Dear readers,

On September 8th, 1966, NBC debuted a risky new show billed as a “wagon train to the stars” in an age where westerns and police procedurals were all the rage on network television. You don’t need to do a Vulcan mind-meld to know that the show in question, was Star Trek, and many decades later it still holds such a sway on western pop culture that it’s responsible for common phrases (set phasers to stun!), invented letter-writing campaigns to save canceled shows, and even an emoji 🖖 !

In celebration of the anniversary of such an iconic franchise, we’ve retrieved 23 classic stories from Memory Alpha about the trekkiest of Trekkies. We hope you live long and prosper, after enjoying this collection!

But It Does Have A Heisenberg Compensator – Make sure your PC wasn’t made on Romulus before you buy it.

Hailing Frequencies Open But Nobody’s Home – Be scared if this guy wants to buy a phaser.

Star Trek Names: The Next Generation – Our money is on K’Ehleyr.

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Dear readers,

Today in the USA it’s Labor Day! In Canada, it’s Labour Day! And if you’re in Europe, just pretend it’s the first of May!

This is a natural holiday for Not Always Right to celebrate; after all, it is about taking a day off and commemorating hard workers! If it wasn’t for you hard workers out there, we wouldn’t have a website to document all your woes and triumphs! So today, Not Always Right isn’t taking the day off, so you can enjoy these ten Labor-Day-themed stories from our archives! Enjoy!

Delivery Comes Standard, Insolence Is Extra – Oh, nooo… please don’t go bother our competitor!

Making It A Laborious Labor Day – Don’t stretch your brain too hard, there, [Customer].

It’s Getting Laborious Day – Every holiday. Every single one.

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Dear readers,

It’s that time of the month again to prepare for the feels, and re-establish a little hope for humanity!

Rounded up below are seventeen inspirational stories from the month of August that spread a little positive karma around for a change!

Big Heart For Big Bird – Hits from the comments: “It’s making me all teary and giving me the snuffleupaguses.”

What We Should Be Spreading Is Kindness – We should all do our part to help out small businesses when we can!

Many Marvelous Miracles! – Sometimes you have to look for the little miracles when times get rough.

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It’s time for the August roundup! Our editors have decided among themselves which stories in August deserve the extra attention, regardless of the number of thumbs-ups they received. Out of all the stories we posted in the month, we’ve singled out twenty-five! We’ve also made it easier for you to navigate the stories – each one will link to the next!

If there are any stories from the last month you feel we should have included, please let us know in the comments!

Don’t forget to vote for your favorite stories in the poll below! Note: You can choose up to three. Last month’s winner was Another “In My Day” Argument That’s About To Get Totally Destroyed from the Right category!

The Saga Of Jane Complain – An epic of beating the customer at their own game.

It’s Not Easy, Screening Green – We guarantee this will be the most fascinating tech support story you read all month.

Boris Is Now Swedish – When the accent speaks you! Putting ungrateful tourists in their place!

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Dear readers,

It’s a common enough practice at the checkout for the clerk to ask if you’d like to donate to a specific charity drive, usually by rounding up your total to the nearest dollar (or ¥, ₱, £, €, ₪, ₭, ฿, or many others!). We understand that some people are running a tight budget and can’t donate, or already donate to other charities so can’t stretch anymore, and most of these people provide a polite “no” and move on.

And then there are these people, who are so vehemently anti-charity that it makes us wonder if they were personally wronged by them! We’ve rounded up 23 stories of checkout customers who don’t like to… uh… roundup, among other negative views to charity.

Unnatural Attitude – Looks like “natural selection” guy’s plan to be unhelpful backfired.

Doesn’t Understand The ‘A Time For Giving’ Part – This boy’s parents must be very proud.

Homeless Meets Thoughtless – Everyone knows homeless people aren’t people!

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