My Addiction

Somewhat recently I discovered a new way to procrastinate--the "Missed Connections" page on Craigslist.org. When I get tired of homework, Torch work or job hunting I simply go to Craigslist and click on the Missed Connections link.

A lot of people use Craigslist to serch for jobs, housing, used furniture and other things like that. I admit, a lot of the time I use it for those things, too. But lately I've been using it more for laughs on the Missed Connections page, where people leave messages for others who they found attractive when they saw them, but for one reason or another did not speak to or meet. Or they leave messages for people who they did meet, but they did not exchange contact information.

They hope that these individuals who they write about will see what has been written to them. But I highly doubt that most of them ever do. I don't know why people write these posts. But I'm glad they do. On a good day Missed Connections can provide hours of entertainment.

Many of the posts on this site are similar, saying things like, "I saw you at Starbucks on [whatever street] last Saturday morning and thought you were cute," or "You were the hot waiter/waitress at [whatever restaurant] on Sunday night. We exchanged glances. I really liked you and I think you liked me too. Tell me what I was wearing."

But every now and again you run across a gem. Over the weekend I was looking at jobs in Washington, D.C., when I found a delicious little treasure on Missed Connections. It read: "You were the pretty girl walking east on M Street. When I said 'nice purse' you maced me. I guess I should have just said "good evening" or something along those lines. Either way now I can never say I've never been maced before. Thank you." Who the hell thanks someone for macing them? People are crazy. I hate it. But I love it. I really don't know how I feel about it. But I am definitely addicted to Missed Connections on Craigslist.