will NOT take it upon themselves to go to THE BACK OF THE BUS? C'mon, don't plug up the front, people on either side when you try to get on should get a pin saying "stupid rides the bus". You look at me with daggers like I'm the one with the problem when I try to get past.... Having to tell people every stop no doubt is annoying to the bus driver and it takes unnecessary time. Geez, get some common sense and READ the signs!!!!!! You can call me a bitch but least I'm not stupid... and while I'm at it, get up and let the elderly have the seats... —Rage Rage

My name is Chris and I’m pissed off. And if you’ve been paying attention, you should be too. In the last few months, we Nova Scotians have seen our water bill increase by 19% and our electricity bill increase by 6% while we’re already paying the highest amount of taxes in Canada. These disturbing figures coupled with the fact that the average Canadian’s wages actually fell when you adjust for inflation is downright infuriating.

The rich truly are getting richer and they're damned near rubbing it in our destitute faces. Take a look at Rob Bennett, president of Emera’s Nova Scotia Power subsidiary. In 2010 he received more than twice his $336,692 salary in benefits. Do you really expect us to believe that this bloated salary on top of their new $53.4 million building has nothing to do with rate increases? What's even more maddening is the fact that the average top CEO in Canada makes 8.3 million dollars a year while the average Canadian makes $44,366. And most of the educated people I know working for large, multinational corporations aren’t even making that.

Log onto Job Bank and tell me if the strength of the Nova Scotia economy is apparent to you. What you'll find are lots of $10 and $11 an hour jobs, probably without benefits, sick days or a pension. How are you supposed to save for retirement when you can barely put food on the table? Actually, forget about retirement...how about buying a house? The average house price in Halifax is $262,000 and rising. There's a crystal clear and ever widening gap between the haves and the have nots and with the rising prices and stagnant job market, the middle class is painfully being eliminated.

At this rate, most new post-secondary graduates will come out of school with a huge debt to the federal government they will struggle to repay for years and years as they work meaningless jobs until they can squirrel enough pennies away to afford a starter house when they're forty-five. But hey, it's not so bad right? Skimp on the groceries for a few years and live off hot dogs and Mr. Noodles. Just try and forget that the former are cured with sodium nitrate which was proven to increase the risk of brain cancer and the latter has more salt then the Dead Sea. And instead of paying for cable, you can just download the latest episode of Keeping up with the Kardashians. I hear Kendra just turned 16 and is trying to get her driver's license. Just try and forget that the US Government might come after you for violating SOPA and throw you in prison indefinitely, as per the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Then again, you don’t have to worry about that because pretty soon you won’t even be able to afford the internet. —Chris

I'm the owner of 2 large dogs that shit mountains when they take a dump. And if I have to carry a pound of shit around with me as we finish our walk/hike, I do it. Why? Because that's the first goddamn rule of owning a dog, pick up their shit.

I'm tired of going to very public places like PPPark, or just walking through the neighbourhood and seeing shit or worse, stepping in it. I have dog bags in the back pocket of every pair of pants I own, just out of habit of grabbing more than I'll need and leaving them in there. I've got some in the car if I ever need them. It's a pretty simple concept really.

I'm fine with carrying around a bag full of warm shit, because I know as long as I've got it, no one will step in it. And no animal will come in contact with it, either. I know it's a bitch that will exist forever, but fuck it's just annoying. —Don't Worry, I Have Nothing Better To Do Than Wipe Your Dog's Shit Off My Shoes