Jul 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Pressed for Cash Read Pressed for Cash I’m processing an order pickup for this man (five shirts) that we’ve cleaned for him. Me: "That will be [price around $40]." Customer: "Eight dollars a shirt?!" Me: "Um, yes."...
Jul 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read I work at our local city library here near Dallas, TX. and I process our library materials. Adding barcodes, spine labels, property stamps, etc., While I was working on my new library items to...
Jul 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read I’m having a bad asthma attack, so I go to the hospital. They get it under control but the doctor wants me to have an intravenous shot, to make sure I don’t relapse. The nurse wants to insert ...
Jul 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com It Wasn’t Even A Split Decision Read It Wasn’t Even A Split Decision I'm a web designer. A would-be client contacts me and asks if I'd be willing to "clean up" a website that he had another designer do, "which has since stopped w...
Jul 13, 2026 from The Jaxson How Dennis Street Became an Industrial Powerhouse Long before Jacksonville's Westside became synonymous with warehouses and distribution centers, a single developer saw opportunity in an overlooked stretch of land along Dennis Street. His gamble t...
Jul 13, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Means Everything Information is pretty overrated, isn't it? In so many ways, it feels like we're really just going around in circles, and the sense of novelty feels more dangerous to me than anything. I keep circli...
Jul 13, 2026 from Noahie's Blog The Noahie Tapes I Your browser does not support the audio element. After a brief wait, I have finally released the first of TNT. This was a fun project, and while some of the transitions were a bit hacked together, ...
Jul 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com A Storybook Ending Read A Storybook Ending A gaggle of six kids ran into the library while I was watching the front desk; none of them over the age of eight, and all of them talking excitedly and "whispering" their o...
Jul 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com The Line Ends Here Read The Line Ends Here Caller: "Well, I'm not going anywhere unless you give me the price I want." Me: "As I have said, sir, I am unable to do that. Unless there's anything I can help you with tha...
Jul 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Focusing On The Small Potatoes Read Focusing On The Small Potatoes Once upon a time in a factory in Scotland, I was part of the Quality Control team. We were happy and did our job well, but always found that fine balance between...
Jul 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Book-ed Solid Read Book-ed Solid This was back in the early 2000s. A patron approached us at the front desk. Patron: "I want to use one of the computers." Coworker: "They're all booked up at the moment. It tends...
Jul 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com An Uplifting Discovery Read An Uplifting Discovery My workplace has a parking garage underneath. We prefer that pedestrians not walk up or down the entry or exit lanes for safety reasons. There are elevators and stairs r...
Jul 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Draft Punk Read Draft Punk Today, I'm on the patio five feet from the bar, resetting some furniture we moved for an event about an hour prior. He's watching me, waiting for me to turn. His girlfriend tells hi...
Jul 12, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual Das Leben findet einen Weg. Eine Yucca, die ich für eingegangen hielt, treibt wieder aus.
Jul 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Making First Contact With Mom Read Making First Contact With Mom Mom: "Can you help me with [computer issue]?" Me: "Sure, when exactly?" Mom: "I want to be able to do [specific task]." Me: "Okay, got it. When?" Read Making Firs...
Jul 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Mother Knows Simplest Read Mother Knows Simplest Acquaintance: "When I leave them at home, I have to tell them not to go out the front door, the back door, the windows, the garage door, the coal chute, ALL the openings!...
Jul 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Their Cheese Knowledge Has Holes Read Their Cheese Knowledge Has Holes I used to work at a grocery store deli and had this exchange with a gentleman: Me: "Hello, what can I get for you today?" Customer: "A pound of American cheese...
Jul 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read My mother is the baby of her family by a long shot. My aunt and uncle were nine and eleven years older than her, respectively, and Grandma was a single mom with no money for babysitters, so Mo...
Jul 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read Through the 80s and 90s, I worked at a number of independent computer stores, doing sales of custom-configured machines and then building and repairing those computers. There are many stories ...
Jul 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read While working drive thru in the horrid year of 2020, I had the duty of receiving a lady with a very specific order: 20 count nugget, 1 extra crispy large fry, a large diet coke, a large cup of...
