7: tips..

for posting a Missed Connection on Craigslist:

1. Be specific Everyone listens to an iPod; there are probably 20 Starbucks in the area; and a lot of people with hair and cell phones go to work during the week.

2. Don't be predatory! Yeah, you might have wanted to plow your unrequited love interest, but withhold that information until the first date.

3. Do write in euphemisms. If you want a response, don't describe yourself as short, chubby, and wearing a white trenchcoat on the t.

4. Never, ever, say "I don't usually do post on this, but..." It's probably not true, and you probably read the Missed Connections everyday anyways.

5. Keep your interests to yourself. Let the other person find out on his/her own that you're cute and dumb/weird/tasteless.

6. Don't post weird pictures. Or, for that matter: amateur nudes, full-on uglies, or random, irrelevant pictures of animals and/or landscapes.

7. Read, don't write. Craigslist has a cult following, of secretive readers. If you do post, don't give out too much personal information or you'll be the "weirdo who actually posts on Craigslist."