At first glace, this notice — from an auto shop somewhere between New York and Atlantic City — doesn’t seem to fit the criteria for a passive-aggressive note (observe the absence of faux niceties like “please” or “thanks!!!”), but the pseudo-helpful clarification (“this means pants + shirts as a single unit…”) helps inch it just over the line.
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#1
rrpa
I think (hope) the word they’re looking for is “coveralls.” I really don’t want to imagine mechanics prancing around in unitards.
May 25, 2007 at 5:32 pm rating: 90
#2
GhostWriter
This hidden gem screams for recurrence, as in:
“Mishee, that was your fifth typo today- now you must wear the unitard!”
Join the campaign to unseat “fucking delicious” in 2008!
Nov 15, 2007 at 8:49 am rating: 90
#3
Mishee
I am actually more concerned about the other note at the bottom.
If the sign is flickering it could be an electrical hazard.
These guys are all in the locker room changing into their unitards, this sign blows up and takes half of the downtown shopping district with it.
All those soccer moms at Starbucks… oh the humanity…
Nov 15, 2007 at 10:06 am rating: 90
#4
Troy McClure
Count me in, GW! I was wondering what, precisely, “you must wear the unitard” should mean, and realised that the truth must lie in anagrams. With a bit of help (okay, a lot of help) from http://wordsmith.org/anagram/advanced.html
I have come up with the following possibilities:
You are a student with rum
You are matured with nuts
You are amid West Untruth (a real town in Wales, apparently)
You unearthed a rum twist
and I think my favourite:
You are Untruth’s wet maid.
Which is it? I’ll defer to you, GW.
Nov 15, 2007 at 10:14 am rating: 90
#5
GVI
At least they don’t have to wear leotards, so they should be thankful.
Nov 15, 2007 at 10:16 am rating: 90
#6
Mishee
I also wonder what the Training Pants & Shirt look like…
I am thinking like, Pull-Ups, but pants and shirt of course.
Nov 15, 2007 at 10:21 am rating: 90
#7
GhostWriter
GVI: Leo wears the leotard, and now you must wear the Unitard.
OMG- I think we have to go with the secret meaning, “You are Untruth’s wet maid”! Think of the possibilities- whenever someone adds some outlandish comment that everybody knows could never have happened, and yet they insist that it did happen… “I’m sorry Claw71, but you must now wear the unitard!” It totally replaces “calling Bullshit” on someone.
Nov 15, 2007 at 10:22 am rating: 90
#8
GhostWriter
I am chuckling to myself, picturing Mayor Quimby ordering, “You mawst weeahh tha Unitahhd!!”
Nov 15, 2007 at 10:41 am rating: 90
#9
Carole
Unitard = UNIform for reTARDs?
Nov 19, 2007 at 10:50 pm rating: 90
#10
adrienne
I am more bothered by the fact some mechanics are wearing training pants.
Feb 21, 2008 at 6:25 pm rating: 90
#11
laura
i’m pretty sure it originally said ‘uniform’ and someone came along, erased ‘form’ and put in ‘tard,’ then added the bit about “as a single unit.” The note was originally written in uppercase, and the joker rewrote it with lower case.
Apr 21, 2008 at 3:27 am rating: 90
#12
SoapMonster
I had to wear a unitard as a Fury in my college’s rendition of “The Eumenides.” It was skintight from wrist to ankle. Once we got over the initial mortification of having every individual curve greatly emphasized, we had lots of fun slinking around in them and calling each other “unitarded.” Oh, the days. . .
Apr 28, 2008 at 1:02 pm rating: 90
#13
Mishee
Personally, I would be more concerned that the southbound price sign is flickering!
That could be a fire hazard at worst, and an advertising hazard at best!
Apr 28, 2008 at 1:19 pm rating: 90
#14
Big JIM
Dear Editor/submitter/internet idea siphoner,
I am an old guy, turned 55 last week. Read about
your website in BW this morning and first time
ever blogger. Had lots of laughs reading the posted comments, they reminded me how funny impassioned people are. Glad to hear you were able to quit you day job at BW for more fun work. Keep the faith-Big JIM
May 25, 2008 at 9:03 am rating: 90
#15
artstarr
unitards are for squares
Jun 1, 2008 at 2:18 am rating: 90
#16
http://hopefulnebula.livejournal.com/
Fifteen top-level comments, and nobody’s noticed the apostrophe in ’’employees.’’ Which it looks like somebody corrected after the fact.
I weep. Won’t somebody think of the poor apostrophes that came in from the cold? They need good homes! Not bad homes like this!
(Also, sorry about the URL as the name. I was an idiot and didn’t pay attention to what fields said what.)
Jul 29, 2008 at 10:31 am rating: 90
#17
Mikey
I’m still killing myself at the thought of them in unitards. Here we go, lazily sourced from Wiki – “A unitard is a skin-tight one-piece garment with long legs and sometimes long sleeves. It differs from a leotard in that a leotard does not have long legs. …”. They don’t really mean that, do they? Do they?
Oct 27, 2008 at 6:51 pm rating: 90
#18
Andrew
Look at the last half of the word “Unitard” it seems obvious to me that someone changed it from the word “uniform” and added “as a single unit” below the already written line.
Nov 29, 2008 at 4:43 am rating: 90
#19
Flug Thailand
just imagine them wearing unitards, really funny.
The calarification of unitards was so direct , as if they were dumb people.
I find the informal text which supposed to inform employees about working rules quite
disrespectful.
Feb 20, 2009 at 11:37 am rating: 90
#20
Thomas , Zauberer Zauberkünstler
Hi there,
I found great ideas on your Web site.
Well done !
Thanks for that and keep on doing
Greetings from germany
Thomas
May 30, 2009 at 1:03 pm rating: 90
#21
Fackel
Its very strange to inform people on this way. I think the effect will be bad.
Jun 20, 2009 at 1:56 pm rating: 90
#22
Flug
I found great ideas on your Web site. Well done ! Go on like this …
Jul 5, 2009 at 8:36 pm rating: 90
#23
Kaffevollautomaten
Strange way to inform people….
Sep 2, 2009 at 8:53 am rating: 90
#24 thanks for the clarification
[...] related: that means pants + shirts as a single unit [...]
Sep 8, 2009 at 11:07 pm rating: 90
#25
Team Cassandra
|*sigh* The unitard. How could I have left you SO long?!
Oct 27, 2009 at 9:59 pm rating: 90
#26
Personalisiertes Kinderbuch
Your people in america are something really strange
Greetings from Germany
Oct 29, 2009 at 11:12 am rating: 90
#27
Beth
All newbies on my nordic ski team must wear unitards on their first race, since we bought 2 piece spandax last year. Thinking of mechanics in them I cannot figure out if I want to puke or laugh.
Dec 19, 2009 at 11:37 pm rating: 90
#28
pflurg
When the other three retards quit they were just left with him, the unitard.
Feb 14, 2010 at 3:05 pm rating: 90
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