says kristi in chicago: “this was from our receptionist to the ENTIRE office except, for some reason, me (thanks to my other co-worker for forwarding it and including me in the fun). it’s her job to order supplies and put away deliveries. someone signed for a delivery of paper and apparently the receptionist doesn’t like to do any heavy lifting. the last line really sent the office into a tizzy!”
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it’s the second-to-last line that sends me into a bit of a tizzy…
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#1 Vampira
This smells of Lumbergh! Yeah…did you get the memo? You did? Well I’ll have another sent to you. Yeahhhh….
Aug 17, 2007 at 8:24 am rating: 0
#2 Mishee
Ok, first of all, just because they are an office full of women d0esn’t mean that they are automatically “too weak” to pick up copy paper. Secondly, I don’t think this note is very PA at all… where is another one like anthony’s song? I neeeeed more PA fun@!!!
Aug 17, 2007 at 8:24 am rating: 0
#3 will
Holy misuse of commas batman.
Aug 17, 2007 at 8:25 am rating: 0
#4 super_fan#99
I smell a new t-shirt idea…a series of t-shirts perhaps. All stating places where copy paper does not go. Copy paper does not go in the bathroom. Copy paper does not go in the cleaning supply closet.
Aug 17, 2007 at 8:26 am rating: 0
#5 Mishee
Ok, now I read the explanation… first of all, why leave Kristi out of the fun? That’s just mean! But anyways, that last line is kinda condescending, and if it is her job to put away the supplies then she just needs to deal with it. You get paid for certain responsibilities, don’t try to kick them off to someone else!!
Is this note all we get today, O Great PAN.com God???? I want some more please!!!
Aug 17, 2007 at 8:26 am rating: 0
#6 Fulano
Boooooooring.
Aug 17, 2007 at 8:27 am rating: 0
#7 Andy
If I don’t care to know where the copy paper is stored, then why would I be reading this note after the first part?
Coorperation? Does that mean beer at work? Throw me one of them damn Silver Bullets, and make sure it was in the FUCKING REFRIGERATOR, because I likes my beer COLD!
Love,
GFY
Aug 17, 2007 at 8:29 am rating: 0
#8 Mishee
Ummm, super_fan #99, I don’t know if you have not noticed or care to know, but the copy paper goes in the copy room! NOT the bathroom!!
lol
Aug 17, 2007 at 8:30 am rating: 0
#9 Mishee
Andy, make sure that Brandy is aware that you like your beer cold. Otherwise she might forget to put it back in the fridge! (and then you might have to leave her a note!)
Aug 17, 2007 at 8:32 am rating: 0
#10 Joanna
Copy, paper, in, the, copy, room?
What, a, concept!
P.S. I, love, commas, too!
P.P.S. Thanks, Terry!
Aug 17, 2007 at 8:35 am rating: 0
#11 ijRoberts
That copy paper was fucking delicious!
Aug 17, 2007 at 8:39 am rating: 0
#12 Jessica
The average person’s complete lack grammar skills never ceases to amaze me.
Aug 17, 2007 at 8:42 am rating: +1
#13 bintgoddess
I would love to find out that the delivery person is a woman, and fully capable of carrying a box of paper, thank-you-very-much.
I love the repetition - put the copy paper in the copy room where it belongs, and also did I mention that copy paper belongs in the copy room?
Aug 17, 2007 at 8:45 am rating: 0
#14 Mishee
ummm, bintgoddess, I think you meant to say, that the copy paper, that is delivered MONTHLY, belongs in the COPY ROOM… no where else! Just the copy room!
Aug 17, 2007 at 8:49 am rating: 0
#15 anonymouscoworker
Will’s comment broke me. Ha!
Aug 17, 2007 at 9:08 am rating: 0
#16 Lizzie
I love how this isn’t really passiveagressivenotes.c0m anymore. It’s like crazyfuckingnotessomeweirdosentme.com
Team Copy Paper in the Copy Room (How revolutionary!)
Aug 17, 2007 at 9:10 am rating: 0
#17 D_luv
I don’t where this office is located, but I strongly suspect a plantation in the Deep South circa 1850.
“You want me to move what? But I’m a lady! Please suh, place the paper here on the back verandah… no, wait, the lanai instead! Well, I declare, a woman’s work is never done!” *faints delicately on wicker porch furniture with scented hanky*
If you have a physical limitation moving boxes of paper, fine, ask for help. But if you think that your gender excludes you from work and gives you the right to ask/demand for someone else to do it, check yourself.
Thank You Terry!
Aug 17, 2007 at 9:12 am rating: +1
#18 T. D.
I thought this was one of the funniest notes I’ve seen posted, but then I worked in offices with crazy admins for years. It’s the last line that makes this totally passive aggresive. “The paper goes in the copy room, if anybody cares” Haha!
