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Dancing Cupcakes, Questionable Recycling, and General Weirdness: All on Craigslist

Also, if you find hope, please give it to the guy who lost his job; if you find Daddy's ashes, don't sneeze.

Craigslist is a great place to unload impulse buys, like that huge sectional couch that has swallowed your living room. Great public service, right?

You might want to rethink that. Patch is of the opinion that not everything should be recycled. Ew.

Do you agree?

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There are a lot of other unanswered questions on Craigslist.

For example:

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If you were looking to start a family and needed to find a sperm donor, would you look on Craigslist?

If you were short on your rent money, would you dress up in a cupcake suit and yell at random obese people, “You ate my brother”?

Have you seen Dad?

Have you seen Sen. Ted Cruz’s brain?

What are they studying in school?

Not grammar. You might want to poke your eye out with a red pen after reading this.

Increasingly, people are turning to Craigslist to find love. Not that there’s anything wrong with trying to find romance on a dating site – the Internet is the new singles bar, without the risk of a drunken driving ticket on the way home – but there may be something to be said for sites with membership fees.

Folks have a little skin in the game (no double entendre intended) – unlike this person, whose motives are transparent.

Around the Patches

In West Des Moines, is more discretion needed here?

In Waukee, what are the odds this long shot will work out?

In Ankeny, can love bloom over dirty laundry?

In Urbandale, this is the definition of a long shot, right?

In Johnston, have you seen this man?

Hope is Lost

And finally, from the lost and found section: If you find hope, let this guy know.

“I am a talented, motivated, creative professional who was laid off this year. I have applied for numerous positions at organizations such as Wells Fargo, Principal Financial, John Deere among hundreds of others.

“My resume and references are impeccable. I have won awards for my work. And yet the brilliant human resources professionals in Des Moines keep rejecting me over 'other candidates' or flat out lying telling me 'we've filled the position' only to repost it the next day.

"Des Moines is always listed as a great place for employment. I'm not feeling it.”

Good luck, buddy.


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