Apr 16, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read [In high school, our theatre department would produce a musical every school year. I would volunteer to be in the orchestra.] [One year, we put on “The Sound of Music”, and one of my friends (...
Apr 16, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com They’re Not A Class Act Read They’re Not A Class Act Tutor: "Oh, I'm sorry [My Name], am I boring you?" Me: "No, I just yawned. It happens sometimes." Tutor: *Nastily.* "Well, if you're that tired, you can go home. I woul...
Apr 16, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read My wife and I bought ourselves a house. The house used to be a rental, but the prior occupants trashed it. We’ve put almost as much money into rebuilding it as we paid for it initially, but it...
Apr 16, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Poor Patrol Read Poor Patrol Guest: "There's a strange and dangerous man wandering the halls of my floor!" The night auditor and I immediately look at the cameras and get ready to call security. But then we se...
Apr 16, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read My husband and I had somewhat different upbringings due to a large part of how my in-laws and my parents viewed money and how they handled money. Growing up, I thought we were lower middle-cla...
Apr 16, 2026 from The Public Domain Review “A Beautiful Purplish Hue”: Frank Dudley Beane’s Experience with Ergot and Cannabis Indica (1884) An early contribution to drug literature, in which a man came to be fashioned out of wood.
Apr 16, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read (I am the person in my dealership who does most of the dealer trade paperwork, or DX clerk for short. When you do a dealer trade, you have to sign over the Certificate of Origin (CO) to the de...
Apr 16, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read It’s Black Friday at the store that rhymes with NoMan’s and the line to check out runs all the way to the back of the store. Everybody in line is looking resigned but behaving themselves — sho...
Apr 16, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Dial-usion Read Dial-usion Coworker: "Ma’am, you haven’t given me your name yet. How could I have called you if I don’t even know who I’m speaking to?" Pause. Coworker: "I am not a scammer—YOU called US." Rea...
Apr 16, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read I ordered an electric snowblower online from a major hardware retail chain. I scheduled the arrival and it came fully assembled (i.e. not in a box). As we were bringing it into the garage and ...
Apr 16, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com That Customer Is A Real Pizza Work Read That Customer Is A Real Pizza Work The overwhelming majority of the customers I've had over the years have been pretty good. But of course, not all of them. Perhaps the most memorable bad cust...
Apr 16, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Accept The Clock Or Clock In Read Accept The Clock Or Clock In The car ahead of me is ordering their food and starts to complain about the wait. Customer: "Do you know how long we've been waiting?!" The cashier smiles and word...
Apr 16, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal AI Today, Calculators Back in the Day An article about the dangers of AI dependency reminded me of how I encouraged a middle schooler to do algebra by hand in my senior year of high school.
Apr 16, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Always Meat Your Greens Read Always Meat Your Greens Customer: "What do you recommend for a vegetarian BBQ?" Me: "Did you want plant-based products that resemble meat, like burgers, or vegetables that are good for grillin...
Apr 16, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Wheñ Oñly Oñe Persoñ Cañ Iñform Read Wheñ Oñly Oñe Persoñ Cañ Iñform One day, the Senior Editor burst out of her office and asked: Senior Editor: "Is [Other Editor] around? I have a question about language." Me: "Maybe I can answ...
Apr 16, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Scraps A series of scribbles from my many notebooks. 1 The tenant jostles his keys. The landlord must have changed the locks again. He goes to the landlord’s door to ask why he keeps changing the locks. H...
Apr 16, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Unwritten Don't know what to do? Do nothing until you figure it out. Man, I sure love sitting around, doing nothing. It's awesome, perhaps the best use of my time. I think people give things like flow states...
Apr 15, 2026 from Improve Something Today Timely plugs: Mandy Brown’s workshop, Abby Covert’s next sensemaking book, & new music Three things to consider this week.
Apr 15, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com The Wine Does Not Need To Chill, The Customer On The Other Hand… Read The Wine Does Not Need To Chill, The Customer On The Other Hand… Customer: "Where is the bucket with ice that always comes with it?" Me: "You mean the cooler? We only give that with white/rose...
Apr 15, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Boss-Level Dad Jokes Read Boss-Level Dad Jokes Our manager comes into the office early, so leaves early. He always exits the office with a one-liner: Manager: "If anyone wants me, I’ll be very surprised." Read Boss-Lev...