Poor weak females who can’t lift paper.
Aug 17, 2007 at 9:14 am rating: 0
#19 annie
put the, copy paper, in the, copy room,,,
Aug 17, 2007 at 9:14 am rating: 0
#20 Tee Hee
My problem with the whole thing is she’s a fucking moron who can’t write. No wonder she’s a receptionist.
Aug 17, 2007 at 9:23 am rating: 0
#21 bobwong
I was about to write that I’m amazed that the secretary can’t write any better than that, does she rely that heavily on the spelling & grammar checker, but then I reread the post and noticed that she’s a receptionist. To paraphrase the Eagles, she just has to look good, doesn’t have to be clear.
Aug 17, 2007 at 9:31 am rating: 0
#22 jules
Oh, D_luv, that was priceless. I can just see the handsome, suave, mustachioed delivery man saying, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn where you want your copy paper,” and with a debonair spin of his two-wheeled dolly, striding to the elevator and disappearing out of the receptionist’s life forever.
I just hope she sent an email to the delivery company. How thoughtless of the delivery man (I guess we can assume it was a man) to just up and leave the copy paper anywhere but the copy room.
I wonder if the delivery man was Denny? Upset by the lack of f-ing cold water in his fridge?
(Sorry, all. But after the Terry, now all I can do is ponder on notes all day. Thanks Terry!)
Aug 17, 2007 at 9:32 am rating: +1
#23 Mishee
Jules, I was imagining the delivery guy from Legally Blonde as I read that… was that who you were using as an image too? But remember, he doesn’t disappear from the receptionists like FOREVER… he comes back MONTHLY (just like another “friend” of us women that we like to bitch about too!) … to drop off copy paper… for the COPY ROOM… LOL!
And Bobwong, although your reference to classic rock was very nice, just remember, Don Henley isn’t ALWAYS with the Eagles (sometimes he just hangs out with my idol Stevie Nicks), Dirty Laundry is a solo song of his… just FYI. Aren’t just a Know-It-All???
Aug 17, 2007 at 9:48 am rating: 0
#24 Susan
OMG - will and ijRoberts, you just made my Friday. What a great start to the weekend!!!
Aug 17, 2007 at 9:48 am rating: 0
#25 Mishee
oops, I meant “Aren’t I just a Know-It-All” - my bad… I got kinda excited there for a minute thinking about Stevie Nicks…
Aug 17, 2007 at 9:49 am rating: 0
#26 Lynn
I’m a secretary, and I handle weekly supply deliveries. I have no problem picking up paper and placing it on a shelf above my head (I’m female, 5′2″, 110 lbs). She reminds me of our receptionist; old, squat, and sending out e-mails for every little thing that annoys her…
Aug 17, 2007 at 9:54 am rating: 0
#27 Mishee
@Jules-
“(Sorry, all. But after the Terry, now all I can do is ponder on notes all day. Thanks Terry!)”
Jules… you totally crack me up and I am totally on the same page as you when it comes to pan.com…
Aug 17, 2007 at 9:58 am rating: 0
#28 Mishee
Oh, and Lynn, maybe it’s easier for you to handle because the supply deliveries are WEEKLY. As noted in the letter, these are MONTHLY, as in every MONTH… so maybe they possibly have more delivered because they don’t get the copy paper (you know, the stuff that goes into the copy ROOM) but once a month… just a thought…
Aug 17, 2007 at 9:59 am rating: 0
#29 whimp
Get a dolly, dumbass.
Aug 17, 2007 at 10:07 am rating: 0
#30 T-Bone
Jesus Christ. Call the office supply people and tell them to put the copy paper in the copy room when they deliver it. Not only is it a simple solution, but you wouldn’t have had to stretch the boundaries of your limited brain capacity to write the email to your co-workers, reminding them (as I’m SURE you’ve mentioned it to them before) that you’re a fragile little flower who cannot pick up a 40 pound box of paper.
Aug 17, 2007 at 10:09 am rating: 0
#31 jules
This is off the subject, but I was re-reading the Terry/Rene/Anthony/Pat/Rent-Rape notes again (yes, I need a life) and I think one of those investigation shows like 48 Hours or Dateline needs to do an investigation.
Now, THOSE notes were almost orgasmically PA. That posting is going to be hard to follow for a long, long time!
Aug 17, 2007 at 10:43 am rating: 0
#32 Fraulein N
I want to slap her in the face with an entire REAM of copy paper. In the copy room, where it belongs, in case you care not to know.
But maybe I’m too weak and feeble. Maybe one of the male commenters could do it for me?
Aug 17, 2007 at 10:44 am rating: 0
#33 Mishee
Jules, YOU ARE KILLING ME! (and I keep going back to the anthony’s song notes too! it’s like worse than herion!!!)
