r/Charlotte

Someone please open a coffee shop on South Blvd where the Pelicans used to be next to all the car dealerships.

Why do you do this ...

Edit: Click on the second photo, there's someone closer to me but stopped even further back. I had to turn my phone to landscape just to capture it.

I took out cash to pay the house cleaners last night at the Wells Fargo on N Tryon near Sugar Creek. Grabbed it and put it in my pocket, thought nothing of it. Apparently one of the bills is a movie fake. It's noticably smaller than the other bills and has the THIS IS FAKE stamp. Kinda surprised it got through whatever systems WF has. Just a heads up I guess, check your bills if you're getting cash.

Edit/Update: I haven't figured out how to effectively report this yet, and I'm not sure that I will given the amount of time following it's discovery. In the end it's just $20. Here are some additional facts:

• I took the cash out and put it in my pocket immediately. I didn't check it over as I didn't want to be standing outside counting bills on N Tryon (I was on foot at the time).
• My cleaners request that the payment is placed in a sealed envelope so that it's clear if there have been shenanigans between taking the money and returning it to the lady in charge. I put the cash in the envelope the night before, less than an hour after getting home.
• I've been working with this cleaning agency for 5+ years and they have always been trustworthy, to the point of firing people suspected of theft etc and letting us know (we weren't stollen from afaik). It would be a very odd breach of trust to fake us out of $20 like this, seems very unlikely. We're just going to pay them an extra $20 next time.

Like literal wood. It’s free to anyone who’s able to pick it up. Message me for pickup location.

Leaving from Mountain Island Lake area on 485 this morning. Took about an hour and 15 minutes to go 15 miles… if you’re the people that are riding on the shoulder I really hope you get a flat tire. Wait like everyone else 😂😂

Let me know if I missed the event thread - I didn't see it pinned -facepalm-

but, real question—how many of us keep saying “I should meet more people” and then just… don’t?

We’re hosting a Skip the Small Talk night at Heist Brewery and Barrel Arts in Charlotte, if you want an easier way to do that.

You’ll rotate through a series of short conversations using prompts that make it way less awkward than standard networking energy.

It’s low pressure. No weird icebreakers. No forced vulnerability. Just good questions and good people.

Come solo. Bring a friend. Either works.

Happy to share more details if helpful!

Here’s the link if you’re curious: 

• Tues, 5/19 - https://www.skipthesmalltalk.com/store/skip-the-small-talk-night-at-heist-brewery-and-barrel-arts-tuesday-may-19-2026

Couldn’t get any closer, but there’s a helicopter circling and sounds like first responders en route.

We’ll probably find out what’s going on shortly.

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/teen-curfew-camp-north-end-is-impacting-business-store-owners-say/GFW524MV7VHL5MFMQP6WMFE6QA/?outputType=amp

Business owners are apparently seeing impacts from the curfew and some are hoping to see the restrictions reduced. I didn’t realize the curfew started at SIX PM?! A teen curfew that early is more or less saying you don’t want unaccompanied teens at all.

That’s fine but it’s going to come with consequences. I personally wouldn’t want my teen at a place where they could be approached by law enforcement or a proxy simply for existing. I could be wrong but based on what I’ve read these curfews in north end and huntersville are because of juvenile delinquency. They aren’t committing violent crimes or stealing.

Why not just have security on site to punish the offenders instead of basically saying no teens allowed?