Aug 17, 2007 at 10:51 am rating: 0
#34 jules
Thank you, Mishee! I’m glad I’m doing the killing and not that heavy, heavy copy paper!
Aug 17, 2007 at 10:59 am rating: 0
#35 Samantha Jones
Someone should write back and ask her to please just do your job, bitch.
Aug 17, 2007 at 11:04 am rating: 0
#36 Janey
How weak is this woman that she can’t even pick up a box of copy paper?! It doesn’t weigh that much. I’m far from being the most muscled woman in the world and I’ve never had any difficulties with it.
“If you have a physical limitation moving boxes of paper, fine, ask for help. But if you think that your gender excludes you from work and gives you the right to ask/demand for someone else to do it, check yourself. ”
I agree with D_luv on this one–speak for yourself, and don’t include everyone in your stereotyping!
Aug 17, 2007 at 11:04 am rating: 0
#37 Mishee
Jules, the copy paper couldn’t kill me anyways, since it belongs in the copy room and I am not in there right now, I am at my desk!!!
Thanks Terry!
Aug 17, 2007 at 11:09 am rating: 0
#38 Dave
The Mad Bomber of copy paper strikes again!
Aug 17, 2007 at 11:34 am rating: 0
#39 bethany
I agree with Janey. I’m a fairly well-documented weakling, but I can lift a box of copy-paper, especially if it doesn’t need to go up stairs or get hoisted onto a shelf.
Aug 17, 2007 at 11:50 am rating: 0
#40 Hmmm....
As a woman, I don’t feel I should have to do anything when I can get somebody else to do it for me. What’s wrong with that? Those things are heavy. Let the delivery boy handle it.
Aug 17, 2007 at 11:50 am rating: 0
#41 Talea
I’m gonna use that excuse ALL the time! I can’t do that, I’m a woman. Then I’ll whisper ‘We’re all weakling you know’, flash my smile, giggle and let some idiot guy do it for me.
Aug 17, 2007 at 11:59 am rating: 0
#42 bobwong
Not to state the obvious, but (the verbal eraser) if she can’t lift an entire case of copy paper she could just open the case and take one or two reams at a time to the copy room. But that would mean more work for her.
Aug 17, 2007 at 12:10 pm rating: 0
#43 fefrie
I don’t see anything wrong with this email actually.
If the person writing it is a whiny person maybe I can understand, but if she usually signs for it and the delivery person usually delivers it into the copy room, I can understand if she comes back from lunch and the delivery person came by while she was out and she’s stuck humping 20 boxes of paper.
“Hi, I’ve got 20 boxes of paper to deliver, can you sign for it?”
“Sure” (signs paper)
“Where should I deliver the paper?”
“I dunno, I’m from accounting, the receptionist usually knows. Leave them all in front of her desk.”
“Grrrreat!” (sniggers at the thought of not having to cart the paper into the proper area again!!!!!)
Aug 17, 2007 at 12:15 pm rating: +1
#44 Dave9
I’ll bet Stevie Nicks could pick up a box of copy paper!
Aug 17, 2007 at 12:34 pm rating: 0
#45 Jereme
this is like the office version for silence of the lambs. Put the lotion in the basket, oops ..I mean put the copy paper in the copy room.
Aug 17, 2007 at 12:39 pm rating: 0
#46 Vampira
You can bet I’m not picking up paper in my office (or those damn big water bottles)! I am fine having a man do it. I’ve helped with lifting before and ended up with a sore back. No thank you… I am very flexible, though probably not very strong.
Aug 17, 2007 at 12:39 pm rating: 0
#47 Zsa
Ok, our copy-paper-delivery guy KNOWS where the dreadfully heavy stuff goes (in case you dont care- its the copy room) and will put it in there,the,copy room, before he finds someone to sign for it. We got 10 boxes a week and handled it our-girly-selves if a new guy didnt know.
Sounds like IMHO~ She is sick of humping the paper to the copy room and is PLANNING to be “out of the office at lunch” when it is delivered from here on out. > It’s her plan to avoid any back-breaking, not-woman work. Which will be quickly derailed by the mensa-level part time replacement who says to the delivery guy > “would you mind taking the whole dolly into the copy room and dropping it there?”
Although I like the romance novel angle better- I just cant write like that.
THANKS TERRY!
Aug 17, 2007 at 12:41 pm rating: 0
#48 Zsa
Hey! it deleted my Evil Laugh =(
Aug 17, 2007 at 12:42 pm rating: 0
#49 Vampira
@fefrie, you are dead on!
Aug 17, 2007 at 12:42 pm rating: 0
#50 Mishee
Dave9, Stevie doesn’t HAVE to pick up anything, she has legions of fans and an entourage that would be willing to do it for her! Roadies are good for that also… but if she needed to, I am totally sure that she could pick up that box! (but we wouldn’t want to risk her breaking a hip or something, would we??!LMAO!)
Aug 17, 2007 at 12:46 pm rating: 0
#51 jules
Okay, Mishee, that made me curious about Stevie Nicks’ age, so I googled her. OMG, she’s 4 years younger than MY MOTHER. Wikipedia said she was born in 1948.
I bet she could lift a box of copy paper–and then she’d twirl it around and around, her long, black lace sleeves floating on the wind…
As for Weak Woman and Possibly Disabled Receptionist Whiner, she could roll the damn paper to the copy room on her twirly office chair.
p.s. my mom could easily lift a box of copy paper.
Aug 17, 2007 at 1:03 pm rating: 0
#52 Oedipa Maas
It’s not that the boxes are too heavy; it’s just that the UPS guy looks so cute in his tight brown shorts when he leans over to pick up that heavy box of paper. Swoon!
(Hey, if she’s going to stereotype an officeful of women as weaklings, the least I can do is re-cast them as lustbunnies.)
Aug 17, 2007 at 1:06 pm rating: +1
#53 jules
tee hee, “lustbunnies”
Aug 17, 2007 at 1:20 pm rating: 0
#54 Samantha Jones
Oedipaas Mas: “Bend, and snap!”
Aug 17, 2007 at 2:21 pm rating: 0
#55 Oedipa Maas
Yes, Samantha - What can brown do for you?
Aug 17, 2007 at 2:23 pm rating: 0
#56 super_fan#99
Copy paper does not go on the roof.
Aug 17, 2007 at 2:41 pm rating: 0
#57 Mishee
Do you want your copy paper in a box?
Do you want your copy paper with a fox?
…No dammit! I said it goes in the damn copy room for Jebus’ sake!!!
Aug 17, 2007 at 2:42 pm rating: 0
#58 LC
Maybe I should take a complaint somewhere…
I mean, I’m a WOMAN and I had to spend a good amount of time lifting and distributing COPY PAPER in my MOSTLY-FEMALE office!
Like other people have said, take the damn packages out two or three at a time, thus negating the need to lift a whole box. Because you know, that double X precludes you from lifting shit.
Where does the copy paper go? Stuffed into this twit’s mouf hopefully!
Aug 17, 2007 at 3:01 pm rating: 0
#59 BoggyWoggy
You know what would make this even funnier??? If the receptionist was a man!
Also, if someone signs for the delivery when the receptionist/secretary is away from her desk, she needs to thank that person for doing her job.
And, for that matter, what if, just maybe, the person who signed WAS HER BOSS! That’ll get him/her!
And, since it is Friday, I’d just like to thank Terry for all he’s done for us.
Aug 17, 2007 at 3:46 pm rating: 0
#60 Max Roswell
Copy paper in the copy room? She must work in CRAZY WORLD.
Aug 17, 2007 at 4:11 pm rating: 0
#61 Karen
she’s lucky that the delivery person wasn’t union. Otherwise, she’d be unloading it from the back of his truck!!!
Aug 17, 2007 at 5:01 pm rating: 0
#62 Craniac
Well, I think you’ve all did a good job here, getting so much fun out of a three-sentence email. But what on earth are we gonna do till next week comes around? I may be forced to step away from the computer and do some housework or something.
As for whether a particular note is PA or not, I was introduced to this site as “angry notes that are fun to read.” That’s a very generous definition of PA, but it works for me.
Aug 17, 2007 at 6:42 pm rating: 0
#63 anglophile
I’m just sitting here praying that English is not that woman’s first, second, or third language.
And I have lugged many a box of paper into the copy room at work, which is where we keep our copy paper, in case you care not to know.
Aug 17, 2007 at 6:46 pm rating: +1
#64 anonymous
Uh, women can’t carry heavy boxes of copy paper? Wish someone would tell my husband that. Cripes, somedays I feel like a pack mule. Whine, whine, whine,…people just do your job!
Aug 17, 2007 at 7:26 pm rating: 0
#65 GVI
im positive, that it was terry who signed, for those papers, and, did not put them, in the copy room…Thanks, Terry
Aug 17, 2007 at 7:38 pm rating: 0
#66 Writer, Rejected
I must admit that it really peeves me when the UPS guy won’t carry the box of printer paper all the way up the stairs, although he delivers EVERYTHING ELSE right to my apartment door. It’s like, do your job, man! No slacking just because printer paper is heavier than hell. It always breaks my ass to carry it up myself.
Aug 17, 2007 at 8:01 pm rating: 0
#67 BoggyWoggy
Solve the problem the easy way…
Move the frickin’ copy room on top of the receptionists desk.
There…problem solved.
Aug 17, 2007 at 8:38 pm rating: +1
#68 WhatLadder